Feature Group Indicators in LTE

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June 14, 2013

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Contents

1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Purpose.......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Scope............................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Conventions .................................................................................................................. 5
1.4 References..................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 Technical assistance ...................................................................................................... 6
1.6 Acronyms ...................................................................................................................... 6

2 Feature Group Indicators ................................................................................ 7

2.1 FGI bits supported by UE ............................................................................................. 7
2.2 FGI EFS file .................................................................................................................. 8
2.3 TDD FGI EFS file......................................................................................................... 9
2.4 FGI EFS file function ................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 9

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Tables
Table 1-1 Reference documents and standards ............................................................................................ 5

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Revision history

Revision Date Description

A Aug 2012 Initial release
B Jun 2013 Added instruction to configure bits 33 to 64 and 101 to 132
using EFS files; added TDD FGI EFS details

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 1 1 Introduction

2 1.1 Purpose
3 This document provides a basic description of the Feature Group Indicator (FGI) and explains
4 how to change FGI settings using EFS files.

5 1.2 Scope
6 This document is intended for customers using Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) chipsets
7 based on AMSS 8960, AMSS 9615, MDM9x00, AMSS 8974, and AMSS 9625 software.

8 1.3 Conventions
9 Function declarations, function names, type declarations, and code samples appear in a different
10 font, e.g., #include.
11 Shading indicates content that has been added or changed in this revision of the document.

12 1.4 References
13 Reference documents are listed in Table 1-1. Reference documents that are no longer applicable
14 are deleted from this table; therefore, reference numbers may not be sequential.

15 Table 1-1 Reference documents and standards

Ref. Document

Qualcomm Technologies
Q1 Application Note: Software Glossary for Customers CL93-V3077-1
Q2 Application Note: UMTS and LTE Protocol NV Items 80-VF299-1
Standards
S1 Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) 3GPP TS 36.331
Radio Resource Control (RRC) Protocol Specification

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 Introduction

1 1.5 Technical assistance

2 For assistance or clarification on information in this document, submit a case to Qualcomm
3 Technologies, Inc. (QTI) at https://support.cdmatech.com/.
4 If you do not have access to the CDMATech Support Service website, register for access or send
5 email to support.cdmatech@qti.qualcomm.com.

6 1.6 Acronyms
7 For definitions of terms and abbreviations, see [Q1].

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 1 2 Feature Group Indicators

Numerous changes were made in this chapter.

3 This chapter provides an overview of how to change the FGI bit using an EFS file.

4 2.1 FGI bits supported by UE

5 The UE transmits the FGI bits in the UE Capability Information message as shown below.
6

7 0xB0C0 LTE RRC OTA Packet -- UL_DCCH

8 value UL-DCCH-Message ::=
9 {
10 message c1 : ueCapabilityInformation :
11 {
12 rrc-TransactionIdentifier 0,
13 criticalExtensions c1 : ueCapabilityInformation-r8 :
14

15 FGI bits 1 to 32
16

17 featureGroupIndicators '01111111 00001111 11111100 10100000'B,

18

19 In this case, 01111111 00001111 11111100 10100000 corresponds to:

20

21 0(FGI-Bit1)1111111 0(FGI Bit9)0001111 11111100 10100000

22 FGI bits 33 to 64
23

24 featureGroupIndRel9Add-r9 '00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000'B

25

26 In this case, '00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000'B corresponds to:

27

28 0(FGI-Bit 33)0000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

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 Feature Group Indicators

1 FGI bits 101 to 132

2

3 featureGroupIndRel10-r10 '00000000 00100000 00000000 00000000'B,

4

5 In this case, '00000000 00100000 00000000 00000000 corresponds to:

6

7 0(FGI-Bit 101)00000000 00100000 00000000 00000000

8 NOTE: If any bit in Rel 8 FGI is disabled, care should be taken to disable all its dependent bits in Rel 9
9 and Rel 10, if any. For example, as stated in [S1] (excerpt below), FGI bit 34 is dependent on
10 FGI 5 and FGI 23.

11 Table B.1-1a: Definitions of feature group indicators

If indicated "Yes" the
Index of feature shall be
Definition FDD/
indicator implemented and
(description of the supported Notes TDD
(bit successfully tested
functionality, if indicator set to one) diff
number) for this version of
the specification
34 Inter-RAT ANR features for GERAN - can only be set Yes
including: to 1 if the UE has
- Inter-RAT periodical measurement set bit number 5
reporting where triggerType is set to and bit number 23
periodical and purpose is set to to 1.
reportStrongestCells
- Inter-RAT periodical measurement
reporting where triggerType is set to
periodical and purpose is set to
reportCGI

12 2.2 FGI EFS file

13 For FDD to change the FGI value (FGI bits 1 to 32) using the EFS method, an EFS file named fgi
14 can be used in the EFS of the device. The EFS should be put in the path
15 /nv/item_files/modem/lte/rrc/cap/.
16 To change the FGI value (FGI bits 33 to 64), an EFS file named fgi_rel9 can be used in the path
17 /nv/item_files/modem/lte/rrc/cap/. To change the FGI value (FGI bits 101 to 132), an EFS file
18 named fgi_r10 can be used in the path /nv/item_files/modem/lte/rrc/cap/.
19 In this way, the features advertised by the UE can be altered.

20 NOTE: Values reflected below are at the byte level.

21  For example, if the UE is sending:

22

23 '0100 0110 0000 0101 0001 1000 0000 0000'B

24 46 05 18 00
25

26 The actual value that must go into the EFS file is 00 18 05 46.

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1  If FGI bit 16 must be disabled:

2

3 '0100 0110 0000 0100 0001 1000 0000 0000'B

4 46 04 18 00
5

6 In this case, the value that must go into the EFS file is 00 18 04 46.
7  If bits 4, 5, and 17 must be changed to 1, the new FGI bit would be:
8

9 0101 1110 0000 0101 1001 1000 0000 0000

10 5E 05 98 00
11

12 Now the value that must go into the EFS file is 00 98 05 5E.

13 NOTE: If the UE does not support a certain feature, enabling the FGI bit through the EFS file is not
14 possible.

15 2.3 TDD FGI EFS file

16 For TDD using QTI chipsets MSM8974 and MDM9625 (Dime 1.0 software), there will be
17 separate FGI EFS files. The equivalent TDD-specific EFS files for fgi, fgi_rel9, and fgi_rel10
18 identified in Section 2.2 are fgi_tdd, fgi_tdd_rel9, and fgi_tdd_rel10, which must be copied at the
19 same location given above (/nv/item_files/modem/lte/rrc/cap/).
20 For TDD using MDM9615 and MSM8960 chipsets, use the EFS files identified in Section 2.2.

21 2.4 FGI EFS file function

22 To determine what can be enabled or disabled, contents read from the FGI EFS file are ANDed
23 with the bit mask defined in file lte_as.h. Any bit that is FALSE in lte_as.h cannot be controlled,
24 i.e., enabled, using the FGI EFS file. Basically, the lte_as.h file controls what EFS bits can be
25 enabled. Thus, when the hex provided through EFS is ANDed with a bit mask generated on the
26 basis of TRUE(1)/FALSE(0) marked in lte_as.h, the UE will get a bit mask that the user wants to
27 enable and the software supports.
28 The following F3 messages can be used to determine what is being read from EFS and what is the
29 outcome of the ANDing procedure:
30

31 00:00:04.265 lte_rrc_capabilities.c 02021 CAP: Read FGI bits from EFS:

32 1577424896
33 00:00:04.284 lte_rrc_capabilities.c 00304 CAP: FeatureGroupIndicator word =
34 0x5e059800
35 00:00:04.284 lte_rrc_capabilities.c 02026 CAP: Read FGI bits from lte_as.h
36 defaults: 1577424896

37 2.5 Conclusion
38 Users should take care to understand the impact of changing any FGI items, because doing so can
39 lead to undesirable effects.

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