LTE LOG MOHIT R JAIN

ANALYSIS
 • LTE (Long Term Evolution) or the E-UTRAN (Evolved
Universal Terrestrial Access Network), introduced in
3GPP R8, is the access part of the Evolved Packet System
LTE (EPS).

OVERVIEW • The main requirements for the new access network are
high spectral efficiency, high peak data rates, short round
trip time as well as flexibility in frequency and
bandwidth.
DIFFERENCES
• GSM:
• Major focus on CS, very low PS
• UMTS:
• Developed to reach higher data rate
• IP address is allocated to the UE
when a data service is established and
released when the service is released

• LTE:
• All IP network
LTE
• Purely IP based
• Flat Architecture
• Only eNB
• Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
• Low Latency
• Bandwidths:
• 1.4 MHz up to 20 MHz
LTE
• In DL, OFDMA (Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiple
Access)
• In UL, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier
– Frequency Division Multiple
Access)
INITIAL
ATTACH
ATTACH FLOW:
AS SEEN IN THE LOGS
 • After power-up, the UE  tries to obtain time and frequency
synchronization with the system as it does not know to which
network should it send the registration request.
• For this, UE needs to detect signals to find out where the
frame begins and ends. LTE define two type of
INITIAL synchronization signals:
• Primary synchronization signal (PSS)
ACQUISITIO • Secondary synchronization signal (SSS)

N • UE uses the Synchronization Signals to:

• Achieve radio frame, subframe, slot and symbol
synchronization in the time domain
• Identify the center of the channel bandwidth in the
frequency domain
• Deduce the Physical layer Cell Identity (PCI)
 • PSS and SSS are used to calculate the PCI using the
below formula
INITIAL • PCI= 3*SSS + PSS

ACQUISITIO • where PSS =Cell number(0-2) & SSS= Cell group

ID(0-167)
N
LOG
SNIPPET
 2019 Oct 21 10:43:54.920 [C9] 0xB0C1 LTE RRC MIB
Message Log Packet
Subscription ID = 1
Version = 2

MASTER Physical cell ID = 490

INFORMATIO FREQ = 1251

N BLOCK SFN = 44
Number of TX Antennas = 4

DL Bandwidth = 10 MHz (50)

• Following MIB, SIBs are decoded starting with

SIB1
 SIB 1
i) Cell Access Related Information - PLMN Identity List, PLMN
Identity, TA Code, Cell identity & Cell Status
ii) Cell Selection Information - Minimum Receiver Level
iii) Scheduling Information - SI message type & Periodicity, SIB
mapping Info, SI Window length

TYPES OF  

SIBs IN LTE
SIB 2
i) Access Barring Information - Access Probability factor, Access
Class Baring List, Access Class Baring Time
ii) Semi static Common Channel Configuration - Random Access
Parameter, PRACH Configuration
iii) UL frequency Information - UL EARFCN, UL Bandwidth,
additional emission
iv) MBSFN Configuration
 SIB 3 - Information/Parameters for intra-frequency cell reselections

SIB 4 - Information on intra-frequency neighbouring cells

 
SIB 5 - Information on inter-frequency neighbouring cells
 
SIB 6 - Information for reselection to UMTS (UTRAN) cells  

TYPES OF SIB 7 - Information for reselection to GSM (GERAN) cells  

SIBs IN LTE  
SIB 8 - Information for reselection to CDMA2000 systems

SIB 9 - Home eNodeB name – for future LTE femtocell applications

SIB 10 / SIB 11 - ETWS (Earthquake and Tsunami Warning

System) information
 SIB 12 - Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS) information.
 
SIB 13
i) MBSFN (eMBMS) Area Configuration
ii) MCCH Configuration

TYPES OF  
SIB 14 - Extended Access Barring
SIBs IN LTE  
SIB 15 - MBMS SAI (Service Area Identities) Configuration
 
SIB 16 - GPS Related Information
 
SIB 17 - WLAN Configuration for LTE-WLAN Interworking
SYSTEM
INFORMATIO
N BLOCK1
SYSTEM INFORMATION
BLOCK1
• Contains
• PLMN
• Tracking Area Code
• Cell barring Information
• Scheduling information of other SIBs
SYSTEM
INFORMATION
BLOCK2
• Information regarding channels like
• BCCH
• PCCH
SYSTEM
INFORMATION
BLOCK2
SYSTEM
INFORMATION
BLOCK2
ATTACH
REQUEST
ATTACH
REQUEST
ATTACH
REQUEST
RRC
CONNECTIO
N REQUEST
 • When the UE sends the Attach Request message to the
eNB, it is requesting the access to the network

• For the access to the network UE must trigger the

RACH Random Access Channel Procedure

PROCEDU • The UE sends random one of the 64 preamble signatures

RE
to eNB for requesting the access to the network

• Two types or RACH procedures

• Contention Free
• Contention Based
 •
RACH In LTE a separate channel PRACH ( Physical Random
Access Channel) is provided for initial access to the
PROCEDU network.

RE • This information can be seen in SIB2, as seen in one of

the previous slides
LTE MAC
RACH
TRIGGER
 • Initial access from RRC_IDLE
• RRC Connection Re-establishment procedure
WHEN • Handover (Contention Based or Contention Free)

WILL • DL data arrival during RRC_CONNECTED requiring random access

procedure

RACH • E.g. when UL synchronisation status is “non-synchronised”

• UL data arrival during RRC_CONNECTED requiring random access
PROCEDU procedure
• E.g. when UL synchronisation status is "non-synchronised" or
RE there are no PUCCH resources for SR (Scheduling Request)
available.
HAPPEN? • For positioning purpose during RRC_CONNECTED requiring
random access procedure
• E.g. when timing advance is needed for UE positioning
RACH PROCEDURE MESSAGE FLOW
CONTENTION BASED
DETAILS OF
THE
MESSAGES
DETAILS OF THE MESSAGES
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