IEEE Communications Society online courses are offered live, via WebEx. You can interact directly with the course instructors and will receive access to the course recording for subsequent review.
| Date | Time | Course Title & Description |
|---|---|---|
| 24 - 25 April 2024 | 10:30 am - 3:30 pm EDT | 5G RAN and Core Network: Architecture, Technology Enablers and Implementation Aspects Learn the fundamentals of the architecture, air interface and 3GPP deployment options of 5G New Radio (5G NR) as well as the interworking of NR with LTE regarding radio functionality, bearer handling, mobility and performance. |
| 02 May 2024 | 9:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT | Empowering Industry 4.0 with Next Generation Optical Access Networks Learn about the next generation industrial networks and high-speed optical access while getting a review of the state of the art in optical access standards and system development. |
| 03 May 2024 | 10:00 am - 2:30 pm EDT | Introduction to Quantum Communications Get an introduction to quantum communications including the pros, cons, and limitations of this technology in wireless systems. |
| 08 - 09 May 2024 | 10:30 am - 3:30 pm EDT | O-RAN: Disrupting the Radio Access Network through Openness and Innovation Learn how O-RAN influences current developments in the industry, how it is expected to unleash innovation and what opportunities it offers, leading to fully open, disaggregated, virtualized and intelligent Radio Access Networks. |
| 22 - 23 May 2024 | 10:30 am - 3:30 pm EDT | Machine Type Communications in 5G and Beyond This course provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of machine type communications (MTC) over LTE and 5G/NR radio access, covering the areas of massive, critical and reduced-capability MTC, as well as the special cases of UAV and V2X communications. |
| 07 June 2024 | 10:00 am - 2:30 pm EDT | Building the Road to 6G: From Full 5G & 5G-Advanced to Beyond-5G & 6G Understand the vision and new paradigms in 5G and beyond and its potential impact on a variety of technologies. |
| 17 July 2024 | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT | Cloud-Native Energy-Efficient 5G-Advanced & Path to 6G Understand end-to-end 5G architecture and its roadmap towards 5G-Advanced and beyond, including 5G core, enabling variety of use cases, next generation service-based architecture and telco cloud. |
| 23 - 25 July 2024 | 8:00 am - 10:30 am EDT | OTFS and Delay-Doppler Communications Learn about delay-Doppler communications, from the fundamental theory of the Zak transform to MATLAB code functions and software-defined radio implementation. |
| 11 - 12 September 2024 | 10:00 am - 1:30 pm EDT | Fundamentals of Wireless Communication Review topics of radio theory and learn about basic concepts of wireless communication, antennas, wave propagation, transmitters and receiver architectures, access methods for wireless networks and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology. |
| 18 - 19 September 2024 | 9:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT | Network and Service Architecture Get a comprehensive overview of telecommunication networks through a study of internet protocol (IP) principles, IP core networks, QoS (quality of service) support and VoIP (voice over IP) transport technologies, network security, and various types of engineering documentation. |
| 02 - 03 October 2024 | 9:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT | Cellular Networks Learn about the evolution and operational principles of digital cellular networks as cellular concept, frequency reuse, and sectorization are explained. |
| 09 October 2024 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT | Non-cellular Wireless Systems Gain a deeper understanding of wireless local area networks, wireless personal area networks, and ad hoc networks; along with an overview of satellite communications. |