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TS 44.160
GPRS – Mobile Station (MS) - Base Station System (BSS) interface –
Radio Link Control / Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) Protocol –
Iu Mode

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Rapporteur:
Mr. Sebire, Guillaume
MediaTek Inc.

full Table of Contents for  TS 44.160  Word version:  16.0.0

each clause number in 'red' refers to the equivalent title in the Partial Content
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1Scope  p. 12
1.1General  p. 12
1.2Related documents  p. 12
1.3Use of logical control channels  p. 12
1.4Use of logical traffic channels  p. 13
1.4aUse of transport channels |R6|  p. 13
1.5Conventions  p. 13
2References  p. 13
3Definitions, symbols and abbreviations  p. 15
3.1Definitions  p. 15
3.2Symbols  p. 15
3.3Abbreviations  p. 16
4Layered overview of radio interface  p. 17
4.0Protocol architecture |R6|  p. 17
4.1Layer services  p. 19
4.2Layer functions  p. 19
4.2.1RLC function  p. 19
4.2.2MAC layer function  p. 20
4.3Service primitives  p. 21
4.3.1MAC to Physical Layer Primitives  p. 21
4.3.2PDCP to RLC Primitives  p. 21
4.3.2.1Primitives  p. 21
4.3.2.2Primitive parameters  p. 22
4.3.3RRC to RLC Primitives  p. 22
4.3.3.1Primitives  p. 22
4.3.3.2Primitive parameters  p. 23
4.3.4RRC to MAC Primitives  p. 24
4.3.4.1Primitives  p. 24
4.3.4.2Primitive Parameters  p. 25
4.4Services required from lower layers  p. 25
5Introduction to the Medium Access Control (MAC) procedures  p. 26
5.1General  p. 26
5.2Multiplexing principles  p. 26
5.2.1Temporary Block Flow  p. 26
5.2.2Temporary Flow Identity  p. 27
5.2.2.1Temporary Flow Identity for SBPSCH  p. 27
5.2.2.2Temporary Flow Identity for DBPSCH  p. 27
5.2.3Uplink State Flag  p. 27
5.2.4Medium Access modes  p. 28
5.2.4.1Medium Access modes for SBPSCH  p. 28
5.2.4.2Medium Access modes for DBPSCH  p. 28
5.2.5Multiplexing of GPRS and EGPRS TBF mode capable mobile stations  p. 28
5.3MAC States  p. 28
5.3.1MAC-Idle state  p. 28
5.3.1.1General  p. 28
5.3.1.2Establishment of a SBPSCH  p. 28
5.3.1.3Establishment of a DBPSCH  p. 28
5.3.2MAC-Shared state  p. 28
5.3.2.1General  p. 28
5.3.2.2Release of all SBPSCHs  p. 28
5.3.2.3Establishment of a DBPSCH  p. 29
5.3.2.4Radio bearer reconfiguration  p. 29
5.3.3MAC-DTM state  p. 29
5.3.3.1General  p. 29
5.3.3.2Release of all SBPSCHs  p. 29
5.3.3.3Release of all DBPSCHs  p. 29
5.3.3.4Release of all SBPSCHs and DBPSCHs  p. 29
5.3.4MAC-Dedicated state  p. 29
5.3.4.1General  p. 29
5.3.4.2Release of all DBPSCHs  p. 29
5.3.4.3Radio bearer reconfiguration  p. 29
5.3.5MAC state machine  p. 30
5.4General MAC procedures in MAC-Idle state and MAC-Shared state  p. 30
5.4.1Mobile station side  p. 30
5.4.1.1General  p. 30
5.4.1.2Cell reselection  p. 30
5.4.1.3Network Assisted Cell Change  p. 31
5.4.1.4Release of DBPSCHs  p. 31
5.4.1.4.1General  p. 31
5.4.1.4.2Continuation of PBCCH information  p. 31
5.4.1.4.3Receipt of PSI14 message in MAC-DTM state  p. 32
5.4.1.5System information on PBCCH  p. 32
5.4.1.6System information on BCCH  p. 32
5.4.1.6.1General  p. 32
5.4.1.6.2Establishment of PBCCH  p. 32
5.4.1.6.3Void  p. …
5.4.1.7Void  p. …
5.4.1.8Discontinuous reception (DRX)  p. 32
5.4.1.9Page mode procedures on PCCCH  p. 33
5.4.1.10Frequency Parameters  p. 33
5.4.1.11G-RNTI Management  p. 33
5.4.2Network side  p. 33
5.4.2.1System Information broadcasting  p. 33
5.4.2.1.1System information on PBCCH  p. 33
5.4.2.1.2System information on BCCH  p. 34
5.4.2.1.3System information on PACCH (and other logical channels)  p. 34
5.4.2.1.4Consistent sets of system information messages  p. 34
5.4.2.2Paging  p. 35
5.4.2.3Network Assisted Cell Change  p. 35
5.5Measurement reports  p. 35
5.5.1General  p. 35
5.5.2Network Control (NC) measurement reporting  p. 35
5.5.3Void  p. …
5.5.4Additional measurement and reporting parameters  p. 36
5.6Mapping of Signalling Radio Bearers (SRB) onto logical channels / transport channels  p. 36
5.6.1Downlink  p. 36
5.6.2Uplink  p. 36
5.6.2.1MAC-Dedicated State  p. 36
5.6.2.2MAC-Shared State  p. 37
5.6.2.3MAC-DTM State  p. 37
5.7Multiplexing principles with Flexible Layer One |R6|  p. 38
5.7.1General  p. 38
5.7.2Mutliplexing between user-plane and control-plane  p. 39
6Paging procedures  p. 39
6.1General  p. 39
6.2Paging initiation in MAC-Idle state  p. 40
6.3Paging initiation in MAC-Shared state  p. 40
6.4Reception of PACKET PAGING REQUEST by an MS  p. 40
7Medium Access Control (MAC) procedures on PCCCH  p. 40
7.1General  p. 40
7.2TBF establishment initiated by the mobile station on PCCCH  p. 41
7.2.1General  p. 41
7.2.2Permission to access the network  p. 41
7.2.3Initiation of a TBF establishment  p. 41
7.2.3.1Initiation of the packet access procedure  p. 41
7.2.3.1.1General  p. 41
7.2.3.1.2Access persistence control on PRACH  p. 42
7.2.3.2Packet assignment procedure  p. 42
7.2.3.2.1On receipt of a PACKET CHANNEL REQUEST or EGPRS PACKET CHANNEL REQUEST message  p. 42
7.2.3.2.1.2Allocation of resource on SBPSCH(s)  p. 42
7.2.3.2.1.3Allocation of resource on DBPSCH(s)  p. 43
7.2.3.3Contention resolution at one phase access  p. 44
7.2.3.3.1Contention resolution at one phase access on SBPSCHs  p. 44
7.2.3.3.2Contention resolution at one phase access on DBPSCH  p. 45
7.2.3.4RLC/MAC procedures during contention resolution  p. 46
7.2.3.4.1RLC/MAC procedures during contention resolution on SBPSCHs  p. 46
7.2.3.4.2RLC/MAC procedures during contention resolution on DBPSCHs  p. 46
7.2.3.5One phase packet access completion  p. 47
7.2.3.5.1One phase packet access completion on SBPSCHs  p. 47
7.2.3.5.2One phase packet access completion on DBPSCHs  p. 47
7.2.3.6Timing Advance  p. 47
7.2.3.6.1Timing advance on SBPSCHs  p. 47
7.2.3.6.2Timing advance on DBPSCHs  p. 47
7.2.4TBF establishment using two phase access  p. 47
7.2.4.1Initiation of the Packet resource request procedure  p. 47
7.2.4.2Packet resource assignment for uplink procedure  p. 48
7.2.4.2.1Void  p. …
7.2.4.2.2On receipt of a PACKET RESOURCE REQUEST message  p. 48
7.2.4.3Contention resolution at two phase access  p. 48
7.2.4.4Two phase packet access completion  p. 49
7.2.4.5Timing Advance  p. 49
7.2.5Abnormal cases  p. 49
7.3TBF establishment initiated by the network on PCCCH  p. 50
7.3.1General  p. 50
7.3.2Entering the MAC-Shared state  p. 50
7.3.2.1General  p. 50
7.3.2.2Packet downlink assignment procedure  p. 50
7.3.2.2.1Packet downlink assignment procedure  p. 50
7.3.2.2.2HFN synchronization  p. 50
7.3.2.3Packet downlink assignment procedure completion  p. 50
7.3.2.4Packet polling procedure  p. 51
7.3.2.5Abnormal cases  p. 51
7.3.3Entering the MAC-Dedicated state  p. 51
7.3.3.1General  p. 51
7.3.3.2Packet DBPSCH assignment procedure  p. 51
7.3.3.3Packet DBPSCH assignment procedure completion  p. 52
7.3.3.4Packet polling procedure  p. 52
7.3.3.5Abnormal cases  p. 52
7.4Procedure for measurement report sending in MAC-Idle state  p. 52
7.4.1General  p. 52
7.4.2Measurement report sending procedure initiated on PCCCH  p. 52
7.4.2.1General  p. 52
7.4.2.2On receipt of a PACKET CHANNEL REQUEST message  p. 52
7.4.2.3On receipt of a PACKET UPLINK ASSIGNMENT message  p. 52
7.4.2.4On receipt of a PACKET ACCESS REJECT message  p. 53
7.4.2.5Abnormal cases  p. 53
7.5Cell Change Order procedures in MAC-Idle state  p. 53
7.5.1General  p. 53
7.6Measurement Order procedures in MAC-Idle state  p. 53
7.6.1General  p. 53
7.6.2Measurement Order procedures initiated on PCCCH  p. 54
8Medium Access Control (MAC) procedures on SBPSCH  p. 54
8.1General  p. 54
8.1aResource stealing (SFACCH)  p. 54
8.2Transfer of RLC data blocks  p. 55
8.2.1Medium access mode  p. 55
8.2.2Uplink RLC data block transfer  p. 55
8.2.2.0General  p. 55
8.2.2.0.1General  p. 55
8.2.2.0.2Establishment of additional uplink TBF(s)  p. 55
8.2.2.0.3Uplink resource reallocation / reconfiguration  p. 55
8.2.2.0.4Establishment of downlink TBF(s)  p. 56
8.2.2.1Dynamic Allocation uplink RLC data block transfer  p. 56
8.2.2.1.1PACCH operation  p. 56
8.2.2.1.2Resource Allocation / Reallocation for Uplink  p. 56
8.2.2.1.2.2On receipt of the PACKET RESOURCE REQUEST  p. 56
8.2.2.1.3Establishment of downlink TBF  p. 58
8.2.2.1.3.1General  p. 58
8.2.2.1.3.2Abnormal cases  p. 59
8.2.2.2Extended Dynamic Allocation uplink RLC data block transfer  p. 59
8.2.2.2.0General  p. 59
8.2.2.2.1Uplink PDCH Allocation  p. 59
8.2.2.2.2PACCH operation  p. 59
8.2.2.2.3Neighbour cell power measurements  p. 60
8.2.2.2.4Shifted USF operation  p. 60
8.2.2.3Exclusive Allocation uplink RLC data block transfer  p. 60
8.2.2.3.1Void  p. …
8.2.2.3.2Void  p. …
8.2.2.3.3Void  p. …
8.2.2.3.4Void  p. …
8.2.2.3.5Void  p. …
8.2.2.3.6Void  p. …
8.2.2.4Network initiated release of uplink TBF  p. 60
8.2.2.5Abnormal cases  p. 60
8.2.3Downlink RLC data block transfer  p. 60
8.2.3.1General  p. 60
8.2.3.1.0General  p. 60
8.2.3.1.1Downlink resource reallocation  p. 61
8.2.3.1.2Void  p. …
8.2.3.2Downlink RLC data block transfer procedure  p. 61
8.2.3.2.0General  p. 61
8.2.3.2.1Abnormal cases  p. 61
8.2.3.3Polling for Packet Downlink Ack/Nack  p. 63
8.2.3.4Resource Reassignment for downlink  p. 63
8.2.3.5Establishment of uplink TBF  p. 64
8.2.3.5.0General  p. 64
8.2.3.5.1Abnormal cases  p. 65
8.2.3.6Network initiated abnormal release of downlink TBF  p. 66
8.3Packet PDCH Release  p. 66
8.4Procedure for measurement report sending in MAC-Shared state  p. 66
8.5Network Controlled cell reselection procedures in MAC-Shared state  p. 66
8.6Measurement Order procedures in MAC-Shared state  p. 66
8.7PACKET CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  p. 66
8.8Abnormal cases  p. 66
8.8.1General  p. 66
8.8.2Abnormal release without retry  p. 66
8.8.3Abnormal release with access retry  p. 67
8.8.4Abnormal release with system information  p. 67
8.8.5Abnormal release of an Uplink TBF with access retry  p. 67
8.8.6Abnormal release of a Downlink TBF  p. 67
8.9Network Assisted Cell Change procedures in MAC-Shared state  p. 67
9Medium Access Control (MAC) procedures on DBPSCH  p. 68
9.1General  p. 68
9.2Transfer of RLC/MAC blocks  p. 68
9.2.0General  p. 68
9.2.1Dedicated allocation  p. 69
9.2.1.1General  p. 69
9.2.1.2Performance requirements for TCH and DCCH TBF modes  p. 69
9.2.1.3Performance requirements for UDCH and CDCH TBF modes |R6|  p. 70
9.2.2Transfer of RLC/MAC blocks on TCH  p. 71
9.2.3Transfer of RLC/MAC blocks on FACCH, SACCH and SDCCH  p. 71
9.2.4Transfer of RLC/MAC blocks on PDTCH and PACCH  p. 72
9.2.4.1General  p. 72
9.2.4.1.1Downlink transfer  p. 72
9.2.4.1.1.1General  p. 72
9.2.4.1.1.2Polling for Packet Downlink Ack/Nack  p. 72
9.2.4.1.2Uplink transfer  p. 73
9.2.4.1.2.1General  p. 73
9.2.4.1.2.2On receipt of a Packet Uplink Assignment message  p. 73
9.2.4.1.2.3Release of the USF  p. 74
9.2.4.2Scheduling an inactive TBF on a DBPSCH  p. 74
9.2.4.3Further USF handling  p. 75
9.2.5Transfer of RLC/MAC blocks on UDCH, CDCH and ADCH |R6|  p. 75
9.2.5.1General  p. 75
9.2.5.2Transport format combination (TFC) selection  p. 76
9.2.5.2.1General requirements  p. 76
9.2.5.2.2Downlink  p. 76
9.2.5.2.3Uplink  p. 76
9.2.5.3Polling for PACKET DBPSCH DOWNLINK ACK/NACK TYPE 2  p. 76
9.3PACKET CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  p. 76
9.3aHandover Access and Physical Information  p. 77
9.3a.1Handover Access  p. 77
9.3a.2Physical Information  p. 77
9.4Abnormal cases  p. 77
10Radio Link Control (RLC) procedures on PDTCH and PACCH  p. 78
10.1General  p. 78
10.2Procedures and parameters for peer-to-peer operation  p. 78
10.2.1Send state variable V(S)  p. 78
10.2.2Control send state variable V(CS)  p. 78
10.2.3Acknowledge state variable V(A)  p. 78
10.2.4Acknowledge state array V(B)  p. 78
10.2.5Block sequence number BSN  p. 78
10.2.6Receive state variable V(R)  p. 78
10.2.7Receive window state variable V(Q)  p. 78
10.2.8Receive state array V(N)  p. 78
10.2.9Starting sequence number (SSN) and received block bitmap (RBB)  p. 78
10.2.10Window Size  p. 78
10.2.10aRLC buffer  p. 78
10.2.11Compression  p. 79
10.2.12Segmentation of upper layer PDUs into RLC data units  p. 79
10.2.13Re-assembly of upper layer PDUs from RLC data units  p. 79
10.2.14Segmentation of RLC/MAC control messages into RLC/MAC control blocks  p. 79
10.2.15Re-assembly of RLC/MAC control messages from RLC/MAC control blocks  p. 79
10.3Operation during RLC/MAC control message transfer  p. 80
10.4Operation during RLC data block transfer  p. 80
10.4.1General  p. 80
10.4.2Countdown procedure  p. 80
10.4.3Delayed release of downlink Temporary Block Flow  p. 80
10.4.4Extended uplink TBF mode  p. 80
10.4.5Acknowledged mode operation  p. 80
10.4.5.1General  p. 80
10.4.5.2Additional functionality in acknowledged EGPRS TBF Mode  p. 80
10.4.5.3Establishment of Temporary Block Flow  p. 80
10.4.5.4Operation of uplink Temporary Block Flow  p. 80
10.4.5.5Release of uplink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.5.6Operation of downlink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.5.7Release of downlink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.6Unacknowledged mode operation  p. 81
10.4.6.1General  p. 81
10.4.6.2Establishment of Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.6.3Operation of uplink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.6.4Release of uplink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.6.5Operation of downlink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.4.6.6Release of downlink Temporary Block Flow  p. 81
10.5Abnormal release cases  p. 82
10.5.1Abnormal release with access retry  p. 82
10.5.2Abnormal release with cell reselection  p. 82
10.6Uplink TBF release in extended uplink TBF mode  p. 82
11Radio Link Control (RLC) procedures on TCH, FACCH, SACCH, SDCCH and CDCH  p. 83
11.1General  p. 83
11.2Procedures and parameters for peer-to-peer operation  p. 83
11.2.1Send state variable V(S)  p. 83
11.2.2Control send state variable V(CS)  p. 83
11.2.3Acknowledge state variable V(A)  p. 84
11.2.4Acknowledge state array V(B)  p. 84
11.2.5Block sequence number BSN  p. 84
11.2.5.1Block sequence number for TCH TBF mode  p. 84
11.2.5.2Block sequence numer for DCCH TBF mode and CDCH TBF mode  p. 84
11.2.6Reduced block sequence number RBSN  p. 84
11.2.7Receive state variable V(R)  p. 84
11.2.8Receive window state variable V(Q)  p. 85
11.2.9Receive state array V(N)  p. 85
11.2.10Starting sequence number (SSN) and received block bitmap (RBB)  p. 85
11.2.11Window Size  p. 85
11.2.11.1TCH  p. 85
11.2.11.2FACCH, SACCH, SDCCH and CDCH  p. 86
11.2.11aRLC buffer  p. 86
11.2.12Segmentation of upper layer PDUs into RLC data units  p. 86
11.2.13Re-assembly of upper layer PDUs from RLC data units  p. 86
11.2.14Segmentation of RLC/MAC control messages into RLC/MAC control blocks  p. 86
11.2.15Re-assembly of RLC/MAC control messages from RLC/MAC control blocks  p. 86
11.3Operation during RLC/MAC control message transfer  p. 87
11.4Operation during RLC data block transfer  p. 87
11.4.1General  p. 87
11.4.2Acknowledged mode operation  p. 88
11.4.2.1General  p. 88
11.4.2.2On TCH  p. 88
11.4.2.2.1General  p. 88
11.4.2.2.2Uplink  p. 88
11.4.2.2.3Downlink  p. 88
11.4.2.3On FACCH, SACCH, SDCCH or CDCH  p. 89
11.4.2.3.1General  p. 89
11.4.2.3.2Uplink  p. 89
11.4.2.3.3Downlink  p. 89
11.4.3Unacknowledged mode operation  p. 90
11.4.3.1General  p. 90
11.4.3.2On TCH  p. 90
11.4.3.2.1Uplink  p. 90
11.4.3.2.2Void  p. …
11.4.3.3On FACCH, SACCH, SDCCH or CDCH  p. 90
11.4.3.3.1Uplink  p. 90
11.4.3.3.2Downlink  p. 90
11.4.4Transparent mode operation (TCH TBF mode only)  p. 90
11aRadio Link Control (RLC) procedures for FLO on UDCH, ADCH |R6|  p. 91
11a.1General  p. 91
11a.2Procedures and parameters for peer-to-peer operation  p. 91
11a.2.1Send state variable V(S)  p. 91
11a.2.2Control send state variable V(CS)  p. 91
11a.2.3Acknowledge state variable V(A)  p. 91
11a.2.4Acknowledge state array V(B)  p. 91
11a.2.5Block sequence number BSN  p. 91
11a.2.6Reduced block sequence number RBSN  p. 91
11a.2.7Receive state variable V(R)  p. 91
11a.2.8Receive window state variable V(Q)  p. 92
11a.2.9Receive state array V(N)  p. 92
11a.2.10Starting sequence number (SSN) and received block bitmap (RBB)  p. 92
11a.2.10.1General  p. 92
11a.2.10.2Polling  p. 92
11a.2.10.3Determination of SSN and generation of the reported bitmap  p. 92
11a.2.10.4Interpretation of the bitmap  p. 93
11a.2.11Window Size  p. 94
11a.2.11aRLC buffer  p. 94
11a.2.12Segmentation of upper layer PDUs into RLC data units  p. 94
11a.2.13Re-assembly of upper layer PDUs from RLC data units  p. 94
11a.2.14Segmentation of RLC/MAC control messages into RLC/MAC control blocks  p. 94
11a.2.15Re-assembly of RLC/MAC control messages from RLC/MAC control blocks  p. 94
11a.3Operation during RLC/MAC control message transfer  p. 95
11a.4Operation during RLC data block transfer  p. 95
11a.4.1General  p. 95
11a.4.2Acknowledged mode operation  p. 96
11a.4.2.1General  p. 96
11a.4.2.2Uplink  p. 96
11a.4.2.3Downlink  p. 96
11a.4.3Unacknowledged mode operation  p. 97
11a.4.3.1General  p. 97
11a.4.3.2Uplink  p. 97
11a.4.3.3.2Downlink  p. 97
11a.4.4Transparent mode operation  p. 97
12RLC/MAC block structure  p. 97
12.1RLC/MAC block structure  p. 97
12.2RLC/MAC block format conventions  p. 97
12.3Spare bits  p. 97
12.4GPRS RLC data blocks (PDTCH)  p. 97
12.4.1Downlink RLC data block  p. 97
12.4.2Uplink RLC data block  p. 98
12.5RLC/MAC control blocks (PACCH)  p. 98
12.6EGPRS RLC data blocks and RLC/MAC headers (PDTCH)  p. 99
12.6.1General  p. 99
12.6.2EGPRS downlink RLC data block  p. 99
12.6.3EGPRS uplink RLC data block  p. 99
12.6.4EGPRS downlink RLC/MAC header  p. 99
12.6.5EGPRS uplink RLC/MAC header  p. 99
12.7RLC/MAC block formats on FACCH, SACCH, SDCCH and CDCH  p. 100
12.7.1RLC/MAC block  p. 100
12.7.2Downlink RLC/MAC block for data transfer  p. 100
12.7.3Uplink RLC/MAC block for data transfer  p. 101
12.7.4RLC/MAC block for control message transfer  p. 101
12.8RLC/MAC block format on TCH (NT-RLC)  p. 101
12.8.1RLC/MAC block  p. 101
12.8.1.1General  p. 101
12.8.1.2RLC/MAC block for E-TCH/F28.8 coding scheme  p. 102
12.8.1.3RLC/MAC block for E-TCH/F32.0 coding scheme  p. 102
12.8.1.4RLC/MAC block for E-TCH/F43.2 coding scheme  p. 102
12.8.2Downlink RLC/MAC block for data transfer  p. 103
12.8.3Uplink RLC/MAC block for data transfer  p. 103
12.8.4RLC/MAC block for control message transfer  p. 103
12.8aRLC/MAC block for control message transfer on ADCH |R6|  p. 103
12.8a.1Downlink RLC/MAC control block format  p. 103
12.8a.2Uplink RLC/MAC control block format  p. 104
12.8bRLC/MAC blocks for URB data transfer on UDCH |R6|  p. 104
12.8b.1Downlink RLC/MAC block for data transfer  p. 104
12.8b.1.1RLC unacknowledged mode  p. 104
12.8b.1.2RLC acknowledged mode  p. 104
12.8b.1.3RLC transparent mode  p. 105
12.8b.2Uplink RLC/MAC block for data transfer  p. 105
12.8b.2.1RLC unacknowledged mode  p. 105
12.8b.2.2RLC acknowledged mode  p. 105
12.8b.2.3RLC transparent mode  p. 105
12.9Header fields  p. 106
12.9.1General  p. 106
12.9.2Payload Type (PT) field  p. 106
12.9.3Polling (P) bit  p. 106
12.9.4Reduced Radio Bearer identity (RRBid) field  p. 106
12.9.5More (M) bit and Extension (E) bit  p. 107
12.9.6Extension bis (Ebis) bit  p. 107
12.9.7Stall Indicator (SI) bit  p. 107
12.9.8Ack Indicator (AI) field  p. 107
12.9.9Ack/Nack Description field  p. 108
12.9.10G-RNTI indicator (GI) bit  p. 108
12.9.11Segmentation (S) bit  p. 108
12.9.12Reduced Block Sequence Number (RBSN) bit  p. 108
12.9.13Void  p. …
12.9.14Radio Transaction Identifier (RTI) field  p. 109
12.9.15Block Sequence Number (BSN) field  p. 109
12.9.16Radio Bearer Identity (RB Id) field  p. 109
12.9.17Signalling Radio Bearer Identity (SRB Id) field  p. 109
12.9.18GERAN Radio Network Temporary Identity Extension (G-RNTI Extension) field  p. 109
12.9.19Length Indicator (LI) field  p. 109
12.9.20PFI Indicator (PI) field  p. 110
12.9.21HFN Least Significant Bit (HFN_LSB) field  p. 110
13Ciphering  p. 111
13.1General  p. 111
13.2Applicability of ciphering  p. 111
13.3Ciphering at RLC sublayer  p. 111
13.3.1General  p. 111
13.3.2Parameter settings  p. 111
13.3.2.1Input parameters to the ciphering algorithm  p. 111
13.3.2.2Handling of the HFN  p. 112
13.3.3Ciphering of RLC PDUs in non-transparent RLC mode  p. 112
13.4Ciphering at MAC sublayer  p. 113
13.4.1General  p. 113
13.4.2Parameter settings  p. 113
13.4.2.1Input parameters to the ciphering algorithm  p. 113
13.4.2.2Handling of the HFN  p. 114
13.4.2.2.1Ciphering in transparent RLC mode  p. 114
13.4.2.2.2Ciphering of RLC/MAC control messages  p. 115
13.4.3Ciphering of RLC/MAC control messages  p. 115
13.4.4Ciphering of RLC PDUs in transparent RLC mode  p. 116
14RLC suspension, stop and re-establishment procedures  p. 116
14.1General  p. 116
14.2Local suspend/resume function (NT-RLC)  p. 116
14.3Stop/continue function (NT-RLC)  p. 117
14.4RLC re-establishment function (NT-RLC)  p. 118
$Change History  p. 119

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