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EN-DC Call Flow
July 23, 2020
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EN-DC Call Setup

EN-DC Call Setup
UE MeNB SgNB MME S-GW P-GW
S1AP:Initial UE Message
GTP:Create Session Request
GTP:Create Session Response

UE Capability Enquiry, SMC, S1AP:Initial Context Setup Request
RRC Connection Reconfiguration
(SRB, DRB, B1 Configuration)
S1AP:Initial Context Setup Response

GTP:Modify Bearer Request GTP:Modify Bearer Request
GTP:Modify Bearer Response GTP:Modify Bearer Response
Measurement Report
X2AP:SgNB Addition Request
X2AP:SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge

RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

X2AP:SgNB Reconfiguration Complete
5G Cell detection and Random Access over 5G
X2AP:SN Status Transfer
DL data Forwarding
S1AP:E-RAB Modification Indication

GTP:Modify Bearer Request
GTP:Modify Bearer Response
S1AP:E-RAB Modification Confirm

EN-DC Call Setup
① ue-capability Request
• eutra/cdma2000-1XRTT/utra/nr/eutra-nr
• UE to support EN-DC
• UE to report at least one of
SupportedBandCombination supported by
eNB/gNB
② rrcConnectionReconfiguration
① • SRB2, DRB1,DRB2
• Non-GBR DRB to be eligible for EN-DC
③ rrcConnectionReconfiguration
• B1 Configuration
② ④ measurementReport
• UE reports B1 event if any candidate NR cell is
above b1-ThresholdNR
• SgNB addition procedure starts via X2 if there
is proper neighbors configured and X2 links are
available for reported PCIs
② • Radio resource to be prepared in SgNB
⑤ rrcConnectionReconfiguration
• nr-config, A3/A2 Configuration
⑥ SS/PBCH Block detection and RACH to NR
③ ⑦ Data forwarding and Path switch for S1-U
④ ⑧ Dual Connectivity operation starts
⑤
⑥

EN-DC Call Setup – RRC Connection To LTE

1. RRC UE Capability Enquiry, SMC, S1AP:Initial Context Setup Request
Connection To RRC Connection Reconfiguration
LTE (SRB, DRB, B1 Configuration)

Measurement Report


DL data Forwarding


RRC Connection To LTE – ueCapabilityEnquiry
➢ requestedFreqBandsNR-MRDC
• Interpreted as FreqBandList IE
• It concerns a list of NR and/ or E-UTRA frequency bands for which the UE is requested to provide its supported NR CA and/or MR-DC band combinations
and feature sets corresponding to the MR-DC band combinations

RRC Connection To LTE – uecapabilityInformation
➢ ueCapabilityRAT-Container
• Container for the UE capabilities of the
indicated RAT
• For NR - The octet string contains the IE
UE-NR-Capability
• For EUTRA-NR - The octet string contains
the IE UE-MRDC-Capability
➢ UE has to support EN-DC
➢ UE has to report at least one of

SupportedBandCombination supported
by eNB/gNB

RRC Connection To LTE – B1 Configuration
➢ The typical value of b1-ThreshodNR is around -95dBm to -105dBm in KOREA
➢ The actual value of RSRP is [the field value -156] dBm, except the field value 127, in which case
the actual value is infinity
①
②
③ ⑥
④
⑤
⑦
① absoluteFrequencySSB Paramter Value
② The SSB configuration for measuring the set of SS blocks Periodicity sf20
③ The linear average of the power values of the, up to maxRS-IndexCellQual, best of the
offset 5
detected NR-SS beams exceeding threshRS-Index;
④ The maximum number of RS indices to be considered / averaged to derive the cell quality ssb-Duration sf1
⑤ The n-th element of quantityConfigNRList provided in MeasConfig T 2
⑥ Max number of RS indices to include in the measurement report.
SFN 0,2,4,…
⑦ Indicates whether or not the UE shall report beam measurement result of NR in the
measurement report subframe 5
EN-DC Call Setup – SgNB Addition


Measurement Report


2. SgNB Addition
DL data Forwarding


SgNB Addition – SgNB addition Request
➢ The purpose of the SgNB Addition Preparation procedure is to request the en-gNB to allocate resources for EN-DC connectivity operation for
a specific UE
• The MeNB initiates the procedure by sending the SGNB ADDITION REQUEST message to the en-gNB. When the MeNB sends the SGNB ADDITION REQUEST
message, it shall start the timer 𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝
• Upon reception of the SGNB ADDITION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE message the MeNB shall stop the timer 𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝
• Radio resource prepared and UE context established in SgNB once SgNB Addition Request is received
UE MeNB SgNB-CU SgNB-DU

F1AP: UE Context Setup Request
𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝 F1AP: UE Context Setup Response
RRC:RRC Connection Reconfiguration
RRC:RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete 𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙

➢ NR UE Security Capabilities
• The supported algorithms by UE for encryption and Integrity protection IE/Group Name Presence IE type and reference
• When MME receives UE Additional Security Capability from Attach/TAU, MME parses the UE
Message Type M 9.2.13
Additional Security Capability and replays the same in the Security Mode command
eNB UE X2AP ID
• MME includes or sends the NRUESecurityCapabilities IE over S1AP interface as part of the MeNB UE X2AP ID M
9.2.24
following messages NR UE Security Capabilities M 9.2.107
✓ INITIAL-CONTEXT-SETUP-REQUEST SgNB Security Key M 9.2.101
✓ PATH-SWITCH-REQ-ACK UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate M
➢ SgNB Security Key 9.2.12
PLMN Identity
Selected PLMN O
• The SgNB Security Key IE is used to apply security in the en-gNB 9.2.4
➢ SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate Handover Restriction List O 9.2.3
• UE-AMBR is a bandwidth limitation applicable to the total accumulated bandwidth for all of E-RABs To Be Added List
the non GBR MeNB to SgNB Container M OCTET STRING (CG-ConfigInfo)
• The UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate is split into MeNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate and SgNB UE X2AP ID O
en-gNB UE X2AP ID
9.2.100
SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate which are enforced by MeNB and en-gNB respectively
Expected UE Behaviour O 9.2.70
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID
MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension O
9.2.86
Requested split SRBs O ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, ...)
MeNB Resource Coordination Information O 9.2.116

ENUMERATED (SN change, inter-eNB
SGNB Addition Trigger Indication O
HO, intra-eNB HO, ...)
Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority O 9.2.25
ECGI
MeNB Cell ID M
9.2.14
Desired Activity Notification Level O 9.2.141
Trace Activation O 9.2.2
Location Information at SgNB reporting O ENUMERATED (pscell, ...)
Masked IMEISV O 9.2.69

➢ E-RABs To Be Added List
IE/Group Name Presence IE type and reference
• E-RAB ID, DRB-ID, QoS Parameters, GTP-TEID
eNB UE X2AP ID
MeNB UE X2AP ID M
9.2.24
NR UE Security Capabilities M 9.2.107
SgNB Security Key M 9.2.101

UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
9.2.12
PLMN Identity
Selected PLMN O
9.2.4
Handover Restriction List O 9.2.3
E-RABs To Be Added List

The EN-DC resource configuration for an E-
RAB, indicating the presence of PDCP at the MeNB to SgNB Container M OCTET STRING (CG-ConfigInfo)
en-gNB and Lower Layers at MCG and SCG.
en-gNB UE X2AP ID
SgNB UE X2AP ID O
9.2.100
Includes the E-RAB level QoS parameters
as received on S1-MME MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension O
9.2.86
MeNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at MCG -
MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer
at MCG for delivery of DL PDCP PDUs ENUMERATED (SN change, inter-eNB
S1 UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint - SGW
endpoint of the S1-U transport bearer for Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority O 9.2.25
delivery of UL PDUs from the en-gNB
ECGI
MeNB Cell ID M
9.2.14
Indicate the RLC mode at the MeNB for PDCP
transfer to en-gNB Trace Activation O 9.2.2

➢ MeNB to SgNB Container
• Includes the CG-ConfigInfo message
• This message is used by master eNB or gNB to request the SgNB or SeNB to perform certain Message Type M 9.2.13
actions e.g. to establish, modify or release an SCG. The message may include additional MeNB UE X2AP ID M
eNB UE X2AP ID
9.2.24
information e.g. to assist the SgNB or SeNB to set the SCG configuration. NR UE Security Capabilities M 9.2.107
SgNB Security Key M 9.2.101

UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
9.2.12
PLMN Identity
Selected PLMN O
9.2.4
E-RABs To Be Added List
MeNB to SgNB Container M OCTET STRING (CG-ConfigInfo)

A list of radio access technology specific en-gNB UE X2AP ID
capability containers which contain UE-NR- SgNB UE X2AP ID O
9.2.100
Capability and UE-MRDC-Capability here
Measurements on NR Frequency MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension O
9.2.86
- Contains information regarding cells that the MN
suggests the target gNB to consider Requested split SRBs O ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, ...)
configuring(ssbFrequency,PCI,MeasResult)
Band combinations from which SN is allowed MeNB Resource Coordination Information O 9.2.116
to select the SCG band combination and
FeatureSetCombination ENUMERATED (SN change, inter-eNB
Range of serving cell indices that SN is allowed to
configure for SCG serving cells Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority O 9.2.25
ECGI
MeNB Cell ID M
9.2.14
➢ MeNB Cell ID Desired Activity Notification Level O 9.2.141
• ECGI – Indicates the cell ID for PCell in MeNB Trace Activation O 9.2.2

SgNB Addition – SgNB addition Request Acknowledge
➢ SgNB addition Request Acknowledge is sent by the en-gNB to confirm the MeNB about the SgNB addition preparation
• If the en-gNB admits at least one E-RAB, the en-gNB shall start the timer 𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 when sending the SGNB ADDITION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE message to
the MeNB. The reception of the SGNB RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE message shall stop the timer 𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙


➢ E-RABs To Be Added List
• E-RAB ID, DRB-ID, QoS Parameters, GTP-TEID

eNB UE X2AP ID
The EN-DC resource configuration for an E- MeNB UE X2AP ID M
9.2.24
RAB, indicating the presence of PDCP at the
en-gNB UE X2AP ID
en-gNB and Lower Layers at MCG and SCG. SgNB UE X2AP ID M
9.2.100
E-RABs Admitted To Be Added List
S1 DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at the SgNB E-RAB List

E-RABs Not Admitted List O
- en-gNB endpoint of the S1 transport 9.2.28
bearer for delivery of DL PDUs SgNB to MeNB Container M OCTET STRING (CG-Config)
SgNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP
– en-gNB endpoint of the X2-U transport
Criticality Diagnostics O 9.2.7
bearer at PDCP for delivery of UL PDCP PDUs
9.2.86
DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint
- Identifies the X2 transport bearer used ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, .
Admitted split SRBs O
for forwarding of DL PDUs ..)
SgNB Resource Coordination Information O 9.2.117
Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters RRC config indication O 9.2.132
requested to be provided by the MCG
Location Information at SgNB O 9.2.142
Information about UL Usage in the MeNB
(no-data, shared, only)

➢ SgNB to MeNB Container
• Includes the CG-Config which is used to transfer the SCG radio configuration as generated by the SgNB
• scg-CellGroupConfig - Contains the RRCReconfiguration message (containing only secondaryCellGroup and/or measConfig)

eNB UE X2AP ID
MeNB UE X2AP ID M
9.2.24
en-gNB UE X2AP ID
SgNB UE X2AP ID M
9.2.100
E-RABs Admitted To Be Added List
E-RAB List
E-RABs Not Admitted List O
9.2.28
SgNB to MeNB Container M OCTET STRING (CG-Config)
Criticality Diagnostics O 9.2.7

9.2.86
ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, .
Admitted split SRBs O
..)
SgNB Resource Coordination Information O 9.2.117
RRC config indication O 9.2.132
Location Information at SgNB O 9.2.142

➢ CG-Config
scg-CellGroupConfig scg-RB-Config selectedBandCombination fr-InfoListSCG nonCriticalExtension
(RRCReconfiguration) (RadioBearerConfig) (BandCombinationInfoSN) (FR-InfoList) (CG-Config-v1540-IEs)
secondaryCellGroup srb-ToAddModList bandCombinationIndex servCellIndex pSCellFrequency
(CellGroupGonfig)
cellGroupId srb-Identity requestedFeatureSets fr-Type reportCGI-RequestNR
rlc-BearerToAddModList reestablishPDCP ph-InfoSCG
mac-CellGroupConfig discardOnPDCP
physicalCellGroupConfig pdcp-Config
spCellConfig drb-ToAddModList
sCellToAddModList cnAssociation
measConfig drb-Identity
measObjectToAddModList reestablishPDCP
reportConfigToAddModList recoverPDCP
measIdToAddModList pdcp-Config
s-MeasureConfig securityConfig
quantityConfig securityAlgorithmConfig
measGapConfig keyToUse
measGapSharingConfig

SgNB Addition – rrcConnectionReconfiguration
➢ After MeNB receives SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge, it starts the procedure for RRC Connection Reconfiguration to configure all the
necessary information to switch to SCG bearer
➢ The RRCConnectionReconfiguration message is the command to modify an RRC connection. It may convey information for measurement
configuration, mobility control, radio resource configuration



Update Location
SgNB Addition – rrcConnectionReconfiguration

➢ RRCConnectinReconfiguration
• nr-Config includes the NR related configurations. This field is used to configure EN-DC configuration
• nr-SecondaryCellGroupConfig includes the NR RRCReconfiguration message
(only including fields secondaryCellGroup and/ or measConfig)
secondaryCellGroup measConfig
cellGroupId measObjectToAddModList
rlc-BearerToAddModList reportConfigToAddModList
mac-CellGroupConfig measIdToAddModList
physicalCellGroupConfig s-MeasureConfig
spCellConfig quantityConfig
sCellToAddModList measGapConfig
measGapSharingConfig
• nr-RadioBearerConfig - Includes the NR RadioBearerConfig, i.e the configuration of RBs configured with NR PDCP
srb-ToAddModList drb-ToAddModList securityConfig

srb-Identity cnAssociation securityAlgorithmConfig
reestablishPDCP drb-Identity keyToUse
discardOnPDCP reestablishPDCP
pdcp-Config recoverPDCP
pdcp-Config
The maximum power available for LTE

SgNB Addition – rrcConnectionReconfigurationComplete
➢ The RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete message is used to confirm the successful completion of an RRC connection reconfiguration
➢ SGNB RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB to indicate whether the configuration requested by the en-gNB
was applied by the UE


Update Location
SgNB Addition – rrcConnectionReconfigurationComplete

➢ RRC rrcConnectionReconfigurationComplete
• scg-ConfigResponseNR includes the NR RRCReconfigurationComplete message
➢ X2AP SgNB Reconfiguration Complete

• After the UE has successfully applied the configuration requested by the en-gNB, the MeNB also provides NR RRCReconfigurationComplete message in
the MeNB to SgNB Container IE.
MeNB UE X2AP ID M eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24
SgNB UE X2AP ID M en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100
Response Information M
>CHOICE Response Type M
>>Configuration successfully applied

OCTET STRING
>>>MeNB to SgNB Container O
(NR RRCReconfigurationComplete message)
>>Configuration rejected
>>>Cause M 9.2.6
9.2.86

SgNB Addition – RACH
➢ RACH Procedure is to obtain the resource for Msg3 and initialize L1 synchronization (Time and Power)
➢ The random access procedure takes two distinct forms: contention-based random access (CBRA) and contention-free random access (CFRA)



SgNB Addition – RACH
➢ In case of CBRA-NSA no PDSCH carrying UE Contention Resolution Identity MAC CE is needed. A UL Grant for PUSCH functions is a kind of
Contention Resolution
• In response to a PUSCH transmission scheduled by a RAR UL grant when a UE has not been provided a C-RNTI, the UE attempts to detect a DCI format 1_0 with
CRC scrambled by a corresponding TC-RNTI scheduling a PDSCH that includes a UE contention resolution identity
• If the C-RNTI MAC CE was included in Msg3 and the PDCCH transmission is addressed to the C-RNTI and contains a UL grant for a new transmission then
consider this Contention Resolution successful
• If the CCCH SDU was included in Msg3 and the PDCCH transmission is addressed to its TC-RNTI and the MAC PDU contains a UE Contention Resolution Identity
MAC CE and the UE Contention Resolution Identity in the MAC CE matches the CCCH SDU transmitted in Msg3 then consider this Contention Resolution successful
• The UE Contention Resolution Identity MAC CE has a fixed 48-bit size and contains the UL CCCH SDU
gNB UE gNB UE CFRA gNB

UE
PRACH: Msg1 PRACH: Msg1
Random Access Preamble Random Access Preamble RA Preamble assignment
RAR RAR
PDCCH – RAR Grant (RA-RNTI) Window PDCCH – RAR Grant (RA-RNTI) PRACH: Msg1
Window
PDSCH: Msg2 RAR PDSCH: Msg2 RAR Random Access Preamble
Random Access Response Random Access Response
TC-RNTI, UL Grant, TA TC-RNTI, UL Grant, TA RAR
PDCCH – RAR Grant (RA-RNTI) Window
PUSCH: Msg3 (TC-RNTI) PUSCH: Msg3 (TC-RNTI) PDSCH: Msg2 RAR
Scheduled Transmission Scheduled Transmission Random Access Response
C-RNTI MAC CE MAC C-RNTI, UL Grant, TA
MAC
Contention Contention
PDCCH (C-RNTI) Resolution PDCCH (TC-RNTI)
Contention Resolution Resolution
Timer PDSCH : Msg4 Timer
UL Grant for a new transmission
Contention Resolution
UE CRI MAC CE set the C-RNTI to
HARQ ACK the value of the
TC-RNTI
CBRA - NSA CBRA - SA CFRA

SgNB Addition – SN Status Transfer
➢ The purpose of the SN Status Transfer procedure is to transfer the uplink PDCP SN and HFN receiver status and the downlink PDCP SN and
HFN transmitter status either between MeNB and en-gNB involved in EN-DC


SgNB Addition – SN Status Transfer
➢ SgNB shall use DL COUNT Value IE to mark the first downlink packet for which there is no PDCP SN yet
➢ SgNB shall not deliver any uplink packet which has a PDCP SN lower than the value of UL COUNT Value IE
Old eNB UE X2AP ID M eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24
New eNB UE X2AP ID M eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24
E-RABs Subject To Status Transfer List
>E-RABs Subject To Status Transfer Item
>>E-RAB ID M 9.2.23
>>Receive Status Of UL PDCP SDUs O BIT STRING (4096)
>>UL COUNT Value M COUNT Value 9.2.15
>>DL COUNT Value M COUNT Value 9.2.15
>>Receive Status Of UL PDCP SDUs Extended O BIT STRING (1..16384)
>>UL COUNT Value Extended O COUNT Value Extended 9.2.66
>>DL COUNT Value Extended O COUNT Value Extended 9.2.66
>>Receive Status Of UL PDCP SDUs for PDCP SN Length 18 O BIT STRING (1..131072)
COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18
>>UL COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18 O
PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number of the first 9.2.82
missing UL SDU in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18
>>DL COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18 O
9.2.82
Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension O Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86
New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension O Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86
PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number that the target SgNB UE X2AP ID O en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100
eNB/en-gNB should assign for the next DL SDU not
having an SN yet in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN
※ HFN is timer at the next level to SFN. HFN range is between 0 and 1023 and the value
increases by 1 when SFN reaches 1023 and reset to 0
EN-DC Call Setup – Path Update


Measurement Report


DL data Forwarding

3. Path Update GTP:Modify Bearer Response

Path Update – E-RAB Modification Indication
➢ The purpose of the E-RAB Modification Indication procedure is to enable the eNB to request modifications of already established E-RABs for
a given UE.
MeNB SgNB MME S-GW

Path Update – E-RAB Modification Indication
➢ transportLayerAddress and S1 dl-GTP-TEID MeNB received from SgNB via SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge is sent to S-GW and S1-U Path is switched to SgNB
Message Type M 9.2.1.1

MME UE S1AP ID M 9.2.3.3
eNB UE S1AP ID M 9.2.3.4
E-RAB to be Modified List
>E-RAB to Be Modified Item IEs
>>E-RAB ID M 9.2.1.2
>>Transport Layer Address M 9.2.2.1
GTP-TEID
>>DL GTP TEID M
9.2.2.2
S1 DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at the SgNB

- en-gNB endpoint of the S1 transport
bearer for delivery of DL PDUs
SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge

SgNB Release

MeNB Initiated SgNB Release
X2AP:SgNB Release Request
X2AP:SgNB Release Request Acknowledge
RRC: RRC Connection Reconfiguration
RRC: RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete
DL data Forwarding

Path
Update GTP:Modify Bearer Response
X2AP:UE Context Release

SgNB Initiated SgNB Release
X2AP:SgNB Release Required
X2AP:SgNB Release Confirm
DL data Forwarding

Path

UE Initiated RLF
RRC: SCGFailureInformation
X2AP:SgNB Modification Request
X2AP:SgNB Modification Request Acknowledge

(Cause – RNL Radio Connection With UE Lost)
DL data Forwarding

Path

UE Initiated RLF
➢ UE initiates transmission of the SCGFailureInformationNR message to MeNB with the failure types and the reasons as below
• t310-Expiry - T310 expiry (t310)
• synchReconfigFailure-SCG - reconfiguration with sync failure for an SCG
• randomAccessProblem - random access problem (preambleTransMax)
• rlc-MaxNumRetx - the maximum number of RLC retransmissions has been reached (maxRetxThreshold)
• srb3-IntegrityFailure - SRB3 integrity check failure
• scg-reconfigFailure - Reconfiguration failure of NR RRC reconfiguration message
➢ MeNB transfers scgfailureinformation to SgNB via SgNB Modification request

➢ PSCell Change (SN initiated SN Modification) based on MeasResultSCG-failure in SgNB Modification Request

UE Initiated RLF – SgNB Modification Request
➢ SgNB Modification Request is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB to request the preparation to modify en-gNB resources for a specific UE, to
query for the current SCG configuration, or to provide the S-RLF-related information to the en-gNB.

MeNB UE X2AP ID M eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24
SgNB UE X2AP ID M en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100
Cause M 9.2.6
Selected PLMN O PLMN Identity 9.2.4
SCG Configuration Query O 9.2.103
UE Context Information
MeNB to SgNB Container O Includes the CG-ConfigInfo message
MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension O Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86
Requested split SRBs release O ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, ...)
MeNB Cell ID O ECGI 9.2.14

gNB Initiated RLF
(Cause – RNL Radio Connection With UE Lost)
6PRB in case of ∆𝑓 𝑅𝐴 =15kHz

12PRB in case of ∆𝑓 𝑅𝐴 =30kHz DL data Forwarding

Path
gNB Initiated RLF is depending on vendor

implementation as like triggered by the
maximum number of RLC retransmissions,
HARQ, CSI

UE Inactivity
SgNB will be released when there is no data

InactivityTimer
received and no data in the buffer for Inactivity
Timer
DL data Forwarding

Path

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GTP:Create Session Response

S1AP:Initial Context Setup Response

GTP:Modify Bearer Response GTP:Modify Bearer Response

X2AP:SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge

RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

5G Cell detection and Random Access over 5G

X2AP:SN Status Transfer

S1AP:E-RAB Modification Indication

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GTP:Create Session Response

S1AP:Initial Context Setup Response

GTP:Modify Bearer Response GTP:Modify Bearer Response

X2AP:SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge

RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

5G Cell detection and Random Access over 5G

X2AP:SN Status Transfer

S1AP:E-RAB Modification Indication

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➢ UE has to support EN-DC

➢ UE has to report at least one of

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GTP:Create Session Response

S1AP:Initial Context Setup Response

GTP:Modify Bearer Response GTP:Modify Bearer Response

X2AP:SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge

RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

X2AP:SN Status Transfer

S1AP:E-RAB Modification Indication

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UE MeNB SgNB-CU SgNB-DU

X2AP:SgNB Addition Request

𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝 F1AP: UE Context Setup Response

X2AP:SgNB Addition Request Acknowledge

RRC:RRC Connection Reconfiguration

RRC:RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete 𝑇𝐷𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙

X2AP:SgNB Reconfiguration Complete

5G Cell detection and Random Access over 5G

X2AP:SN Status Transfer

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➢ SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate Handover Restriction List O 9.2.3

MeNB Resource Coordination Information O 9.2.116

Trace Activation O 9.2.2

Location Information at SgNB reporting O ENUMERATED (pscell, ...)

Masked IMEISV O 9.2.69

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SgNB Security Key M 9.2.101

E-RABs To Be Added List

Location Information at SgNB reporting O ENUMERATED (pscell, ...)

Masked IMEISV O 9.2.69

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SgNB Security Key M 9.2.101

E-RABs To Be Added List

MeNB to SgNB Container M OCTET STRING (CG-ConfigInfo)

Location Information at SgNB reporting O ENUMERATED (pscell, ...)

Masked IMEISV O 9.2.69

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