Connection establishment

Location

RR Connection Establishment

Timer at MS

T3120 (pg 24
RACH)

Timer at MS
Timer at MS

T3126
T3122

Tx- integer

Timer Starts

maxretrans
Ch_request abort timer

on sending the Ch-request(access burst)

Wait indication timer

on reciept of Imm_assign_Reject from

BSS

on expiry of last ch-request ms sent

Assignment to TCH
Cell Timer
BSC timer
BTS timer
BTS timer

rr_t3101

Main signalling establishmeWhen Imm_assign sent on AGCH.

assign_successfu pg 79 (BSS
l
timers)
Queueing Timer
bssmap_T11
bssmap_T10

on initiate assignment to BTS

on all TCH got full with no TCH available

for assignment.
BTS assignment Timer (in on TCH assignment command to MS
call setup or Intra cell HO)

Timers in Handover
Target BTS
BSC
monitors

at target bts after allocating TCH for HO

req from BSC
at BSC when initiate HO cmd is
transmitted to BTS from BSC

ho_complete
rr_t3103

Source BTS

at BTS when HO Command is

transmitted to MS from BTS

bssmap_T8

rr_t3105
rr_ny_rep
Source BSC
Source BTS
BSC

Only in InterBSC
handover_recogn Handover
Only in Interized_period
BSC
Handover
In Intra-BSC,
& intracell
ho_allocation
HO
bssmap_T7

page 88
(BSS
Timers)
page
104(BSS
Timers)

when physical information from T bts is

sent to MS
no of times the phy info sent to MS
Starts when S_BSC sends ho_rqrd
message to MSC

Starts at BSC when HO request is

forwarded to T_cell

BTS
BTS
BTS
BTS

rr_t3109
rr_3111
rf_ch_release

Deactivate associated SACCH

when 1st DISC is received to BSS from
MS

Timer Stops
on receiving the Imme_Assign
or reject msg
on expiry stops the ch
request procedure is aborted
till timer gets expired. Till that 10 Sec in MOTO
o RACH can be established

on SABM establisment
Indication from MS
on successful assignment
on expiry of T11,
"clr_req_to_msc" sent
on successful TCH
assignment from MS

stops on ho complete from

MS to Target Cell
Stops on HO success from
target BTS or HO fail from
source BTS
stops on BSC clears the
S_channel on successful Ho
or when the HO fail message
is received at source.
Stops when SABM is received

Stops on receiving the

successful MSC approval

Stops on successful HO
allocation at Target

assign_successful must be greater than sum of T10 &

T11