LTE Foundation for 5G

(eLecture)
PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

PDCP, RLC and MAC

Protocols

LTE Foundation for 5G (eLecture)

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 LTE Foundation for 5G
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PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

Exercise 6
1 What protocols are common to both control and user plane?

a) NAS, AS

b) NAS, AS and IP

c) PDCP, RLC, MAC

d) RCF, PPF

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PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

Exercise 6
2 What are the functions of the PDCP protocol?

a) ROHC

b) Integrity protection/verification of CP

c) Ciphering both CP and UP

d) Maintenance of SNs

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PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

Exercise 6
3 What are the functions of the RLC protocol?

a) Transfer of user data in TM, UM and AM

b) Segmentation and Concatenation

c) Error correction (ARQ)

d) Dynamic Resource Allocation

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PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

Exercise 6
4 What type of Service Access Point (SAP) is used for the transmission of
PCCH/BCCH/CCCH?

a) RLC-TM

b) RLC-UM

c) RLC-AM

d) None of the above

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PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

Exercise 6
5 What are the functions of the MAC protocol?

a) Mapping between logical and transport channels

b) Multiplexing and demultiplexing of MAC SDUs

c) Error correction (HARQ)

d) Priority handling of UEs and logical channels

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Exercise 6
6 The UL_SCH is used to convey?

a) User data and control signaling

b) Random access transmissions

c) CBRA and CFRA

d) None of the above

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PDCP, RLC and MAC Protocols

Exercise 6
7 The following are examples of physical signals?

a) CRS, PSS, SSS, SRS

b) PDCCH, PHICH, PCFICH

c) DL-SCH, UL-SCH

d) None of the above

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Exercise 6
8 CFRA is intended for?

a) Initial access to the network from idle mode

b) Incoming handover

c) DL transmission that requires UL Synchronization

d) Request UL grant for UE without dedicated resource

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