MOC

Basic Concepts
Uu Iub

UE

Node-B
RL (Radio Link)

RNC

Iu

CN

Bi-directional connection between a UE and a Cell. UE can have more than one RLs

RB (Radio Bearer)

RAB (Radio Access Bearer)

Service provided by the Access Stratum to NAS for transferring user data between UE and CN

Message Flow (MOC)

UE Node-B
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

S-RNC

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

UE
NAS Signalling Connection RRC Signalling Establishment Connection Establishment

Node-B
RRC Connection Request

MOC Messages
NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response

S-RNC

CN

RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RAB Setup

UE

RRC Connection Request

Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RRC Connection Request

IEs RRC Connection Request is the first message transmitted by the UE when setting up an RRC Connection to the network. Logical channel : CCCH RLC mode : TM

Initial UE identity (This information element identifies the UE at a request of an RRC connection)
IMSI/IMEI/TMSI (Used for UE identification, contains 15 elements)

Establishment Cause (Cause for an RRC connection establishment request) Protocol error indicator (whether a message was transmitted due to a protocol error or not.) Measured results on RACH ()
FDD ( For FDD mode.)
CPICH Ec/N0 ( Measured in dB, The best cell has the largest value)

SFN-SFN observed time difference ( Integer 0 to 9830399 )

NBAP : RL Setup Request

UE Node-B
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

S-RNC

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

NBAP : RL Setup Request

NBAP : RL Setup Request is sent from the RNC to the BTS in order to set up a new radio link. IEs

CRNC Communication Context ID DCH FP version number UL DPCH Information

Uplink scrambling code
UL scrambling code num (Unique to each MS & used continuously even if the freq is changed) UL scrambling code length

Min. UL Channelisation code length Puncture limit (The maximum amount of puncturing for a transport channel in uplink rate matching) TFCS UL DPCCH Slot Format Uplink SIR Target TFCS DL DPCH Slot Format TFCI presence (When multiple services on DL DPCH) Multiplexing Position

DL DPCH Information

Number of DCHs

NBAP : RL Setup Request

( IEs Cont ) Number of DCHs
Payload CRC Presence Indicator UL FP Mode ToAWS ToAWE Number of DCH specific info
DCH ID (Present if not First RL, Value stored for later reference) Transport format set (For DL) Transport format set (For UL) Frame Handling Priority QE-Selector

Number of RLs
RL-ID C-ID First RLS Indicator Frame offset Chip offset Diversity Control Field Number of DL Channelisation Codes
DL scrambling code (Indicate Primary scrambling code) DL Channelisation Code Number

Downlink transmission power Maximum downlink power Minimum downlink power

NBAP : RL Setup Request

( IEs Cont Transport format set )
Transport format set
Dynamic Transport Format Information Number of Transport blocks (Basic unit exchanged between L1 and MAC) Transport Block Size (Number of bits in a TB) Semi-static Transport Format Information Transmission time interval For DCH (Inter arrival time of TBSs) Type of channel coding For DCH and FACH (No coding/ Convolution/ Turbo ) Coding Rate For DCH and FACH (CONDITIONAL) Rate matching attribute For DCH, RACH, FACH and PCH CRC size For DCH, RACH, FACH and PCH (Size of CRC)

UE

NBAP : RL Setup Response

Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request

CN

NBAP : RL Setup Response

RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

NBAP : RL Setup Response

NBAP : RL Setup Response is sent from the BTS to the RNC when the BTS accepts the Radio Link Setup Request message. IEs

CRNC Communication Context ID Node B Communication Context ID Number of RLs

RL-ID ( As received in RL Setup Request) Diversity Indication (Reference) RL-ID Number of DCHs
DCH ID Binding ID Transport Layer Address

Traffic TP identification Criticality Diagnostics

UE

RRC Connection Setup Response

Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response

CN

RRC Connection Setup Response

NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RRC Connection Setup Response

RRC Connection Setup Response is used by the network to accept the establishment of an RRC connection for an UE, including assignment of Signalling link information, transport channel information and optionally physical channel information. IEs
UE Information Elements

Initial UE identity (Same as in Establishment request message) Activation time New U-RNTI New C-RNTI UTRAN DRX cycle length coefficient Capability update requirement
Signalling RB information to setup

RB Information Elements

Signalling RB information to setup list

TrCH Information Elements

Uplink transport channels

UL Transport channel information common for all transport channels Added or Reconfigured TrCH information list
Added or Reconfigured UL TrCH information (Contains details of TB, TTI, CRC size etc)

Downlink transport channels

DL Transport channel information common for all transport channels Added or Reconfigured TrCH information list (Contains details of TB, TTI, CRC size etc)
Added or Reconfigured DL TrCH information
PhyCH information elements

...

RRC Connection Setup Response

( Cont )
Physical CH information elements

Frequency info
FDD
UARFCN uplink (Nu) UARFCN downlink (Nd)

Uplink radio resources

Maximum allowed UL TX power
Uplink DPCH info PRACH Info (for RACH)

Downlink radio resources

FDD Downlink information common for all radio links

UE

NBAP : Sync Indication

Node-B
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response

S-RNC

CN

NBAP : Sync Indication

RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

NBAP : Sync Indication

NBAP : Sync Indication is used to initiate a Signalling connection or to establish a new Signalling flow based on indication from the upper layers, and to transfer NAS messages. IEs

UE information elements
Integrity check info

CN information elements
Service Descriptor (Identifies a service and/or a protocol entity in the core network) Flow Identifier (Identifies the type of core network domain , e.g CS/PS) CN domain identity ( CS / PS Domain ) NAS message (A NAS message to be transferred transparently through UTRAN )

Measurement information elements

Measured results on RACH

UE

RRC Connection Setup Complete

Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication

CN

RRC Connection Setup Complete

RRC Connection Established

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RRC Connection Setup Complete

RRC Connection Setup Complete confirms the establishment of the RRC Connection by the UE. IEs

UE Information Elements
RRC transaction identifier START list
CN domain identity (CS domain / PS domain)

UE radio access capability

PDCP capability (which algorithms/value range of their parameters are supported by the UE) RLC capability Total RLC AM buffer size (Total Rx and Tx buffer in kb) Maximum RLC AM Window Size ( On UE side) Maximum number of AM entities Transport channel capability ( . . . ) Information on num of bits/TFC/Turbo-encoding etc. RF capability FDD UE power class ( Enumerated 1 to 4 ) Tx/Rx frequency separation ( Enumerated 190, 174.8-205.2, 134.8-245.2 ) Physical channel capability UE multi-mode/multi-RAT capability (Support for GSM / Multi-mode etc.) Security capability (Ciphering algorithm/ integrity protection capability ) UE positioning capability (If UE can measure its location)

Other information elements

UE system specific capability
Inter-RAT UE radio access capability

RRC Connection Setup Complete

( CONT . . . ) Transport channel capability
Downlink transport channel capability information elements

Max no of bits received Max convolutionally coded bits received Max turbo coded bits received Maximum number of simultaneous transport channels Maximum number of simultaneous CCTrCH Max no of received transport blocks Maximum number of TFC Maximum number of TF Support for turbo decoding
Max no of bits transmitted Max convolutionally coded bits transmitted Max turbo coded bits transmitted Maximum number of simultaneous transport channels Maximum number of simultaneous CCTrCH of DCH type Max no of transmitted transport blocks Maximum number of TFC Maximum number of TF Support for turbo encoding

Uplink transport channel capability information elements

UE

Initial Direct Transfer

Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

CN

Initial Direct Transfer

Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

Initial Direct Transfer

Initial Direct Transfer is used in the uplink to establish a Signalling connection. It is also used to carry an initial upper layer (NAS) message over the radio interface IEs

UE information elements Integrity check info CN information elements

CN domain identity ( CS / PS domain ) Intra Domain NAS Node Selector ( Protocol Version info e.g R99, TMSI information etc. ) NAS message (A NAS message to be transferred transparently through UTRAN ) Establishment cause (Cause for an RRC connection establishment request)

Measurement information elements

Measured results on RACH
FDD ( For FDD mode.) CPICH Ec/N0 ( Measured in dB, The best cell has the largest value) SFN-SFN observed time difference ( Integer 0 to 9830399 )

UE

Initial UE Message
Node-B
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

S-RNC

CN

Initial Direct Transfer

Initial UE Message
RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

Initial UE Message
Initial UE Message is used to establish an Iu Signalling connection between a CN domain and the RNC and to transfer the initial NASPDU to the CN. IEs

CN Domain Indicator (CS / PS Domain) LAI (Uniquely identify Location area) RAC ( Only for RABs towards PS domain ) SAI (Service area Identifier, a group of LAs) NAS-PDU (Transferred without interpretation by RNC, contains, SS, SM, SMS, MM messages) Iu Signalling Connection Identifier (uniquely identifies an Iu signaling connection b/w an RNC and a CN) Global RNC-ID (Global RNC-ID is used to globally identify an RNC) GERAN Classmark (Purpose is to transfer GERAN-specific information to the CN)

RAB Assignment Request

UE Node-B
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

S-RNC

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message

RAB Assignment Request

RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RAB Assignment Request

RAB Assignment Request is sent by the CN to request the establishment, modification or release of one or more RABs for the same UE. IEs
RABs To Be Setup Or Modified List

RABs To Be Setup Or Modified Item IEs (For all the RABs )

First Setup Or Modify Item
RAB ID (Uniquely identifies a RAB from CN to UE. Used by RNC to relate RB to RAB ) NAS Synchronization Indicator (Contains transparent NAS information ) RAB Parameters ( . . . ) Indicates RAB attributes. User Plane Information User Plane Mode (mode of operation of the Iu User plane requested for realizing the RAB) UP Mode Versions (Versions that are required and supported by the CN ) Service Handover (If intersystem HO to GSM should/ should not be performed for the RAB)
RABs To Be Released List

RABs To Be Released Item IEs

RAB ID (Uniquely identifies a RAB from CN to UE. Used by RNC to relate RB to RAB ) Cause (Indicate the reason)

RAB Assignment Request

( CONT . . . )

RAB Parameters
Traffic Class ( conversational, streaming, interactive, background, ...) RAB Asymmetry Indicator (Symmetric bidirectional, Asymmetric Uni directional downlink) Maximum Bit Rate (in bits/s) Guaranteed Bit Rate (only for Conversational and Streaming Traffic class ) Delivery Order ( whether RAB will provide in-sequence delivery) Maximum SDU Size (in bits ) SDU parameters (Parameters of RAB SDU) Transfer Delay (Delay in transfer of SDUs from one SAP to another) Traffic Handling Priority (Relative importance of handling the SDUs) Allocation/Retention priority ( Relative importance compared to other RABs) Source Statistics Descriptor (Source of SDUs e.g speech, unknown etc.)

UE

RL Reconfiguration Prepare
Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request

RL Reconfiguration Prepare
RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RL Reconfiguration Prepare

RL Reconfiguration Prepare IEs

Transaction ID (used to associate all the messages belonging to the same procedure ) Node B Communication Context ID (corresponds to the dedicated resources which are necessary for an UE ) UL DPCH Information (Scrambling code, SIR target , TFCS etc.) DL DPCH Information ( TFCS, TFCI presence etc. ) DCHs To Add

Payload CRC Presence Indicator UL FP Mode DCH Specific Info DCH ID

Transport Format Set UL Transport Format Set DL Allocation/Retention Priority Frame Handling Priority

DSCH To Add

DSCH ID (The DSCH ID uniquely identifies a DSCH within a Node B Communication Context.) RL ID (Uniquely identify the RL) DL Code Information (Contains Scrambling code, Channelisation code number, TGPS etc.) Maximum DL Power (Powel level in dB) Minimum DL Power (Powel level in dB) Transmit Diversity Indicator (whether transmit diversity shall be active or not)

RL Information

Transmission Gap Pattern Sequence Information (TGPS ID, compressed mode method etc.) DSCH Common Information (Information includes common information for all DSCHs for one UE)

UE

RL Reconfiguration Ready
Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare

RL Reconfiguration Ready
RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RL Reconfiguration Ready
RL Reconfiguration Ready IEs

Transaction ID (used to associate all the messages belonging to the same procedure ) CRNC Communication Context ID (is the identifier of the Communication Context in the CRNC) RL Information Response ()
RL ID (Uniquely identify the RL) DCH Information Response (information for DCHs that have been established or modified)
DCH ID Binding ID Transport Layer Address

Criticality Diagnostics (is sent by when parts of a received message have not been comprehended/message contained logical errors)

UE

RL Reconfiguration Commit
Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready

RL Reconfiguration Commit
RB Setup RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RL Reconfiguration Commit
RL Reconfiguration Commit IEs

Transaction ID (used to associate all the messages belonging to the same procedure ) Node B Communication Context ID (corresponds to the dedicated resources necessary for an UE ) CFN (Connection Frame Number for the radio connection) Active Pattern Sequence Information (parameters for compressed mode gap pattern sequence activation)
CM Configuration Change CFN Transmission Gap Pattern Sequence Status
TGPS Identifier (References an already defined sequence) TGPRC (number of transmission gap patterns within the Transmission Gap Pattern Sequence) TGCFN (Connection Frame Number of the first frame of the first pattern 1 within the Transmission Gap Pattern Sequence)

UE

Node-B
RRC Connection Request

RB Setup
NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response

S-RNC

CN

RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit

RB Setup
RB Setup Complete RAB Assignment Response

RB Setup
RB Setup is sent by UTRAN to the UE to establish new radio bearer(s). It can also include modifications to the configurations of transport channels and/or physical channels. IEs

UE Information Elements
RRC Transaction identifier (contains an identification of the RRC procedure transaction) Integrity check info (contains the RRC message sequence number) Activation time (the frame number/time at which the operation takes effect) RRC State Indicator (RRC state to enter, CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH etc.) CN Information info (PLMN ID etc.) Signalling RB information to setup list
Signalling RB information to setup ( Contains RB identity ) RAB information for setup (RAB Identity, CN - Domain Identity)

CN Information Elements

RB Information Elements

RAB information to setup list

TrCH Information Elements

Uplink transport channels
UL Transport channel information common for all transport channels Added or Reconfigured TrCH information list Added or Reconfigured UL TrCH information DL Transport channel information common for all transport channels

Downlink transport channels

PhyCH information elements

Frequency info ( UARFCN UL/DL )

UE

RB Setup Complete
Node-B
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

S-RNC

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup

RB Setup Complete
RAB Assignment Response

RB Setup Complete
RB Setup Complete is sent by UE to confirm the establishment of the radio bearer. IEs

UE information elements Integrity check info Uplink integrity protection activation info Hyper frame number RB Information elements Radio bearer uplink ciphering activation time info.

UE

RAB Assignment Response

Node-B S-RNC
RRC Connection Request NBAP : RL Setup Request NBAP : RL Setup Response RRC Connection Setup Response NBAP : Sync Indication RRC Connection Setup Complete
RRC Connection Established

CN

Initial Direct Transfer Initial UE Message RAB Assignment Request RL Reconfiguration Prepare RL Reconfiguration Ready RL Reconfiguration Commit RB Setup RB Setup Complete

RAB Assignment Response

RAB Assignment Response

RAB Assignment Response is sent by the RNC to report the outcome of the request from the RAB ASSIGNMENT REQUEST message. IEs

RABs Setup Or Modified List

RABs Setup Or Modified Item IEs
RAB ID Transport Layer Address Iu Transport Association DL Data Volumes Data Volume List Assigned RAB Parameter Values

RABs Released List

(. . .) (...) RABs Failed To Setup Or Modify Item IEs
RAB ID Cause

RABs Queued List RABs Failed To Setup Or Modify List

RABs Failed To Release List

(...)

Criticality Diagnostics