Workshop Agenda

Day 1 (February 25th): 5G Core Network and Monitoring

Morning Session: Deploying and Managing 5G Core Network

⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

• Deploy 5G Core with Network Slicing
  Learn to deploy and configure a 5G core network (Open5GS) over Kubernetes.
• Hands-on with 5G Core
  Gain hands-on experience in creating, configuring, and managing 5G network slices.

Lunch Break

⏰ Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Afternoon Session: Monitoring 5G Core Network

⏰ Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

• Monitoring Network Slices
  Learn to deploy and configure a monitoring architecture for network slices using Prometheus, Grafana, and Monarch.
• Hands-on with Monarch
  Acquire practical skills in querying and analyzing 5G network slice KPIs.

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Day 2 (February 26th): Data Handling and Intelligent Algorithms

Morning Session: Scalable Data Ingestion, Processing, and Visualization

⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• Introduction to Data Processing Pipelines
  Understand the challenges of building and maintaining a data processing pipeline.
• Hands-on with Data Processing Pipeline
  Learn to deploy a highly-available data processing pipeline and ingest data into OpenSearch using technologies such as Beats, NiFi, and Kafka.
• Data Pipeline Configuration
  Learn to configure NiFi and OpenSearch.

Lunch Break

⏰ Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Afternoon Session: Slice Modeling and Dynamic Resource Scaling

⏰ Time: 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM

• Slice modeling using vNetRunner
  Use the vNetRunner framework to train VNF models and compose them to form end-to-end slice models.

• Dynamic Resource Scaling using MicroOpt
  Use the MicroOpt framework to perform dynamic resource scaling for network slices.