6G-Ready Infrastructure and Network Design Training Course

Foundations: The 6G Vision and Underlying Technical Drivers

• Emerging 6G KPIs and service classes (latency, reliability, throughput, sensing)
• Core technology enablers and anticipated development timelines
• Impact on network architecture and physical infrastructure

Evolving Transport Networks: Fronthaul, Midhaul, and Backhaul

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

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

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

Designing Edge and Distributed Compute Environments

• Placement strategies for MEC and ultra-low-latency services
• Capacity planning, resource orchestration, and multi-access edge compute
• Interoperability among central cloud, edge, and on-premises resources

Timing, Synchronization, and Determinism

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

Spectrum, RF, and Antenna System Preparedness

• Propagation challenges in mmWave and THz bands and implications for cell planning
• Antenna system advancements: evolution of massive MIMO and active arrays
• Network 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 synchronization, and edge processing for real-time sensing
• Application scenarios: positioning, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing

Network Automation, AI-Native Management, and 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, and Trustworthy Infrastructure

• Threat modeling for highly distributed 6G topologies
• Considerations for hardware and software supply chain integrity
• Planning for operational resilience, redundancy, and disaster recovery

Testing, Validation, and Digital Twin Methodologies

• Verification methods 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 Strategic Roadmaps

• Phased upgrade paths and coexistence strategies to minimize disruption
• Developing business cases, cost estimation, and ROI analysis
• Pilot planning, KPI definition, and stakeholder engagement for rollout

Workshop: Design Review and Readiness Planning

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

Summary and Future Steps