Content for TS 25.301 Word version: 16.0.0
1 Scope Word‑p. 6
The present document shall provide an overview and overall description of the UE-UTRAN radio interface protocol architecture as agreed within the 3GPP TSG RAN working group 2. Details of the radio protocols will be specified in companion documents.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.
[1]
TS 23.110: "UMTS Access Stratum; Services and Functions".
[2]
TS 25.401: "RAN Overall Description".
[3]
TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[4]
TS 25.302: "Services provided by the Physical Layer".
[5]
TS 25.303: "Interlayer Procedures in Connected Mode".
[6]
TS 25.304: "UE Procedures in Idle Mode and Procedures for Cell Reselection in Connected Mode".
[7]
TS 25.321: "MAC Protocol Specification".
[8]
TS 25.322: "RLC Protocol Specification".
[9]
TS 25.323: "PDCP Protocol Specification".
[10]
TS 25.324: "BMC Protocol Specification".
[11]
TS 25.331: "RRC Protocol Specification".
[12]
TS 25.224: "Physical Layer Procedures (TDD)".
[13]
TS 24.007: "Mobile radio interface signalling layer 3; General aspects".
[14]
TS 33.105: "Cryptographic Algorithm Requirements".
[15]
TS 33.102: "Security Architecture".
[16]
TS 44.005: "Data Link (DL) layer; General aspects".
[17]
TS 25.308: "UTRA High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA); Overall description".
[18]
TS 25.309: " FDD Enhanced Uplink; Overall description".
[19]
TS 25.346: "Introduction of the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in the Radio Access Network (RAN) (Stage-2)".
[20]
TS 25.423: "UTRAN Iur interface RNSAP signalling".
3 Definitions and abbreviations Word‑p. 7
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in [3] apply.
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ARQ
Automatic Repeat Request
AS
Access Stratum
ASC
Access Service Class
BCCH
Broadcast Control Channel
BCH
Broadcast Channel
BMC
Broadcast/Multicast Control
C-
Control-
CC
Call Control
CCCH
Common Control Channel
CCH
Control Channel
CCTrCH
Coded Composite Transport Channel
CN
Core Network
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CTCH
Common Traffic Channel
DC
Dedicated Control (SAP)
DCA
Dynamic Channel Allocation
DCCH
Dedicated Control Channel
DCH
Dedicated Channel
DL
Downlink
DRNC
Drift Radio Network Controller
DSCH
Downlink Shared Channel
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Channel
E-DCH
Enhanced Dedicated Channel
FACH
Forward Link Access Channel
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
FDD
Frequency Division Duplex
GC
General Control (SAP)
HARQ
Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HO
Handover
HS-DSCH
High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
HS-PDSCH
High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel
JBM
Jitter Buffer Management
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
kbps
kilobits per second
L1
Layer 1 (physical layer)
L2
Layer 2 (data link layer)
L3
Layer 3 (network layer)
LAC
Link Access Control
LAI
Location Area Identity
MAC
Medium Access Control
MBMS
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
MCCH
MBMS point-to-multipoint Control Channel
MM
Mobility Management
MRNC
MBMS Master RNC
MSCH
MBMS point-to-multipoint Scheduling Channel
MTCH
MBMS point-to-multipoint Traffic Channel
NAS
Non-Access Stratum
Nt
Notification (SAP)
PCCH
Paging Control Channel
PCH
Paging Channel
PDCP
Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
PHY
Physical layer
PhyCH
Physical Channels
RAB
Radio Access Bearer
RACH
Random Access Channel
RB
Radio Bearer
RLC
Radio Link Control
RNC
Radio Network Controller
RNS
Radio Network Subsystem
RNTI
Radio Network Temporary Identity
RRC
Radio Resource Control
SAP
Service Access Point
SDU
Service Data Unit
SHCCH
Shared Channel Control Channel
SRNC
Serving Radio Network Controller
SRNS
Serving Radio Network Subsystem
SYNC
Synchronization User Plane Protocol
TCH
Traffic Channel
TDD
Time Division Duplex
TFCI
Transport Format Combination Indicator
TFI
Transport Format Indicator
TFRI
Transport Format and Resource Indicator
TMSI
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TPC
Transmit Power Control
TSN
Transmit Sequence Number
U-
User-
UE
User Equipment
UL
Uplink
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
URA
UTRAN Registration Area
USCH
Uplink Shared Channel
UTRA
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
UTRAN
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
UuS
Uu (Radio Interface) Stratum
