TS 136 331 - V10.1.0 - LTE; Evolved Universal …

1 ETSI TS 136 331 (2011-04)Technical Specification LTE; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);Radio Resource Control (RRC);Protocol specification (3 GPP TS version Release 10) ETSI ETSI TS 136 331 (2011-04)13 GPP TS version Release 10 Reference RTS/TSGR-0236331va10 Keywords LTE ETSI 650 Route des Lucioles F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00 Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16 Siret N 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C Association but non lucratif enregistr e la Sous-Pr fecture de Grasse (06) N 7803/88 Important notice Individual copies of the present document can be downloaded from: The present document may be made available in more than one electronic version or in print. In any case of existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions, the reference version is the Portable Document Format (PDF). In case of dispute, the reference shall be the printing on ETSI printers of the PDF version kept on a specific network drive within ETSI Secretariat.

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4 Foreword This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP). The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3 GPP identities, UMTS identities or GSM identities. These should be interpreted as being references to the corresponding ETSI deliverables. The cross reference between GSM, UMTS, 3 GPP and ETSI identities can be found under ETSI ETSI TS 136 331 (2011-04)33 GPP TS version Release 10 Contents Intellectual Property Rights .. 2 Foreword .. 2 Foreword .. 13 1 Scope .. 14 2 References .. 14 3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations .. 17 Definitions .. 17 Abbreviations .. 17 4 General .. 19 Introduction .. 19 Architecture .. 19 UE states and state transitions including inter RAT.

5 19 Signalling radio bearers .. 21 Services .. 22 Services provided to upper layers .. 22 Services expected from lower layers .. 22 Functions .. 22 5 Procedures .. 23 General .. 23 23 General requirements .. 23 System information .. 24 24 General .. 24 Scheduling .. 24 System information validity and notification of changes .. 25 Indication of ETWS notification .. 26 Indication of CMAS notification .. 26 System information acquisition .. 26 General .. 26 Initiation .. 27 System information required by the UE .. 27 System information acquisition by the UE .. 27 Essential system information missing.

6 28 Actions upon reception of the MasterInformationBlock message .. 29 Actions upon reception of the SystemInformationBlockType1 message .. 29 Actions upon reception of SystemInformation messages .. 29 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType2 .. 29 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType3 .. 30 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType4 .. 30 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType5 .. 30 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType6 .. 30 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType7 .. 30 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType8 .. 30 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType9 .. 31 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType10 .. 31 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType11 .. 31 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType12 .. 32 Actions upon reception of SystemInformationBlockType13.

7 33 Acquisition of an SI message .. 33 Connection control .. 33 33 RRC connection control .. 33 ETSI ETSI TS 136 331 (2011-04)43 GPP TS version Release Security .. 34 RN security .. 35 Connected mode mobility .. 35 Paging .. 36 General .. 36 Initiation .. 36 Reception of the Paging message by the UE .. 36 RRC connection establishment .. 37 General .. 37 Initiation .. 38 Actions related to transmission of RRCC onnectionRequest message .. 39 Reception of the RRCC onnectionSetup by the UE .. 40 Cell re-selection while T300, T302, T303, T305 or T306 is running .. 41 T300 expiry.

8 41 T302, T303, T305 or T306 expiry or stop .. 41 Reception of the RRCC onnectionReject by the UE .. 42 Abortion of RRC connection establishment .. 42 Handling of SSAC related parameters .. 42 Access barring 43 Initial security activation .. 44 General .. 44 Initiation .. 44 Reception of the SecurityModeCommand by the UE .. 44 RRC connection reconfiguration .. 45 General .. 45 Initiation .. 46 Reception of an RRCC onnectionReconfiguration not including the mobilityControlInfo by the UE .. 46 Reception of an RRCC onnectionReconfiguration including the mobilityControlInfo by the UE (handover) .. 47 Reconfiguration failure .. 49 T304 expiry (handover failure) .. 49 50 Radio Configuration involving full configuration 50 Counter check.

9 51 General .. 51 Initiation .. 52 Reception of the CounterCheck message by the UE .. 52 RRC connection re-establishment .. 52 General .. 52 Initiation .. 53 Actions following cell selection while T311 is running .. 54 Actions related to transmission of RRCC onnectionReestablishmentRequest message .. 54 Reception of the RRCC onnectionReestablishment by the UE .. 55 T311 expiry .. 56 T301 expiry or selected cell no longer suitable .. 56 Reception of RRCC onnectionReestablishmentReject by the UE .. 56 RRC connection release .. 56 General .. 56 Initiation .. 56 Reception of the RRCC onnectionRelease by the UE .. 56 T320 expiry.

10 57 RRC connection release requested by upper layers .. 57 General .. 57 Initiation .. 57 Radio resource configuration .. 57 General .. 57 SRB addition/ modification .. 58 DRB release .. 58 DRB addition/ modification .. 59 SCell release .. 59 SCell addition/ modification .. 60 ETSI ETSI TS 136 331 (2011-04)53 GPP TS version Release MAC main reconfiguration .. 60 Semi-persistent scheduling reconfiguration .. 60 Physical channel reconfiguration .. 60 Radio Link Failure Timers and Constants reconfiguration.