Master the Art of 5G Protocol Testing, and Log Analysis

🕒 Duration: 40 Hours
🎓 Pre-requisite: 5G Technology Certification

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📘 Course Overview

This intensive 40-hour training equips professionals with practical knowledge of 5G protocol layers, interface analysis, message decoding, and log analysis techniques. Using industry-standard tools and real-time datasets, participants will learn how to analyze signaling flows, identify network events, troubleshoot failures, and optimize end-to-end 5G performance.

Whether you're in R&D, testing, optimization, or planning, this course will make you fluent in 5G call flows, air interface behaviour, and protocol-level troubleshooting.

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🌟 Why You Should Attend?

✅ Master 5G protocols across control and user planes
✅ Decode real logs from RRC, NGAP, PDCP, SDAP, MAC, and PHY layers
✅ Understand 5G registration, PDU sessions, QoS, slicing & beam management
✅ Analyze real-time downlink/uplink scheduling and failures
✅ Learn test case creation, interpretation, and UE trace analysis
✅ Certification from Apeksha Telecom to validate your log analysis skills

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📚 Course Modules

Module 1: 5G Fundamentals

• Introduction to 5G Protocol Testing

• Key Use Cases: eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, V2X

• Requirements & Architecture: Reference vs. Service-Based

• Base Station Architectures: SA, NSA, CU/DU, CP/UP Split

• Overview of Interfaces: Xn, F1, E1, NG, X2

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Module 2: Protocol Stack & RRC States

• User Plane & Control Plane Protocols

• Detailed RRC State Machine: Idle, Connected, Inactive

• Registration Management & Connection Setup

• Access Control, SRBs, PDU Sessions

• QoS Framework, Network Slicing, Edge Computing

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Module 3: Air Interface Protocol & Spectrum

• UE Capabilities, Duplex Modes & Bands

• Millimeter Wave Propagation

• MIMO, Beamforming Techniques

• 3GPP Specifications & Numerology

• Slot Structures, Resource Blocks, Bandwidth Parts

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Module 4: Downlink Signals & Channels

• SS/PBCH Blocks & Synchronization

• PDCCH, PDSCH, DM-RS, CSI-RS, PTRS

• DCI Formats 0_0 to 2_3 & CORESET Sets

• Channel Mapping & Shared Channel Configuration

• HARQ and Beam Management Principles

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Module 5: Uplink Signals & Transmission

• PRACH Generation & Formats

• PUCCH (Formats 0 to 4 & Repetition)

• PUSCH: Modulation, Coding, TBS

• Uplink Reference Signals (DMRS, SRS, PTRS)

• Transmission Schemes: Codebook vs. Non-Codebook

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Module 6: Beam Management & Measurements

• Beam Acquisition & Refinement

• PMI Beam Selection & Failure Recovery

• Measurement Metrics: SS-RSRP, SINR, CSI-RSRQ

• Reporting Triggers: Events A1 to B2

• SFN Timing & Interference Estimation

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Module 7: Idle Mode & Paging

• PLMN Selection & Cell Reselection

• Paging Configurations & Occasions

• DRX Cycles & Power Efficiency

• Cell Reselection Priorities & Trigger Mechanisms

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Module 8: Physical/MAC Layer Procedures

• Random Access: CBRA, CFRA, Prioritized

• Timing Advance & Power Control (UL/DL)

• HARQ (DL/UL), Scheduling Requests, BSR

• Uplink Resource Request & PH Reporting

• Radio Link Monitoring and Discontinuous Reception

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Module 9: Voice & Mobility Procedures

• Voice over 5G Radio

• EPS Fallback & RAT Fallback

• EN-DC Cell Addition & Context Setup

• Xn Handover, Connection Release, RRC Setup

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Module 10: Radio Network Planning Essentials

• Operation Band & NR-ARFCN/GSCN

• PCI Planning & CSI Reference Signals

• PRACH Planning & Root Sequences

• Neighbor, Tracking Area & Notification Area Planning

• Throughput Projections for DL & UL

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Module 11: Log Analysis Essentials

• Understanding Test Tools (Wireshark, QXDM, UERANSIM, TEMS)

• Decoding NAS, NGAP, PDCP, RLC, MAC Logs

• Capturing Call Setup, Registration, and Session Flows

• Identifying Paging, HO, RACH, Beam Failure

• Interpreting QoS Flow Mapping & SRB/DRB Signaling

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Module 12: Dynamic Spectrum & UE Identities

• Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS)

• UE Identities: IMSI, IMEI, SUPI, SUCI, RNTI, GUTI, TMSI

• Identity Mapping in Logs and Security Layers

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Hands-On Labs & Simulation Exercises

🔍 Real-World Lab Scenarios Include:

• Wireshark Protocol Analysis (NAS, NGAP, RRC, S1AP)

• Log Capture from Live Network Scenarios

• DCI Format Decoding for PDCCH/PDSCH

• PUCCH/PUSCH Configuration Debugging

• Beam Failure Recovery Flow

• End-to-End Registration and PDU Session Tracing

• HARQ Flow Analysis with Retransmissions

• Call Drop Debugging and KPI Mapping

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🎯 Who Should Attend?

• Protocol Test Engineers

• Telecom Log Analysts & Optimizers

• RAN and Core Network Engineers

• Drive Test & Post-Processing Teams

• 5G Solution Architects and Planners

• Engineers transitioning from LTE to 5G

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🎓 Certification

Participants will receive a 5G Protocol Testing & Log Analysis Certificate from Apeksha Telecom, validating their advanced proficiency in signaling trace analysis, debugging, and 5G performance monitoring.

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📞 Contact Us

📧 Email: myapekshatelecom@gmail.com
📱 Mobile: +91-8800669860
🌐 Website: www.telecomgurukul.com