RRC Modes,

System Information,
Paging, and
Update Procedures

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Part I
RRC Modes

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RRC Modes
UTRA RRC Connected Mode
GSM-UMTS Handover

URA_PCH

CELL_PCH
UTRA: Inter-RAT Handover

CELL_DCH

Release RRC
Connection

GSM
Connected
Mode

CELL_FACH

Release RRC
Connection

Establish RRC
Connection

Establish RRC
Connection
(UE camps on UTRAN cell)

Idle Mode

Cell
Reselection

Release RR
Connection

GPRS Packet
Transfer
Mode
Release
of a
TBF
Initiation
of a TBF

Establish RR
Connection

(MS in GPRS
Packet Idle Mode)
(MS camps on a GERAN cell)
(adopted from TS 25.331 V3.12.0)

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CELL_DCH State

DCCH and if configured DTCH

Dedicate physical channel in use
UE location known on active set cell level
UE responsible for measurement reporting
Cell system information on BCCH
RRC messages on DCCH

active set
cell

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active set
cell

CELL_FACH State

DCCH and if configured DTCH

FACH used for higher layer data transfer,
UE monitors FACH permanently
Uplink transmission on RACH
UE location known on serving cell level
UE performs cell re-selection
UE responsible for measurement reporting
Cell system information on BCCH
RRC messages on BCCH, CCCH and DCCH

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serving
cell

CELL_PCH and URA_PCH State

no DCCH and DTCH

Before uplink transmission UE moves to CELL_FACH
UE must be paged
RRC messages on BCCH and PCCH
In CELL_PCH
- UE location known on cell level
- UE performs cell re-selection and cell updates
In CELL URA
- UE location known on URA level
- UE performs cell re-selection and URA updates
URA UTRAN Registration Area
URA 1

one or several cells

independent from LA /RA

RNC
supply
area
URA 2
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URA 3

States of Bearer Allocation

RRC connection
established

RRC connection
(no bearers allocated)

First RT bearer
setup
RT
bearer
setup

Real time bearer(s)

allocated
NRT bearer
setup

RRC connection
released

Last NRT
bearer released

Last RT bearer
released
Last NRT bearer
released

Only CELL_DCH
allocation possible

Real time and

non-real time bearers
allocated

RT or NRT
bearer setup
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Last RT bearer
released

Both Cell_FACH and

CELL_DCH possible
First NRT bearer
setup

Non-real time
bearer(s) allocated
RT bearer setup

NRT
bearer
setup

Nokia Parameters for the UTRAN Registration Area (URA)

WCEL: URAId
The URA identity is the identity of the UTRAN Registration Area. Overlapping URAs can be defined. A maximum
of eight URA identities can be defined per cell. This parameter is part of System Information Block 2.
[1 ... 65535], step 1.
WCEL: URAIdList
A list of URA identities. A maximum of 8 URA identities can be defined per cell. The first URA-ID in the URA-ID
list is a master URA-ID, which is given to all mobile stations in this cell. This parameter is part of System
Information Block 2.

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Part II
System Information and
RRC Modes

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System Information

UTRAN

System Information ( )

NBAP: BCCH Information

UE

Node B

MIB
value tag M

SIB 1
value tag 1

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RNC

position on P-CCPCH: SFN mod 8 = 0

TTI: 20 ms
value tag M: range 1..8

SIB 3
value tag 3

SIB 18
value tag 18

System Information
SIB
MIB
SIB 1

PLMN types & identities

Scheduling information
SIB references
NAS information
UE timers & counters

SIB 2

URA identity list

SIB 3

Cell selection
and re-selection parameters

SIB 4

Cell selection and reselection parameters for

Ues in the connected mode
Parameters for common
physical channel
configuration

SIB 5

21

read

valid

scope/
modification

RRC idle mode,

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH
RRC idle mode,
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH
URA_PCH

RRC idle mode,

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH
RRC idle mode,
CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, URA_PCH
URA_PCH

cell/
value tag

RRC idle mode,

(CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH)
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH

RRC idle mode,

(CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH)
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH

cell/
value tag

RRC idle mode,

(CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, URA_PCH)

RRC idle mode,

(CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, URA_PCH)

cell/
value tag

broadcasted information

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PLMN/
value tag
cell/
value tag

cell/
value tag

(adopted from TS 25.331 V3.12.0)

System Information
SIB

read

valid

scope/
modification

RRC idle mode,

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH
RRC idle mode,
(CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH)
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH

RRC idle mode,

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH
RRC idle mode,
(CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, URA_PCH)
CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, URA_PCH

cell/

RRC idle mode,

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH

RRC idle mode,

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH,
URA_PCH)

broadcasted information

SIB 7

UL interference level
Dynamic persistence level
(fast changing parameters)
SIB 11 Measurement control
information
SIB 12 Measurement control
information for UEs in the
RRC connected mode
SIB 16 RB, TrCH, and PhyCH
parameters for a
GSM/GPRS-UMTS HO

max(32, 8 * Expir-
ation Time Factor)

cell/
value tag
cell/
value tag
cell/
value tag

(adopted from TS 25.331 V3.12.0)

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Modification of SIBs using a Value Tag

IE BCCH Modification Change
MIB Value tag
BCCH modification
time
I am RRC idle, or in the
CELL_PCH or
URA_PCH state

1..8
OP SFN: 0..4088

step size: 8

UTRAN

Paging Type 1 ( )
(all paging occasions)

UE
System Information Change Indication ( )
(on all FACH carrying S-CCPCHs)
I am in the
CELL_FACH state
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Node B

RNC

Nokia Parameters for System Information

In RAN 1.5, the SIBs 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 12 are supported.

RNC: SIB1_priority
The priority of the system information block 1, which is used by the scheduling algorithm in the RNC to give
precedence to the SIB.
[1 ... 4], with 1 being the highest priority.
Similar Nokia parameters exist for the remaining SIBs.
WCEL: SIB7factor
This parameter sets the SIB7 expiration timer for the UE according to the following formula: MAX([320ms],
SIB_REP x value of 'SIB7 expiration time factor').
[1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256]; default: 1.

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Part III
Paging and RRC Modes

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Paging
I am RRC idle, or in the
CELL_PCH or
URA_PCH state

UE

RNC
Paging Type 1 [RLC-TM, PCCH]

MTC
system information changes
enforced cell update

Dedicated Paging
UE
I am in the
CELL_FACH or
CELL_DCH state

S-RNC
Paging Type 2 [RLC-AM, DCCH]

paging cause from higher layers

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Part IV
RRC Connection Mobility Management
and RRC Modes

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Cell Update

RNC

UE
[RLC-TM, CCCH] Cell Update
Cell Update Confirm [RLC-UM, CCCH/DCCH]

no message (no transmission)

UTRAN Mobility Information Confirm
Physical Channel Reconfiguration Complete
Transport Channel Reconfiguration Complete
Radio Bearer Release Complete
Radio Bearer Channel Reconfiguration Complete

RNC

UE
[RLC-TM, CCCH] Cell Update
RRC Connection Release [RLC-UM, CCCH/DCCH]
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URA Update

RNC

UE
[RLC-TR, CCCH] URA Update
URA Update Confirm [RLC-UM, CCCH/DCCH]

no message (no transmission)

UTRAN Mobility Information
Confirm

RNC

UE
[RLC-TR, CCCH] URA Update
RRC Connection Release [RLC-UM, CCCH/DCCH]

UE
no
confirmation

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Cell/URA Update

T302

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T302: default value = 4000 ms

N302: default value = 3
N302
times

Cell and URA Update Initiation

When do I have to
perform a cell/
URA update?

Cell update causes in priority order:

Uplink data transmission
Paging response
Radio link failure
Re-entering service area
RLC unrecoverable error
Cell reselection
Periodical cell update

in
in
in
in
in
in
in

URA_PCH, CELL_PACH
URA_PCH, CELL_PACH
CELL_DCH (*)
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH
all sub-states
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH

URA update causes in priority order:

(the UE is in the URA_PCH sub-state)
URA reselection
Periodic URA update

(*) or when the transmission of the RRC message

UE Capability Information failed.
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Periodic Updates

T305: default value = 30 min

T307: default value = 30 s

CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH & URA_PCH state:

No
T305
expired?

Cell Update, Reason:

Cell Reselection

URA Update, Reason:

Periodic URA Update

Yes

Cell Update, Reason:

Periodic Cell Update

T307
expired?

No

Start T307

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Enter
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Out of
service area

Cell Reselection

Yes

In
service
area

Yes

T305
expired?

T316: default value = 30 s

T317: default value = 180 s

RRC Protocol States

CELL_FACH state:

CELL_PCH, URA_PCH state:

New Cell

Old
Cell

Cell Update,
Reason:
Cell Reselection

Cell Update,
Reason:
Re-entering
service area
Stop T317

Start T317

Cell Reselection

Old Cell

New Cell

Cell Update,
Reason:
Cell Reselection

Stop T316

Start T316

Cell Reselection

No
T317
expired?

Yes
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Release all radio

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In
service
area

Yes

T316
expired?

No

Out of
service area

In Sync and Out of Sync on DL DPCCHs/DPDCHs

At least one TB in the last radio
frame with correct CRC transmitted

DPCCH_Ec/Ior

in sync indication

20 last TBs transmitted

with correct CRC transmitted

out of sync indication

160 ms
160 ms

Qin
Qout

Toff

Ton

UE shuts power off

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time

UE shuts power on
(adopted from TS25.101 V3.3.0)

Radio Link Failure in the CELL_DCH, Timing

serving cell

Default values:
N313: 20
T313: 3s
N315: 1
T314: 12s
T315: 180s

non-serving
neighbouring cell

radio bearer
re-establishment time
T313 = 0

Start T313

out of sync indicators

N313 consecutive
times
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in sync
indicators

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Stop T313

Start cell re-selection

Cell Update message
cause: Radio Link Failure
& start T314 & T315

Nokia Parameters
Following counters and timers can be set:

RNC: N302; default: 3

RNC: T302; default: 4000 ms
RNC: T305; default: 30 min
RNC: T307; default: 30 s
RNC: T316; default: 30 s
RNC: T318; default: 180 s
RNC: T313; default: 3 s
RNC: N313; default: 20
RNC: N315; default: 1

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