6G-Ready Infrastructure and Network Design Training Course

Foundations: The 6G Vision and Driving Technologies

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

Evolution of Transport Networks: Fronthaul, Midhaul, Backhaul

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

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

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

Designing Edge and Distributed Compute

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

Timing, Synchronization, and Determinism

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

Readiness for Spectrum, RF, and Antenna Systems

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

Infrastructure for Integrated Sensing and Communication

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

Network Automation, AI-Native Management, and Orchestration

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

Security, Resilience, and Trustworthy Infrastructure

• Threat models for highly distributed 6G topologies.
• Hardware and software supply-chain considerations.
• Operational resilience, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning.

Testing, Validation, and 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 5G legacy systems and multi-vendor stacks.

Migration Strategies and Roadmaps

• Phased upgrade paths and coexistence strategies to minimize disruption.
• Building the business case, cost estimation, and ROI considerations.
• Pilot planning, KPI definition, and stakeholder engagement for rollout.

Workshop: Design Review and Readiness Planning

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

Summary and Next Steps