a)08/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. .|by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium en Openinapp © rroisheainse ne EventHelix Oct 5,2019 . 12minread - @ Listen isve vy Of @& 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Mode Deep dive into the 5G Radio Link Control in Acknowledged Mode The RC layer in the 5G NR stack is responsible for: “a tal hitps:medium.comiSg-nrlsg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSdb'28¢ 1128a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium + Segmentation and reassembly of RLG SDUs (UM and AM) * Re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs when a complete RLC PDU cannot be transmitted (AM). * Reordering of RLC data PDUs (UM and AM) Here we will take a deep dive into the RLC AM procedures. The procedures are explained with flow charts that are based on the 3GPP specification 38.322 V15.5.0. RLC entity handling The RLC entity is established from the RRC layer whenever a radio bearer needs to be setup. The establishment involves creating the RLC entity and then initializing all the protocol state variables. Once the initialization is completed, the RLC entity moves into the ACTIVE state. In the ACTIVE state, the RRC layer can: * Re-establish the RLC entity if the session has been reinitialized due to a radio link failure. + Release the RLC entity if the radio bearer is released at the RRC level. Re-establishment and release result in the discard of all RLC SDUs, RLC SDU segments, and RLC PDUs. hitps:medium.comiSg-nrlsg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSdb'28¢ 2125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium Open in app 5.1 RLC entity handling Set the state variables of the RLC entity to initial values Discard all RLC SDUs Discard all RLC SDU segments Discard all RLC PDUs Discard all RLC SDUs Discard all RLC SDU segments Discard all RLC PDUs RLC entity establishment, re-establishment, and release Segmentation and transmit The transmit operations in the AM mode consist of the following operations: RLC SDU receive a i Q hitps:medium.comiSg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodgod-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 3125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium 4. Update the data backlog to the MAC layer. The MAC scheduler will use this information to grant transmission resources. Scheduling 1. Based on the backlog and QoS requirements of the bearer, the MAC scheduler grants resources to the RLC layer for AMD PDU transmission. 2. Based on the grant size, the RLC layer segments the RLC SDU(s) to fit into the assigned AMD PDU. 3. The RLC SDU’s sequence number (SN) is assigned to the AMD PDU. 4. The AMD PDU is transmitted to the MAC layer. Acknowledgment 1. The peer RLC layer sends a STATUS PDU with acknowledgments for the received RLC SDUs and RLC SDU segments. 2. The RLC layer iterates through the received acknowledgments in the STATUS PDU and performs the following steps for the positively acknowledged RLC SDUs. 3. Notify the PDCP layer that the RLC SDU has been acknowledged. 4. Update the TX_Next_Ack for the next to be acknowledged RLC SDU. 5. Stop the t-PollRetransmit timer as the acknowledgment has been received. hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 4128swoacoze tare SENRLC Aernpd Mate. esp eine He SG Rado Link. by Event] 5 NR | Meum en Openin app 5.2.3.1 Transmit Operations (AM) 5.3.3.3 Reception of a STATUS report Posiive acknowledgement for an RLC SDU with SN =x Resource Grantfor AMD POU Trensmission (rom MAC) Associate a SN withthe RLC SDU equal to TX_Next “Constuctan AMID FDU by selting tie SN ofthe AMD PDUIo TX Next Set TX Next_Ack equal b the ‘SN ofthe RLC SOU mith the ‘smallest SN, wnase SN Tals witnin me range ‘TX_Nexl Ack <= SN-<= TX Next and for which a positive ‘acknowledamenthas not been received yet Sethe SN ofthe AMID PDU to the SN of he corresponding RLC SOU Updaio backlog (to MAC) 5G NR RLC SDU transmission and acknowledgment handling Receive and reassembly a i Q hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium 3. The RLC layer also checks if the AMD PDU carried the RLC SDU segment bytes that have already been received. It moves ahead with the processing as the received AMD Open in app PDU contains new data bytes. 4, The RLC layer places the AMD PDU in the reception buffer (describe below). 5.2.3.2.2 Actions when an AMD PDU is received from lower layer segment rumbers y to z of an RLC SDU with SN = lave byte segment numbers ytoz of the ALC SDU with = x have been received before? Discard the AMD PDU ave some byte segments of he RLC SDU contained in the AMD POU been receives before? Actions when an AMD PDUis received from the lower layers Placing the AMD PDU ina reception buffer 1, An AMD PDU with SN=x needs to be saved in the reception buffer. 2. If the received SN x is greater than or equal to RX_Next_Highest, RX_Next_Highest is incremented. Note that RX_Next_Highest is one past the highest received sequence tat Q hitpssmedium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodgod-mode-aSSaSab28¢ 6125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium 4. Ifx matches the RX_Highest_Status, this signifies chat all SNs before x have also been. successfully received. Now update the RX_Highest_Status to the SN of the first RLC SDU with SN > current RX_Highest_SN for which not all bytes have been received. Note that RX_Highest_Status points to the oldest SN for which all bytes have not been. received. 5. By the same reasoning, if x matches RX_Next, RX_Next is updated to the SN of the first RLC PDU > current RX_Next for which all bytes have not been received. 6. If t-Reassembly is running, stop and reset the timer if any of the following condition is met: + RX_Next_Status_Trigger == RX_Next * RX_Next_Status_Trigger == RX_Next + 1 and there is no missing byte segment of the SDU associated with SN = RX_Next before the last byte of all received segments of this SDU. * RX_Next_Status_Trigger falls outside of the receiving window and RX_Next_Status_Trigger is not equal to RX_Next + AM_Window_Size. Note: RX_Next_Status_Trigger is one past the SN of the last PDU that triggered t- Reassembly. 7. If t-Reassembly is not running, start t-Reassembly * RX_Next_Highest > RX_Next +1 * RX_Next_Highest = RX_Next + 1 and there is at least one missing byte segment of the SDU associated with SN = RX_Next before the last byte of all received segments of this SDU. 5.2.3.2.3 Actions when an AMD PDU is placed in the reception buffer a hitpssmedium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 1125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Mode. Deep dive into the 5G Radio Link... | by EventHelix | SG NR | Medium Open in app Update RX_Highest Status to the SN of the first RLC SOU with ‘SN > current RX_Highest Status for which not all bytes have been received Update RX_Next to the SN ofthe first ALC SDU with SN'> current RX_Next for which not all bytes have been received ue wage == RCNSTT he mising bye segment of ‘the SOU associated with SN ~ RX Next fore the ast bye fal eceved ‘ofthis su Next Satia_ Trigger fale ‘utide ofthe récening window and Wx Newt Status Triggers not ual 0 2 Next AM, WindoW Sz TX Next Status Trigger =~ FX Newt See ea) ist Resssernbly not running? XN Migrant = NTS T ‘anc thee sat least one missing byte segment of te Sou aesoctares ‘sth SN = RX Next before the last byte oF allrecaves segments of Me sbu. ‘Sarto t-Reassembly ) a i Q hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢1. Update the RX_Highest_Status to the SN that is past the last trigger for tReassembly and is the first SN for which all bytes have not been received. Actions when t-Reassembly expires 2. If the above operation resulted in RX_Next_Status moving beyond RX_Highest_Status +1: *Start the t-Reassembly timer. *Update the RX_Next_Status_Trigger to record the SN that triggered the starting of the t-Reassembly timer. 3. If the above operation results in RX_Next_Highest moving to RX_Highest_Status+1 and there is at least one-byte segment missing for SN = RX_Highest_Status: *Start the tReassembly timer. *Update the RX_Next_Status_Trigger to record the SN that triggered the starting of the t-Reassembly timer. hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium en Open in app 5.2.3.2.4 Actions when t-Reassembly expires Update RX_Highest status to the SSN of the fist RLC SDU with SN >= RX Next Status Trigger for which not all bytes have been recened AX Next Highest == WX Highest Status > 1 ‘and there is at least one Missing byie segment Actions when t-Reassembly expires Retransmission 1. The RLC layer receives a Status PDU that negatively acknowledges RLC SDUs. “a tal hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 10125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium Openin app 3. Ifa negative acknowledgment is received, initialize the RETX_COUNT to 0 for the first retransmission. The RETX_COUNT is incremented in subsequent retransmissions. 4. If the RETX_COUNT has reached the maxRetxThreshold, the RLC layer is notified that the MAX retransmission limit has been reached for this RLC SDU or RLC SDU segment. 5. If the RETX_COUNT limit has not been reached, the RLC layer decides to retransmit the RLC SDU or RLC SDU segment. 6. If the transmission opportunity from the MAC layer is smaller than the size of the RLC SDU/RLC SDU segment, the RLC layer segments the RLC SDU/RLC SDU segment. 7. The RLC layer then forms the AMD PDU that fits the available transmission opportunity. 8. The RLC layer then decides if the polling flag in the RLC header needs to be updated (see the following section). 9. The RLC layer transmits the AMD PDU to the MAC layer. 5.3.2 Retransmission ‘Sh ofthe corresponding RIC SOU falls within the range TX_Next_Ack <= SN < = the highest SN of the HO PDU among the AMD PDUs submitted o lower layer Tye Consider the RUC SDU or the RLC SDU seament for which a negative acknowledgement was received for retransmission {thatis considered for retransmission is rot pending for retransmission already and the REPX_COUNT associated with the RLC SDU has not been incremented due iE RLC SDU or RLC SOU Segments considered for retransmission for the fest ome, a hitps:medium.comiSg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodgod-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 128a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium Open in app ‘ransmitopaortanity < sizeof(RLC SDU 0 ‘Segment RLC SDU or RLC SDU Segment Form anew AMD PDU which wil fit within the total Size of AND PDUGs) indicated by lower layar at the particular transmission opportunity ‘Only map the original RLC SDU or RLC SDU segment to the Data field of the new AMD PDU Nodify the header of the new AMD PDU ‘AMD PDU (to MAC) 5G NR RLC retransmission Polling ‘The RLC layer uses the Polling flag in the header to solicit a STATUS PDU from the peer RLC. The Polling flag is set if: * Total PDUs transmitted since the last poll exceeds pollPDU. + Total bytes transmitted since the last poll exceeds pollByte. * Transmission and retransmission buffer will become empty after the transmission of the enrrent AMD PNIT a a i Q hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 1205a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium en Open in app 5.3.3 Polling PDU_WITHOUT_POLL+ + Increment BYTES WITHOUT POLL by every new byte By data carned in the AMD FDU. and the retransmission buffer becomes empty [excidingarsratted RUC SOUS oF LC SOU Segments aating acted gements] ier he teanamiation f the AMD POU? Tho new Le SoU Tansmited afer te ansmssion of VAMD PD eg. dus ta window sendPol = tue 5G NRRLC polling Expiry of t-PollRetransmit If the t-PollRetransmit timer expires: + Send a poll if the transmission and retransmission buffers are empty. a i Q hitpssmedium.comisg-nrisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28e 19125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium Open in app 5.3.3.4 — Expiry of t-PollRetransmit (Ree both the wansraission BuFTe an retransmission buffer are empty [excluding ino new RLC SOU oF RLC SU segrnent can bi ransmitted (e.g. due to window staling Consider the RLC SDU with the highest SN among the RUC SDUs submitted to lower layer for retransmission ‘Consider any RLC SDU which has not been positively acknowledged for retransmission. Expiry of t PoliRetransmit Triggering a STATUS report A STATUS PDU is sent to the peer RLC layer to acknowledge received RLC SDUs and RLC SDU segments. A STATUS PDU is triggered in the following cases: * The peer RLC layer sets the Polling flag (P) in an AMD PDU. Thus, soliciting a STATUS PDU. * The t-Reassembly timer expires. * The t-StatusProhibit timer expires hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 14125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium Open in app 5.3.4 Status reporting Delay magerag the STATUS repor Sls 2 ips sans or” Soule Nowe alunos Sze RLCAM Status Reporting If STATUS PDU is triggered, send the message only of t-StatusProhibit is not running. 5.3.4. Status reporting {56 t-StatusProhibit running? ssendStatusPduOnProhibit€xpiry = true ‘Trigger STATUS PDU Sending a STATUS PDU 1, Start t-StatusProhibit timer to prevent future STATUS PDU transmissions until the t- StatusProhibit timer expires. a i Q hitps:medium.comiSg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSa5ab(28¢ 19125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium 3. Include a NACK_SN if no bytes have been received for the RLC SDU. 4, If a continuous sequence of bytes has not been received for a partially received RLC SDU, include NACK_SN, SOstart and SOend. This signals the part of the RLC SDU that needs to be retransmitted. SOstart and SOend identify the byte offsets of the missing bytes. 5. Ifa continuous sequence of RLC SDUs have not been received, include a NACK_SN and NACK range in the message. If required, SOstart and SOend are included as well. 6. After iterating through the SN, set the ACK_SN to signal the starting point of negatively acknowledged RLC SDUs and RLC SDU segments. All SN before ACK_SN are deemed acknowledged. 7. Once the STATUS PDU is completed, it is sent to the peer RLC layer. hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 16125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium Open in app For each RLE SDU ihre rare (RX Net, RX HTT is Ieerate in increasing SN order of RLC SDUs and increasing byte segment order within RLC SOU ‘@Nihas net nat been completely received ifthe resulting STATUS PDU wil stile in the loner layer POU?) Fa continuous sequence fio byie segments have been ‘of byte segments of a partly ra continuous vequence iat been received! Ince inte STATUS POU Erack-svwnenisserco | | lncude mene starus rou | | Ide inane srarus POU ‘the SN of the RLC SDU ‘a set of NACK SN, SOstart 5 nae KSI and SOend hiss Include in the STATUS PDU, ifrequired, a pair of ‘SOstart and SOend [ACK SN = 'SN of the next not received RLC SDU which is not indicated as missing in the resulting STATUS PDU’ ‘Submit RLC Status PDU to lower layers. RLC SDUDiscard Tha DNCD lavar cianale tn tha RIC laviar if an RTC CNT hac waited far tranemiccian for “~ 5 Gi Q hitpssimedium.comisg-nlsg-nrsle-acknowlodgod-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 17128a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium 5.4 SDU discard procedures Has the RIC SDU nor a segment thereat has bean submited to the lower layers? RLCSDU discard handling RLC PDUs Now that we have looked into the RLC AM procedures. Let’s briefly look into the PDUs that are exchanged during the procedures. AMD PDU The AMD PDUs are used to transport the RLC SDUs. The following figure shows the structure of an AMD PDU with 18-bit SN. + + + t +t t + 1 DiC | P Sl R R SN Oct 1 SN Oct 2 SN Oct 3 Data Oct 4 a Q hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 18125yoi08/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. [by EvertHelix| 5G NR | Medium When the RLC SDU gets segmented, a segment offset (SO) field is also present in the message. The following message shows an AMD PDU with the SO field. + + t + 1 D/C Sl SN Oct 1 SN Oct 2 SN Oct 3 so Oct 4 so Oct 5 Data Oct 6 Oct N Figure 6.2.2.4-4: AMD PDU with 18-bit SN with SO. AMD PDU fields D/C: The D/C (Data/Control) field indicates whether the RLC PDU is an RLC data PDU (1) or RLC control PDU (0). P: The P (Poll) field indicates whether or not the transmitting side of an AM RLC entity requests a STATUS report from its peer AM RLC entity. A value of 1 signals that a STATUS report is being solicited. * R: Reserved. Should be set to 0. SN: The SN (Sequence Number) field indicates the sequence number of the corresponding RLC SDU. For RLC AM, the sequence number is incremented by one for every RLC SDU. hitps:medium. comisg-nrsg-nrsle-acknowledgod-mode-aS5aSeb29¢ 19125a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium The STATUS PDU acknowledges the AMD PDUs and AMD PDU segments received from the peer RLC layer. ‘The message offers a lot of flexibility in acknowledging RLC SDUs: ‘The first ACK_SN in the message implicitly acknowledges the RLC SDUs that preceded this SN. Individual RLC SDUs can be negatively acknowledged. RLC SDU segments with information about segment start and end are used to negatively acknowledge parts of an RLC SDU. Adjacent NACK_SN fields implicitly acknowledge the RLC SDUs that lie between the two NACK_SN fields. Finally, a range of RLC SDUs can be negatively acknowledged with the NACK range field. hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢yoi08/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. [by EvertHelix| 5G NR | Medium D/C CPT ACK_SN ACK_SN ACK_SN NACK_SN NACK_SN NACK_SN El E2 E3 NACK_SN NACK_SN NACK_SN El E2 E3 SOstart SOstart SOend SOend NACK range NACK_SN NACK_SN NACK_SN E1 E2 E3 STATUS PDU fields Figure 6.2.2.5-2: STATUS PDU with 18-bit SN Oct 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 * D/C: The D/C (Data/Control) field indicates whether the RLC PDU is an RLC data hitpssmedium.comiSg-nrisg-nrsle-acknowledged-mode-aS5aSeb29¢ 21128a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium ACK_SN: The Acknowledgement SN field indicates the SN of the next not received RLC SDU which is not reported as missing in the STATUS PDU. El: The E1 = 1 indicates that a set of NACK_SN, E1, E2, and E3 follows. R: Reserved. Should be set to 0. NACK_SN: The Negative Acknowledgement SN field indicates the SN of the RLC SDU (or RLC SDU segment) that has been detected as lost at the receiving side of the AM RLC entity. E2: The E2 = 1 indicates that a set of SOstart and SOend follows. E3: The E3 = 1 signals that a continuous sequence of RLC SDUs (NACK range) that have not been received follows. ACK range: The NACK range field is the number of consecutively lost RLC SDUs starting from and including NACK_SN. RLC AM trans! Transmit state variables are used to manage the transmit RLC state machine. it state variables TX_Next_Ack — Acknowledgement state variable This state variable holds the value of the SN of the next RLC SDU for which a positive acknowledgment is to be received in-sequence, and it serves as the lower edge of the ally set toO and is updated whenever the AM RLC entity receives a positive acknowledgment for an RLC SDU with SN = TX_Next_Ack. transmitting window. Itis i ‘TX,Next — Send state variable This state variable holds the value of the SN to be assigned for the next newly generated AMD PDU. It is initially set to 0 and is updated whenever the AM RLC entity constructs an AMD PDU with SN = TX_Next and contains an RLC SDU or the last segment of an RLC SDU. hitps:medium.comisg-nisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 228yoi08/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. [by EvertHelix| 5G NR | Medium ‘" cmenosae (Gan) RLC AM transmit counters Transmit counters are used to keep track of various events during the RLC transmit procedures. PDU_WITHOUT_POLL — Counter This counter is initially set to 0. It counts the number of AMD PDUs sent since the most recent poll bit was transmitted. BYTE_WITHOUT_POLL — Counter This counter is initially set to 0. It counts the number of data bytes sent since the most recent poll bit was transmitted. RETX_COUNT — Counter This counter counts the number of retransmissions of an RLC SDU or RLC SDU segment. There is one RETX_COUNT counter maintained per RLC SDU. RLC AM receive state variables The receive state variables manage the receive RLC state machine. RX_Next — Receive state varial This state variable holds the value of the SN following the last in-sequence completely received RLC SDU, and it serves as the lower edge of the receiving window. It is initially set to 0 and is updated whenever the AM RLC entity receives an RLC SDU with SN = RX_Next. RX_Next_Status_Trigger — t-Reassembly state variable ‘This state variable holds the value of the SN following the SN of the RLC SDU which triggered t-Reassembly. RX_Highest_Status — Maximum STATUS transmit state variable This state variable holds the highest possible value of the SN which can be indicated by “ACK SN” when a STATUS PDU needs to be constructed. It is initially set to 0. hitps:medium. comisg-nrsg-nrsle-acknowledgod-mode-aS5aSeb29¢ 22128a)0e/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. . | by EventHelix | 5G NR | Medium This state variable holds the value of the SN following the SN of the RLC SDU with the highest SN among received RLC SDUs. It is initially set to 0. RLC AM timers The RLC layer uses the following timers to manage the RLC state machine. t-PollRetransmit This timer is used by the transmitting side of an AM RLC entity to retransmit a poll. t-Reassembly This timer is used by the receiving side of an AM RLC entity and receiving UM RLC entity to detect loss of RLC PDUs at the lower layers. If t-Reassembly is running, t-Reassembly shall not be started additionally, i.e. only one t-Reassembly per RLC entity is running at a given time. t-StatusProhibit This timer is used by the receiving side of an AM RLC entity to prohibit transmission of a STATUS PDU. RLC AM configurable parameters The RLC state machine operations can be customized by the following configurable parameters: maxRetxThreshold This parameter is used by the transmitting side of each AM RLC entity to limit the number of retransmissions corresponding to an RLC SDU, including its segments. pollPDU This parameter is used by the transmitting side of each AM RLC entity to trigger a poll for every pollPDU PDUs. pollByte hitpssimedium.comisg-nrisg-nrsle-acknowlodgod-mode-aSSaSab'28¢ 24128yoi08/2022, 12:14 5G NR RLC Acknowledged Made. Deep dve into the 5G Radio Link. [by EvertHelix| 5G NR | Medium Cesc (omen hitps:medium. comiSg-nrisg-nrsle-acknowlodged-mode-aS5aSeb28¢ 28125