REV-090004

LTE-Advanced Radio Layer 2 and RRC aspects

Magnus Lindstrm, Ericsson 3GPP TSG-RAN WG2

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Outline
EUTRAoverview
LTEAdvancedfeatures EUTRANarchitecture Userplaneprotocolstack Controlplaneprotocolstack

Controlplane
Systeminformation Connectioncontrol RRCstatemodel IDLEmodemobility CONNECTEDmodemobility RadioLinkFailurehandling RandomAccess Priorityaccess

Userplane
Reliabletransport Uplanedataflow Scheduling DRX Security

Performance
Uplanelatency Cplanelatency HOinterruption
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LTEAdvancedfeatures
LTEAdvancedsupports:
Reliable,highrate,highcapacityandlowlatencydatatransfer
suitableforawiderangeofservices

Mobility
seamlessandlossless(usingpacketforwarding) optimizedforlowmobilespeedfrom0to15km/h highermobilespeedbetween15and120km/halsosupportedwithhighperformance mobilityacrossthecellularnetworkcanbemaintainedatspeeds from120km/hto350km/h (orevenupto500km/hdependingonthefrequencyband)

Relays
toimprovee.g.thecoverageofhighdatarates,temporarynetworkdeployment,celledge throughputand/ortoprovidecoverageinnewareas relaynodewirelesslyconnectedtodonorcellofdonoreNB

Carrierandspectrumaggregation
tosupportwidertransmissionbandwidthsupto100MHzandspectrumaggregation aggregationofbothcontiguousandnoncontiguouscomponentcarriersissupported

CoordinatedMultiPointtransmissionandreception
toimprovethecoverageofhighdatarates,thecelledgethroughputand/ortoincrease systemthroughput

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LTEAdvancedfeatures (contd)
LTEAdvancedfurthersupports:
EmergencyCalls
Provisioningofemergencycallservicetouserequipmentinboth normalservice mode(authenticated)andlimitedservicemode(unauthenticated)

Positioning
UElocationdeterminationthroughuserplaneandcontrolplanebasedsolutions; e.g.,AGNSS,OTDOA,celllevelgranularitylocationreporting

Publicwarningsystems(PWS)
Provisioningoftimelyandaccuratealerts,warningsandcriticalinformation regardingdisastersandotheremergenciesthroughEarthquakeandTsunami WarningSystem(ETWS)andCommercialMobileAlertSystem(CMAS)

HomeeNB (HeNB)
ProvisioningofLTEservicethroughcustomerpremisesequipmentusingoperators licenced spectrum

MultimediaBroadcast/MulticastService(MBMS)
MulticellbroadcastofmultimediaservicesthroughefficientSingleFrequency Network(SFN)modeofoperation

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EUTRANarchitecture
External IP networks (internet, corporate networks, operator services)

P-GW(s)
Non-Access Stratum (NAS)

MME NAS

S-GW

S-GW(s) MME
EPC E-UTRAN
S1-MME S1-U

IP Transport Network

eNodeB RRC
eNodeB
Cells Cells X2

eNodeB

Access Stratum (AS)

PDCP RLC MAC PHY

Control Plane User Plane
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Relay Node
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TS 36.323 HeadercompressionusingtheRoHC protocol; InsequencedeliveryandretransmissionofPDCP SDUs forAMRadioBearersathandover; Duplicatedetection; Ciphering; Integrityprotection. TS 36.322 RLC(RadioLinkControl)

PDCP(PacketDataConvergenceProtocol)

TransferofupperlayerPDUs supportingAM,UM andTMdatatransfer; ErrorCorrectionthroughARQ; SegmentationaccordingtothesizeoftheTB; ResegmentationofPDUs thatneedtobe retransmitted; ConcatenationofSDUs forthesameradiobearer; Protocolerrordetectionandrecovery; Insequencedelivery Multiplexing/demultiplexingofRLCPDUs SchedulingInformationreporting; ErrorcorrectionthroughHARQ; LogicalChannelPrioritisation; Padding; ) for U-plane TS 36.321

MAC(MediaAccessControl)

) for C-plane
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ChannelMapping
TransportChannels:
PCH:PagingCh. BCH:BroadcastCh. MCH:MulticastCh. DLSCH:DownlinkSharedCh. ULSCH:UplinkSharedCh.

Logicalchannels:

Downlink Logical channels

PCCH:PagingControlCh. BCCH:BroadcastControlCh. CCCH:CommonControlCh. DCCH:DedicatedControlCh. DTCH:DedicatedTrafficCh. MCCH:MulticastControlCh. MTCH:MulticastTrafficCh.

CCCH DCCH DTCH

PCCH

BCCH

CCCH

DCCH

DTCH

MCCH

MTCH

Uplink Logical channels

PCH

BCH

DL-SCH

MCH

Downlink Transport channels

RACH UL-SCH

Uplink Transport channels

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Controlplaneprotocolstack
RLCandMACsublayers performthesame functionsasfortheuserplane. PDCPsublayer performscipheringand integrityprotection. RRC(RadioResourceControl) protocolperforms:

TS 36.331

BroadcastofSystemInformationrelated toNASandAS; Establishment,maintenanceandrelease ofRRCconnection; Establishment,configuration, maintenanceandreleaseofSignallingand DataRadioBearers(SRBs andDRBs); Securityfunctionsincludingkey management; Mobilityfunctionsincluding,e.g.:
ControlofUEcellselection/reselection; Paging;UEmeasurementconfigurationand reporting;Handover;

QoS managementfunctions; UEmeasurementreportingandcontrolof thereporting; NotificationforETWS,CMASandMBMS; NASdirectmessagetransferbetweenUE andNAS.

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Userplane
EUTRAoverview
LTEAdvancedfeatures EUTRANarchitecture Userplaneprotocolstack Controlplaneprotocolstack

Controlplane
Systeminformation Connectioncontrol RRCstatemodel IDLEmodemobility CONNECTEDmodemobility RadioLinkFailurehandling RandomAccess Priorityaccess

Userplane
Reliabletransport Uplanedataflow Scheduling DRX Security

Performance
Uplanelatency Cplanelatency HOinterruption
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Reliabletransport Retransmissionprotocols
L1applies24bitCRCprotectiontotransportblocks(MACPDUs)
ErroneoustransportblocksarediscardedonL1

HybridARQprotocolinMACcomplementedbyARQprotocolinRLC for highreliabilityandradioefficiency

HARQfeedbacksentonL1/L2controlchannel
Single,uncoded bit(lowoverhead) Sentforeachscheduledsubframe (fast) Retransmissionsaresoftcombinedwithpreviousattempt(efficient)

ARQstatusreportsentasMACdata
protectedbyCRCandHARQretransmissions RLCStatusissentondemand(poll,timer,gapdetection)

BothHARQandARQprotocolsterminatedintheeNB
fasthandlingofresidualHARQerrors

Ensureslowlatencyandhighreliability
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) RLC AM (Acknowledged Mode) only. No retransmissions in RLC UM (Unacknowledged mode).

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Reliabletransport Losslessandinsequencedelivery
Losslessandinsequencedeliveryofdataprovidedby:
RLCretransmission(ARQ)andreorderingfunctionsfornormaloperation (basedonRLCSNs) PDCPforwarding,retransmissionandreorderingfunctionsforhandovercases (basedonPDCPSNs)
ForRLCAMdataradiobearersonly PDCPSNs aremaintainedacrosshandovers Lowerlayers(RLC/MAC)arereset
RLC SDU n RLC SDU n+1 RLC SDU n+2 RLC SDU n+3

RLC header RLC PDU

RLC header

DuplicatedetectionprovidedbyPDCP

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DuplicatesmaydisturbTCPperformance DetectsandremovesduplicatesbasedonPDCPSequenceNumbers(SNs)
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UserPlanedataflow(downlink)
IP
H IP PDU Radio Bearer 1 IP Payload H IP PDU Radio Bearer 1 IP Payload H
IP PDU Radio Bearer 2

IP Payload

PDCP
(Header Compression & Ciphering) PDCP header H H PDCP header H PDCP header

PDCP SDU

PDCP SDU

PDCP SDU

RLC
(segmentation & concatenation) RLC header RLC PDU RLC SDU RLC SDU RLC SDU

Concatenation
RLC header RLC PDU MAC SDU

Segmentation
RLC header RLC PDU MAC header MAC SDU MAC PDU

MAC
(multiplex.)

MAC header

MAC SDU

Multiplexing PHY
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CRC

Transport Block

CRC

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Scheduling
SchedulerresidingineNB withobjectiveof:
Fulfillingof"QoS Contracts; Maximising cellthroughput; ProvidingFairness,

basedonmeasurements,schedulinginformationandQoS parameters. SchedulingInformationfromUE,e.g.:

ChannelQualityIndication;BufferStatusReport; PowerHeadroomReport;Uplink Sounding.

QoS frameworkwithperbearergranularity
BearersassociatedwithseveralQoS parameters,e.g.:
QoS ClassIdentifier(QCI);GuaranteedBitRate(GBR);AllocationandRetentionPriority(ARP); LogicalChannelPriority;PrioritisedBitRate(PBR);AggregateMaximumBitrate (AMBR).

Supportswiderangeofservices,e.g.:
Basicconversationalserviceclass,richconversationalserviceclassandconversationallow delayserviceclass; Alsointeractivehighdelay,interactivelowdelay,streaminglive,streamingnonliveand background.

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Scheduling Dynamic&SemiPersistent&TTIBundling
SchedulingdecisionsdynamicallysignaledonL1L2controlchannelPDCCH
1msTransmissionTimeInterval(TTI)forDLSCHandULSCH PDCCHprovidesphysicalresourceallocation,ModulationandCodingscheme,NewDataindicator, TransportBlocksize,Redundancyversion,HARQProcessID DL:adaptiveHARQ
All(re)transmissionsareindicatedonPDCCH SynchronousHARQfeedback,asynchronousretransmissions FirsttransmissionindicatedonPDCCH RetransmissionscanbeindicatedonPDCCHorbederivedfromprevioustransmissionparametersandHARQ feedback SynchronousHARQfeedback,synchronousretransmissions

UL:adaptiveandnonadaptiveHARQ

SemiPersistentScheduling(SPS)
ReducedL1/L2controlsignallingfortrafficwithperiodictransmissions
UL/DLresourcesconfiguredtooccuratspecificinterval Onlyfirstassignment/grantneedtobesignalled Subsequenttransmissionsusethesameresourcesasthefirsttransmission Canbedeactivatedwithaspecialassignment/grant

TTIBundling
Improvedcoverageatlowerdelay

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UEperformsmultipleHARQtransmissionattemptsinconsecutiveTTIs beforereceivingHARQfeedback LessHARQsignalling reducesriskofHARQfailure

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UEbatteryefficiency DiscontinuousReception DRX

ConfigurableSleepModeforUEs receiverchain PeriodicrepetitionofanOnDuration followedbyapossibleperiodofinactivity

Activetime definesperiodsofmandatoryactivity:
InconfiguredOnDuration(e.g.2msper20ms); Whilereceivingassignmentsorgrantsfornewdata; (anInactivityTimeris(re)startedandtheUEispreparedtobescheduledcontinuously); WhenexpectingaretransmissionofaDownlinkHARQtransmission(oneHARQRTTafterreceiving anunsuccessfulDLtransmission); WhenexpectingHARQfeedbackforanUplinkHARQtransmission; AftertransmittingaSchedulingRequest.

TwolevelDRXscheme

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LongDRXforverypowerefficientoperationduringperiodsoflowactivity ShortDRXforlowlatencyduringperiodsofmoreactivity autonomoustransitionsbetweenstates

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Security CipheringandIntegrityProtection
ASsecurityfunctionsprovidedbyPDCPcontrolledby RRC
Alwaysactivatedearly Oncestarted,alwayson BasedonSNOW3GandAESalgorithms Keyschangedathandover;backwardandforwardsecurity Countersplitintwopartsforhighradioefficiency:
HyperFrameNumber(HFN):maintainedlocally SequenceNumber(SN):signalled overtheair

Packets not associated to a PDCP SDU

Integrityprotection
forCplaneradiobearers(Signalling RadioBearers) 32bitMessageAuthenticationCode(MACI) MACIplacedatendofPDU

Ciphering(confidentialityprotection)
forCplaneradiobearers(Signalling RadioBearers) forUplaneradiobearers(DataRadioBearers) PDCPControlPDUs (RoHC feedbackandPDCPstatus reports)notciphered

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Controlplane
EUTRAoverview
LTEAdvancedfeatures EUTRANarchitecture Userplaneprotocolstack Controlplaneprotocolstack

Controlplane
Systeminformation Connectioncontrol RRCstatemodel IDLEmodemobility CONNECTEDmodemobility RadioLinkFailurehandling RandomAccess Priorityaccess

Userplane
Reliabletransport Uplanedataflow Scheduling DRX Security

Performance
Uplanelatency Cplanelatency HOinterruption
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SystemInformation
SystemInformationisprovidedbyRRC,structuredinMIBandSIBs MIB transmittedinfixedlocation
IncludesparametersessentialtofindSIB1scheduledonDLSCH(e.g.,DL bandwidthandSystemFrameNumber)

SIB1 scheduledinthefrequencydomain(fixedtiming)onDLSCH
ContainsinformationrelevantwhenevaluatingifaUEisallowed toaccessa cellanddefinestheschedulingofothersysteminformation

OtherSIBs aremultiplexedinSystemInformationMessages
ScheduledintimeandfrequencydomainsasdefinedbySIB1 SIB2
containsresourceconfigurationinformationthatiscommonforallUEs;needed beforeaccessingacell

SIB3,SIB4,...
othersysteminformationgroupedaccordingtofunctionality

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ConnectionManagement
Connection/sessionmanagementisperformedby:
theRRCprotocolbetweentheUEandEUTRAN theNASprotocolbetweentheUEandCN

TheNASprotocolperformse.g.:
authentication,registration,bearercontextactivation/deactivation andlocationregistrationmanagement

RRCmessagesareusede.g.,to:
establishconnection,configuretheradiobearersandtheir correspondingattributes,andtocontrolmobility

TheRRCprotocolhastwostates:
RRC_IDLEandRRC_CONNECTED

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MobilityandRRCStateModels
RRC_IDLE RRC_CONNECTED
Dormant Active

IDLE:
UEknowninEPCandhasIP address; UEnotknowninEUTRAN/eNB; UElocationknownonTracking Arealevel; Unicast datatransfernot possible; UEreachedbypagingintracking areascontrolledbyEPC; UEbasedcellselectionand trackingareaupdatetoEPC.
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CONNECTED:
UEknowninEPCandE UTRAN/eNB;context ineNB; UElocationknownoncelllevel; Unicast datatransferpossible; DRXsupportedforpowersaving; Mobilityiscontrolledbythe network.

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IdleModeMobility
TA list 1
-TA1 -TA2 -TA3 MME

UEknownon TrackingArea(TA) level

TA1

TA2

Page in TA1, TA2, TA3

TA3

TA4

UEreachedby paginginTAs
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IdleModeMobility
TA list 1
-TA1 -TA2 -TA3

TA list 2
-TA2 -TA3 -TA4 MME

1area(3inWCDMA)
Trackingarea,TA
TA1 TA2

TA Update request

TA Update

TA3

TA4

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ConnectedStateMobility
MME S-GW SourceeNodeB configuresUE measurementsand reporting SourceeNB receives UEmeasurement report

X2

eNode B
Measurement Reports

eNode B

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ConnectedStateMobility
MME S-GW HOrequestfrom sourcenode Admissioncontrol HOAck fromtarget node

HO Request

eNode B

HO Request ACK

eNode B

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ConnectedStateMobility
MME S-GW HOCommandfrom sourcenode

eNode B

HO Command

eNode B

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ConnectedStateMobility
MME S-GW Dataforwarding initiated

Data Forwarding

eNode B

eNode B

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ConnectedStateMobility
MME S-GW Handoverconfirmto targetnode

eNode B

eNode B
HO confirm

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ConnectedStateMobility
MME S-GW RequestEPCtoswitch datapath SGWswitchesdata path HOcompleted

eNode B

eNode B

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RadioLinkFailurehandling

1st phase:
Layer1monitorsdownlinkqualityandindicatesproblemstoRRC
RRCfiltersL1indicationsandstartsatimer ifnorecoverywithin1st phase,triggers2nd phase

Layer2monitorsrandomaccessattemptsandindicatesproblemstoRRC
RRCtriggers2nd phase

2nd phase RadioLinkFailure(RLF):

PossiblerecoverythroughanRRCConnectionReestablishmentprocedure
reestablishmentmaybeperformedinanycelltowhichtheUEs contextismadeavailable

Ifnorecoverywithin2nd phase,UEgoesautonomouslytoIDLE

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RandomAccessprocedure
Fourstepprocedureto
establishuplinksynchronization obtainULSCHresources obtainidentity(CRNTI)
UE eNB

RA Preamble

1. PreambletransmissiononPRACH
TimingestimationateNodeB

2. Randomaccessresponse
TimingAdvancecommand ULSCHresourceassignmentforstep3 TemporaryCRNTI

RA Response (Timing Advance, UL grant, etc.)

3. Contentionresolution
transmitterminalidentity alsootherdata

RA Message 3 (UE Identity, BSR, etc.)

4. Contentionresolution
Echoterminalidentityfromstep3 alsoothersignaling/data

RA Contention Resolution (UL grant, DL assignment)

Alsosupportforcontentionfreerandom accessprocedure onlystep1and2 used

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Priorityaccess
Accessclassesusedtodifferentiateadmittanceinaccessing acell
UEassociatedtoanaccessclassfornormaluse UEmayalsobelongtoanaccessclassinthespecialcategories, e.g., PLMNstaff,socialsecurityservices,governmentofficials

Accessclassbarring
Accessloadcanbecontrolledbyuseofaccessbarring Fornormaluse,accessbarringrateandbarringtimecouldbe broadcastincaseofcongestion Forthespecialcategories,1bitbarringstatuscouldbebroadcast foreachaccessclass Barringparameterscouldbeconfiguredindependentlyformobile originatingdataandmobileoriginatingsignalingattempts Foremergencycalls,aseparate1bitbarringstatusisindicated
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Performance
EUTRAoverview
LTEAdvancedfeatures EUTRANarchitecture Userplaneprotocolstack Controlplaneprotocolstack

Controlplane
Systeminformation Connectioncontrol RRCstatemodel IDLEmodemobility CONNECTEDmodemobility RadioLinkFailurehandling RandomAccess Priorityaccess

Userplane
Reliabletransport Uplanedataflow Scheduling DRX Security

Performance
Uplanelatency Cplanelatency HOinterruption
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Userplanelatency
UE
TTI 1 ms

eNB

Userplanelatency(FDDRIT)
4mswhenHARQretransmission isnotneeded
FDD RIT

1.5 ms

1.5 ms

HARQ RTT 8 ms

1.5 ms

1 ms

1.5 ms

UE

TTI 1 ms

eNB

Userplanelatency(TDDRIT)
DependsonUL/DLconfiguration andonwhetherULorDL transmission 4.9mspossibleforuplinkand downlinkjointlywhenHARQ retransmissionisnotneeded
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1.5ms

1ms+ t FA

TDD RIT

HARQ RTT

1ms+ t FA

1 ms

1.5ms

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Controlplanelatency IDLE CONNECTED

LTE Advanced Step 1 2 3-4 Description Average delay due to RACH scheduling period (1ms RACH cycle) RACH Preamble Preamble detection and transmission of RA response (Time between the end RACH transmission and UEs reception of scheduling grant and timing adjustment) UE Processing Delay (decoding of scheduling grant, timing alignment and C-RNTI assignment + L1 encoding of RRC Connection Request) Transmission of RRC and NAS Request Processing delay in eNB (L2 and RRC) Transmission of RRC Connection Set-up (and UL grant) Processing delay in the UE (L2 and RRC) Transmission of RRC Connection Set-up complete Processing delay in eNB (Uu S1-C) S1-C Transfer delay MME Processing Delay (including UE context retrieval of 10ms) S1-C Transfer delay Processing delay in eNB (S1-C Uu) Transmission of RRC Security Mode Command and Connection Reconfiguration (+TTI alignment) Processing delay in UE (L2 and RRC) Total delay 4 1.5 16 50 Time [ms] 0.5 1 3

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

1 4 1 12 1

NOTE: LTERel8supportsIDLE CONNECTEDlatency ofaround80msand, hence,alreadymeetstheITUrequirementonCplanelatencyfor IDLE CONNECTED transition

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Controlplanelatency Dormant

Active

Uplinkinitiatedtransitionfromdormantstate(DRXsubstate)toactivestate(non DRXsubstate)forsynchronised UE;includingfirstuplinkdatatransmission.

LTE Advanced Step Description Time [ms]

1 2 3

Average delay to next SR opportunity (1ms PUCCH cycle) UE sends Scheduling Request eNB decodes Scheduling Request and generates the Scheduling Grant (+ delay for nearest DL subframe) Transmission of Scheduling Grant UE Processing Delay (decoding of scheduling grant + L1 encoding of UL data) Transmission of UL data Total delay

0.5 1 3

4 5 6

1 3 1 9.5

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Handoverinterruption
IntraLTEintereNB handover Targetcellalreadyidentifiedand measuredbytheUE
Fastradiosynchronisation totarget aidedbypreviousmeasurement
Processing UE Source Target

HO Preparation

HO Command Data Forwarding

1. Radio Synch

Dataforwardinginitiatedbefore radiosynchronisation totargetcell andbackhaulfasterthanradio

Forwardeddataavailableintarget whenUEisreadytoreceive Dataforwardingdoesnotaffect overalldelay

2. RACH Waiting interruption 3. Preamble 4. Processing 5. Grant 6. Processing 7. Data

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Handoverinterruption (contd)
UE Source Target HO Preparation

LTE Advanced Step

Data Forwarding

HO Command Processing

Description Radio Synchronisation to the target cell Average delay due to RACH scheduling period (1ms periodicity) RACH Preamble Preamble detection and transmission of RA response (Time between the end RACH transmission and UEs reception of scheduling grant and timing adjustment) Decoding of scheduling grant and timing alignment Transmission of DL Datta Total delay

Time [ms] 1 0.5

1 2

1. Radio Synch

3 4-5

1 5

2. RACH Waiting interruption 3. Preamble 4. Processing 5. Grant 6. Processing 7. Data

6 7

2 1 10.5

Note: This delay does not depend on the frequency of the target in the typical case where the cell has already been measured by the UE

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References
TR36.912: TS36.300: TS36.304: TS36.321: TS36.322: TS36.323: TS36.331: FeasibilitystudyforFurtherAdvancementsforEUTRA (LTEAdvanced) EUTRAandEUTRANOveralldescription EUTRAUserEquipment(UE)proceduresinidlemode EUTRAMediumAccessControl(MAC)protocol specification EUTRARadioLinkControl(RLC)protocolspecification EUTRAPacketDataConvergenceProtocol(PDCP) specification EUTRARadioResourceControl(RRC)Protocol specification

Latestversionsofthesespecificationscanbeacquiredfrom: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/htmlinfo/36series.htm

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