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1  Scopep. 24

The present document specifies the Radio Resource Control protocol for the radio interface between UE and NG-RAN.
The scope of the present document also includes:
  • the radio related information transported in a transparent container between source gNB and target gNB upon inter gNB handover;
  • the radio related information transported in a transparent container between a source or target gNB and another system upon inter RAT handover.
  • the radio related information transported in a transparent container between a source eNB and target gNB during E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity.
The RRC protocol is also used to configure the radio interface between an IAB-node and its parent node [2].
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2  Referencesp. 24

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]
TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2]
TS 38.300: "NR; Overall description; Stage 2".
[3]
TS 38.321: "NR; Medium Access Control (MAC); Protocol specification".
[4]
TS 38.322: "NR; Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol specification".
[5]
TS 38.323: "NR; Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) protocol specification".
[6]
ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (08/2015) "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation" (Same as the ISO/IEC International Standard 8824-1).
[7]
ITU-T Recommendation X.681 (08/2015) "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Information object specification" (Same as the ISO/IEC International Standard 8824-2).
[8]
ITU-T Recommendation X.691 (08/2015) "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Packed Encoding Rules (PER)" (Same as the ISO/IEC International Standard 8825-2).
[9]
TS 38.215: "NR; Physical layer measurements".
[10]
TS 36.331: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol Specification".
[11]
TS 33.501: "Security Architecture and Procedures for 5G System".
[12]
TS 38.104: "NR; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception".
[13]
TS 38.213: "NR; Physical layer procedures for control".
[14]
TS 38.133: "NR; Requirements for support of radio resource management".
[15]
TS 38.101-1: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone".
[16]
TS 38.211: "NR; Physical channels and modulation".
[17]
TS 38.212: "NR; Multiplexing and channel coding".
[18]
ITU-T Recommendation X.683 (08/2015) "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Parameterization of ASN.1 specifications" (Same as the ISO/IEC International Standard 8824-4).
[19]
TS 38.214: "NR; Physical layer procedures for data".
[20]
TS 38.304: "NR; User Equipment (UE) procedures in Idle mode and RRC Inactive state".
[21]
TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".
[22]
TS 36.101: "E-UTRA; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception".
[23]
TS 24.501: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for 5G System (5GS); Stage 3".
[24]
TS 37.324: "Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) specification".
[25]
TS 22.261: "Service requirements for the 5G System".
[26]
TS 38.306: "User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities".
[27]
TS 36.304: "E-UTRA; User Equipment (UE) procedures in idle mode".
[28]
ATIS 0700041: "WEA 3.0: Device-Based Geo-Fencing".
[29]
TS 23.041: "Technical realization of Cell Broadcast Service (CBS)".
[30]
TS 33.401: "3GPP System Architecture Evolution (SAE); Security architecture".
[31]
TS 36.211: "E-UTRA; Physical channels and modulation".
[32]
TS 23.501: "System Architecture for the 5G System; Stage 2".
[33]
TS 36.104: "E-UTRA; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception".
[34]
TS 38.101-3: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios".
[35]
TS 38.423: "NG-RAN, Xn application protocol (XnAP)".
[36]
TS 38.473: "NG-RAN; F1 application protocol (F1AP)".
[37]
TS 36.423: "E-UTRA; X2 application protocol (X2AP)".
[38]
TS 24.008: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3".
[39]
TS 38.101-2: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone".
[40]
TS 36.133: "E-UTRA; Requirements for support of radio resource management".
[41]
TS 37.340: "E-UTRA and NR; Multi-connectivity; Stage 2".
[42]
TS 38.413: "NG-RAN, NG Application Protocol (NGAP)".
[43]
TS 23.502: "Procedures for the 5G System; Stage 2".
[44]
TR 36.816: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Study on signalling and procedure for interference avoidance for in-device coexistence ".
[45]
TS 25.331: "Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification".
[46]
TS 25.133: "Requirements for Support of Radio Resource Management (FDD)".
[47]
TS 38.340: "Backhaul Adaptation Protocol (BAP) specification"
[48]
TS 37.213: "Physical layer procedures for shared spectrum channel access".
[49]
TS 37.355: "LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP)".
[50]
IEEE 802.11-2012, Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications, IEEE Std.
[51]
Bluetooth Special Interest Group: "Bluetooth Core Specification v5.0", December 2016.
[52]
TS 32.422: "Telecommunication management; Subscriber and equipment trace; Trace control and configuration management".
[53]
TS 38.314: "NR; layer 2 measurements".
[54]  Void.
[55]
TS 23.287: "Architecture enhancements for 5G System (5GS) to support Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services".
[56]
TS 23.285: "Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Architecture enhancements for V2X services".
[57]
TS 24.587: " Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services in 5G System (5GS)".
[58]
Military Standard WGS84 Metric MIL-STD-2401 (11 January 1994): "Military Standard Department of Defence World Geodetic System (WGS)".
[59]
TS 38.101-4: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 4: Performance Requirements".
[60]
TS 33.536: "Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Security aspects of 3GPP support for advanced Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services".
[61]
TS 37.320: "Radio measurement collection for Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT); Overall description; Stage 2".
[62]
TS 36.306: "User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities".
[63]
TS 38.174: "NR; Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) radio transmission and reception".
[64]
TS 38.472: "NG-RAN; F1 signalling transport".
[65]
TS 23.304: "Proximity based Services (ProSe) in the 5G System (5GS)".
[66]
TS 38.351: "NR; Sidelink Relay Adaptation Protocol (SRAP) Specification".
[67]
TS 23.247: "Architectural enhancements for 5G multicast-broadcast services; Stage 2"
[68]
TS 26.247: "Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS); Progressive Download and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (3GP-DASH)".
[69]
TS 26.114: "IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Multimedia Telephony; Media handling and interaction".
[70]
TS 26.118: "Virtual Reality (VR) profiles for streaming applications".
[71]
NIMA TR 8350.2, Third Edition, Amendment 1, 3 January 2000: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1984".
[72]
TS 24.554: "Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; Proximity-services (ProSe) in 5G System (5GS) protocol".
[73]
TS 38.305: "NG Radio Access Network (NG-RAN); Stage 2 functional specification of User Equipment (UE) positioning in NG-RAN".
[74]
TS 23.122: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) functions related to Mobile Station (MS) in idle mode".
[75]
TS 38.101-5: "User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 5: Satellite access Radio Frequency (RF) and performance requirements".
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3  Definitions, symbols and abbreviationsp. 27

3.1  Definitionsp. 27

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905.
AM MRB:
An MRB associated with at least an AM RLC bearer for PTP transmission.
BH RLC channel:
An RLC channel between two nodes, which is used to transport backhaul packets.
Broadcast MRB:
A radio bearer configured for MBS broadcast delivery.
CEIL:
Mathematical function used to 'round up' i.e. to the nearest integer having a higher or equal value.
DAPS bearer:
a bearer whose radio protocols are located in both the source gNB and the target gNB during DAPS handover to use both source gNB and target gNB resources.
Dedicated signalling:
Signalling sent on DCCH logical channel between the network and a single UE.
Dormant BWP:
The dormant BWP is one of downlink BWPs configured by the network via dedicated RRC signalling. In the dormant BWP, the UE stops monitoring PDCCH on/for the SCell, but continues performing CSI measurements, Automatic Gain Control (AGC) and beam management, if configured. For each serving cell other than the SpCell or PUCCH SCell, the network may configure one BWP as a dormant BWP.
Field:
The individual contents of an information element are referred to as fields.
FLOOR:
Mathematical function used to 'round down' i.e. to the nearest integer having a lower or equal value.
Frequency Selection Area ID:
An identity used for broadcast MBS session to guide the frequency selection of the UE as defined in TS 23.247.
Global cell identity:
An identity to uniquely identifying an NR cell. It is consisted of cellIdentity and plmn-Identity of the first PLMN-Identity in plmn-IdentityList in SIB1.
Information element:
A structural element containing single or multiple fields is referred as information element.
MBS Radio Bearer:
A radio bearer that is configured for MBS delivery.
Multicast/Broadcast Service:
A point-to-multipoint service as defined in TS 23.247.
Multicast MRB:
A radio bearer configured for MBS multicast delivery.
MUSIM gap:
Period that the UE may use to perform MUSIM operations.
NCSG:
Network controlled small gap as defined in TS 38.133.
NPN-only Cell:
A cell that is only available for normal service for NPNs' subscriber. An NPN-capable UE determines that a cell is NPN-only Cell by detecting that the cellReservedForOtherUse IE is set to true while the npn-IdentityInfoList IE is present in CellAccessRelatedInfo.
NR sidelink communication:
AS functionality enabling at least V2X Communication as defined in TS 23.287, and ProSe Communication (including ProSe UE-to-Network Relay and non-Relay communication) as defined in TS 23.304 between two or more nearby UEs, using NR technology but not traversing any network node.
NR sidelink discovery:
AS functionality enabling ProSe non-Relay Discovery and ProSe UE-to-Network Relay discovery for Proximity based Services as defined in TS 23.304 between two or more nearby UEs, using NR technology but not traversing any network node.
PNI-NPN identity:
an identifier of a PNI-NPN comprising of a PLMN ID and a CAG -ID combination.
Primary Cell:
The MCG cell, operating on the primary frequency, in which the UE either performs the initial connection establishment procedure or initiates the connection re-establishment procedure.
PC5 Relay RLC channel:
An RLC channel between L2 U2N Remote UE and L2 U2N Relay UE, which is used to transport packets over PC5 for L2 UE-to-Network relay.
Primary SCG Cell:
For dual connectivity operation, the SCG cell in which the UE performs random access when performing the Reconfiguration with Sync procedure.
Primary Timing Advance Group:
Timing Advance Group containing the SpCell.
PUCCH SCell:
An SCell configured with PUCCH by PUCCH-Config.
PUSCH-Less SCell:
An SCell configured without PUSCH.
RedCap UE:
A UE with reduced capabilities as specified in clause 4.2.21.1 in TS 38.306.
RLC bearer configuration:
The lower layer part of the radio bearer configuration comprising the RLC and logical channel configurations.
Secondary Cell:
For a UE configured with CA, a cell providing additional radio resources on top of Special Cell.
Secondary Cell Group:
For a UE configured with dual connectivity, the subset of serving cells comprising of the PSCell and zero or more secondary cells.
Serving Cell:
For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED not configured with CA/DC there is only one serving cell comprising of the primary cell. For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED configured with CA/ DC the term 'serving cells' is used to denote the set of cells comprising of the Special Cell(s) and all secondary cells.
Small Data Transmission:
A procedure used for transmission of data and/or signalling over allowed radio bearers in RRC_INACTIVE state (i.e. without the UE transitioning to RRC_CONNECTED state).
SNPN identity:
an identifier of an SNPN comprising of a PLMN ID and an NID combination.
Special Cell:
For Dual Connectivity operation the term Special Cell refers to the PCell of the MCG or the PSCell of the SCG, otherwise the term Special Cell refers to the PCell.
Split SRB:
In MR-DC, an SRB that supports transmission via MCG and SCG as well as duplication of RRC PDUs as defined in TS 37.340.
SSB Frequency:
Frequency referring to the position of resource element RE=#0 (subcarrier #0) of resource block RB#10 of the SS block.
U2N Relay UE:
A UE that provides functionality to support connectivity to the network for U2N Remote UE(s).
U2N Remote UE:
A UE that communicates with the network via a U2N Relay UE.
Uu Relay RLC channel:
An RLC channel between L2 U2N Relay UE and gNB, which is used to transport packets over Uu for L2 UE-to-Network relay.
UE Inactive AS Context:
UE Inactive AS Context is stored when the connection is suspended and restored when the connection is resumed. It includes information as defined in clause 5.3.8.3.
V2X sidelink communication:
AS functionality enabling V2X Communication as defined in TS 23.285, between nearby UEs, using E-UTRA technology but not traversing any network node.
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3.2  Abbreviationsp. 29

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905.
5GC
5G Core Network
ACK
Acknowledgement
AM
Acknowledged Mode
ARQ
Automatic Repeat Request
AS
Access Stratum
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One
BAP
Backhaul Adaptation Protocol
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
BFD
Beam Failure Detection
BH
Backhaul
BLER
Block Error Rate
BWP
Bandwidth Part
CA
Carrier Aggregation
CAG
Closed Access Group
CAG-ID
Closed Access Group Identifier
CAPC
Channel Access Priority Class
CBR
Channel Busy Ratio
CCCH
Common Control Channel
CFR
Common Frequency Resources
CG
Cell Group
CHO
Conditional Handover
CLI
Cross Link Interference
CMAS
Commercial Mobile Alert Service
CP
Control Plane
CPA
Conditional PSCell Addition
CPC
Conditional PSCell Change
C-RNTI
Cell RNTI
CSI
Channel State Information
DAPS
Dual Active Protocol Stack
DC
Dual Connectivity
DCCH
Dedicated Control Channel
DCI
Downlink Control Information
DCP
DCI with CRC scrambled by PS-RNTI
DFN
Direct Frame Number
DL
Downlink
DL-PRS
Downlink Positioning Reference Signal
DL-SCH
Downlink Shared Channel
DM-RS
Demodulation Reference Signal
DRB
(user) Data Radio Bearer
DRX
Discontinuous Reception
DTCH
Dedicated Traffic Channel
ECEF
Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed
ECI
Earth-Centered Inertial
EN-DC
E-UTRA NR Dual Connectivity with E-UTRA connected to EPC
EPC
Evolved Packet Core
EPS
Evolved Packet System
ETWS
Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System
E-UTRA
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
E-UTRA/5GC
E-UTRA connected to 5GC
E-UTRA/EPC
E-UTRA connected to EPC
E-UTRAN
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
FDD
Frequency Division Duplex
FFS
For Further Study
G-CS-RNTI
Group Configured Scheduling RNTI
GERAN
GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network
GIN
Group ID for Network selection
GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
G-RNTI
Group RNTI
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
HARQ
Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
HRNN
Human Readable Network Name
HSDN
High Speed Dedicated Network
H-SFN
Hyper SFN
IAB
Integrated Access and Backhaul
IAB-DU
IAB-node DU
IAB-MT
IAB Mobile Termination
IDC
In-Device Coexistence
IE
Information element
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
kB
Kilobyte (1000 bytes)
L1
Layer 1
L2
Layer 2
L3
Layer 3
LBT
Listen Before Talk
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
MAC
Medium Access Control
MBS
Multicast/Broadcast Service
MBS FSAI
MBS Frequency Selection Area Identity
MCCH
MBS Control Channel
MCG
Master Cell Group
MDT
Minimization of Drive Tests
MIB
Master Information Block
MPE
Maximum Permissible Exposure
MRB
MBS Radio Bearer
MR-DC
Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity
MTCH
MBS Traffic Channel
MTSI
Multimedia Telephony Service for IMS
MUSIM
Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module
N/A
Not Applicable
NE-DC
NR E-UTRA Dual Connectivity
(NG)EN-DC
E-UTRA NR Dual Connectivity (covering E-UTRA connected to EPC or 5GC)
NGEN-DC
E-UTRA NR Dual Connectivity with E-UTRA connected to 5GC
NID
Network Identifier
NPN
Non-Public Network
NR-DC
NR-NR Dual Connectivity
NR/5GC
NR connected to 5GC
NSAG
Network Slice AS Group
NTN
Non-Terrestrial Network
PCell
Primary Cell
PDCP
Packet Data Convergence Protocol
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
PEI
Paging Early Indication
PEI-O
Paging Early Indication-Occasion
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network
PNI-NPN
Public Network Integrated Non-Public Network
posSIB
Positioning SIB
PPW
PRS Processing Window
PRS
Positioning Reference Signal
PSCell
Primary SCG Cell
PTM
Point to Multipoint
PTP
Point to Point
PWS
Public Warning System
QoE
Quality of Experience
QoS
Quality of Service
RAN
Radio Access Network
RAT
Radio Access Technology
RLC
Radio Link Control
RLM
Radio Link Monitoring
RMTC
RSSI Measurement Timing Configuration
RNA
RAN-based Notification Area
RNTI
Radio Network Temporary Identifier
ROHC
Robust Header Compression
RPLMN
Registered Public Land Mobile Network
RRC
Radio Resource Control
RS
Reference Signal
SBAS
Satellite Based Augmentation System
SCell
Secondary Cell
SCG
Secondary Cell Group
SCS
Subcarrier Spacing
SD-RSRP
Sidelink Discovery RSRP
SDT
Small Data Transmission
SFN
System Frame Number
SFTD
SFN and Frame Timing Difference
SI
System Information
SIB
System Information Block
SL
Sidelink
SLSS
Sidelink Synchronisation Signal
SNPN
Stand-alone Non-Public Network
SpCell
Special Cell
SRB
Signalling Radio Bearer
SRAP
Sidelink Relay Adaptation Protocol
SRS
Sounding Reference Signal
SSB
Synchronization Signal Block
TAG
Timing Advance Group
TDD
Time Division Duplex
TEG
Timing Error Group
TM
Transparent Mode
TMGI
Temporary Mobile Group Identity
U2N
UE-to-Network
UDC
Uplink Data Compression
UE
User Equipment
UL
Uplink
UM
Unacknowledged Mode
UP
User Plane
VR
Virtual Reality
In the ASN.1, lower case may be used for some (parts) of the above abbreviations e.g. c-RNTI.
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