Mastering 5G Network Design, Implementation, and Operations: A comprehensive guide to understanding, designing, deploying, and managing 5G networks

Learn 5G network design and implement advanced apps using standalone, non-standalone, and private 5G networks with expert guidance from industry leaders

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Key Features

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the 5G end-to-end network architecture
• Build a foundation to successfully design, implement, manage, and monetize a 5G network
• Design and deploy innovative applications based on 5G networks

Book Description

We are living in an era where ultra-fast internet speed is not a want, but a necessity. As applications continue to evolve, they demand a reliable network with low latency and high speed. With the widespread commercial adoption of driverless cars, robotic factory floors, and AR/VR-based immersive sporting events, speed and reliability are becoming more crucial than ever before. Fortunately, the power of 5G technology enables all this and much more.

This book helps you understand the fundamental building blocks that enable 5G technology. You'll explore the unique aspects that make 5G capable of meeting high-quality demands, including technologies that back 5G, enhancements in the air interface, and packet core, which come together to create a network with unparalleled performance. As you advance, you'll discover how to design and implement both 5G macro and private networks, while also learning about the various design and deployment options available and which option is best suited for specific use cases. After that, you'll check out the operational and maintenance aspects of such networks and how 5G works together with fixed wireline and satellite technologies.

By the end of this book, you'll understand the theoretical and practical aspects of 5G, enabling you to use it as a handbook to establish a 5G network.

What you will learn

• Understand the key aspects and methodology of 5G New Radio and NG-RAN
• Get to grips with Voice over New Radio (VoNR) networks
• Get started with 5G radio planning along with the 5G air interface
• Take a deep dive into the 5G core network and explore the overall 5G network architecture
• Gain a clear understanding of various 5G deployment options
• Explore network slicing and the role it plays in 5G
• Get an overview of 5G fixed mobile convergence, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communications

Who this book is for

If you are a telecom enthusiast or work in this domain and are looking to learn more about building a 5G network bottom–up or an application modernization strategy maker, then this book is for you. It provides a consumable understanding of the technology to network engineers, network architects, and infrastructure decision-makers, helping them excel in their day-to-day work involving 5G technology.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to 5G
2. End-to-End Architecture Components, Concepts, Security and Transport
3. Building Blocks- Cloud Native Infrastructure
4. 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 1
5. 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 2
6. 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 3
7. Packet Core Procedures
8. Voice over New Radio (VoNR)
9. 5G Deployment Options
10. 5G Non-Standalone Networks
11. 5G Standalone Networks
12. 5G Infrastructure Design
13. 5G Network Slicing
14. 5G and Autonomous Vehicles
15. 5G Fixed Mobile Convergence
16. 5G and Satellite Communications
17. Automation, Orchestration, and Testing

Shyam Varan Nath is a Specialist Leader, with focus on Telco, Media and High Tech (TMT) industry at Deloitte. Prior to this, he worked for Oracle, General Electric, IBM, Halliburton and Daleen (a Telecom revenue services provider). He is the primary author of three books, Building Industrial Digital Twins, Industrial Digital Transformation, and Architecting the Industrial Internet. His expertise involves IIoT, Digital Twins, cloud computing, databases, AI/ML, and Telecom billing. He has worked on driving digital transformation at several large companies. He is a Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) club and very active on Twitter (shyamvaran). He is the founder of the analytics user group called AnDOUC (formerly BIWA). He has an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur, India, as well as an MSc (in computer science) and an MBA from FAU, Boca Raton, Florida. Shyam is part of the Program Committee of IoTSWC and a regular speaker at large technology events.

Ananya Simlai is a Solutions Architect with primary focus on Wireless- 4G-5G Mobility Networks, Cloud Native and NFVI, she is a Trusted Advisor for service providers helping them address their technological challenges thereby enabling them to smoothly transition across technologies like 4G- 5G. She has been a speaker on 5G on international forums and also interacts with CTO teams to design their 5G story. She has published multiple papers on 5G and holds granted patents. She has been instrumental in designing, implementing and successfully rolling out one of the largest 5G mobile networks in the globe. She is currently working as an architect in Google and has previously worked in Vmware, Cisco, Altiostar Networks and Starent Networks.

Oguzhan Kara is a microelectronics engineer with 12 years of mobile technologies experience including 5G NR, VoLTE, LTE-A, O-RAN, IoT, AI and autonomous systems. He is an expert in Radio Access Network (RAN) design and network optimization. He worked as consultant for different mobile network operators such that AT&T, Partner (f.k.a. Orange in Israel), Hot Mobile, and Yota. In 2021, he founded his own telecommunications consultancy company based in London, UK and he is currently providing 5G consultancy services to Qualcomm and Vodafone.