ITU Centre of Excellence elearning course: “Future Mobile and Wireless Broadband: LTE-A-Pro, WiFi, Satellites, 5G NR and AI”

Event date: 16.11.2021

16 November – 13 December 2021

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, will conduct eLearning course on “Future Mobile and Wireless Broadband: LTE-A-Pro, WiFi, Satellites, 5G NR and AI” from 16 November to 13 December 2021, within the framework of ITU Centre of Excellence Network for Europe, and it will be delivered through the ITU Academy: https://academy.itu.int

Head/Coordinator of ITU Centre of Excellence at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in Skopje is Prof. Dr. Toni Janevski (tonij@feit.ukim.edu.mk).

This course will cover Future mobile and wireless broadband: LTE-A-Pro, WiFi, Satellites, 5G NR and AI, including technologies, regulation and business aspects. The course will include mobile broadband LTE/LTE-Advanced architecture, 4G Evolved Packet Core (EPC), 4.9G LTE-A-Pro, 4.9G QoS and mobile Internet access, cellular Internet of Things (IoT), LTE in unlicensed bands, LTE-A-Pro V2X and mission critical services, as well as business and regulatory aspects of mobile broadband. Further, it will cover future wireless/satellite broadband, including WiFi Next Generation (WiFi 6), Extremely High Throughput WiFi (WiFi 7), mobile and WiFi integration, Satellite broadband systems, Satellites for Internet access, M2M/IoT operation via Satellite, future Satellites for 5G broadband access, as well as business and regulatory aspects for future wireless and satellite broadband. The course will also include 5G New Radio (NR) access and 5G Next Generation core, 5G network slicing and SDN/NFV, 5G QoS, 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), 5G spectrum management, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in 5G, as well as business and regulatory aspects for future 5G mobile broadband. Finally, it will also include VoLTE and VoNR, 5G Media Streaming and AR/VR/XR, 5G Broadcast and MBS, eMBB for 5G Internet access and broadband services, Massive MTC/IoT and smart services, URLLC services (Industry 4.0, V2X, smart grids), future IoT/BigData/AI services in 5G, future 5G OTT services vs. network neutrality, as well as business and regulatory aspects for future services in 5G era.

This course is targeted at managers, engineers and employees from regulators, government organizations, telecommunication companies and academia, who are interested in understanding, implementation and regulation of Future mobile and wireless broadband: LTE-A-Pro, WiFi, Satellites, 5G NR and AI, including technologies, regulatory and business aspects. Other institutions and individuals that are dedicated in building their capacity related to Future mobile and wireless broadband: LTE-A-Pro, WiFi, Satellites, 5G NR and AI are also welcome to participate.

For formal Letter of Invitation for the ITU CoE elearning course all interested parties should contact Prof. Dr. Toni Janevski (tonij@feit.ukim.edu.mk), latest by 15 November 2021.