Agenda

RRC State Transition

Cell_DCH/FACH/PCH

State Transition: Functionnal Description

summary
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RRC State
Transition
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RRC States

UE in DRX mode
UE in DRX mode discontinuous
discontinuous reception
reception

Dedicated Common resources

resources allocated (RACH-
allocated (DCH, FACH) Tx & Rx mode
HS)
Tx & Rx mode

 Cell selection
 Cell re-
selection
 Listen to
paging
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CELL_DCH state

CELL_DCH state
(carried over the DCH)
A UE in this state occupies
dedicated channel resources and
consumes a large amount of radio
CELL_DCH state for HSDPA
resources.
services (carried over the HS-
DSCH)
This state is suitable for high-speed
data transmission
CELL_DCH state for HSUPA
 After HSPA is introduced, the services (carried over the E-DCH)
CELL_DCH state is categorized
as follows :
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CELL_FACH state

 Monitor a FACH to receive signalling

messages or user data addressed to
 A UE in this state uses the common
the UE or any broadcast messages
channel to send or receive data,
which occupies only a small amount
 By default, use RACH for transfer of
of resources.
signalling messages or user data in
the uplink according to the random
 Because of resource limitations on
access procedure
the RACH and FACH, the
CELL_FACH state is suitable for low-
 Perform cell reselection and upon
speed data transmission.
selecting a new UTRA cell, initiate a
cell update procedure
 The UE is known on cell level
according to the cell where the UE
 Perform measurements and transmit
last made a cell update.
measurement reports according to the
measurement control information
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CELL_PCH

In the uplink, a UE in this state cannot transmit signaling

messages. If the UE has data to transmit on the uplink, it
1 needs to go through the cell update procedure to transit to the
CELL_FACH or CELL_DCH state.

In the downlink, the UE uses discontinuous reception (DRX) to

2 monitor messages on the PCH at a given moment. The
purpose is to receive paging messages,

The UTRAN can obtain the serving cell of the UE and page the

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UE within the serving cell. After moving to another cell, the UE
needs to send a CELL UPDATE message to perform cell
reselection.
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Functionnal
Description
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PS Connection Establishment

•InBased
the RRC connection
on this setup
information theprocedure
UE the UE
isisable
always transferred
report the needdirectly to CELL_DCH
of UL capacity
state in Nokia
(request RAN of the DCH) by sending a
the allocation
The RRC connection setup
RRC:MEASUREMENT and “amessage
REPORT service to the RNC
establishment” for NRT RAB(s) is performed as follows:

After the UE has completed a RRC

• The traffic volume measurement
Connection setup procedure
parameters (RLC buffer level, reporting criteria, etc.)
with the RNC,
• are sent to the UE by using RRC:Measurement
dedicated channel resources are allocated to the UE
Control procedure
(a DCH for the signalling link is setup).

• The UE performs a NAS connection

•establishment
The RNC’s RRC signalling
to the PS CN.entity
performs
After the aservice
radio bearer setup with a RRC:Radio
• The RNC’s RRC signalling entity starts a supervision timers •UL_DLcapacityReqWait negotiation
and
SignallingLinkInactivityTimer Bearer
has beenSetup procedure
carried .
out between the UE and PS CN,
• If the capacity request is received from the UE or from the RNC’s within
the PS CNthesends a RAB assignmentthe
UL_DLcapacityReqWait, toDCH
the RNC.
for
NRT RB(s) is allocated.
• If there is no activity in RB(s) within the UL_DLcapacityReqWaitand the inactivity of signalling link is detected
(‘SignallingLinkInactivityTimer’ has also expired), the state transition from CELL_DCH to CELL_FACH is initiated
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Transition: CELL_DCH to CELL_FACH

In case
UE
The the RNC
acknowledges
inactivity detects
by
timers for inactivity
sending
uplinkthe
and (nothing
RRC: sent
RADIO
downlink or received),
BEARER
are RNC it will indicate
RECONFIGURATION
configuration this
parameters to the RRM–
COMPLETE
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05
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After
When
RRC
message
the inactivity
receiving
UE is inan
sends
and RRC signaling
to the
the timer
RRC:
RRC
InactivityTimerUplinkDCH
performed.
expires
inactivity
CELL_DCHRADIO
entities
signaling
the
BEARER
of the RNC.
entity
RRC
indication,
state the UL
of
radio
the
and
the
RRC
DL
RNC
bearer
data reconfiguration–procedure
signalling
streams
RECONFIGURATION
which
,InactivityTimerDownlinkDCH.
entity
starts
defines
are monitored
message
L2
to and
theby
reconfiguration
startsisan
the RNC.
UE.
(as well as
inactivity timer (InactivityTimerUplinkDCH or InactivityTimerDownlinkDCH).
PS is informed about the cell state change).
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Transition: CELL_FACH to CELL_DCH


 The UE connection
In uplink can be moved from common channel (CELL_FACH state) to dedicated channel (CELL_DCH state) if RNC
 UE
After
UE
requests
makes
dedicated
the procedure,
theneed data
decision
capacity
whether
by sending
transmission on DCH
theiscommon
an RRC:
can
orby
MEASUREMENT
begin
dedicated and UE istype
channel
REPORT
in CELL_DCH message
state. on RACH to the RRC signaling entity of
is used in uplink.
 has
direction
RNC, data the
waiting
which for the
for the
forwards capacity
transmission
the message detected
to theinRRM. the MAC of UE.
downlink or UE requests dedicated uplink capacity.
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Transition: CELL_FACH to CELL_DCH

Transition Cause Parameters

TrafVolThresholdDLLow (128 bytes) RNC/WBTS/WCEL 1024 bytes

TrafVolThresholdULLow (128 bytes) RNC/WAC 1024 bytes

FACH to DCH Capacity Request

SmartTrafVolThrDL(UL) (256 bytes RNC/WBTS/WCEL 1024 bytes

TrafVolPendingTimeDL(UL) RNC/WAC 2000 ms

MEDTVMPendingTime 0
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Transition from CELL_DCH to CELL_PCH
CELL_DCH
CELL_PCH
UE NodeB RNC SGSN

Data Flow

RRC bearer Reconfiguration (DCH)

RRC bearer Reconfiguration Complete (RACH)

RRC bearer Reconfiguration (DCH)

NBAP: Radio Link Deletion Response

ALCAP: Release Request

ALCAP: Release Confirm

UE in Cell-PCH

 L3
If UE
UE
In case
Each has
stays Multi-RAB
ofin is RRC: allocated
Cell_PCH
processing
signaling
UE Cell-DCH until
shortage
Physical
or (voice
newindata
DMCU
Channel
Cell_FACH call and NRT
units,
substate inPS
is Reconfiguration
available
isRNC UL call)
may
allocated and
or move
DL L2 PS
DMCU data
buffers.
UE inactivity
As soon
to Cell_PCH
resources is release
as
an
in RNC. detected allinDSP
RNC L2,
certain traffic
RNC triggers
volume
resources reconfiguration
threshold
in RNC. is met, RNCfrom
mayCell_DCH
reconfigureto the
Cell_PCH on voice
connection call release.
to Cell_DCH.
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summary
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[WAC] MSActivitySupervision = 15 min

IDLE CELL_PCH

 When DCH 0/0 allocated

UL : TVM>8bytes Initial bit rate
UL : TVM>[RNPS] TrafVolThresholdULHigh
Max bit rate
DL : TVM>0bytes Initial bit rate
DL : TVM>[RNPS] TrafVolThresholdDLHigh
Max bit rate
 When any bit rate allocated <max bit
rate
UL : TVM>[RNPS] TrafVolThresholdULHigh
DL : TVM>[RNPS] TrafVolThresholdDLHigh
[RNPS] TrafVolTimeToTriggerDL/UL; 0s
[RNPS]TrafVolThresholdDLHigh; 1 KB
[WCEL]InitialBitRateUL;16kbps (64kbps)
[WCEL]InitialBitRateUL;16kbps (64kbps)
[WCEL]MaxBitRateDLPSNRT;256kbps
[WCEL]MaxBitRateULPSNRT;256kbps
[WAC]UL_DL_activ
Any data in the
ation_timer=2s
buffer or cell
[RNPS]SmartInact update periodical
TimerFACH=1,5s t305 or event
triggered
 When DCH with any bit rate allocated
[WAC] InactivityTimerDownlinkDCH =2s
[WAC]InactivityTimerUplinkDCH[WAC] =2S
[RNPS]SmartInactivityTimerDCH=1.2 s
 When DCH with0/0 bit allocated
[RNAC]SignallingLinkInactivityTimer =2s
[RNC]UL_DLcapacityReqWait=5s
CELL_DCH CELL_FACH
TVM>[WCEL]TrafVolThresholdDLLow  TVM >1 KB (1024)
Fast Dormancy Profiling : TVM>[WCEL]SmartTrafVolThrDL  TVM >1 KB (1024)
HS FACH ON : TVM>HSFACHVolThrDL TVM >1024 bytes
HS FACH AND ON HS RACH ON : TVM>HSRACHVolThrUL TVM >1 KB (1024)

IDLE Retries after [WAC]TrafVolPendingTimeDL(UL) with MEH on  IDLE

MEDTVMPendingTime : 2s
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