The purpose of this procedure is to transfer NAS dedicated information from NG-RAN to a UE in RRC_CONNECTED or to a UE in RRC_INACTIVE during SDT, or to transfer F1-C related information from IAB Donor-CU to IAB-DU via the collocated IAB-MT in RRC_CONNECTED.
The network initiates the DL information transfer procedure whenever there is a need to transfer NAS dedicated information, or F1-C related information to an IAB-node. The network initiates the DL information transfer procedure by sending the DLInformationTransfer message.
The purpose of this procedure is to transfer RRC messages from the network to the UE over SRB3 (e.g. an NR RRC reconfiguration message including reconfigurationWithSync, an E-UTRA RRC connection reconfiguration message including mobilityControlInfo, an RRC connection release message, a MobilityFromNRCommand message, or a MobilityFromEUTRACommand message) during fast MCG link recovery.
The purpose of this procedure is to transfer NAS dedicated information from the UE to the network, or to transfer F1-C related information from IAB-DU to IAB Donor-CU via the collocated IAB-MT in RRC CONNECTED.
A UE in RRC_CONNECTED or a UE in RRC_INACTIVE during SDT initiates the UL information transfer procedure whenever there is a need to transfer NAS dedicated information. The UE initiates the UL information transfer procedure by sending the ULInformationTransfer message. In addition, an IAB-MT in RRC CONNECTED initiates the UL information transfer procedure whenever there is a need to transfer F1-C related information. When F1-C related information has to be transferred, the IAB-MT shall initiate the procedure only if SRB2 or split SRB2 is established.
if AS security is not started and radio link failure occurs before the successful delivery of ULInformationTransfer messages has been confirmed by lower layers; or
if PDCP re-establishment or release/addition (e.g due to key refresh upon PCell or PSCell change, or RRC connection re-establishment, or failure of resume procedure initiated for SDT) occurs on an SRB on which ULInformationTransfer messages were submitted for transmission but successful delivery of these messages was not confirmed by lower layers:
inform upper layers about the possible failure to deliver the information contained in the concerned ULInformationTransfer messages, unless the messages only include dedicatedInfoF1c.
The purpose of this procedure is to transfer MR-DC dedicated information from the UE to the network e.g. the NR or E-UTRA RRC MeasurementReport, FailureInformation, UEAssistanceInformation, RRCReconfigurationComplete, MCGFailureInformation, or IABOtherInformation message.
A UE in RRC_CONNECTED initiates the UL information transfer for MR-DC procedure whenever there is a need to transfer MR-DC dedicated information. I.e. the procedure is not used during an RRC connection reconfiguration involving NR or E-UTRA connection reconfiguration, in which case the MR DC information is piggybacked to the RRCReconfigurationComplete message, except in the case the UE executes an intra-SN CPC.
set the ul-DCCH-MessageNR to include the NR MR-DC dedicated information to be transferred (e.g., NR RRC MeasurementReport, UEAssistanceInformation, FailureInformation, RRCReconfigurationComplete, MCGFailureInformation, or IABOtherInformation message);
set the ul-DCCH-MessageEUTRA to include the E-UTRA MR-DC dedicated information to be transferred (e.g., E-UTRA RRC MeasurementReport, or MCGFailureInformation message);
The purpose of this procedure is to transfer from the UE to NR MCG dedicated information terminated at the NR MCG but specified by another RAT e.g. the E-UTRA MeasurementReport message, the E-UTRA SidelinkUEInformation message or the E-UTRA UEAssistanceInformation message. The specific information transferred in this message is set in accordance with:
A UE in RRC_CONNECTED initiates the UL information transfer procedure whenever there is a need to transfer dedicated inter-RAT information as specified in TS 36.331.
set the ul-DCCH-MessageEUTRA to include the V2X sidelink communication information to be transferred (e.g. the E-UTRA RRC MeasurementReport message, the E-UTRA RRC SidelinkUEInformation message, or the E-UTRA RRC UEAssistanceInformation message);
The purpose of this procedure is to inform E-UTRAN or NR MN about an SCG failure the UE has experienced i.e. SCG radio link failure, beam failure of the PSCell while the SCG is deactivated, failure of SCG reconfiguration with sync, SCG configuration failure for RRC message on SRB3, SCG integrity check failure, and consistent uplink LBT failures on PSCell for operation with shared spectrum channel access.
A UE initiates the procedure to report SCG failures when neither MCG nor SCG transmission is suspended and when one of the following conditions is met:
else if the UE initiates transmission of the SCGFailureInformationNR message to provide indication from SCG RLC that the maximum number of retransmissions has been reached:
set the measResultNeighCellList to include the best measured cells, ordered such that the best cell is listed first, and based on measurements collected up to the moment the UE detected the failure, and set its fields as follows;
else if the UE initiates transmission of the SCGFailureInformation message to provide indication from SCG RLC that the maximum number of retransmissions has been reached:
set measResultServingCell in measResultFreqList to include the available quantities of the concerned cell and in accordance with the performance requirements in TS 38.133;
set the measResultNeighCellList in measResultFreqList to include the best measured cells, ordered such that the best cell is listed first, and based on measurements collected up to the moment the UE detected the failure, and set its fields as follows;
set the previousPSCellId to the physical cell identity and carrier frequency of the source PSCell associated to the last received RRCReconfiguration message including reconfigurationWithSync for the SCG;
set the timeSCGFailure to the elapsed time since reception of the last RRCReconfiguration message including the reconfigurationWithSync for the SCG until declaring the SCG failure;
if the last RRCReconfiguration message including the reconfigurationWithSync for the SCG was received to enter the PSCell in which the SCG failure was declared:
set the timeSCGFailure to the elapsed time since reception of the last RRCReconfiguration message including the reconfigurationWithSync for the SCG until declaring the SCG failure;
set the previousPSCellId to the physical cell identity and carrier frequency of the source PSCell associated to the last received RRCReconfiguration message including reconfigurationWithSync for the SCG;
The UE shall submit the SCGFailureInformation message to lower layers for transmission.
The purpose of this procedure is to inform NR MN about an SCG failure on E-UTRA SN the UE has experienced (e.g. SCG radio link failure, SCG change failure), as specified in TS 36.331, clause 5.6.13.2.
set the measResultFreqListMRDC to include the best measured cells, ordered such that the best cell is listed first using RSRP to order if RSRP measurement results are available for cells on this frequency, otherwise using RSRQ to order if RSRQ measurement results are available for cells on this frequency, otherwise using SINR to order, and based on measurements collected up to the moment the UE detected the failure, and for each cell that is included, include the optional fields that are available;
The purpose of this procedure is to inform the network about an MCG failure the UE has experienced i.e. MCG radio link failure. A UE in RRC_CONNECTED, for which AS security has been activated with SRB2 and at least one DRB or multicast MRB setup or, for IAB, SRB2, may initiate the fast MCG link recovery procedure in order to continue the RRC connection without re-establishment.
A UE configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 initiates the procedure to report MCG failures when neither MCG nor SCG transmission is suspended, the SCG is not deactivated, t316 is configured, and when the following condition is met:
upon detecting radio link failure of the MCG, in accordance with clause 5.3.10.3, while T316 is not running.
Upon initiating the procedure, the UE shall:
else if the UE initiates transmission of the MCGFailureInformation message to provide indication from MCG RLC that the maximum number of retransmissions has been reached:
else if connected as an IAB-node and the MCGFailureInformation message is initiated due to the reception of a BH RLF indication on BAP entity from the MCG:
set measResultServingCell in measResultFreqList to include the available quantities of the concerned cell and in accordance with the performance requirements in TS 38.133;
set the measResultNeighCellList in measResultFreqList to include the best measured cells, ordered such that the best cell is listed first, and based on measurements collected up to the moment the UE detected the failure, and set its fields as follows;
set the measResultFreqListEUTRA to include the best measured cells, ordered such that the best cell is listed first using RSRP to order the cells if RSRP measurement results are available for cells on this frequency, otherwise using RSRQ to order the cells if RSRQ measurement results are available for cells on this frequency, otherwise using SINR to order the cells, based on measurements collected up to the moment the UE detected the failure, and for each cell that is included, include the optional fields that are available;
set the measResultFreqListUTRA-FDD to include the best measured cells, ordered such that the best cell is listed first using RSCP to order the cells if RSCP measurement results are available for cells on this frequency, otherwise using EcN0 to order the cells, based on measurements collected up to the moment the UE detected the failure, and for each cell that is included, include the optional fields that are available;
submit the MCGFailureInformation message to lower layers for transmission embedded in NR RRC message ULInformationTransferMRDC via SRB3 as specified in clause 5.7.2a.3.