As mobile networks transition to full 5G Standalone deployments, understanding the 5G Core (5GC) is essential for engineers and technical professionals involved in network design, deployment, or support. This single-module course offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to the 5G Core Network Architecture.

In just three hours, you’ll explore the key building blocks of the 5G Core, including the main network functions such as the UDM, AMF, SMF, and UPF, and their roles in managing subscriber data, mobility, sessions, and user traffic. The module also explains important network and UE identifiers, tracking area concepts, and the role of service-based interfaces in enabling 5G’s flexibility.

You’ll gain insight into how 5G supports roaming, interworks with legacy EPC networks, and introduces network slicing—a powerful concept that allows the same physical network to support a wide variety of use cases with different performance requirements.

This course is ideal for those who need a technical overview of the 5G Core without going deep into protocol-level detail, and serves as a foundation for further learning or practical application in 5G projects.

Course Contents

• 5G Core Network Functions Overview
  
• Reference Point Architecture
  
• 5G Roaming Architectures
  
• Service Based Architecture
  
• Service Based Interface Concepts
  
• 5G Core Network Functions
  
• Data Storage Architecture
  
• Interworking and Migration
  
• Non-3GPP Access
  
• 5G Identities
  
• Identities for Network Slicing
  
• TAC and RAN Identites