6G-Ready Infrastructure and Network Design Training Course

Foundations: The 6G Vision and Technical Drivers

• Emerging 6G KPIs and service classes (including latency, reliability, throughput, and sensing)
• Key technology enablers and projected timelines
• Impact on network architecture and infrastructure

Transport Network Evolution: Fronthaul, Midhaul, and Backhaul

• Requirements for ultra-low-latency transport and deterministic tunnels
• Fronthaul options (CPRI/eCPRI, RoE, split options) and bandwidth scaling
• Enhancements in optical transport and strategies for fiber densification

Cloud-Native RAN, vRAN, and O-RAN Integration

• Cloud-native network functions and principles of containerized RAN
• vRAN design patterns, hardware acceleration, and disaggregation trade-offs
• O-RAN architecture, open interfaces, and associated integration challenges

Edge & Distributed Compute Design

• Strategic edge placement for MEC and ultra-low-latency services
• Capacity planning, resource orchestration, and multi-access edge compute
• Interworking between central cloud, edge, and on-prem resources

Timing, Synchronization & Determinism

• Precision timing requirements specific to 6G use cases
• Considerations and hardening strategies for PTP, SyncE, and GNSS
• Architectures for deterministic packet transport and redundancy

Spectrum, RF, and Antenna System Readiness

• Propagation challenges of mmWave and THz, and implications for cell planning
• Antenna system upgrades: evolution of massive MIMO and active arrays
• Densification, backhaul provisioning, and site power/thermal planning

Integrated Sensing and Communication Infrastructure

• Co-design of sensing-capable radios and network-aware sensing pipelines
• Data fusion, timing, and edge processing for real-time sensing applications
• Use cases including positioning, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing

Network Automation, AI-Native Management & Orchestration

• Intent-based networking, closed-loop automation, and model-driven operations
• Leveraging AI/ML for traffic prediction, fault detection, and resource optimization
• CI/CD practices for network functions and automated validation

Security, Resilience & Trustworthy Infrastructure

• Threat models tailored for highly distributed 6G topologies
• Considerations for hardware and software supply chains
• Planning for operational resilience, redundancy, and disaster recovery

Testing, Validation & Digital Twin Approaches

• Verification methodologies for latency, jitter, and throughput SLAs
• Utilizing digital twins for planning, what-if analysis, and capacity forecasting
• Interoperability testing with legacy 5G systems and multi-vendor stacks

Migration Strategies and Roadmaps

• Phased upgrade paths and coexistence strategies with minimal disruption
• Constructing business cases, cost estimation, and ROI considerations
• Pilot planning, defining KPIs, and stakeholder engagement for rollout

Workshop: Design Review and Readiness Plan

• Hands-on architecture design exercise addressing a real deployment scenario
• Gap analysis and prioritized remediation plan for infrastructure readiness
• Presentation of proposed roadmap and risk mitigation measures

Summary and Next Steps