The complete engineer's guide to the network being rebuilt right now: NFV & MANO, VNFs & CNFs, Kubernetes for telecom, the cloud-native 5G core, vRAN & Open RAN, MEC, slicing, private 5G, GitOps, observability, security and performance — explained with the depth practitioners actually need.
Not a glossary and not a vendor brochure — a structured build-up from first principles to the operations and economics that decide whether a network survives. Every chapter ends with a summary and interview-grade review questions.
The evolution off appliances, ETSI MANO, and what actually makes a function "cloud-native" — with the litmus tests that expose container-washing.
The seven gaps between vanilla Kubernetes and a carrier network — Multus, SR-IOV, NUMA, hugepages, fleet management — and how each is filled.
Every NF on one map, the UPF rule pipeline, and the registration + PDU-session procedures traced message by message.
The RU/DU/CU split, the O-RAN architecture and the RIC, and what it takes for a server in a cabinet to be a base station.
MEC with honest latency math, network slicing that's more than a QoS profile, and private-5G deployment models that actually sell.
GitOps, observability, security, five-nines reliability, performance tuning, AIOps, 6G/NTN, and a buildable capstone project.
Chapters 1–4 are completely free, no signup. Open the Kindle-style reader, switch between paper, sepia and dark themes, and judge the depth for yourself before you spend $4.99.
A fixed chapter sidebar, three reading themes, font sizing, reading progress, and 113 diagrams that re-theme with the page. Built for long, focused reading — on desktop and mobile.
Plus 5 appendices: a full glossary, the standards bodies map, a hands-on open-source lab guide, 50 interview questions, and reusable reference-architecture templates.
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Yes — chapters 1 to 4, the entire Foundations part, are completely free with no signup. Open the reader, try all three themes, and confirm the depth before you buy.
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Yes. It is grounded in 3GPP (TS 23.501/23.502/28.530), ETSI NFV & MANO, the O-RAN Alliance specifications, CNCF/Kubernetes, GSMA Operator Platform and TM Forum ODA — focused on the architecture, procedures and operations an engineer actually uses.
Basic telecom or cloud familiarity helps, but Part I builds the foundations from scratch. It's written precisely to bridge the telecom and cloud-native worlds, so engineers from either side get value.
Yes. Chapter 22 and Appendix C walk you through standing up a complete 5G network on a laptop with free open-source tools — Open5GS/free5GC, UERANSIM, Kubernetes, Prometheus — and fourteen labs tied to the chapters.
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