3GPP TS 36.331 V8.16.0 (2011-12)
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`Technical Specification
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project;
`Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network;
`Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);
`Radio Resource Control (RRC);
`Protocol specification
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`This Specification is provided for future development work within 3GPP only. The Organizational Partners accept no liability for any use of this Specification.
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`Contents
`Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
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`Scope ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
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`References .............................................................................................................................................. 12
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`Definitions, symbols and abbreviations ................................................................................................. 14
`3.1
`Definitions ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
`3.2
`Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
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`General ................................................................................................................................................... 16
`4.1
`Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
`4.2
`Architecture ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
`4.2.1
`UE states and state transitions including inter RAT ..................................................................................... 16
`4.2.2
`Signalling radio bearers ................................................................................................................................. 18
`4.3
`Services ............................................................................................................................................................... 19
`4.3.1
`Services provided to upper layers ................................................................................................................. 19
`4.3.2
`Services expected from lower layers ............................................................................................................ 19
`4.4
`Functions ............................................................................................................................................................. 19
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`Procedures .............................................................................................................................................. 20
`5.1
`General ................................................................................................................................................................ 20
`5.1.1
`Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 20
`5.1.2
`General requirements .................................................................................................................................... 20
`5.2
`System information ............................................................................................................................................. 21
`5.2.1
`Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 21
`5.2.1.1
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
`5.2.1.2
`Scheduling ............................................................................................................................................... 21
`5.2.1.3
`System information validity and notification of changes ....................................................................... 21
`5.2.1.4
`Indication of ETWS notification ............................................................................................................. 22
`5.2.2
`System information acquisition .................................................................................................................... 23
`5.2.2.1
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
`5.2.2.2
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 23
`5.2.2.3
`System information required by the UE ................................................................................................. 23
`5.2.2.4
`System information acquisition by the UE ............................................................................................. 23
`5.2.2.5
`Essential system information missing ..................................................................................................... 24
`5.2.2.6
`Actions upon reception of the MasterInformationBlock message ......................................................... 25
`5.2.2.7
`Actions upon reception of the SystemInformationBlockType1 message ................................................ 25
`5.2.2.8
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformation messages ....................................................................... 25
`5.2.2.9
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType2 .................................................................... 25
`5.2.2.10
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType3 .................................................................... 26
`5.2.2.11
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType4 .................................................................... 26
`5.2.2.12
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType5 .................................................................... 26
`5.2.2.13
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType6 .................................................................... 26
`5.2.2.14
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType7 .................................................................... 26
`5.2.2.15
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType8 .................................................................... 26
`5.2.2.16
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType9 .................................................................... 27
`5.2.2.17
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType10 .................................................................. 27
`5.2.2.18
`Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType11 .................................................................. 27
`5.2.3
`Acquisition of an SI message ........................................................................................................................ 28
`5.3
`Connection control .............................................................................................................................................. 28
`5.3.1
`Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 28
`5.3.1.1
`RRC connection control .......................................................................................................................... 28
`5.3.1.2
`Security .................................................................................................................................................... 29
`5.3.1.3
`Connected mode mobility ....................................................................................................................... 29
`5.3.2
`Paging ............................................................................................................................................................ 30
`5.3.2.1
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 30
`5.3.2.2
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 30
`5.3.2.3
`Reception of the Paging message by the UE .......................................................................................... 30
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`5.3.3
`5.3.3.1
`5.3.3.2
`5.3.3.3
`5.3.3.4
`5.3.3.5
`5.3.3.6
`5.3.3.7
`5.3.3.8
`5.3.3.9
`5.3.4
`5.3.4.1
`5.3.4.2
`5.3.4.3
`5.3.5
`5.3.5.1
`5.3.5.2
`5.3.5.3
`5.3.5.4
`5.3.5.5
`5.3.5.6
`5.3.6
`5.3.6.1
`5.3.6.2
`5.3.6.3
`5.3.7
`5.3.7.1
`5.3.7.2
`5.3.7.3
`5.3.7.4
`5.3.7.5
`5.3.7.6
`5.3.7.7
`5.3.7.8
`5.3.8
`5.3.8.1
`5.3.8.2
`5.3.8.3
`5.3.8.4
`5.3.9
`5.3.9.1
`5.3.9.2
`5.3.10
`5.3.10.0
`5.3.10.1
`5.3.10.2
`5.3.10.3
`5.3.10.4
`5.3.10.5
`5.3.10.6
`5.3.11
`5.3.11.1
`5.3.11.2
`5.3.11.3
`5.3.12
`5.3.13
`5.4
`5.4.1
`5.4.2
`5.4.2.1
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`RRC connection establishment ..................................................................................................................... 31
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 32
`Actions related to transmission of RRCConnectionRequest message .................................................... 34
`Reception of the RRCConnectionSetup by the UE ................................................................................. 34
`Cell re-selection while T300, T302, T303 or T305 is running ............................................................... 35
`T300 expiry .............................................................................................................................................. 35
`T302, T303 or T305 expiry or stop ......................................................................................................... 36
`Reception of the RRCConnectionReject by the UE ................................................................................ 36
`Abortion of RRC connection establishment ........................................................................................... 36
`Initial security activation ............................................................................................................................... 37
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 37
`Reception of the SecurityModeCommand by the UE ............................................................................. 37
`RRC connection reconfiguration .................................................................................................................. 38
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 38
`Reception of an RRCConnectionReconfiguration not including the mobilityControlInfo by the
`UE ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
`Reception of an RRCConnectionReconfiguration including the mobilityControlInfo by the UE
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`Reconfiguration failure ............................................................................................................................ 41
`T304 expiry (handover failure) ............................................................................................................... 41
`Counter check ................................................................................................................................................ 42
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 42
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 42
`Reception of the CounterCheck message by the UE .............................................................................. 42
`RRC connection re-establishment ................................................................................................................. 43
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 43
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 43
`Actions following cell selection while T311 is running ......................................................................... 44
`Actions related to transmission of RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequest message ......................... 44
`Reception of the RRCConnectionReestablishment by the UE ............................................................... 45
`T311 expiry .............................................................................................................................................. 45
`T301 expiry or selected cell no longer suitable ...................................................................................... 46
`Reception of RRCConnectionReestablishmentReject by the UE ........................................................... 46
`RRC connection release ................................................................................................................................ 46
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 46
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 46
`Reception of the RRCConnectionRelease by the UE ............................................................................. 46
`T320 expiry .............................................................................................................................................. 47
`RRC connection release requested by upper layers ..................................................................................... 47
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 47
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 47
`Radio resource configuration ........................................................................................................................ 47
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 47
`SRB addition/ modification ..................................................................................................................... 48
`DRB release ............................................................................................................................................. 48
`DRB addition/ modification .................................................................................................................... 48
`MAC main reconfiguration ..................................................................................................................... 49
`Semi-persistent scheduling reconfiguration ............................................................................................ 49
`Physical channel reconfiguration ............................................................................................................ 49
`Radio link failure related actions .................................................................................................................. 49
`Detection of physical layer problems in RRC_CONNECTED .............................................................. 49
`Recovery of physical layer problems ...................................................................................................... 49
`Detection of radio link failure ................................................................................................................. 50
`UE actions upon leaving RRC_CONNECTED ............................................................................................ 50
`UE actions upon PUCCH/ SRS release request ........................................................................................... 50
`Inter-RAT mobility ............................................................................................................................................. 50
`Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 50
`Handover to E-UTRA ................................................................................................................................... 51
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 51
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`5.4.2.3
`5.4.2.4
`5.4.2.5
`5.4.3
`5.4.3.1
`5.4.3.2
`5.4.3.3
`5.4.3.4
`5.4.3.5
`5.4.4
`5.4.4.1
`5.4.4.2
`5.4.4.3
`5.4.5
`5.4.5.1
`5.4.5.2
`5.4.5.3
`5.4.5.4
`5.4.6
`5.4.6.1
`5.4.6.2
`5.4.6.3
`5.5
`5.5.1
`5.5.2
`5.5.2.1
`5.5.2.2
`5.5.2.3
`5.5.2.4
`5.5.2.5
`5.5.2.6
`5.5.2.7
`5.5.2.8
`5.5.2.9
`5.5.3
`5.5.3.1
`5.5.3.2
`5.5.4
`5.5.4.1
`5.5.4.2
`5.5.4.3
`5.5.4.4
`5.5.4.5
`5.5.4.6
`5.5.4.7
`5.5.4.8
`5.5.5
`5.5.6
`5.5.6.1
`5.5.6.2
`5.6
`5.6.1
`5.6.1.1
`5.6.1.2
`5.6.1.3
`5.6.2
`5.6.2.1
`5.6.2.2
`5.6.2.3
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`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 51
`Reception of the RRCConnectionReconfiguration by the UE ............................................................... 51
`Reconfiguration failure ............................................................................................................................ 52
`T304 expiry (handover to E-UTRA failure) ........................................................................................... 52
`Mobility from E-UTRA ................................................................................................................................ 53
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 53
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 53
`Reception of the MobilityFromEUTRACommand by the UE ................................................................ 53
`Successful completion of the mobility from E-UTRA ........................................................................... 54
`Mobility from E-UTRA failure ............................................................................................................... 54
`Handover from E-UTRA preparation request (CDMA2000) ...................................................................... 55
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 55
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 55
`Reception of the HandoverFromEUTRAPreparationRequest by the UE .............................................. 55
`UL handover preparation transfer (CDMA2000) ......................................................................................... 56
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 56
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 56
`Actions related to transmission of the ULHandoverPreparationTransfer message .............................. 56
`Failure to deliver the ULHandoverPreparationTransfer message ......................................................... 56
`Inter-RAT cell change order to E-UTRAN .................................................................................................. 56
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 56
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 57
`UE fails to complete an inter-RAT cell change order ............................................................................ 57
`Measurements ..................................................................................................................................................... 57
`Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 57
`Measurement configuration .......................................................................................................................... 59
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 59
`Measurement identity removal ................................................................................................................ 59
`Measurement identity addition/ modification ......................................................................................... 60
`Measurement object removal .................................................................................................................. 60
`Measurement object addition/ modification ........................................................................................... 61
`Reporting configuration removal ............................................................................................................ 61
`Reporting configuration addition/ modification ..................................................................................... 62
`Quantity configuration ............................................................................................................................. 62
`Measurement gap configuration .............................................................................................................. 62
`Performing measurements ............................................................................................................................. 63
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 63
`Layer 3 filtering ....................................................................................................................................... 64
`Measurement report triggering ...................................................................................................................... 64
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 64
`Event A1 (Serving becomes better than threshold) ................................................................................ 66
`Event A2 (Serving becomes worse than threshold) ................................................................................ 67
`Event A3 (Neighbour becomes offset better than serving) .................................................................... 67
`Event A4 (Neighbour becomes better than threshold) ........................................................................... 68
`Event A5 (Serving becomes worse than threshold1 and neighbour becomes better than
`threshold2) ............................................................................................................................................... 68
`Event B1 (Inter RAT neighbour becomes better than threshold) ........................................................... 69
`Event B2 (Serving becomes worse than threshold1 and inter RAT neighbour becomes better than
`threshold2) ............................................................................................................................................... 70
`Measurement reporting ................................................................................................................................. 71
`Measurement related actions ......................................................................................................................... 72
`Actions upon handover and re-establishment ......................................................................................... 72
`Speed dependant scaling of measurement related parameters ............................................................... 73
`Other .................................................................................................................................................................... 73
`DL information transfer ................................................................................................................................ 73
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 73
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 74
`Reception of the DLInformationTransfer by the UE .............................................................................. 74
`UL information transfer ................................................................................................................................ 74
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 74
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 74
`Actions related to transmission of ULInformationTransfer message .................................................... 74
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`5.6.3
`5.6.3.1
`5.6.3.2
`5.6.3.3
`5.6.4
`5.6.4.1
`5.6.4.2
`5.6.4.3
`5.6.4.4
`5.7
`5.7.1
`5.7.2
`5.7.3
`5.7.4
`5.7.5
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`6.3.1
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`Failure to deliver ULInformationTransfer message ............................................................................... 75
`UE capability transfer .................................................................................................................................... 75
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 75
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 75
`Reception of the UECapabilityEnquiry by the UE ................................................................................. 75
`CSFB to 1x Parameter transfer ..................................................................................................................... 76
`General ..................................................................................................................................................... 76
`Initiation ................................................................................................................................................... 76
`Actions related to transmission of CSFBParametersRequestCDMA2000 message .............................. 76
`Reception of the CSFBParametersResponseCDMA2000 message ....................................................... 76
`Generic error handling ........................................................................................................................................ 77
`General ........................................................................................................................................................... 77
`ASN.1 violation or encoding error ................................................................................................................ 77
`Field set to a not comprehended value .......................................................................................................... 77
`Mandatory field missing ............................................................................................................................... 77
`Not comprehended field ................................................................................................................................ 78
`Protocol data units, formats and parameters (tabular & ASN.1) ............................................................ 78
`General ..............................................................................................................................................................