Enhanced Fast Dormancy Feature in WCDMA

The UEs on a live network can be divided into three types:

* UEs that do not send SCRI messages because there is no PS data to be

transmitted.

* Pre fast dormancy UEs : This type of UE does not read the T323
information element (IE) carried in the system information block type 1
(SIB1) message. After PS data transmission is complete, this type of UE
sends an SCRI message to the RNC, but the SCRI message does not carry the
IE Signaling Connection Release Indication Cause. Both T323 and Signaling
Connection Release Indication Cause are introduced in 3GPP Release 8.

* R8 fast dormancy UEs : This type of UE reads the T323 IE carried in the
SIB1 message and sends an SCRI message to the RNC after PS data
transmission is complete. The SCRI message carries the IE Signaling
Connection Release Indication Cause that is set to "UE Requested PS Data
session end."

The T323 IE carried in the SIB1 message controls the frequency at which the
R8 fast dormancy UEs send SCRI messages with the IE Signaling Connection
Release Indication Cause set to "UE Requested PS Data session end". The
T323 timer starts after an SCRI message is sent by the R8 fast dormancy
UEs, and the second SCRI message with the IE Signaling Connection Release
Indication Cause set to "UE Requested PS Data session end" can be sent only
after the T323 timer expires.
This mechanism is standardized by 3GPP Release 8.

* Pre fast dormancy: The RNC identifies the pre fast dormancy UEs using the
Type Allocation Codes (TACs).

This mechanism, which is not standardized, is used for the early

proprietary implementations of fast dormancy.

The international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), which consists of 14

decimal digits and one check digit, contains TAC and SNR. TAC indicates a
particular type of device that has been approved by a national GSM/WCDMA
approval body. SNR is the serial number identifying the UE. The structure
of the IMEI, which is shown as follows, is specified in 3GPP TS 23.003.