ETSI TS 136 304 V16.8.0 (2023-04)

LTE; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode (3GPP TS 36.304 version 16.8.0 Release 16)

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ETSI TS 136 304 V16.8.0 (2023-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);
User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode
(3GPP TS 36.304 version 16.8.0 Release 16)

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3GPP TS 36.304 version 16.8.0 Release 16 3 ETSI TS 136 304 V16.8.0 (2023-04)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Symbols . 10
3.3 Abbreviations . 10
4 General description of Idle mode . 11
4.1 Overview . 11
4.2 Functional division between AS and NAS in Idle mode . 13
4.3 Service types in Idle Mode . 15
4.4 NB-IoT functionality in Idle Mode . 17
5 Process and procedure descriptions . 17
5.1 PLMN selection . 17
5.1.1 Void . 18
5.1.2 Support for PLMN selection . 18
5.1.2.1 General . 18
5.1.2.2 E-UTRA and NB-IoT case . 18
5.1.2.3 UTRA case . 18
5.1.2.4 GSM case . 18
5.1.2.5 CDMA2000 case . 18
5.1.2.6 NR case . 18
5.2 Cell selection and reselection . 19
5.2.1 Introduction. 19
5.2.2 States and state transitions in Idle Mode . 20
5.2.3 Cell Selection process . 21
5.2.3.1 Description . 21
5.2.3.2 Cell Selection Criterion . 22
5.2.3.2a Cell Selection Criterion for NB-IoT . 24
5.2.3.3 CSG cells and Hybrid cells in Cell Selection . 24
5.2.3.4 GSM case in Cell Selection . 24
5.2.3.5 UTRAN case in Cell Selection. 25
5.2.3.6 NR case in Cell Selection . 25
5.2.4 Cell Reselection evaluation process . 25
5.2.4.1 Reselection priorities handling . 25
5.2.4.2 Measurement rules for cell re-selection . 27
5.2.4.2a Measurement rules for cell re-selection for NB-IoT . 28
5.2.4.3 Mobility states of a UE . 28
5.2.4.3.1 Scaling rules . 29
5.2.4.4 Cells with cell reservations, access restrictions or unsuitable for normal camping. 29
5.2.4.5 E-UTRAN Inter-frequency and inter-RAT Cell Reselection criteria . 30
5.2.4.6 Intra-frequency and equal priority inter-frequency Cell Reselection criteria . 31
5.2.4.6a Reselection for enhanced coverage . 32
5.2.4.7 Cell reselection parameters in system information broadcasts . 32
5.2.4.7.1 Speed dependant reselection parameters . 35
5.2.4.8 Cell reselection with CSG cells . 36
5.2.4.8.1 Cell reselection from a non-CSG cell to a CSG cell . 36
5.2.4.8.2 Cell reselection from a CSG cell . 36
5.2.4.9 Cell reselection with Hybrid cells . 36
5.2.4.10 E-UTRAN Inter-frequency Redistribution procedure . 36
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5.2.4.10.1 Redistribution target selection . 37
5.2.4.11 Cell reselection or CN type change when storing UE AS context . 38
5.2.4.12 Relaxed monitoring . 38
5.2.4.12.0 Relaxed monitoring measurement rules . 38
5.2.4.12.1 Relaxed monitoring criterion . 38
5.2.4.13 Cell reselection or CN type change in RRC_INACTIVE state . 38
5.2.5 Void . 38
5.2.6 Camped Normally state . 38
5.2.7 Cell Selection at transition to RRC_IDLE or RRC_INACTIVE state . 39
5.2.7a Cell Selection at transition to RRC_IDLE state for NB-IoT . 39
5.2.8 Any Cell Selection state . 39
5.2.8a Any Cell Selection state for NB-IoT . 39
5.2.9 Camped on Any Cell state . 39
5.3 Cell Reservations and Access Restrictions . 40
5.3.1 Cell status and cell reservations . 40
5.3.2 Access control . 42
5.3.3 Emergency call . 43
5.4 Tracking Area registration . 43
5.5 Support for manual CSG selection . 43
5.5.1 E-UTRA case . 43
5.5.2 UTRA case. 43
5.6 RAN-assisted WLAN interworking . 43
5.6.1 RAN assistance parameter handling in RRC_IDLE . 43
5.6.2 Access network selection and traffic steering rules . 43
5.6.3 RAN assistance parameters definition . 44
6 Reception of broadcast information . 45
6.1 Reception of system information . 45
6.2 Reception of MBMS . 46
7 Paging . 46
7.1 Discontinuous Reception for paging . 46
7.2 Subframe Patterns. 48
7.3 Paging in extended DRX . 49
7.4 Paging with Wake Up Signal . 50
7.5 Paging with Group Wake Up Signal . 51
7.5.1 General . 51
7.5.2 WUS group sets selection . 51
7.5.3 WUS group selection . 52
7.5.4 WUS Group Alternation . 53
7.5.5 WUS Resource Location for BL UEs and UEs in Enhanced coverage . 54
7.6 NRS presence on non-anchor paging carrier in NB-IoT . 55
8 Logged measurements . 56
9 Accessibility measurements . 56
10 Mobility History Information . 56
11 Sidelink operation . 57
11.1 Sidelink communication and V2X sidelink communication and NR sidelink communication . 57
11.2 Sidelink discovery . 57
11.3 Sidelink synchronisation . 57
11.4 Cell selection and reselection for sidelink . 57
11.4.1 Parameters used for cell selection and reselection triggered for sidelink . 58
12. General description of UE camping on E-UTRA connected to 5GC . 58
Annex A (informative): Void . 59
Annex B (informative): Example of Hashed ID Calculation using 32-bit FCS . 60
Annex C (informative): Change history . 61
History . 65
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Foreword
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3GPP TS 36.304 version 16.8.0 Release 16 6 ETSI TS 136 304 V16.8.0 (2023-04)
1 Scope
The present document specifies the Access Stratum (AS) part of the Idle Mode procedures applicable to a UE. The non-
access stratum (NAS) part of Idle mode procedures and processes is specified in TS 23.122 [5].
The present document specifies the model for the functional division between the NAS and AS in a UE.
The present document applies to all UEs that support at least E-UTRA, including multi-RAT UEs as described in 3GPP
specifications, in the following cases:
- When the UE is camped on an E-UTRA cell;
- When the UE is searching for a cell to camp on;
NOTE: When the UE is camped on or searching for a cell to camp on belonging to other RATs, the UE behaviour
is described in the specifications of the other RAT.
The Idle Mode procedures defined in this specification are also applicable for a UE in RRC_INACTIVE state unless
specified otherwise.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-
specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 25.990: "Vocabulary for UTRAN".
[2] 3GPP TS 36.300: "E-UTRA and E-UTRAN Overall Description; Stage 2".
[3] 3GPP TS 36.331: "E-UTRA; Radio Resource Control (RRC) - Protocol Specification".
[4] 3GPP TS 22.011: "Service accessibility".
[5] 3GPP TS 23.122: "NAS functions related to Mobile Station (MS) in idle mode".
[6] 3GPP TS 36.213: "E-UTRA; Physical layer procedures".
[7] 3GPP TS 36.214: "E-UTRA; Physical layer; Measurements".
[8] 3GPP TS 25.304: "User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode and procedures for cell
reselection in connected mode"
[9] 3GPP TS 43.022: "Functions related to Mobile Station in idle mode and group receive mode".
[10] 3GPP TS 36.133: "Requirements for Support of Radio Resource Management".
[11] void
[12] void
[13] void
[14] void
[15] void
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[16] 3GPP TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage
3"
[17] 3GPP2 C.S0024-C v2.0: "cdma2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification".
[18] 3GPP2 C.S0005-F v1.0: "Upper Layer (Layer 3) Signalling Standard for cdma2000 Spread
Spectrum Systems".
[19] 3GPP TS 25.304: "User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode and procedures for cell
reselection in connected mode".
[20] 3GPP TS 24.008: "Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 specification; Core Network Protocols;
Stage 3"
[21] 3GPP TS 37.320: "Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial
Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio measurement collection for Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT);
Overall description; Stage 2".
[22] 3GPP TS 26.346: "Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS); Protocols and codecs".
[23] 3GPP TS 23.401: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access".
[24] 3GPP TS 23.682: "Architecture enhancements to facilitate communications with packet data
networks and applications".
[25] 3GPP TS 23.402: "Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses".
[26] IEEE 802.11, Part 11: "Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)
specifications, IEEE Std.".
[27] Wi-Fi Alliance Technical Committee, Hotspot 2.0 Technical Task Group: "Hotspot 2.0 (Release 2)
Technical Specification".
[28] 3GPP TS 24.302: "Access to the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) via non-3GPP access
networks".
[29] 3GPP TS 23.303: "Proximity-based services (ProSe); Stage 2".
[30] 3GPP TS 36.321: "E-UTRA; Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification".
[31] 3GPP TS 24.105: "Application specific Congestion control for Data Communication (ACDC)
Management Object (MO)".
[32] 3GPP TS 31.102: "Characteristics of the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)
application".
[33] 3GPP TS 36.101: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
radio transmission and reception".
[34] Void
[35] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".
[36] 3GPP TS 23.285: "Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Architecture
enhancements for V2X services".
[37] 3GPP TS 38.331: "NR; Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification".
[38] 3GPP TS 38.304: "New Generation Radio Access Network; User Equipment (UE) procedures in
Idle mode and RRC Inactive state".
[39] 3GPP TS 23.501: "System Architecture for the 5G System; Stage 2".
[40] 3GPP TS 23.287: "Architecture enhancements for 5G System (5GS) to support Vehicle-to-
Everything (V2X) services".
[41] 3GPP TS 22.261: "Service requirements for the 5G system".
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
Acceptable Cell: A cell that satisfies certain conditions as specified in 4.3. A UE can always attempt emergency calls
on an acceptable cell, but restriction as in 5.3.3 apply.
Alternative cell reselection priority: Cell reselection priority broadcast in the system information via
altCellReselectionPr
...