eNodeB startup and RRC connection establishment

Remaining network optimization2021-09-11 11:27

This flowchart describes how the eNodeB uses EPC to perform S1 setup and then initiates MIB and SIB
broadcasts to the UE . The flow also shows how the eNodeB sends UE-specific configuration
information through the RRC Connection Setup message.
1. The eNodeB initiates an S1 connection with the MME . The parameters included are as follows:

Global-eNB-ID: Global eNodeB identification

S1AP PLMN ID eNodeB related PLMN ID

MCC mobile country code

MNC mobile network code

eNodeB Id base station number in the network

Supported Tracking Areas: TA List supported in the base station

Tracking Area [0]

Tracking Area Code The code assigned to the tracking area

Broadcast PLMNs: List of PLMNs broadcast from this eNodeB

{ PLMN ID1, MCC, MNC }

{ PLMN ID2, MCC, MNC }

DefaultPagingDRX default paging discontinuous transmission configuration

2. MME accepts S1 connection

Served GUMMEIs List of service GUMMEIs (one entry per radio access technology)

Served GUMMEI 0 LTE pool information of the first directory

Served PLMN { PLMN Id, MCC, MNC }

Served Group Id MME group identification

Served MMECs belong to the MME code of this group

MME Code identifies each MME in the group

Relative MME Capacity The relative processing capacity of an MME relative to other MMEs in the pool .

3. The Master Information Block ( MIB) carries physical layer related information about the LTE
cell. This information is necessary for further decoding of system messages.

Master Information Block (MIB):

Downlink BandwidthThe downlink bandwidth of the cell

PHICH Configuration:

PHICH Duration PHICH period , Normal or extended

PHICH Resource PHICH group value (Ng)

System Frame Number is used for frame synchronization of UE scheduling information of SIB1 (PDSCH
repetition)

4. System Information Block Type 1 (SIB 1 ) contains information relevant when evaluating whether the
UE can access the cell and defines the scheduling of other system information.

System Information Block 1 (SIB):

Cell Access Related Information:

PLMN Identity List PLMN list supported by this cell

{ PLMN ID1, MCC, MNC }

{ PLMN ID2, MCC, MNC }

Tracking Area Code

Cell Barred Flag

Cell Selection Information:

q_RxLevMin is the minimum signal quality required by the cell

q_RxLevMinOffset Adjustment to the minimum signal quality required when searching for a higher
priority PLMN when the UT resides on a VPLMN (Visited PLMN ).

Maximum UE power allowed in p-Max cell

SI Scheduling Information List specifies the periodicity of SIB elements

Item 0:

SI Periodicity: rf16 (16 frames)

Mapping Information: {SIB3, SIB4}

Item 1:
SI Periodicity: rf32 (32 frames)

Mapping Information: {SIB5}

Item 2:

SI Periodicity: rf64 (64 frames)

Mapping Information: {SIB6, SIB7, SIB8, SIB9}

5. System information block type 2 (SIB 2 ) contains radio resource configuration information common
to all UEs

System Information Block 2 (SIB2):

Access to ac-BarringInfo is prohibited due to overload or emergency

Does ac-BarringForEmergency emergency calls support access restrictions?

ac-BarringForMO-Signalling Access restriction parameters for calling signaling.

ac-BarringForMO-Data access restriction parameter of calling data .

radioResourceConfigCommon

rach-ConfigCommon

numberOfRA-Preambles number of random access preambles

powerRampingStep is used to increase the step size of the transmit power of the preamble retry

preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower

preambleTransMax The maximum number of preamble transmissions

ra-ResponseWindowSize the window that receives the preamble response

mac-ContentionResolutionTimer

bcch-Config {modificationPeriodCoeff}

pcch-Config { defaultPagingCycle, nB}

prach-Config

rootSequenceIndex Root preambles Zadoff-Chu sequence

prach-ConfigInfo

prach-ConfigIndex Preamble format and PRACH subframe allocation index

highSpeedFlag supports preambles for fast moving vehicles (usually trains)

zeroCorrelationZoneConfig N-CS configuration, defined N -CS value

prach-FreqOffset is the RB indicated by PRACH

pdsch-ConfigCommon

referenceSignalPower The transmit power of the resource element carrying the reference symbol

pb PDSCH power offset when OFDM symbols carry reference symbols

push-ConfigCommon

n-SB subband frequency hopping number

hoppingMode uplink frequency hopping mode

pusch-HoppingOffset uplink frequency hopping offset

Does enable64QAM uplink support 64 QAM adjustment?

pucch-ConfigCommon

deltaPUCCH-Shift is used to select the cyclic shift increment of the UT-specific ZC code

nRB-CQI is the RB allocated by CQI

nCS-AN cyclic shift reserved for PUCCH format 1

n1PUCCH-AN PUCCH resources allocated to HARQ

soundingRS-UL-ConfigCommon

The bandwidth allocated to SRS by srs-BandwidthConfig

srs-SubframeConfig defines the frequency resource allocation of SRS

ackNackSRS-SimultaneousTransmission if true: UE shortens PUCCH to accommodate SRS

uplinkPowerControlCommon

p0-NominalPUSCH Nominal power level on PUSCH to overcome interference

alpha partial power control ( α=1 means full compensation)

p0-NominalPUCCH Nominal power level on PUCCH to overcome interference

deltaFList-PUCCH PUCCH format 1a power adjustment

deltaPreambleMsg3 is applied to the power adjustment of Msg3 transmission

ul-CyclicPrefixLengthCyclic prefixNormal or extended

ue-TimersAndConstants

t300 timer waiting for RRC connection establishment

t301 timer waiting for RRC reconstruction

The timer starts after t310 receives the n310 out-of-sync indication.

n310 continuous lost step indication

t311 timer to wait for cell selection after link failure

n311 continuous synchronization number indication

freqInfo

ul-CarrierFreq

ul-Bandwidth

mbsfn-SubframeConfigList multicast broadcast single frequency network

timeAlignmentTimerCommon controls when the UE is considered uplink time aligned.

6. System Information Block Type 3 (SIB 3 ) contains common cell reselection information for intra-
frequency, inter-frequency and inter-system cell reselection (i.e. applicable to more than one type of cell
reselection, but not necessarily all ) and intra-frequency cell reselection information in addition to
adjacent cell related information.

7. System information block type 4 (SIB 4 ) contains adjacent cell related information only related to
intra-frequency cell reselection. IE includes cells with specific reselection parameters as well as
blacklisted cells.

8. System Information Block Type 5 (SIB 5 ) contains information related only to inter-frequency cell
reselection, that is, information about other e-UTRA frequencies and inter-frequency neighboring
cells related to cell reselection . The IE includes frequency-common cell reselection parameters and cell-
specific reselection parameters.

9. System Information Block Type 6 (SIB 6 ) contains information related only to inter-system cell
reselection, that is, information about UTRA frequencies and UTRA neighboring cells related to cell
reselection. IE includes frequency-common cell reselection parameters.

10. System Information Block Type 7 (SIB 7 ) contains information relevant only to inter-system cell
reselection, that is, information about the GERAN frequencies relevant to cell reselection. The IE
includes cell reselection parameters for each frequency.

11. System information block type 8 (SIB 8 ) contains information only related to inter-system cell
reselection, that is, CDMA2000 frequency and CDMA2000 neighboring cell information related to cell
reselection. The IE includes frequency-common cell reselection parameters and cell-specific reselection
parameters.

12. SystemInformationBlockType9 contains the home eNB name (HNB name). The UE and eNodeB
perform random access procedures to synchronize time and allocate resources for transmitting
RRC Connection Setup messages.

13. The UE uses the uplink grant allocated during the random access process to request the eNodeB to
establish an RRC connection.

RRC Connection Request:

UE Identity:
Random value UE uses random value as initial identification

Establishment Cause : emergency , highPriorityAccess, mobile terminated-Access, mobile originated-

Signalling, mobile originated-Data

14. The eNodeB sets up SRB1 and delivers the UE specific configuration through the RRC
Connection Setup message. The UE then continues to connect and sets the default bearer.

RRC Connection Setup:

radioResourceConfigDedicated ( used for setup/modify/release RB, modify MAC main configuration,

modify SPS configuration and modify dedicated physical configuration ):

srb-ToAddModList: The signaling radio bearer list being added or modified .

SRB-ToAddMod[0]: SRB identifier for SRB entry #0 (SRB1 in this example)

rlc-Config is the RLC configuration of SRB

ul-AM-RLC uplink RLC acknowledgment mode configuration

PollRetransmit is used by the Tx side of the AM RLC entity to retransmit polling

pollPDU inserts polling after the PDU count specified here

pollByte inserts the poll after the number of bytes specified here

maxRetxThreshold limits the number of AMD PDU retransmissions

dl-AM-RLC downlink RLC confirmation mode configuration

t-Reordering is used by the receiving side of the AM RLC entity to detect the loss of lower-layer RLC
PDUs.

StatusProhibit is used by the receiving side of the AM RLC entity to disable the transmission of Status
PDUs.

logicalChannelConfig logical channel configuration parameters

ul-SpecificParameters uplink logical channel configuration parameters

priority is the priority configured for SRB.

prioritizedBitRate SRB prioritized throughput

bucketSizeDuration

logicalChannelGroup SRB's Backlog will use this group to signal

physicalConfigDedicated is used to specify UE-specific physical channel configuration

pdsch-ConfigDedicated updates PD-SCH parameters every time UT

pa In symbols without reference signals, the power offset between the reference signal and the PDSCH
channel.
pucch-ConfigDedicated: PUCCH parameters are updated every UT

ackNackRepetition is used for configuration of multiple transmissions of HARQ ACK/NACK

push-ConfigDedicated:

betaOffset-ACK-Index as the HARQ Ack offset of the index signal

betaOffset-RI-Index as all signal RI offsets

betaOffset-CQI-Index as the CQI offset of all signals

uplinkPowerControlDedicated: uplink power control parameters

p0-UE-PUSCH is used to determine the nominal power of PUSCH transmission

deltaMCS-Enabled MCS- based power regulation

accumulationEnabled Does the TPC command accumulate?

p0-UE-PUCCH is used to determine the rated power of PUCCH transmission

pSRS-Offset determines the sounding reference signal power

cqi-ReportConfig:

cqi-ReportModeAperiodic CQI aperiodic mode configuration

nomPDSCH-RS-EPRE-Offset PDSCH to RS energy per resource element (EPRE) offset

cqi-ReportPeriodic CQI period mode configuration

soundingRS-UL-ConfigDedicated

antennaInfo:

transmissionModeTransmission mode : Single antenna, diversity or MIMO mode selection

schedulingRequestConfig SRS configuration of UE