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LTE RRC Connection Setup

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UE eNodeB

RACH: Random Access Preamble UE initiates a session to the eNodeB

(RA-RNTI) using a random RA-RNTI

DL-SCH: Random Access Response eNodeB assigns a C-RNTI and adjusts

(RA-RNTI, C-RNTI, Timing) timing

UL-SCH: RRC Connection Request UE requests an RRC connection via the

(C-RNTI, M-TMSI, Establishment Cause) UL-SCH.

DL-SCH: RRC Connection Setup Network establishes the SRBs and DRBs
(SRBs, DRBs, UE Specific Configuration) based on the establishment cause.

UL-SCH: RRC Connection Complete UE acknowledges the setup of SRBs and

(PLMN id, Dedicated NAS Info) DRBs.

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RACH: UE  eNodeB: • real-time and embedded systems
Random Access Preamble
• The terminal picks a preamble to
send the random access message
• The preambles in LTE are defined
from a Zadoff-Chu sequence
• The preamble consists of the cyclic

Random Access Preamble

prefix and a sequence
• The sequence identifies the UE
that is initiating the random access
• The type of the UE and the UE ID
Cyclic Prefix
value are included in the UE ID/RNTI Type RA-RNTI
message Sequence
• RA-RNTI is used as a temporary UE ID/RNTI Value
identifier during the random
access procedure

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DL-SCH: UE  eNodeB: • real-time and embedded systems
Random Access Response
• The eNodeB responds with a
Random Access Response on the
DL-SCH channel
• The UE is addressed with the RA- UE ID/RNTI Type RA-RNTI

Random Access Response

RNTI that was sent in the Random
Access Preamble
• The message carries a Timing RA-RNTI Value
Advance that is used to adjust the
UE transmitter timing
• This adjustment will synchronize Timing Advance
the UE transmitter so that the
transmissions from the UE are
Value
received within the receive
timing window Uplink Grant
• The message may carry an uplink Resources
resource assignment
• The message also assigns a C-RNTI
that will be used to address the UE Temporary C-RNTI

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UL-SCH: UE  eNodeB • real-time and embedded systems
RRC Connection Request
• The UE has received the Random Access
Response based on the RA-RNTI.

RRC Connection Request

• The Random Access Response assigns a UE ID/RNTI Type C-RNTI
C-RNTI and resources for transmission of
the RRC Connection Request UE ID/RNTI Value
• The message identifies the UE with the C- MMEC
RNTI UE-Identity S-TMSI
• The message contains the UE-Identity M-TMSI
Establishment
• IMSI is sent in the message if this is the Cause
mo-Signalling
first attach to the network
• If the terminal had attached previously,
the S-TMSI is included in the message
emergency

Establishment Cause
• The message also contains the
establishment cause.
• In this example, the RRC Connection highPriorityAccess
Request is sent with “Mobile Originated
Signaling” cause.
mt-Access
• Note that the eNodeB may optionally
send a contention resolution message on
mo-Signalling
receipt of this message

mo-Data

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DL-SCH: UE eNodeB • real-time and embedded systems
RRC Connection Setup UE ID/RNTI Type C-RNTI

• The message identifies the signaling radio UE ID/RNTI Value SRB Identity T Poll Retransmit
bearer (SRB)
UL AM RLC Poll PDU
• The configuration parameters carried in Radio Resource SRBs to
Config Dedicated Add/Modify
the message are described in the next Maximum Retrans.
Threshold
two slides MAX HARQ TX

RRC Connection Setup

DL AM RLC T Reordering
UL-SCH Config Periodic BSR Timer

Retransmission
BSR Timer

Periodic PHR Timer

PHR Config Prohibit PHR Timer

DL Path Loss
Change

P0 UE PUSCH

Delta MCS Enabled

Uplink Power
P0 UE PUCCH
Control Dedicated

PSRS Offset

Filter Coefficient

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Configuration - 1 • real-time and embedded systems

RLC Uplink RLC Downlink UL-SCH

Configuration Configuration configuration
• Timer for status • The maximum • Maximum
report polling time to wait for number of
• Number of packet Hybrid ARQ
retransmissions reordering transmissions
of buffer status • Periodic and
report regular buffer
• Control plane status report
retransmission (BSR) timer
limit

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Configuration - 2 • real-time and embedded systems

Power Headroom Report (PHR)

Configuration
• Periodicity of the PHR
• Downlink Path Loss more than the
specified value also triggers PHR
(provided the Prohibit PHR timer has
expired)
Uplink Power Control Parameters
• P0-UE-PUSCH and P0-UE-PCCH
values are used to determine the
nominal power of the uplink
transmissions
• “pSRS Offset” determines the uplink
Sounding Reference Signal power
• Delta MCS (choose between Ks = 0
and Ks = 1.25)
• Filter Coefficient value for RSRP
(Reference Signal Received Power)
measurement used to calculate path
loss
• Reference: 36.213 clause 5.1.1.1

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RRC Connection Setup • real-time and embedded systems
Complete
• UE sends this message on receipt of the
RRC Connection Setup message
• “Dedicated Info NAS” is used to transfer
UE specific NAS layer information
between the network and the UE. The Selected PLMN
RRC layer is transparent for this PLMN Id

RRC Connection Setup

Identity
information.
• The message may optionally contain Registered MME
MMEGI

Complete
registered MME (Optional)
• The RRC Connection Setup Complete may
also carry octets for a NAS message
exchanged between the UE and the MME MMEC

Octets carrying
Dedicated Info NAS
NAS message

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