Timers of mobility management

3GPP TS 24.008: Mobility management timers – MS-side

TIMER MM TIME
STATE OUT
NUM. VAL.
T3210 LOCATION UPDATING INITIATED 20s

T3211 MM IDLE, 15s

T3212 MM IDLE Note 1

T3213 LOCATION UPDATING INITIATED 4s

T3214 LOCATION UPDATING INITIATED 20s

WAIT FOR OUTGOING MM CONNECTION

IMSI DETACH INITIATED

T3216 LOCATION UPDATING INITIATED 15s

WAIT FOR OUTGOING MM CONNECTION

IMSI DETACH INITIATED

T3218 LOCATION UPDATING INITIATED 20s

WAIT FOR OUTGOING MM CONNECTION

IMSI DETACH INITIATED

T3220 IMSI DETACH INITIATED 5s

T3230 WAIT FOR OUTGOING MM CONNECTION 15s

WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL OUTGOING MM

WAIT FOR REESTABLISH

T3240 WAIT FOR NETWORK COMMAND 10s

LOCATION UPDATE REJECTED

T3241 RR CONNECTION RELEASE NOT ALLOW ED 300s

T3242 All except NULL 3600s

T3243 All except NULL 900s

NOTE 1: The timeout value is broadcasted in a SYSTEM INFORMATION message.

3GPP TS 24.008: Mobility management timers – network-side

TIMER MM TIME
STATE OUT
NUM. VAL.
T3250 TMSI REALLOCATION INITIATED 12s

T3255 Note

T3260 AUTHENTICATION INITIATED 12s

T3270 IDENTIFICATION INITIATED 12s

NOTE 2: The value of this timer is not specified by this recommendation.

Timer T3240 and Timer T3241

Timer T3240 is started in the mobile station when:
- the mobile station receives a LOCATION UPDATING ACCEPT message completing a locat
- the mobile
mobile station
station receives
receives a LOCATION
LOCATION UPDATING
UPDATING REJECT
REJECT message
message in the cases specif
specif
- the mobile station has sent a CM SERVICE ABORT message as specified in subclause4.5.
- the mobile station has released or aborted all MM connections in the cases specified in 4.3.
Timer T3240 is stopped, reset, and started again at receipt of an MM message.
Timer T3240 is stopped and reset (but not started) at receipt of a CM message that initiates es
Timer T3241 is started in the mobile station when entering MM state RR CONNECTION RELE
Timer T3241 is stopped and reset (but not started) when the MM state RR CONNECTION R E
If timer T3241 expires, the MS shall abort the RR connection and enter the MM state MM IDLE

Timers of GPRS mobility

mobil ity management
3GPP TS 24.008: GPRS Mobility management timers – MS side

TIMER NUM. STATE TIMER VALUE

T3310 GMM- 15s

REG-INIT

T3311 GMM-DEREG ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH or 15s

GMM-REG ATTEMPTING TO UPDATE

T3316 GMM- 30s
REG-INIT

GMM-REG
GMM-DEREG-INIT

GMM-RA-UPDATING-INT
GMM-SERV-REQ-INIT
(Iu mode only)

T3318 GMM- 20s

REG-INIT

GMM-REG
GMM-DEREG-INIT
GMM-RA-UPDATING-INT
GMM-SERV-REQ-INIT (Iu mode only)
T3320 GMM- 15s
REG-INIT

GMM-REG
GMM-DEREG-INIT
GMM-RA-UPDATING-INT
GMM-SERV-REQ-INIT (Iu mode only)
T3321 GMM- 15s

DEREG-INIT
T3330 GMM-ROUTING-UPDATING-INITIATED 15s

T3340 GMM- 10s

REG-INIT

(Iu mode only)

GMM-DEREG-INIT
GMM-RA-UPDATING-INT
GMM-SERV-REQ-INIT (Iu mode only)
GMM-ATTEMPTING-TO-UPDATE-MM
GMM-REG-NORMAL-SERVICE

3GPP TS 24.008: GPRS Mobility management timers – MS side

TIMER NUM. STATE TIMER VALUE

T3302 GMM-DEREG Default 12 min

or Note 1
 GMM-REG Note 5

T3312 GMM-REG Default

54 min

Note1
T3314 All except GMM-DEREG Default
44 sec
READY Note 2

(A/Gb mode only)

T3317 GMM-SERVICE-REQUEST-INITIATED 15s

(Iu mode only)

T3319 GMM-REG Default 30s

(Iu mode only) Note 1

Note 4
T3323 GMM-REGISTERED NOTE 6

NOTE1: The value of this timer is used if the network does not indicate another value in a G
NOTE2: The default value of this timer is used if neither the MS nor the Network send anot
NOTE3: Typically, the procedures are aborted on the fifth expiry of the relevant timer. Exce
NOTE 4: The purpose of this timer is to prevent the MS from repeating the SERVICE REQ
NOTE5: In Iu mode, the default value of this timer is used if the network provides a value fo
NOTE6: The value of this timer may be provided by the network to the MS in the ATTACH

3GPP TS 24.008: GPRS Mobility management timers – network side

TIMER NUM. STATE TIMER VALUE

T3322 GMM- 6s
DEREG-INIT
T3350 GMM-COMMON-PROC-INIT 6s

T3360 GMM- COMMON-PROC-INIT 6s

T3370 GMM-COMMON-PROC-INIT 6s

3GPP TS 24.008: GPRS Mobility management timers – network side

TIMER NUM. STATE TIMER VALUE

T3313 GMM_REG Note 1
T3314 All except GMM-DEREG Default
44 sec
READY Note 2

(A/Gb mode only)

Mobile Reachable All except GMM-DEREG Default 4 min
greater than
T3312

Implicit Detach All except GMM-DEREG Default 4 min

timer greater than
T3323

NOTE1: The value of this timer is network dependent.

NOTE2: The default value of this timer is used if neither the MS nor the Network send anot
NOTE3: Typically, the procedures are aborted on the fifth expiry of the relevant timer. Exce

Timers of GPRS session management

3GPP TS 24.008: GPRS session management timers – MS side

TIMER NUM. STATE TIMER VALUE

T3380 PDP- 30s

ACTIVE-PEND or MBMS ACTIVE-PENDING

T3381 PDP-MODIFY-PENDING 8s

T3390 PDP- 8s

INACT-PEND

NOTE: Typically, the procedures are aborted on the fifth expiry of the relevant timer. Excepti

3GPP TS 24.008: GPRS session management timers – network side

TIMER NUM. STATE TIMER VALUE

T3385 PDP- 8s

ACT-PEND or MBMS ACTIVE-PENDING

T3386 PDP- 8s
MOD-PEND
T3395 PDP- 8s
INACT-PEND or MBMS INACTIVE-PENDING

NOTE: Typically, the procedures are aborted on the fifth expiry of the relevant timer. Excepti
Timers of circuit-switched call control
3GPP TS 24.008: Call control timers – MS side

TIM STATE OF CALL TIM VAL

NUM.
T303 Call initiated 30s

T305 Disconnect Request 30s

T308 Release request 30s
T310 Outgoing call Proceeding 30s

Note 1
T313 Connect Request 30s

T323 Modify Request 30s

T324 Modify request 15s

T332 Wait for network info 30s

T335 CC-Est. Confirmed 30s
T336 10s

T337 10s

NOTE 1: T310 is not started if progress indicator #1, #2, or #64 has been delivered in the C

3GPP TS 24.008: Call control timers – network side

TIM STATE OF CALL DFT TIM VAL

NUM.
T301 Call received Min180s

Note 1
T303 Call present Note 2

T305 Disconnect Indication 30s

T306 Disconnect Indication 30s

T308 Release request Note 2

T310 Incoming call proceeding Note 2

T313 Connect Indication Note 2

T323 Modify request 30s

T331 CC Connec. Pending Note 2

T333 CC-Est. Present Note 2

T334 CC-Est. Confirmed Min 15s

Note 3
T338 Disconnect indication Note 2

NOTE 1: The network may already have applied an internal alerting supervision function; e.
NOTE 2: These time values are set by the network operator.
NOTE 3: When applied to the supplementary service CCBS, the timer T334 can either r epre
CAUSE FOR START NORMAL STOP AT THE EXPIRY

- LOC_UPD_REQ sent - LOC_UPD_ACC Start T3211

- LOC_UPD_REJ

- AUTH_REJ

- Lower layer failure

- LOC_UPD_REJ with cause#17 netw. failure - Time out Restart the Location update proc.

- lower layer failure or RR conn. r eleased after RR

- cell change
conn. abort during loc. updating

- request for MM connection

establishment

- change of LA
- termination of MM service or MM signalling - initiation of MM service or MM initiate periodic updating
signalling
- location updating failure - expiry new random attempt

- change of BCCH parameter

AUTHENT FAILURE AUTHENT REQ received Consider the network as ‟false‟
(see [Link].1)
Cause = „MAC failure‟ or „GSM authentication
unacceptable‟ sent

AUTHENT FAILURE AUTHENT REQ received Consider the network as ‟false‟

(see [Link].1)
Cause = Synch failure sent

RAND and RES stored as a result of of a UMTS - Cipher mode setting (A/Gb Delete the stored RAND and RES
authentication challenge mode only)

- Security mode setting (Iu

mode only)

- CM_SERV_ACCEPT
- CM SERVICE REJECT
received
- LOCATION UPDATING
ACCEPT received
- AUTHENT REJ received
- AUTHENT FAIL sent
- enter MM IDLE or NULL
- IMSI DETACH - release from RM-sublayer enter Null or Idle, ATTEMPTING
TO UPDATE
- CM SERV REQ - Cipher mode setting provide release ind.

CM RE-EST REQ - CM SERV REJ

- CM SERV ACC
see timer description T3240 below see timer description T3240 abort the RR connection
below
*Refer timer description T3241 below *Refer timer description T3241 abort the RR connection
below 
eCall only MS enters MM IDLE state after an - Time Out Perform eCall Inactivity procedure
emergency call in subclause 4.4.7
- Power Off

- Removal of eCall only

restriction
eCall only MS enters MM IDLE state after a - Time Out Perform eCall Inactivity procedure
test/reconfiguration call in subclause 4.4.7
- Power Off

- Removal of eCall only

restriction

CAUSE FOR START NORMAL STOP AT THE EXPIRY

TMSI-REAL-CMD or LOC UPD ACC with new TMSI TMSI-REALL-COM received Optionally Release RR connection
sent
LOC UPD ACC sent with”Follow on Proceed” CM SERVICE REQUEST Release RR Connection or use for
mobile station terminating call
AUTHENT-REQUEST sent AUTHENT-RESPONSE Optionally Release RR connection
received

AUTHENT-FAILURE received
IDENTITY REQUEST sent IDENTITY RESPONSE Optionally Release RR connection

ion updating procedure in the cases specified in subclauses [Link] and [Link];
ied in subclause[Link];
.1.7;
.5, [Link], [Link], and [Link].

tablishment of an CM connection (an appropriate SETUP, REGISTER, or CP-DATA message as defined in 3GPP TS 24.00
ASE NOT ALLOWED.
EASE NOT ALLOWED is left.
.

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP ON THE

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th EXPIRY Note 3
ATTACH REQ sent ATTACH ACCEPT received Retransmission of ATTACH REQ

ATTACH REJECT received

ATTACH REJ with other cause values as described Change of the routing area Restart of the Attach or the RAU
in chapter „GPRS Attach‟ procedure with updating of the
relevant attempt counter
ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJ with other cause
values as described in chapter „Routing Area
Update‟

Low layer failure

RAND and RES stored as a result of a UMTS Security mode setting Delete the stored RAND and RES
authentication challenge (Iu mode only)

SERVICE ACCEPT received.

(Iu mode only)
SERVICE REJECT
received
(Iu mode only)
ROUTING AREA UPDATE
ACCEPT received

AUTHENTICATION AND
CIPHERING REJECT received

AUTHENTICATION_AND_CIP
HERING FAILURE sent

Enter GMM-DEREG or
GMM-NULL
AUTHENTICATION & CIPHERING FAILURE AUTHENTICATION & On first expiry, the MS should
(cause=‟MAC failure‟ or „GSM authentication CIPHERING REQUEST consider the network as false (see
unacceptable‟) sent received [Link].1)

AUTHENTICATION & CIPHERING FAILURE AUTHENTICATION & On first expiry, the MS should
(cause=synch failure) sent CIPHERING REQUEST consider the network as false (see
received [Link].1)

DETACH REQ sent DETACH ACCEPT received Retransmission of the DETACH

REQ

ROUTING AREA UPDATE REQUEST sent ROUTING AREA UPDATE Retransmission of the ROUTING
ACC received AREA UPDATE REQUEST
message
ROUTING AREA UPDATE REJ
received
ATTACH REJ, DETACH REQ, ROUTING AREA PS signalling connection Release the PS signalling
UPDATE REJ or SERVICE REJ with any of the released connection and proceed as
causes #11, #12, #13, #15, or #25. described in subclause [Link]

ATTACH ACCEPT or ROUTING AREA UPDATE

ACCEPT is received with “no follow-on proceed“
indication.

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP ON

EXPIRY
At attach failure and the attempt counter is greater At successful attach On every expiry, initiation of the
than or equal to 5.
At successful routing area
updating
GPRS attach procedure
At routing area updating failure and the attempt
counter is greater than or equal to 5.
 or
RAU procedure
In A/Gb mode, when READY state is lef t. W hen entering state GMM- Initiation of the Periodic RAU
DEREG procedure

In Iu mode, when PMM-CONNECTED mode is left.

Transmission of a PTP PDU Forced to Standby No cell-updates are performed

SERVICE REQ sent Security mode control procedure Abort the procedure
is completed,

SERVICE ACCEPT received, or

SERVICE REJECT received

Completion of the Security Mode Control procedure When entering PMM-IDLE SERVICE REQ with service type
after sending a SERVICE REQUEST with service mode. “data” may be invoked again, if 
type “data”. required.

When the radio access bearer is

Reception of a SERVICE ACCEPT message. released for any active PDP
context.

When entering state GMM-

DEREG
T3312 expires while the MS is in GMM- When entering state GMM- Deactivation of ISR by setting TIN
[Link]-CELL-AVAILABLE and ISR is DEREGISTERED or when to “GUTI”
activated. entering GMM-CONNECTED
mode.

MM signalling procedure.
er value, or if the Network sends this value, in a signalling procedure.
tions are described in the corresponding procedure description.
EST message with service type “data” too early in case the request to setup the radio access bearer is queued by the radio
r this timer in a non-integrity protected Iu mode GMM message.
CCEPT message and ROUTING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT message. The default value of this timer is identical to the valu

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP ON THE

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4thEXPIRY Note 3
DETACH REQ sent DETACH ACCEPT received Retransmission of DETACH
REQUEST
ATTACH ACCEPT ATTACH COMPLETE received Retransmission of the same
sent with P-TMSI and/or TMSI message type, i.e. ATTACH
RAU ACCEPT sent with P-TMSI and/or TMSI RAU COMPLETE received ACCEPT, RAU ACCEPT or
REALLOC COMMAND
P-TMSI REALLOC COMPLETE
P-TMSI REALLOC COMMAND
received
sent
AUTH AND CIPH REQUEST sent AUTH AND CIPH RESPONSE Retransmission of AUTH AND
received CIPH REQUEST

AUTHENT-AND CIPHER-
FAILURE received
IDENTITY REQUEST sent IDENTITY RESPONSE Retransmission of IDENTITY
received REQUEST

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP ON

EXPIRY
Paging procedure initiated Paging procedure completed Network dependent
Receipt of a PTP PDU Forced to Standby The network shall page the MS if a
PTP PDU has to be sent to the MS

In A/Gb mode, change from READY to STANDBY PTP PDU received Network dependent but typically
state paging is halted on 1st expiry

In Iu mode, change from PMM-CONNECTED mode

to PMM-IDLE mode.
The Mobile Reachable timer expires while the PTP PDU received Implicitly detach the MS on 1st
network is in PMM-IDLE mode or STANDBY state expiry
and ISR is activated.

er value, or if the Network sends this value, in a signalling procedure. The value of this timer should be slightly shorter in th
tions are described in the corresponding procedure description.

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP ON THE

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4thEXPIRY
ACTIVATE PDP CONTEXT REQUEST, ACTIVATE ACTIVATE Retransmission of ACTIVATE PDP
SECONDARY PDP CONTEXT REQUEST or PDP CONTEXT ACCEPT, CONTEXT REQ, ACTIVATE
ACTIVATE MBMS CONTEXT REQUEST sent ACTIVATE SECONDARY PDP CONTEXT
REQUEST or ACTIVATE MBMS
CONTEXT REQUEST
SECONDARY PDP CONTEXT
ACCEPT or ACTIVATE MBMS
CONTEXT ACCEPT received

ACTIVATE
PDP CONTEXT REJECT,
ACTIVATE
SECONDARY PDP CONTEXT
REJECT or ACTIVATE MBMS
CONTEXT REJECT received
MODIFY PDP CONTEXT REQUEST sent MODIFY PDP CONTEXT Retransmission of MODIFY PDP
ACCEPT received CONTEXT REQUEST
DEACTIVATE PDP CONTEXT REQUEST sent DEACTIVATE PDP CONTEXT Retransmission of DEACTIVATE
ACC
received PDP CONTEXT REQUEST

ons are described in the corresponding procedure description.

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP ON THE

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4thEXPIRY
REQUEST PDP CONTEXT ACTIVATION or ACTIVATE PDP CONTEXT Retransmission of REQUEST PDP
REQUEST or ACTIVATE CONTEXT ACTIVATION or
SECONDARY PDP CONTEXT REQUEST SECONDARY PDP
REQUEST or CONTEXT ACTIVATION or
REQUEST SECONDARY PDP CONTEXT ACTIVATE MBMS CONTEXT REQUEST MBMS CONTEXT
ACTIVATION or REQUEST MBMS CONTEXT REQUEST received ACTIVATION
ACTIVATION sent
MODIFY PDP CONTEXT REQUEST sent MODIFY PDP C ONT EXT ACC Retransmission of MODIFY PDP
received CONTEXT REQ
DEACTIVATE PDP CONTEXT REQUEST sent DEACTIVATE PDP CONTEXT Retransmission of DEACTIVATE
ACC received PDP CONTEXT REQ

ons are described in the corresponding procedure description.

CAUSE OF START NORMAL STOP AT FIRST EXPIRY

CM SER RQ sent CALL PROC, or REL COMP Clear the call

received
DISC sent REL or DISC received REL sent.
REL sent REL COMP or REL received Retrans. RELEASE restart T308
CALL PROC received ALERT,CONN, DISC or PROG Send DISC
rec.

CONN sent CONNect ACKnowledge Send DISC

received
MOD sent MOD COMP or MOD REJ Clear the call
received
MOD received MOD COMP or MOD REJ sent MOD REJ with old bearer capability

START_CC sent CC-EST. received Clear the call

CC-EST [Link] RECALL received Clear the call
START DTMF sent START DTMF ACK or START
DTMF REJECT received
The MS considers the DTMF
Procedure (for the digit) to be
terminated
STOP DTMF sent STOP DTMF ACK received The MS considers the DTMF
procedure (for the current digit) to
be terminated

LL PROCEEDING message or in a previous PROGRESS message.

CAUSE FOR START NORMAL STOP AT FIRST EXPIRY

ALERT received CONN received Clear the call

SETUP sent CALL CONF or REL COMP Clear the call

received
DISC without progress indic. #8 sent or CCBS REL or DISC received Network sends RELEASE
Possible
DISC with progress indic. #8 sent but no CCBS REL or DISC received Stop the tone/ announc. Send REL
possible
REL sent REL COMP or REL received Retrans. RELEASE restart T308
CALL CONF received ALERT, CONN or DISC Clear the call
received
CON sent CON ACK received Clear the call
MOD sent MOD COMP or MOD REJ Clear the call
received
CM-SERV PROMPT sent START CC received Clear the call
START CC received [Link] or REL COMP Clear the call
received
RECALL sent SETUP received Clear the call

DISC with CCBS possible REL or DISC received stop any tone/ announc. Send REL

. incorporated within call control. If such a function is known to be operating on the call, then timer T301 is not used.
sent the recall timer T4 or the notification timer T10 (see 3GPP TS 23.093 [88a]). Thus the timer T334 can take two differen
AT THE SECOND
EXPIRY

8, 3GPP TS 24.010 [21] or 3GPP TS 24.011 [22]).

access network.

e of timerT3312.
network than in the MS, this is a network implementation issue.
AT SECOND EXPIRY

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Call ref. release
Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted
Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

AT SECOND EXPIRY

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Release call reference

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

Timer is not restarted

t values. 3GPP TS 23.093 [88a] defines the range of these values.