Find one cell Get synchronisation time & frequency Finally I read system info to find out:Global cell

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DL reference signals they have almost the same functionality like the CPICH (common pilot channel) in UMTS. PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel. From this channel the UE is learning about the system information. Please note that in LTE the PBCH is designed to have minimum possible information (for coverage reasons mainly). Therefore the rest of system information which is organized in MIB = Master information Block and SIBs = System Information Blocks is now sent on the Physical Downlink Shared Channel PDSCH. From PBCH the UE is learning the system bandwidth 1.4, 3, 20 MHz and the PHICH = Physical HARQ Indication Channel configuration.

Challenge : The PBCH contains only the MIB (Master Information Block) the SIBs(System Information Blocks) are on the PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel)!! need to read SIBs on PDSCH The UE should read PDSCH but it doesn't know which resource blocks are reserved for it and where are they placed (in time and frequency) Solution: PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel) indicates the size of PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) the PDCCH is indicating which resource blocks are scheduled and where are located

After the mobile is reading the system information from the PDSCH the next step is the so called cell selection and reselection. The basic ideea is that the UE is measuring several cells and is selecting the best one with the help of the thresholds from the system information

After suitable cell found

For the initial random access the steps are the following the mobile is selecting randomly one preamble. There are in total 64 preambles available preambles in one cell. In this case with A it is intended to note the first random preamble If no answer is received from the Node-b then the mobile is repeating the preamble. In this example with C is noted the 3rd preamble. That means that the assumption is that after three preambles the UE is receiving an answer from the Node-B

The message flow is as following: 11. PDSCH containing the random access response. In this message the id of the transmitted preamble should be included. Also the Node-B allocates to the mobile the C-RNTI = Cell Radio Network temporary Identity. Also very important this message is containing the UL grant, that is, indicating to the UE what are the resources that the mobile could use in the UL for PUSCH (Physical UL Shared Channel) 12. PUSCH Physical UL Shared Channel. The mobile is sending the actual higher layer message RRC Connection Request. The message should include the C-RNTI allocated in 11 and also TMSI = Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (or a random number if TMSI not available). This is because IMSI should be never sent on the air interface. 13. PDSCH contention resolution message. As explained this message is only sent if the Node-B could decode the message number 12 from the mobile. The message should contain the C-RNTI allocated in 11 and also TMSI or a the same random number sent by the mobile.

PRACH Procedure
Randomaccess procedure handled by MAC and PHY Layer through PRACH (in UL) and PDCCH ( in DL)RACH only carries the preambles andoccupies 6 resource blocks in a subframe Process: UEs selects randomly a preamble from the list of preambles broadcasted in the BCCH UE calculates OLPC parameters ( Initial Tx Power) Checks contention parameters (i.e. max. number of retries) UE transmits initial RACH and waits for a response before retry.Open loop PC ensures that each retry will be at a higher power level. Upon receipt of successful UL RACH preamble, eNB calculates power adjustment and timing advance parameters together with an UL capacity grant ( so UE can send more info )

In a more detailed view there are physical channels for data and signalling from higher layers: -Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH -Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH -Physical Multicast Channel, PMCH physical channels with physical and MAC layer - related signalling: -Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel, PHICH -Physical Control Format Indicator Channel, PCFICH -Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH and signals with no information of higher layers: -Reference signals -Synchronization signals All share the same physical ressource which is given by the sum of available ressource elements.