CEC331: 4G or 5G Communication Networks syllabus for ECE 2021 regulation (Professional Elective-VIII)

4G or 5G Communication Networks detailed syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ECE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Electronics & Communication Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ECE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VIII scheme and its subjects refer to ECE Professional Elective-VIII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of 4g or 5g communication networks is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

EVOLUTION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS 6 Networks evolution: 2G,3G,4G, evolution of radio access networks, need for 5G. 4G versus 5G, Next Generation core(NG-core), visualized Evolved Packet core(vEPC).

Unit II

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Unit III

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND THE PROCESSES 6 5G architecture and core, network slicing, multi access edge computing(MEC)visualization of 5G components, end-to-end system architecture, service continuity, relation to EPC, and edge computing. 5G protocols: 5G NAS,NGAP, GTP-U, IPSec and GRE.

Unit IV

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Unit V

SECURITY IN 5G NETWORKS 6 Security features in 5G networks, network domain security, user domain security, flow based QoS framework,mitigating the threats in 5G.

Practical Exercises:

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Course Outcomes:

1. To understand the evolution of wireless networks.
2. To learn the concepts of 5G networks.
3. To comprehend the 5G architecture and protocols.
4. To understand the dynamic spectrum management.
5. To learn the security aspects in 5G networks.

Text Books:

1. 5G Core networks: Powering Digitalization , Stephen Rommer, Academic Press,2019
2. An Introduction to 5G Wireless Networks: Technology, Concepts and Use cases, Saro Velrajan,First Edition, 2020.

Reference Books:

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For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Electronics & Communication Engineering 6th Sem, visit ECE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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