SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

• Abstract:

  CR SMG#31 bis, TSG#7

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Jan-2005
• ICS: 33.070.01 - Mobile services in general
• Technical Committee: RES - Radio equipment and systems
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Feb-2005
• Due Date: 01-Feb-2005
• Completion Date: 01-Feb-2005
• Ref Project: ETSI EN 300 940 V6.10.1 (2000-10) - Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification (GSM 04.08 version 6.10.1 Release 1997)

Overview

SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005 specifies the Layer 3 protocols for the mobile radio interface within the digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+), better known as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). This standard defines protocol procedures essential for mobile network operations, enabling reliable communication and mobility for millions of users. It aligns with ETSI EN 300 940 Version 6.10.1 (Release 1997) and addresses the foundation of mobile services required for interoperability, network efficiency, and enhanced user experiences.

By providing clear specifications for radio resource management, mobility management, and protocol structuring, SIST EN 300 940 supports a wide range of mobile services in general, impacting GSM and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) applications. The standard is vital for manufacturers, service providers, and regulators aiming for robust and universally compatible GSM networks.

Key Topics

The standard covers a comprehensive set of mobile radio interface Layer 3 procedures, including:

• Radio Resource Management: Mechanisms for connection establishment, channel assignment, handover, paging, and release.
• Mobility Management: Procedures for user registration, location updating, and maintaining service continuity while moving between different network cells.
• Logical Channel Usage: Specification of signaling and control channels, supporting features such as idle and dedicated modes, group call services (VGCS/VBS), and GPRS modes.
• Procedure Structuring: Clear rules for procedure initiation, message exchange, abnormal case handling, and state management.
• Control Procedures: Incorporation of system information broadcasting, immediate assignment, notification, and authentication protocols for secure and efficient network operations.

Applications

SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005 serves as a foundational reference across various sectors of the mobile communications industry, offering practical value in:

• Mobile Device Development

  • Ensures that GSM handsets and modems comply with Layer 3 requirements for interoperability across global networks.
  • Guides electronics manufacturers in designing devices that align with GSM protocols, enhancing market reach.

• Mobile Network Implementation

  • Assists operators in configuring network elements, such as base stations and MSCs, to enable seamless handovers, efficient paging, and optimal resource allocation.
  • Supports deployment of value-added services like packet-switched data (GPRS), voice group calls, and broadcast services.

• Testing and Certification

  • Serves as a benchmark for conformance testing of mobile equipment, ensuring devices and infrastructure meet global standards.
  • Facilitates smooth device certification and regulatory approval in both European and international markets.

• Regulatory Compliance

  • Helps regulators enforce interoperability and service quality by harmonizing Layer 3 specifications across GSM and GPRS networks.

Related Standards

For comprehensive mobile network design and implementation, SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005 is often used alongside:

• SIST EN 301 908 - Covers additional protocols and interfaces for GSM and UMTS networks.
• SIST EN 301 502 - Specifies requirements for mobile stations in the GSM standard.
• ETSI TS 100 940 (GSM 04.08) - The original technical specification for GSM Layer 3.
• SIST EN 301 419 - Details conformance testing for GSM mobile stations.

Key terms: GSM standard, Layer 3, mobile radio interface, radio resource management, mobility management, GPRS, mobile services, ETSI standards, network interoperability.

By following SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005, industry stakeholders ensure reliable, efficient, and secure GSM network services, driving global mobile communications forward.

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification (GSM 04.08 version 6.10.1 Release 1997)33.070.01Mobilni servisi na splošnoMobile services in generalICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 300 940 Version 6.10.1SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005en01-februar-2005SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005SLOVENSKI
STANDARD
ETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)EuropeanStandard(Telecommunicationsseries)Digitalcellulartelecommunicationssystem(Phase2+);Mobileradiointerfacelayer3specification(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)GLOBALSYSTEMFORMOBILECOMMUNICATIONSRSIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)2(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)ReferenceREN/TSGN-010408Q6R5KeywordsDigitalcellulartelecommunicationssystem,GlobalSystemforMobilecommunications(GSM)ETSI650RoutedesLuciolesF-06921SophiaAntipolisCedex-FRANCETel.:[phone]Fax:[phone]SiretN°34862356200017-NAF742CAssociationàbutnonlucratifenregistréeàlaSous-PréfecturedeGrasse(06)N°7803/88ImportantnoticeIndividualcopiesofthepresentdocumentcanbedownloadedfrom:http://www.etsi.orgThepresentdocumentmaybemadeavailableinmorethanoneelectronicversionorinprint.Inanycaseofexistingorperceiveddifferenceincontentsbetweensuchversions,thereferenceversionisthePortableDocumentFormat(PDF).Incaseofdispute,thereferenceshallbetheprintingonETSIprintersofthePDFversionkeptonaspecificnetworkdrivewithinETSISecretariat.Usersofthepresentdocumentshouldbeawarethatthedocumentmaybesubjecttorevisionorchangeofstatus.InformationonthecurrentstatusofthisandotherETSIdocumentsisavailableathttp://www.etsi.org/tb/status/Ifyoufinderrorsinthepresentdocument,sendyourcommentto:[e-mail]opartmaybereproducedexceptasauthorizedbywrittenpermission.Thecopyrightandtheforegoingrestrictionextendtoreproductioninallmedia.©EuropeanTelecommunicationsStandardsInstitute2000.Allrightsreserved.SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)3(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)ContentsIntellectualPropertyRights.27Foreword.27Introduction.280Scope.290.1ScopeoftheTechnicalSpecification.290.2Applicationtotheinterfacestructures.290.3Structureoflayer3procedures.290.4Testprocedures.290.5Useoflogicalchannels.300.6Overviewofcontrolprocedures.300.6.1Listofprocedures.300.7Applicabilityofimplementations.320.7.1VoiceGroupCallService(VGCS)andVoiceBroadcastService(VBS).330.7.2GeneralPacketRadioService(GPRS).331References.342Definitionsandabbreviations.372.1Randomvalues.372.2Vocabulary.383RadioResourcemanagementprocedures.393.1Overview/General.393.1.1General.393.1.2Servicesprovidedtoupperlayers.393.1.2.1Idlemode.393.1.2.2Dedicatedmode.403.1.2.3Groupreceivemode.403.1.2.4Grouptransmitmode.403.1.2.5Packetidlemode.403.1.2.6Packettransfermode.413.1.3Servicesrequiredfromdatalinkandphysicallayers.413.1.4Changeofdedicatedchannels.413.1.4.1ChangeofdedicatedchannelsusingSAPI=0.413.1.4.2ChangeofdedicatedchannelsusingotherSAPIsthan0.413.1.4.3Sequencedmessagetransferoperation.423.1.4.3.1Variablesandsequencenumbers.423.1.4.3.1.1SendstatevariableV(SD).423.1.4.3.1.2SendsequencenumberN(SD).423.1.4.3.2Proceduresfortheinitiation,transferexecutionandterminationofthesequencedmessagetransferoperation.423.1.4.3.2.1Initiation.423.1.4.3.2.2TransferExecution.423.1.4.3.2.3Termination.423.1.5ProcedureforServiceRequestandContentionResolution.423.2Idlemodeproceduresandgeneralproceduresinpacketidleandpackettransfermodes.433.2.1MobileStationside.433.2.2Networkside.443.2.2.1Systeminformationbroadcasting.443.2.2.2Paging.453.3RRconnectionestablishment.453.3.1RRconnectionestablishmentinitiatedbythemobilestation.453.3.1.1Enteringthededicatedmode:immediateassignmentprocedure.453.3.1.1.1Permissiontoaccessthenetwork.453.3.1.1.2Initiationoftheimmediateassignmentprocedure.463.3.1.1.3Answerfromthenetwork.47SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)4(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)3.3.1.1.3.1OnreceiptofaCHANNELREQUESTmessage.473.3.1.1.3.2Assignmentrejection.483.3.1.1.4Assignmentcompletion.483.3.1.1.4.1Earlyclassmarksending.483.3.1.1.4.2GPRSsuspensionprocedure.493.3.1.1.5Abnormalcases.493.3.1.2Enteringthegrouptransmitmode:uplinkaccessprocedure.503.3.1.2.1Mobilestationside.503.3.1.2.1.1Uplinkinvestigationprocedure.503.3.1.2.1.2Uplinkaccessprocedure.503.3.1.2.2Networkside.513.3.1.2.3Abnormalcases.513.3.1.3DedicatedmodeandGPRS.513.3.2PagingprocedureforRRconnectionestablishment.513.3.2.1Paginginitiationbythenetwork.523.3.2.1.1PaginginitiationusingpagingsubchannelonCCCH.523.3.2.1.2PaginginitiationusingpagingsubchannelonPCCCH.533.3.2.1.3PaginginitiationusingPACCH.533.3.2.2Pagingresponse.533.3.2.3Abnormalcases.533.3.3Notificationprocedure.543.3.3.1Notificationofacall.543.3.3.2JoiningaVGCSorVBScall.543.3.3.3ReducedNCHmonitoringmechanism.553.3.3.4Notificationresponseprocedure.563.4Proceduresindedicatedmodeandingrouptransmitmode.563.4.1SACCHprocedures.563.4.1.1General.563.4.1.2Measurementreport.573.4.1.3Extendedmeasurementreport$(MAFA)$.573.4.2Transferofmessagesandlinklayerserviceprovision.573.4.3Channelassignmentprocedure.583.4.3.1Channelassignmentinitiation.583.4.3.2Assignmentcompletion.593.4.3.3Abnormalcases.593.4.4Handoverprocedure.603.4.4.1Handoverinitiation.613.4.4.2Physicalchannelestablishment.623.4.4.2.1Finelysynchronizedcellcase.623.4.4.2.2Nonsynchronizedcellcase.623.4.4.2.3Pseudo-synchronizedcellcase.633.4.4.2.4Pre-synchronizedcellcase.633.4.4.3Handovercompletion.633.4.4.4Abnormalcases.643.4.5Frequencyredefinitionprocedure.653.4.5.1Abnormalcases.653.4.6Channelmodemodifyprocedure.653.4.6.1Normalchannelmodemodifyprocedure.653.4.6.1.1Initiationofthechannelmodemodifyprocedure.653.4.6.1.2Completionofchannelmodemodifyprocedure.663.4.6.1.3Abnormalcases.663.4.6.2Channelmodemodifyprocedureforavoicegroupcalltalker.663.4.6.2.1Initiationofthechannelmodemodifyprocedure.663.4.6.2.2Completionofmodechangeprocedure.663.4.6.2.3Abnormalcases.663.4.7Cipheringmodesettingprocedure.663.4.7.1Cipheringmodesettinginitiation.673.4.7.2Cipheringmodesettingcompletion.673.4.8Additionalchannelassignmentprocedure.673.4.8.1Additionalassignmentprocedureinitiation.683.4.8.2Additionalassignmentprocedurecompletion.683.4.8.3Abnormalcases.68SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)5(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)3.4.9Partialchannelreleaseprocedure.683.4.9.1Partialreleaseprocedureinitiation.683.4.9.2Abnormalcases.683.4.10Classmarkchangeprocedure.693.4.11Classmarkinterrogationprocedure.693.4.11.1Classmarkinterrogationinitiation.693.4.11.2Classmarkinterrogationcompletion.693.4.12Indicationofnotificationsandpaginginformation.693.4.13RRconnectionreleaseprocedure.693.4.13.1Normalreleaseprocedure.693.4.13.1.1Channelreleaseprocedureinitiationindedicatedmodeandingrouptransmitmode.703.4.13.1.2Abnormalcases.713.4.13.2Radiolinkfailureindedicatedmode.713.4.13.2.1Mobileside.713.4.13.2.2Networkside.713.4.13.3RRconnectionabortionindedicatedmode.723.4.13.4Uplinkreleaseprocedureingrouptransmitmode.723.4.13.5Radiolinkfailureingrouptransmitmode.723.4.13.5.1Mobileside.723.4.13.5.2Networkside.723.4.14ReceivingaRRSTATUSmessagebyaRRentity.733.4.15Groupreceivemodeprocedures.733.4.15.1Mobilestationside.733.4.15.1.1ReceptionoftheVGCSorVBSchannel.733.4.15.1.2Monitoringofdownlinkmessagesandrelatedprocedures.733.4.15.1.2.1Spare.733.4.15.1.2.2Spare.733.4.15.1.2.3Channelmodemodifyprocedure.733.4.15.1.2.4Notificationandpaginginformation.733.4.15.1.2.4.1UseofReducedNCHmonitoring.743.4.15.1.2.5Uplinkstatusmessages.743.4.15.1.2.6Channelreleasemessage.743.4.15.1.2.7Informationonpagingchannelrestructuring.743.4.15.1.3Uplinkreplyprocedure.743.4.15.1.4Leavingthegroupreceivemode.753.4.15.1.4.1Returningtoidlemode.753.4.15.1.4.2Goingtogrouptransmitmode.753.4.15.2Networkside.753.4.15.2.1ProvisionofmessagesontheVGCSorVBSchanneldownlink.753.4.15.2.1.1General.753.4.15.2.1.2Provisionofgeneralinformationmessages.753.4.15.2.1.3Provisionofmessagesrelatedtothevoicegroupcalluplinkchannel.763.4.15.2.2ReleaseoftheVGCSorVBSChannels.763.4.15.3Failurecases.763.4.16Configurationchangeprocedure.763.4.16.1Configurationchangeinitiation.773.4.16.2Configurationchangecompletion.773.4.16.3Abnormalcases.773.4.17Mappingofuserdatasubstreamsontotimeslotsinamultislotconfiguration.773.4.18Handlingofclassmarkinformationatbandchange.783.4.19AssignmenttoaPacketDatachannel.783.4.19.1AssignmenttoPDCHinitiation.783.4.19.2CompletionoftheAssignmenttoPDCHprocedure.793.4.19.3Abnormalcases.793.4.20RR-NetworkCommandedCellChangeOrder.803.4.20.1RR-networkcommandedcellchangeorderinitiation.803.4.20.2Networkcontrolledcellreselectioncompletion.813.4.20.3Abnormalcases.813.5RRproceduresonCCCHrelatedtotemporaryblockflowestablishment.813.5.1PacketpagingprocedureusingCCCH.823.5.1.1Packetpaginginitiationbythenetwork.823.5.1.2Onreceiptofapacketpagingrequest.82SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)6(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)3.5.2PacketaccessprocedureusingCCCH.823.5.2.1Enteringthepackettransfermode:packetaccessprocedure.833.5.2.1.1Permissiontoaccessthenetwork.833.5.2.1.2Initiationofthepacketaccessprocedure:channelrequest.833.5.2.1.3Packetimmediateassignment.843.5.2.1.3.1OnreceiptofaCHANNELREQUESTmessage.843.5.2.1.3.2Onephasepacketaccess.853.5.2.1.3.3Singleblockpacketaccess.853.5.2.1.3.4Packetaccessrejection.863.5.2.1.4Packetaccesscompletion.863.5.2.1.5Abnormalcases.863.5.2.2SendinganRLC/MACcontrolmessage:singleblockpacketaccessprocedure.873.5.3PacketdownlinkassignmentprocedureusingCCCH.873.5.3.1Enteringthepackettransfermode:packetdownlinkassignmentprocedure.873.5.3.1.2Initiationofthepacketdownlinkassignmentprocedure.873.5.3.1.3Packetdownlinkassignmentcompletion.893.5.3.1.4Abnormalcases.893.5.3.2SendinganRLC/MACcontrolmessage:singleblockpacketdownlinkassignmentprocedure.894ElementaryproceduresforMobilityManagement.904.1General.904.1.1MMandGMMprocedures.904.1.1.1TypesofMMandGMMprocedures.904.1.1.2MM-GMMco-ordinationforGPRSMS’s.914.1.1.2.1GPRSMSoperatinginmodeAorBinanetworkthatoperatesinmodeI.914.1.1.2.2GPRSMSoperatinginmodeAorBinanetworkthatoperatesinmodeIIorIII.924.1.2MMsublayerstates.924.1.2.1MMsublayerstatesinthemobilestation.924.1.2.1.1Mainstates.924.1.2.1.2SubstatesoftheMMIDLEstate.964.1.2.2TheupdateStatus.974.1.2.3MMsublayerstatesonthenetworkside.984.1.3GPRSmobilitymanagement(GMM)sublayerstates.994.1.3.1GMMstatesintheMS.994.1.3.1.1Mainstates.994.1.3.1.1.1GMM-NULL.994.1.3.1.1.2GMM-DEREGISTERED.994.1.3.1.1.3GMM-REGISTERED-INITIATED.994.1.3.1.1.4GMM-REGISTERED.1004.1.3.1.1.5GMM-DEREGISTERED-INITIATED.1004.1.3.1.1.6GMM-ROUTING-AREA-UPDATING-INITIATED.1004.1.3.1.2SubstatesofstateGMM-DEREGISTERED.1004.1.3.1.2.1GMM-DEREGISTERED.NORMAL-SERVICE.1004.1.3.1.2.2GMM-DEREGISTERED.LIMITED-SERVICE.1004.1.3.1.2.3GMM-DEREGISTERED.ATTACH-NEEDED.1004.1.3.1.2.4GMM-DEREGISTERED.ATTEMPTING-TO-ATTACH.1004.1.3.1.2.5GMM-DEREGISTERED.NO-IMSI.1004.1.3.1.2.6GMM-DEREGISTERED.NO-CELL-AVAILABLE.1004.1.3.1.2.7GMM-DEREGISTERED.PLMN-SEARCH.1004.1.3.1.2.8GMM-DEREGISTERED.SUSPENDED.1014.1.3.1.3SubstatesofstateGMM-REGISTERED.1014.1.3.1.3.1GMM-REGISTERED.NORMAL-SERVICE.1014.1.3.1.3.2GMM-REGISTERED.SUSPENDED.1014.1.3.1.3.3GMM-REGISTERED.UPDATE-NEEDED.1014.1.3.1.3.4GMM-REGISTERED.ATTEMPTING-TO-UPDATE.1014.1.3.1.3.5GMM-REGISTERED.NO-CELL-AVAILABLE.1014.1.3.1.3.6GMM-REGISTERED.LIMITED-SERVICE.1024.1.3.1.3.7GMM-REGISTERED.ATTEMPTING-TO-UPDATE-MM.1024.1.3.1.3.8GMM-REGISTERED.IMSI-DETACH-INITIATED.1024.1.3.2GPRSupdatestatus.1024.1.3.3GMMmobilitymanagementstatesonthenetworkside.1034.1.3.3.1MainStates.103SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)7(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)4.1.3.3.1.1GMM-DEREGISTERED.1034.1.3.3.1.2GMM-COMMON-PROCEDURE-INITIATED.1034.1.3.3.1.3GMM-REGISTERED.1034.1.3.3.1.4GMM-DEREGISTERED-INITIATED.1034.1.3.3.2SubstatesofstateGMM-REGISTERED.1044.1.3.3.2.1GMM-REGISTERED.NORMAL-SERVICE.1044.1.3.3.2.2GMM-REGISTERED.SUSPENDED.1044.2BehaviouroftheMSinMMIdlestate,GMM-DEREGISTEREDstateandGMM-REGISTEREDstate.1044.2.1PrimaryServiceStateselection.1054.2.1.1SelectionoftheServiceStateafterPowerOn.1054.2.1.2OtherCases.1054.2.2DetailedDescriptionoftheMSbehaviourinMMIDLEState.1064.2.2.1ServiceState,NORMALSERVICE.1064.2.2.2ServiceState,ATTEMPTINGTOUPDATE.1064.2.2.3ServiceState,LIMITEDSERVICE.1074.2.2.4ServiceState,NOIMSI.1074.2.2.5ServiceState,SEARCHFORPLMN,NORMALSERVICE.1084.2.2.6ServiceState,SEARCHFORPLMN.1084.2.2.7ServiceState,RECEIVINGGROUPCALL(NORMALSERVICE).1084.2.2.8ServiceState,RECEIVINGGROUPCALL(LIMITEDSERVICE).1094.2.3ServicestatewhenbacktostateMMIDLEfromanotherstate.1094.2.4BehaviourinstateGMM-DEREGISTERED.1104.2.4.1Primarysubstateselection.1104.2.4.1.1SelectionofthesubstateafterpoweronorenablingtheMS’sGPRScapability.1104.2.4.1.2OtherCases.1104.2.4.2DetaileddescriptionoftheMSbehaviourinstateGMM-DEREGISTERED.1114.2.4.2.1Substate,NORMAL-SERVICE.1114.2.4.2.2Substate,ATTEMPTING-TO-ATTACH.1114.2.4.2.3Substate,LIMITED-SERVICE.1114.2.4.2.4Substate,NO-IMSI.1114.2.4.2.5Substate,NO-CELL.1114.2.4.2.6Substate,PLMN-SEARCH.1124.2.4.2.7Substate,ATTACH-NEEDED.1124.2.4.2.8Substate,SUSPENDED.1124.2.4.3SubstatewhenbacktostateGMM-DEREGISTEREDfromanotherGMMstate.1124.2.5BehaviourinstateGMM-REGISTERED.1124.2.5.1DetaileddescriptionoftheMSbehaviourinstateGMM-REGISTERED.1134.2.5.1.1Substate,NORMAL-SERVICE.1134.2.5.1.2Substate,SUSPENDED.1134.2.5.1.3Substate,UPDATE-NEEDED.1134.2.5.1.4Substate,ATTEMPTING-TO-UPDATE.1134.2.5.1.5Substate,NO-CELL-AVAILABLE.1134.2.5.1.6Substate,LIMITED-SERVICE.1144.2.5.1.7Substate,ATTEMPTING-TO-UPDATE-MM.1144.3MMcommonprocedures.1144.3.1TMSIreallocationprocedure.1144.3.1.1TMSIreallocationinitiationbythenetwork.1144.3.1.2TMSIreallocationcompletionbythemobilestation.1154.3.1.3TMSIreallocationcompletioninthenetwork.1154.3.1.4Abnormalcases.1154.3.2Authenticationprocedure.1164.3.2.1Authenticationrequestbythenetwork.1164.3.2.2Authenticationresponsebythemobilestation.1164.3.2.3Authenticationprocessinginthenetwork.1164.3.2.4Cipheringkeysequencenumber.1164.3.2.5Unsuccessfulauthentication.1164.3.2.6Abnormalcases.1174.3.3Identificationprocedure.1174.3.3.1Identityrequestbythenetwork.1184.3.3.2Identificationresponsebythemobilestation.1184.3.3.3Abnormalcases.1184.3.4IMSIdetachprocedure.118SIST EN 300 940 V6.10.1:2005

ETSIETSIEN300940V6.10.1(2000-10)8(GSM04.08version6.10.1Release1997)4.3.4.1IMSIdetachinitiationbythemobilestation.1184.3.4.2IMSIdetachprocedureinthenetwork.1194.3.4.3IMSIdetachcompletionbythemobilestation.1194.3.4.4Abnormalcases.1194.3.5Abortprocedure.1194.3.5.1Abortprocedureinitiationbythenetwork.1194.3.5.2Abortprocedureinth
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