Radio Resource Management

Connection Set-up

Technische Universität Berlin

WS 03/04
VL UMTS Networks
Selcuk Bulat
RRC Connection Set-up

In which cases rrccs is

requested
What is rrccs is doing?
What entities are involved?
About the information
Signalling
Protocols
Connection set-up is requested in
cases of ...
† Originating conversational call
† Originating streaming call
† Originating interactive call
† Originating background call
† Terminating conversational call
† Terminating streaming call
† Terminating interactive call
† Terminating background call
† Emergency call
† High priority signalling
† Low priority signalling
† Call re-establishment
What is RRC connection set-up is
doing?
† Illustrates the principle of how the
radio connection between the UE and
the RNC is established over the Uu
interface and the access domain
internal interface Iub.
† To participate in the processing of the
end-to-end connection set-up and
release
† To manage and maintain the
elemenet of the end-to-end
connection, which is located in the
radio access sub network
Connection Establishment
† Connection Request (UE)
† Connection Set-up (RAN)
† Connection Set-up Complete (UE)
RRC Connection Request
† Contains the UE identity (IMSI, TMSI,etc
and establishment cause
† Establishment cause can be
Conversational, Streaming, Interactive or
background call
Emergency call
Registration
Timer T300 is started, stopped after Setup
message, else counter V300 is increased
Transferred information
† Terminal and subscriber identity
† From UE to the network
„ IMSI
„ TMSI
„ IMEI
„ location area identity
„ routing area identity

„ Must contain value of messages that contained

and inserted
Reception of connection request
message by the UTRAN
Utran
Transmits an RRC Connection Set-up
message on the downlink CCCH or
Transmits an RRC Connection Reject
message on the downlink CCCH and
on the UTRAN side the procedure
ends, all the context information is
deleted in UTRAN
Reception of Connection Set-up
message by the UE
UE compares the IE values
if the values are identical stops time
T300
then transmits an connection set-up
complete message on the uplink
DCCH
if the values are different the Ue
ignores the rest of the message
Initiation
† The non-access stratum in the UE may request the
establishment of at most one RRC connection per UE
† The UE shall transmit an RRC Connection Request message on
the uplink CCCH
† The UE shall set the IE „establishment cause“ according to
indications from the non-access stratum or according to the
paging cause received from the PAGING TYPE 1 message
† The UE shall set the IE „initial UE Identity“
† The UE shall indicate ist capability in the IE „initial Ue
capability“.
Signalling flows
† Like fig 63 in 23060
† Or page 30 (4sayfalik)
Involved entities
† UE
† CCCH
† RACH
† IDLE
† FACH
† IMSI
† TMSI
† IMEI
† NBAP
† RNTI
† DCH
RRC Connetion set-up
† establishes connection between
terminal and radio access network
† contains activities and message flow
† uses (some) protocols to sort out
information