5G Certification

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Overview
Designed to address industry’s need for telecommunications knowledge

We are in the midst of Industry 4.0 Technology and business solutions are
moving fast
Opportunity: capture the new value and revenue
opportunity promised by 5G Look ahead, and plan from the future back

User demands are increasingly real-time
• End-to-end solutions need to enable this new
reality
• Understanding of end-to-end solutions, and how
they work, is needed
Certification validates substance and rigor
• Generate real business value for industry players
• Add tangible value to an individual’s career

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How will this program help you?
The 5G Certification program is designed to provide
specific competencies for your current and future roles

Individual learners
• Industry Job Seekers
• Business Professionals & Executives
• Students

Industry players
Know-how to enhance business performance
and employee development

Service providers
Insights and knowledge of end-to-end 5G
solutions, for an edge in the market

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Nokia Bell Labs 5G Certification Program >40 000 registrations
Providing specific competencies for your current & future roles

Content Audiences Focus Delivery Certifications

• Independent, vendor- • Service Providers • Strategy and planning • Emphasis on self-paced • Associate and Professional
agnostic content • Industry Professionals • 5G network capabilities training for maximum Levels
• Confluence of technology convenience • Awarded by passing
• University Students • Connection to Future X
and business • Instructor-led sessions knowledge-based exams

Professional Courses (6-8 hours web-based, 2-3 days Instructor-led)

Distributed Industrial
5G 5G Network 5G Secured
Cloud Automation
Networking Slicing Networks
Networks Networks

Individual 5G Professional Certification Examinations

5G Foundation Course (Now Available, 7 hours web-based, 3 days Instructor-led)

Foundation of
The 5G Foundation of 5G Foundation of Foundation of Foundation of
Industrial
Imperative Networking Distributed Cloud Network Slicing Security
Automation

Nokia Bell Labs 5G Associate Examination

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Nokia Bell Labs 5G Certification Program
On top of Associate and Professional Certification levels, Specialty Courses can be taken in Technology or in Industry domains.
The Foundation Course or equivalent experience is a recommended prerequisite for any specialty course.

(Main target audience: CSP/DSP & universities) (live/live-virtual, advanced, customized & application-based)

AI and Data 5G for

5G Cloud 5G for 5G for Smart
Multiple Driven 5G
native RAN Manufacturing
Energy &
Cities & Gov’t
Specialty Networks Utilities
TBD TBD
Courses
5G for 5G for Other
5G-Advanced O-RAN
Mining Rail industries
4Q’23 TBD TBD TBD TBD

Distributed Industrial
5G 5G Network 5G Secured
Cloud Automation
Networking Slicing Networks
5 Networks Networks
Professional
Courses Five Individual 5G Professional Certification Examinations

Foundation of
The 5G Foundation of Foundation of Foundation of Foundation of
Industrial
Imperative 5G Networking Distributed Cloud Network Slicing Security
1 Automation
Foundation
Course One Nokia Bell Labs 5G Associate Examination

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Course
content overview

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Nokia Bell Labs 5G Foundation | BL00100-K-0220 – Overview
Learning Objectives
• Apply your understanding of key business Unit 1: Use Cases Unit 2: Foundation of 5G Unit 3: Foundation of
issues, fundamental principles and requirements Networking Distributed Cloud

technical pillars of 5G needed to engage in • 5G drivers and technology Access, Core, Transport: • Requirements of 5G
and contribute to various 5G strategy and essentials • Requirements distributed cloud
• The industry journey to 5G • Key technology enablers • Key technology
planning initiatives. • New architecture architecture and enablers
• Benefits of distributed
• Recognize the importance of a future-back cloud
approach.
• Better understand the technologies that Unit 4: Foundation of Unit 5: Foundation of Unit 6: Foundation of
enable and support 5G evolution. Network Slicing Security Industrial Automation

• Apply your knowledge of end-to-end 5G • Essential requirements and
principals underlying
for the purpose of strategy and planning, network slicing
and the creation of new business value. • Slicing architecture and
enablers
• Critically review the leading industry trends • Benefits of slicing
and use cases to be able to expand your automation
capabilities to discuss them with ease.
• 5G security requirements
5G security standards and
•
enablers
• End-to-end 5G security
architecture
• Requirements of Industry
4.0
• Lead-up to effective
industrial automation
• 5G-enabled uses cases
• Value of use cases to
various industries

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Nokia Bell Labs 5G Networking | BL00160-K-2006 – Overview
Learning Objectives
• Understand the business trends and technology Unit 1: Use Cases
evolution that is driving the need for an end-to- Unit 2: Access Unit 3: Core
requirements
end networking approach in 5G.
• Use cases • Access ecosystem • 5G Core ecosystem
• Understand the 3 elements of 5G Networking – • Network performance • Fixed & Fixed Wireless • 5G Core functions and
Access, Core, Transport, along with essential requirements Access features
• Massive scale RAN and New • 5G Core solutions and
deployment and automation planning Radio deployment options
considerations. • Access solutions and • Core orchestration and
deployment options automation
• Understand the benefits of leveraging pre- • Access orchestration and • Case study exercise
integrated end-to-end solutions in enabling automation
industry use cases. • Case study exercise

• Evaluate the important interplay across 5G Unit 5: Network Deployment

Unit 4: Transport
Networking and the impact on the end-to-end for Use Case Realization
performance needs of emerging 5G industry • Transport ecosystem • 5G Network and
applications. • Transport architecture and deployment overview
technologies • Digital automation services
• Provide guidance on how to apply these • Transport solutions and and slicing
advanced concepts in strategizing and planning deployment options • Case study realization
in the Service Provider and Industrial/Enterprise • Transport orchestration through end-to-end
environments. and automation networking
• Case study exercise

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Nokia Bell Labs Distributed Cloud Networks | BL00200-K-2101 – Overview
Learning Objectives
• Provide a comprehensive exploration of the Unit 1: Cloud Ecosystem
Unit 2: Cloud Technologies Unit 3: Cloud Resource
and Features Planning
industry needs precipitating the
requirements for Distributed Cloud • Performance requirements • Distributed Cloud • Cloud resources
Industry examples description Network Function
networks. •
• Introduction to case study • Cloud options
•
• Network Service Descriptor
• Conduct a detailed review of current cloud • Cloud-native application role
design • Case study exercise
technologies used to meet these needs. • Micro-services and
Containerization
• Introduce a selection of cloud software and • Case study exercise
hardware resources as well as operations
and automation techniques that can be Unit 5: New Services
deployed to improve efficiency. Unit 4: Operating Your Cloud
Automation

• Understand, based on a simple industry • Industry trends in new
hardware
case study, how to plan, apply and • Data center evolution
implement services in the Distributed • Maintenance & monitoring
Cloud. tools
• Case study exercise
• Service & application
automation
• Network automation
• Application life cycle &
auto-operations
• AI/ML in operation
efficiency
• Case study exercise

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Nokia Bell Labs Industrial Automation Networks | BL00240-K-2101 – Overview
Learning Objectives
• Explore the range of safety, productivity Unit 1: The Business Unit 2: 5G Enablers for Unit 3: Planning for Industrial
and efficiency requirements driving 5G’s Imperative Industrial Automation Automation
role in Industrial Automation. • Industry’s business • Introduction • The decision framework
imperatives • Access enablers • Introduction to case
• Examine a framework to guide important • Evolving technology • Network enablers studies
business and technology 5G decisions for capabilities • Digital enablers
Industrial Automation. • Applied industry solutions

• Discover 5G access, network and digital

enablers of Industrial Automation.
• Analyze how a range of industries meet Unit 4: Applying Industrial Unit 5: Moving forward with
Automation Industrial Automation
business needs by leveraging 5G to collect
data, build knowledge, and drive action. • Industry case studies: • Implementing Productivity
Sensing • Implementing Safety
• Review a recommended implementation • Industry case studies: • Implementing Efficiency
Understanding
approach for 5G-enabled Industrial
• Industry case studies:
Automation. Augmented Control

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Nokia Bell Labs 5G Secured Networks | BL00280-K-2103 - Overview
Learning Objectives
• Understand foundational security concepts
and requirements, including the principles of a
security solution.
• Articulate the role of security in a 5G system,
and the challenges for network security in the
5G world.
• Examine the 5G security landscape, from
threat actors to standardization bodies.
• Explore standards and practices supporting
layered security in 5G networks, including
security assurance.
Unit 1: Security Overview and
5G Security Landscape
• Security overview
• 5G Security landscape
Unit 4: 5G System Security
Unit 2: 5G Security Case
Unit 3: 5G Security Features
Study
• Introduction to case study • 5G security introduction
• Subscriber identification
and network access
security
• Network domain security
• RAN and O-RAN security
• Security in 5G vs other
technologies
• Case study exercise
Unit 5: 5G Risk Management Unit 6: 5G Security
Applied to Case Studies Orchestration and Analysis

• Apply our understanding of security threats, • Software, cloud and • Risk assessment activity • Security orchestration and
operations security setup analytics overview
protections and potential responses through a overview • Security Orchestration
series of real-world case study exercises. • Software development Automation and Response
security
• Consider how Security Orchestration • System architecture and
Automation and Response provides a dynamic cloud security
security approach for the move to 5G. • System operation security
• Case study exercise

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Nokia Bell Labs 5G Network Slicing | BL00130-K-2112 - Overview
Learning Objectives
• Understand foundational network slicing
concepts and their role in 5G deployments.
• Articulate the business imperatives of a
network slicing solution.
• Explore the network slicing landscape, from
industry needs to standardization bodies.
• Examine the network slicing lifecycle
process across the core, radio and
transport domains.
• Illustrate how end-to-end orchestration
stich slices to provide end-to-end services
and how automation helps to rapidly scale
network slicing deployments.
• Apply network slicing learnings through a
series of real-world case study exercises.
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Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Principles and
Unit 3: Technical Enablers
Business Drivers
• Introduction to course • Network slicing overview • Network slicing enablers
• Case studies introduction • Network slicing business overview
drivers • Radio slicing solutions
• Core slicing solutions
• Transport slicing solutions
• Case study exercises
Unit 4: Orchestration,
Unit 5: Use Cases
Automation, and Security
• End-to-end network slicing • Network slicing use cases
orchestration • Network slicing operational
• Network slicing automation transformation
and security
• Orchestration, automation,
and security case study
exercises
Artificial Intelligence and Data Driven 5G Networks BL00455-K-2207 – Overview
Learning Objectives
• Understand foundational AI, Data, and Unit 1: AI and Data Science
Unit 2: 5G AI and Analytics Unit 3: Foundation of
Analytics concepts and requirements, including Overview & 5G AI, Data, and
Case Studies Distributed Cloud
the principles of an AI and Data-Driven network Analytics Landscape

solution. • What is Date Science? • Overview of case study • Requirements of 5G

• What is AI/ML?
• Articulate the role of AI, Data, and Analytics in • AI, Data and Analytics
a 5G system, and the challenges for network Landscape in 5G Networks
automation in the 5G world. • Drivers of Artificial
Intelligence in 5G Networks
• Picture the 5G AI, Data, and Analytics
landscape, from implementation to
standardization bodies.
Unit 4: 5G Operations and
• Explore standards and practices supporting AI Maintenance
and Data Sharing in 5G networks. • Network Operations
• Fault Management
• Apply our understanding of AI, Data, and • Reliability
Analytics through a series of real-world case • Sustainability in AI to
study exercises. reduce carbon footprint
• Sustainability in 5G
• Consider how AI-as-a-Service provides a networks
dynamic approach for the move to 5G.
• Goal and Objectives of key
decision makers in the case
study
• Current situation in the
target company and how
AI/ML could help
Unit 5: AI and Analytics
Applied to Case Studies
• Case Study Exercise
distributed cloud
• Key technology
architecture and enablers
• Benefits of distributed
cloud
Unit 6: The Evolving AI
Standards for 5G and Beyond
• ML in air interface
• DeepRx
• Waveform learning
• DeepTx
• What is protocol learning?
• Reinforcement learning

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