O-RAN Technical Training

Why Take This Course?

• Enhance your industry knowledge and skills by gaining a greater understanding of O-RAN.
• Train with engineers at Qualcomm Technologies – a world leader in 5G technology and wireless engineering.
• Learn online and at your own pace with our flexible eLearning format. Or, set up a live training session for groups of at least 15 people.

Course Outline:

• RAN evolution, O-RAN vision and benefits.
• O-RAN architecture, nodes, and defined interfaces.
• O1, O2, R1, A1, and E2 interfaces.
• O-RAN Open Fronthaul: control, user, synchronization, and management planes.
• O-RAN OAM overview and architecture.
• Non-real time RIC architecture and applications.
• AI/ML workflow and scenarios.
• Near-RT RIC architecture and main components.
• White-box hardware in O-RAN including base station architecture and performance KPIs.
• O-RAN security architecture, frameworks, and protocols.
• O-RAN Alliance prioritized use cases.
• RAN deployment options with O-RAN.

What You Will Learn:

• RAN evolution and the motivation for ORAN.
• The concept and benefits of O-RAN.
• The difference between O-RAN, C-RAN, and vRAN.
• The overall O-RAN architecture.
• The functionality of key O-RAN nodes.
• O-RAN-defined interfaces.
• 3GPP-defined interfaces.
• O-RAN Open Fronthaul planes.
• O-RAN C-Plane, U-Plane, and M-Plane.
• O-RAN Synchronization approach.
• OAM architecture.
• Functionality of O1 and O2 interfaces.
• Major OAM use cases.
• Non-real time RAN Intelligent Controller (non-RT RIC) architecture.
• The role of non-RT RIC Applications (rApps).
• The role and functions of non-RT RIC.
• Fundamental of machine learning.
• AI/ML workflow.
• A1 and R1 interfaces.
• The role of near-real time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC).
• Near-RT RIC architecture and interfaces.
• E2SM and their functions.
• O-RAN base station architecture.
• Functionality of Fronthaul gateway.
• O-RAN base station classification and deployment scenarios.
• White-box hardware reference design.
• O-RAN KPIs.
• Security developments from the WG11.
• O-RAN threats and vulnerabilities.
• O-RAN security architectures, frameworks, and protocols.
• O-RAN prioritized use cases.
• How the O-RAN architecture facilitates optimization/improvement of its use cases.
• AI/ML in O-RAN implementation.
• Virtualization and its benefits.
• RAN deployment options with O-RAN.
• Fronthaul considerations.

Prerequisites:

• You should take this course if you are at least one of the following:
  • Network Engineer
  • Systems Engineer
  • Manager
• This course is part of our corporate program and requires an NDA for access.