There are 2 types of Radio Bearers (RB) in LTE:

 To carry signaling. There are called the SRB (Signaling Radio Bearer)
 To carry user data. There are associated with an EPS Bearer

In LA1.X, the maximum number of RB per UE is 4

The following types of Radio Bearer are defined:

 SRB1: RRC signaling with high priority

 SRB2: RRC signaling and NAS signaling (lower priority)
 Best Effort: also defined as the default EPS Bearer
 GBR: Radio Bearer with a guaranteed bit rate
 VoIP: Radio bearer to carry the VoIP

In LA1.X the following combination are supported:

 SRB1
 SRB1+SRB2+Best Effort
 SRB1+SRB2+Best Effort + GBR
 SRB1+SRB2+Best Effort + VoIP
 SRB1+SRB2+Best Effort + Best Effort

At the RRC connection, the eNodeB scheduler creates a context for the UE containing
the UEBearerList. this list is limited to 4 per user in LA1.X

Each bearer is identified by the LCID (Logical Channel ID)

Each bearer is associated with QoS parameters like :

 Max bit rate and guaranteed bit rate

 VoIP or not
 H-ARQ usage
Default Bearer vs Dedicated Bearer

 A default bearer is bearer able to carry all kinds of traffic (no filter) without QoS. It
is typically created during the attach procedure

 A dedicated bearer is a bearer to carry a specific data flow, identify by the TFT
(Traffic Flow Template), with a given QoS.

 Example: Voice, streaming

 It can be established:
 During the Attach procedure (depending on the user profile)
 After the Attach procedure, on demand