Wednesday, March 16, 2016

RRC Messages on LTE

SN RRC Message SRB RLC SAP Logical Channel Direction Desc
1 Paging N/A TM PCCH E-UTRAN to UE The Pagingmessage is used for the notification of one or more UEs.
2 MasterInformationBlock N/A TM BCCH E-UTRAN to UE The MasterInformationBlock includes the system information transmitted on BCH.
3 SystemInformationBlockType1 N/A TM BCCH E-UTRAN to UE SystemInformationBlockType1contains information relevant when evaluating if a UE is allowed to access a cell and
defines the scheduling of other system information.
4 SystemInformation N/A TM BCCH E-UTRAN to UE The SystemInformationmessage is used to convey one or more SystemInformation Blocks. All the SIBs included are
transmitted with the same periodicity. 
5 RRCConnectionRequest SRB0 TM CCCH UE to E-UTRAN The RRCConnectionRequestmessage is used to request the establishment of an RRC connection. 
6 RRCConnectionSetup SRB0 TM CCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionSetupmessage is used to establish SRB1. 
7 RRCConnectionSetupComplete SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The RRCConnectionSetupCompletemessage is used to confirm the successful completion of an RRC connection establishment. 
8 RRCConnectionReject SRB0 TM CCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionRejectmessage is used to reject the RRC connection establishment. 
9 RRCConnectionRelease SRB1 AM DCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionReleasemessage is used to command the release of an RRC connection. 
10 RRCConnectionReject SRB0 TM CCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionRejectmessage is used to reject the RRC connection establishment.
11 RRCConnectionReconfiguration SRB1 AM DCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionReconfigurationmessage is the command to modify an RRC connection. It may convey  information for measurement configuration, mobility control, radio resource configuration (including RBs, MAC main configuration and physical channel configuration) including any associated dedicated NASinformation and security configuration. 
12 RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The RRCConnectionReconfigurationCompletemessage is used to confirm the successful completion of an RRC
connection reconfiguration.
13 RRCConnectionReestablishment SRB0 TM CCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionReestablishmentmessage is used to re-establish SRB1. 
14 RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequest SRB0 TM CCCH UE to E-UTRAN The RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequestmessage is used to request the reestablishment of an RRC connection.
15 RRCConnectionReestablishmentComplete SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The RRCConnectionReestablishmentCompletemessage is used to confirm the successful completion of an RRC
connection reestablishment. 
16 RRCConnectionReestablishmentReject SRB0 TM CCCH E-UTRAN to UE The RRCConnectionReestablishmentReject message is used to indicate the rejection of an RRC connection
reestablishment request. 
17 SecurityModeCommand SRB1 AM DCCH E-UTRAN to UE The SecurityModeCommandmessage is used to command the activation of AS security.
18 SecurityModeComplete SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The SecurityModeCompletemessage is used to confirm the successful completion of a security mode command.
19 SecurityModeFailure SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The SecurityModeFailuremessage is used to indicate an unsuccessful completion of a security mode command. 
20 UECapabilityEnquiry SRB1 AM DCCH E-UTRAN to UE The UECapabilityEnquirymessage is used to request the transfer of UE radio access capabilities for E-UTRA as well
as for other RATs. 
21 UECapabilityInformation SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The UECapabilityInformationmessage is used to transfer of UE radio access capabilities requested by the E-UTRAN. 
22 UEInformationRequest SRB1 AM DCCH E-UTRAN to UE The UEInformationRequestis the command used by E-UTRAN to retrieve information from the UE. 
23 UEInformationResponse SRB1 AM DCCH UE to E-UTRAN The UEInformationResponse message is used by the UE to transfer the information requested by the E-UTRAN. 

Cause in LTE

RRC Connection Establishment Cause:
1. emergency
2. highPriorityAccess
3. mt-Access
4. mo-Signalling
5. mo-Data
6. delayTolerantAccess-v1020
7. spare2
8. spare1

RRC Connection Re-Establishment Cause:
1. reconfigurationFailure,
2. handoverFailure,
3. otherFailure,
4. spare1

RRC Connection Release Cause: 
        1. LoadBalancingTAURequired
2.  'other'
3. 'CS Fallback High Priority'
4. Normal

LTE Attach Type in Attach Request:
EPS attach type value (octet 1)
Bits
3 2 1
0 0 1 EPS attach
0 1 0 combined EPS/IMSI attach
1 1 0 EPS emergency attach
1 1 1 reserved
All other values are unused and shall be interpreted as "EPS attach", if received by the
network.
Bit 4 of octet 1 is spare and shall be coded as zero.

LTE Attach Result in Attach Accept:
EPS attach result value (octet 1)
Bits
3 2 1
0 0 1 EPS only
0 1 0 combined EPS/IMSI attach
All other values are reserved.
Bit 4 of octet 1 is spare and shall be coded as zero.

Additional update type value (AUTV) (octet 1)
       Bit
       1
       0 No additional information. If received it shall be interpreted as request for combined
attach or combined tracking area updating.
       1 SMS only
Bits 4 to 2 of octet 1 are spare and shall be all coded as zero.

Additional update result value (octet 1)
       Bits
       2 1
       0 0 no additional information
       0 1 CS Fallback not preferred
       1 0 SMS only
       1 1 reserved
Bits 4 and 3 of octet 1 are spare and shall all be coded as zero.


Tracking area update request Type:
EPS update type value (octet 1, bit 1 to 3)
Bits
3 2 1
0 0 0 TA updating
0 0 1 combined TA/LA updating
0 1 0 combined TA/LA updating with IMSI attach
0 1 1 periodic updating
1 0 0 unused; shall be interpreted as "TA updating", if received by the network.
1 0 1 unused; shall be interpreted as "TA updating", if received by the network.
All other values are reserved.
"Active" flag (octet 1, bit 4)
Bit
4
0 No bearer establishment requested
1 Bearer establishment requested

Tracking area update accept Result Type: 
EPS update result value (octet 1, bit 1 to 3)
Bits
3 2 1
0 0 0 TA updated
0 0 1 combined TA/LA updated
1 0 0 TA updated and ISR activated (NOTE)
1 0 1 combined TA/LA updated and ISR activated (NOTE)
All other values are reserved.
Bit 4 of octet 1 is spare and shall be coded as zero.

NOTE: Values "TA updated and ISR activated" and "combined TA/LA updated and
ISR activated" are used only for a UE supporting also A/Gb or Iu mode.


Type Of Detach: 
Type of detach (octet 1)
In the UE to network direction:
Bits
3 2 1
0 0 1 EPS detach
0 1 0 IMSI detach
0 1 1 combined EPS/IMSI detach
1 1 0 reserved
1 1 1 reserved
All other values are interpreted as "combined EPS/IMSI detach" in this version of the
protocol.
In the network to UE direction:
Bits
3 2 1
0 0 1 re-attach required
0 1 0 re-attach not required
0 1 1 IMSI detach
1 1 0 reserved
1 1 1 reserved
All other values are interpreted as "re-attach not required" in this version of the
protocol.
Switch off (octet 1)
In the UE to network direction:
Bit
4
0 normal detach
1 switch off
In the network to UE direction bit 4 is spare. The network shall set this bit to zero.



PDN type value (octet 1)
       Bits
       3 2 1
       0 0 1 IPv4
       0 1 0 IPv6
       0 1 1 IPv4v6
       1 0 0 unused; shall be interpreted as "IPv6" if received by the network
All other values are reserved.
Bit 4 of octet 1 is spare and shall be coded as zero.