Starting your learning

This section will teach you how to navigate our website and how you can get started with learning 5G and its relevant counterparts

Learning Modules

Under Learning Modules, you will find valuable information regarding 5G infrastructure. Each learning module is intended to teach you a different aspect of 5G. We suggest you go in order, as the information and quizzes we provide after each module require previous module knowledge. You will learn about:

  • Overall Basic 5G Network Structure

  • User Equipment

  • Technical Details of RAN Systems

  • NG-Core Overview

  • Other Equipment Used to Deploy 5G Networks

  • 5G Networking in Rural Locations

  • 5G RRC Layer

  • MAC, RLC, and PDCP Layers

  • 5G Physical Layer

Experiments

After reading through, and learning about 5G networking, we have provided simple experiments to test your knowledge. You will find multiple hands-on tutorials walking you through various 5G and ARA testbeds. Although it is important to be familiar with 5G networking at a textual level, it is more important to understand how it works in the real world. Under Experiments tab, you can find tutorials on how to run your own experiments. We provide the following testbeds:

  • Get to Know Powder

  • “Hello World!” in ARA

  • AraRAN Experiments

  • Virtual Network Topology Using GENI