Telco and 5G Data Plane

build the user plane of a mobile core and run it on cloud infrastructure.

≈ 190 hBadge: User-Plane Engineer

Who it is for

telco developers and mobile-core engineers.

The sequence

  1. 1
    CNT-03 · 5G Core UPF Data-Plane Development Build the forwarding and charging logic of a 5G user-plane function and run it on DPDK or VPP.
  2. 2
    DPK-03 · NFV and DPDK Performance Design network functions as virtual services and make them fast with DPDK, SR-IOV, and SFC.
  3. 3
    DPK-01 · DPDK in Depth Build high-speed packet applications on DPDK's core libraries and finish with a VPN gateway.
  4. 4
    TRN-02 · Low-Latency Networking for Edge Computing Design an edge network where every millisecond is budgeted: placement, QoS, time-sensitive transport, and mobility.
  5. 5
    CNT-01 · Advanced Kubernetes Networking and Service Mesh Design a service mesh, a multi-cluster network, and a GitOps workflow that holds up in production.

Capstone

Mini UPF with forwarding rules and slicing (CAP-08)

Take the first course

Every course in the path can be taken on its own, in any order.

CNT-03