3G UE Protocol timers, counters, other parameters and default configurations

Posted by: Caterpillar on: September 8, 2010

In: RRC Comment!

Timers for UE
Timer Start Stop T300 Transmission of Reception of RRC RRC CONNECTION CONNECTION SETUP REQUEST T302 At expiry Retransmit RRC CONNECTION REQUEST if V300 =< N300, else go to Idle mode Transmission of Reception of CELL Retransmit CELL CELL UPDATE UPDATE/URA UPDATE/URA CONFIRM/URA UPDATE if V302 =< UPDATE UPDATE N302, else, go to Idle CONFIRM mode Transmission of Reception of UE Retransmit UE UE CAPABILITY CAPABILITY CAPABILITY INFORMATION INFORMATION if INFORMATION CONFIRM V304 =< N304, else initiate a cell update procedure Entering Entering another Transmit CELL CELL_FACH or state. UPDATE if T307 is URA_PCH or not activated and the CELL_PCH UE detects in state. Reception service area. of CELL Otherwise, if T307 is UDPATE not active, start T307. CONFIRM/URA UPDATE CONFIRM. When the timer When the UE detects Transit to idle mode T305 has expired in service area. and the UE detects out of service area. Transmission of Not stopped Transmit RRC

T304

T305

T307

T308

Timer

Start RRC CONNECTION RELEASE COMPLETE

T309

T310

T311

T312

T313

T314

At expiry CONNECTION RELEASE COMPLETE if V308 <=N308, else go to idle mode. Upon reception Successful response Resume the of CELL to a connection connection to CHANGE establishment request UTRAN ORDER FROM in the new cell. UTRAN message Transmission of Reception of Transmit PUSCH PUSCH PHYSICAL CAPACITY CAPACITY SHARED REQUEST if V310 REQUEST CHANNEL =< N310, else ALLOCATION procedure stops. Reception of Reception of UE may initiate a PHYSICAL PHYSICAL PUSCH capacity SHARED SHARED request procedure. CHANNEL CHANNEL ALLOCATION ALLOCATION message with the message with CHOICE CHOICE PUSCH PUSCH allocation set to allocation set to PUSCH allocation PUSCH assignment. allocation pending. When the UE When the UE detects The criteria for starts to establish N312 in sync physical channel dedicated CH indication from L1. establishment failure is fulfilled When the UE When the UE detects The criteria for Radio detects consecutive N315 in Link failure is consecutive sync indication from fulfilled N313 out of L1. sync indication from L1. When the criteria When the Cell See subclause for radio link Update procedure has 8.3.1.13 failure are been completed. fulfilled. The timer is

Stop

Timer

T315

Start Stop At expiry started if radio bearer(s) that are associated with T314 exist of if only RRC connection exists. When the criteria When the Cell See subclause for radio link Update procedure has 8.3.1.14 failure are been completed. fulfilled. The timer is started only if radio bearer(s) that are associated with T315 exist. When the UE When the UE detects detects out of in service area. service area in URA_PCH or CELL_PCH state

T316

T317

Initiate cell update procedure if in service area is detected. Otherwise start timer T317, transit to CELL_FACH state and initiate cell update procedure when the UE detects in service area. When the T316 When the UE detects Transit to idle mode expires or when in service area. in CELL_FACH state, the UE detects out of service area.

Counters for UE
Counter Reset V300 When reaching max value When initiating Upon expiry of T300. When V300 > N300, the procedure the UE enters idle RRC connection mode. establishment Incremented

Counter Reset V302

V304

V308

V310

When reaching max value When initiating Upon expiry of T302 When V302 > N302 the procedure the UE enters idle Cell update or mode. URA update When sending Upon expiry of T304 When V304 > N304 the first UE the UE initiates the CAPABILITY Cell update INFORMATION procedure message. When sending Upon expiry of T308 When V308 > N308 the first RRC the UE stops reCONNECTION transmitting the RRC RELEASE CONNECTION COMPLETE RELEASE message in a COMPLETE RRC connection message. release procedure. When sending Upon expiry of T310 When V310 > N310 the first PUSCH the UE stops reCAPACITY transmitting the REQUEST PUSCH CAPACITY message in a REQUEST message. PUSCH capacity request procedure

Incremented

UE constants and parameters

Constant N300 N302 N304 N308 N310 N312 N313 Usage Maximum number of retransmissions of the RRC CONNECTION REQUEST message Maximum number of retransmissions of the CELL UPDATE / URA UPDATE message Maximum number of retransmissions of the UE CAPABILITY INFORMATION message Maximum number of retransmissions of the RRC CONNECTION RELEASE COMPLETE message Maximum number of retransmission of the PUSCH CAPACITY REQUEST message Maximum number of in sync received from L1. Maximum number of successive out of sync received

Constant N315

Usage from L1. Maximum number of successive in sync received from L1 during T313 is activated.