ETSI TS 144 118 V13.0.0 (2016-01)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol; Iu mode (3GPP TS 44.118 version 13.0.0 Release 13)

RTS/TSGG-0244118vd00

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 24-Jan-2016
• Technical Committee: 3GPP GERAN 2 - Protocol aspects
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 20-Jan-2016
• Completion Date: 25-Jan-2016

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ETSI TS 1144 118 V13.0.0 (201616-01)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONION
Digital cellular telecocommunications system (Phahase 2+);
Mobile radio in interface layer 3 specificationion;
Radio Resouource Control (RRC) protocolol;;
Iu mode
(3GPP TS 44.1.118 version 13.0.0 Release 13 13)

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GLOBAL SYSTTEME FOR
MOBILE COMMUUNNICATIONS

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 14
1 Scope . 15
1.1 General . 15
1.2 Scope of the Technical Specification . 15
1.3 Application to the interface structures . 15
1.4 Structure of layer 3 procedures . 15
1.5 Test procedures . 16
1.6 Applicability of implementations . 16
2 References . 16
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 18
3.1 Definitions . 18
3.2 Abbreviations . 19
3.3 Random values . 19
3.4 Specification Notations . 20
4 RRC Functions and Services provided to upper layers . 20
4.1 RRC Functions . 20
4.2 RRC Services provided to upper layers . 21
5 Services expected from lower layers . 21
5.1 Services required from layer 2 and physical layers . 21
5.2 Signalling Radio Bearers . 21
6 RRC Protocol modes and states . 21
6.1 General . 21
6.2 Relation between Iu mode and A/Gb mode . 22
6.2.1 Handover between Iu and A/Gb modes . 22
6.2.2 Cell reselection between Iu and A/Gb mode . 22
6.2a Relation between GERAN Iu mode RRC and UTRA RRC . 22
6.2a.1 Handover between GERAN Iu mode and UTRAN . 22
6.2a.2 Cell reselection between GERAN Iu mode and UTRAN . 23
6.3 RR modes of operation . 23
6.4 RRC modes and states . 23
6.4.1 RRC-Idle Mode . 23
6.4.1.1 General . 23
6.4.1.2 Transition from RRC-Idle Mode to RRC-Connected mode . 23
6.4.2 RRC-Connected mode: RRC-Cell_Shared state . 24
6.4.2.1 General . 24
6.4.2.2 Transition from RRC-Cell_Shared state to RRC-Idle Mode . 24
6.4.2.3 Transition from RRC-Cell_Shared state to RRC-Cell_Dedicated state . 24
6.4.2.4 Transition from RRC-Cell_Shared state to RRC-GRA_PCH state . 24
6.4.2.5 Radio resource allocation tasks . 24
6.4.2.6 RRC connection mobility tasks . 24
6.4.2.7 MS measurements . 25
6.4.3 RRC-Connected mode: RRC-Cell_Dedicated state . 25
6.4.3.1 General . 25
6.4.3.2 Transition from RRC-Cell_Dedicated state to RRC-Cell_Shared state . 25
6.4.3.3 Transition from RRC-Cell_Dedicated state to RRC-Idle Mode. 25
6.4.3.4 Transition from RRC-Cell_Dedicated state to RRC-GRA_PCH state . 25
6.4.3.5 Radio resource allocation tasks . 25
6.4.3.6 RRC connection mobility tasks . 25
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6.4.3.7 MS measurements . 26
6.4.4 RRC-Connected mode: RRC-GRA_PCH state . 26
6.4.4.1 General . 26
6.4.4.2 Transition from RRC-GRA_PCH state to RRC-Cell_Shared state . 26
6.4.4.3 Transition from RRC-GRA_PCH state to RRC-Cell_Dedicated state . 26
6.4.4.4 Radio resource allocation tasks . 26
6.4.4.5 RRC connection mobility tasks . 26
6.4.4.6 MS measurements . 27
6.4.4.7 Transfer and update of system information . 27
7 Radio Resource Control procedures . 27
7.1 General . 27
7.2 Change of channels in case of handover . 27
7.2.1 Change of channel serving SRB1 . 27
7.2.2 Change of channel serving SRB2 . 27
7.2.3 Change of channel serving SRB3 . 28
7.2.4 Change of channel serving SRB4 . 28
7.3 System information broadcasting . 28
7.3.1 General . 28
7.3.2 Broadcast of Iu mode specific System Information . 28
7.4 Paging procedure . 30
7.4.1 General . 30
7.4.2 Paging initiation in RRC-Idle mode, RRC-Cell_Shared or RRC-GRA_PCH state . 30
7.4.2.1 General . 30
7.4.2.2 Initiation . 31
7.4.2.3 Reception of a PAGING INDICATION service primitive . 32
7.4.3 Paging initiation in RRC-Cell_Dedicated state. 32
7.4.3.1 General . 33
7.4.3.2 Initiation . 33
7.4.3.3 Reception of a DEDICATED PAGING REQUEST message by the MS . 33
7.4.4 Abnormal cases . 33
7.5 RRC Connection management procedures . 34
7.5.1 RRC connection establishment . 34
7.5.1.1 General . 34
7.5.1.2 Initiation . 34
7.5.1.3 RRC CONNECTION REQUEST message contents to set . 35
7.5.1.4 Reception of an RRC CONNECTION REQUEST message by the GERAN . 35
7.5.1.5 Cell re-selection or T300 timeout . 35
7.5.1.6 Abortion of RRC connection establishment . 36
7.5.1.7 Reception of an RRC CONNECTION SETUP message by the MS . 36
7.5.1.8 Cell re-selection . 37
7.5.1.9 Invalid RRC CONNECTION SETUP message . 38
7.5.1.10 Reception of an RRC CONNECTION REJECT message by the MS . 39
7.5.1.11 Invalid RRC CONNECTION REJECT message . 39
7.5.2 RRC connection release . 40
7.5.2.1 General . 40
7.5.2.2 Initiation . 40
7.5.2.3 Reception of an RRC CONNECTION RELEASE message by the MS . 40
7.5.2.4 Invalid RRC CONNECTION RELEASE message . 41
7.5.2.5 Cell re-selection or radio link failure . 42
7.5.2.6 Reception of an RRC CONNECTION RELEASE COMPLETE message by GERAN . 42
7.5.2.7 Unsuccessful transmission of the RRC CONNECTION RELEASE COMPLETE message,
acknowledged mode transmission . 42
7.5.2.8 Detection of loss of dedicated physical channel by GERAN in RRC-Cell_Dedicated state . 43
7.5.2.9 Failure to receive RRC CONNECTION RELEASE COMPLETE message by GERAN . 43
7.6 Transmission of MS capability information . 43
7.6.1 General . 43
7.6.2 Initiation . 43
7.6.3 Reception of an MS CAPABILITY INFORMATION message by the GERAN . 44
7.6.4 Reception of the MS CAPABILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM message by the MS . 44
7.6.5 Invalid MS CAPABILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM message . 45
7.6.6 T304 timeout . 45
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7.7 MS capability enquiry . 46
7.7.1 General . 46
7.7.2 Initiation . 46
7.7.3 Reception of an MS CAPABILITY ENQUIRY message by the MS . 46
7.7.4 Invalid MS CAPABILITY ENQUIRY message . 46
7.8 RRC Connection mobility procedures . 47
7.8.1 Cell and GRA Update procedures . 47
7.8.1.1 General . 48
7.8.1.2 Initiation . 49
7.8.1.3 CELL UPDATE / GRA UPDATE message contents to set . 52
7.8.1.4 Reception of an CELL UPDATE/GRA UPDATE message by the GERAN . 53
7.8.1.5 Reception of the CELL UPDATE CONFIRM/GRA UPDATE CONFIRM message by the MS. 54
7.8.1.6 Transmission of a response message to GERAN . 58
7.8.1.7 Physical channel failure . 62
7.8.1.8 Unsupported configuration by the MS . 63
7.8.1.9 Invalid configuration . 64
7.8.1.10 Incompatible simultaneous reconfiguration . 66
7.8.1.10a Security reconfiguration during Cell update procedure . 67
7.8.1.11 Confirmation error of GRA ID list . 67
7.8.1.12 Invalid CELL UPDATE CONFIRM/GRA UPDATE CONFIRM message . 69
7.8.1.13 T302 expiry or cell reselection . 70
7.8.1.14 T314 expiry . 72
7.8.1.15 T315 expiry . 73
7.8.1.16 Reception of the GERAN MOBILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM message by the GERAN . 74
7.8.1.17 Inter-RAT cell reselection to GERAN Iu mode . 74
7.8.1.17.1 General . 74
7.8.1.17.2 Initiation . 74
7.8.1.17.3 MS fails to complete an inter-RAT cell reselection . 74
7.8.1.18 Inter-RAT cell reselection from GERAN Iu mode . 75
7.8.1.18.1 General . 75
7.8.1.18.2 Initiation . 75
7.8.1.18.3 Successful cell reselection . 75
7.8.1.18.4 MS fails to complete an inter-RAT cell reselection . 75
7.8.2 GRA update . 75
7.8.3 GERAN mobility information . 76
7.8.3.1 General . 76
7.8.3.2 Initiation . 76
7.8.3.3 Reception of GERAN MOBILITY INFORMATION message by the MS . 76
7.8.3.4 Reception of an GERAN MOBILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM message by the GERAN . 79
7.8.3.5 Cell re-selection . 79
7.8.3.6 Incompatible simultaneous security reconfiguration . 80
7.8.3.7 Invalid GERAN MOBILITY INFORMATION message . 80
7.8.4 Inter-mode handover from GERAN Iu mode . 81
7.8.4.1 General . 81
7.8.4.2 Initiation . 81
7.8.4.3 Reception of a HANDOVER FROM GERAN Iu COMMAND message by the MS . 81
7.8.4.4 Successful completion of the inter-mode handover . 82
7.8.4.5 Unsuccesful completion of the inter-mode handover at the MS side . 82
7.8.4.6 Invalid HANDOVER FROM GERAN Iu COMMAND message . 82
7.8.4.7 Reception of an HANDOVER FAILURE message by GERAN in Iu mode . 83
7.8.4.8 Unsupported configuration in HANDOVER FROM GERAN Iu COMMAND message . 83
7.8.4.9 Reception of HANDOVER FROM GERAN Iu COMMAND message by MS in RRC-
Cell_Shared state . 84
7.9 Procedures for System Information transmission and Measurement reporting in RRC-Cell_Dedicated
state . 84
7.9.1 General . 84
7.9.2 Measurement Report and Enhanced Measurement Report . 85
7.9.2.2 Parameters for Measurements and Reporting. 85
7.9.2.2.1 General . 85
7.9.2.2.2 Deriving the 3G Neighbour Cell list from the 3G Neighbour Cell Description .
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