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Timing Parameter
T300 N300 T312 N312 T313 N313 T314 T315 N315

November 28, 2006 Consultancy & Integration, Taiwan

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T300 N300

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Parameter Setting (T300, N300)

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RRC Setup & Access Phase T300_N300

UE Node B
[RACH] RRC:RRC Connection Request NBAP: RL Setup Request

RNC

RNC receives RRC Connection Request and starts buffering timer N300 (3) *T300 ( 2s) Timer T300= 2s is started NBAP:RL Setup Request

RNC starts timers T_RRC_Resp_CCH (6 s),

Start TX/RX
NBAP: RL Setup Response ALCAP:ERQ ALCAP:ECF [FACH] RRC: RRC Connection Setup

RNC sends RRC Connection Setup -message

Start TX/RX
L1 Synchronisation NBAP: Synchronisation Indication [DCH] RRC: RRC Connection Setup Complete

UE sends RRC Connection Request message

BTS Starts sending DPCCH: Pilot and TPC & Starts UL synchronization procedure

BTS sends: NBAP RADIO LINK SETUP RESPONSE message

UE start sending DPCCH for UL sync purposes (pilot) after DL sync is established

NEMO

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T312 N312

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Parameter Setting (T312, N312)

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RRC Setup & Access Phase T312_N312

UE Node B
[RACH] RRC:RRC Connection Request NBAP: RL Setup Request

RNC

Start TX/RX
NBAP: RL Setup Response ALCAP:ERQ

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Start TX/RX

[FACH] RRC: RRC Connection Setup

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L1 Synchronisation NBAP: Synchronisation Indication [DCH] RRC: RRC Connection Setup Complete

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N_INSYNC_IND =8 (80 ms) indicators on L1

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L1 Synchronization established BTS sends NBAP: SYNCHRONIZATION INDICATION -message RNC receives RRC Connection Setup Complete message ->

Timer T312 started

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in sync indicators on L1 Timer T312=6s stopped

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PC preamble & sRBdelay amount of DPCCH frames sent by UE RRC Connection Setup Complete message SENT after PC preamble & sRB delay TSLs from DL sync is achieved

N312=4 L1 in sync indicators

L1 Synchronization established

UE starts to send UL DPCCH, PC preamble & sRB-delay amount of DPCCH frames

Each Sync time of UE and BTS

First CPHY-Sync-IND need after 160 ms achieving the DPCH establishment Every frame = 10 ms If N312 =1 around 170 ms If N312 =4 = around 200 ms If N312 =100 = around 1160 ms If N312 = 400 = around 4160 ms So, the each Sync time of UE and BTS is 10 ms

Use NEMO for test

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T313 N313 N315 T314 CS Call

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Parameter Setting (T313, N313, N315, T314)

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Dropped RABs RAB_ACT_FAIL_VOICE_RADIO

Radio link failure detection in DL is based on counter N313 (counting out of sync indicator) and timer T313 in UE
In CELL_DCH State, after receiving N313 consecutive "out of sync" indications from layer 1 for the established DPCCH physical channel in FDD the UE
start timer T313 upon receiving N315 successive "in sync" indications from layer 1 and upon change of UE state:
stop and reset timer T313

Timer T313 (8 s) started

Timer T313 stopped and reset

out of sync indicators

in sync indicators on L1 N315=2 (20 ms) L1 in sync indicators

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Dropped RABs RAB_ACT_FAIL_VOICE_RADIO

UE BTS NBAP RNC MGW

MS is in CELL_DCH state
UE loses radio connection Loss of L1 sync. detected timer

T_RL_Failure
expires

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NBAP:RADIO LINK FAILURE Timer T_L1_Sync_ReEstab_Wait timer started in RNC =2s expires T314=0 => RNC sends an Iu Release Request to the CS-CN;

T314=0 => UE releases RT bearers locally;

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RRC connection release

Iu Release Request Iu Release command

Timer T_RLFAILURE started N_OUTSYNC_IND out of sync indicators = 8

Timer T_RLFAILURE expires = 2s Timer T313 expires Radio Link Failure 3 RT

T314 value is checked, T314 = 0s in current release

T_L1_Sync_ReEstab_Wait timer started in RNC = 2s T_L1_Sync_ReEstab_Wait timer expired RT

4 T314 value is checked, T314 = 0s in current release

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Timer T313 started
out of sync indicators

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re-establishment for RT services=0 RT RBs released locally

RNC receives NBAP:RADIO LINK FAILURE message form BTS with a cause value "Synchronization Failure"

No re-establishment for RT services in current release The Iu release request with a cause value Failure in Radio Interface Procedure is sent to the CN,

T314=0 - AMR Transaction lost due to radio failure (out-of-sync) (Global)

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T_L1_Sync_ReEstab_Wait = 2 s

T_L1_sync_re_estab = 2s

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NEMO_Dropped RABs
if a lot of MR, it might be out of sync due to UL interference or DL pilot pollution

out of sync indicators

N313 amount of out of sync indicators

Timer T313 expires

RT RBs released locally

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Compare CHT and VIBO call drop situation

T313 was changed from 3 to 8s UE can wait more time to keep radio link

CHT

VIBO
T313: 3 s N313: 20 (200 ms) T313: 5 s N313: 50 (500 ms)

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Around 3.2 s

Around 5.5 s

T313 N313 N315 T315 PS Call

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Parameter Setting (T302, N302, T313, N313, N315, T315)

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Dropped RABs RAB_ACT_FAIL_PS_BACK_RADIO

T_L1_Sync_ReEstab_Wait timer started in RNC = 2s Timer T_RLFAILURE started Timer T_RLFAILURE expires=2s

no RRC:CELL UPDATE message is received from the UE -> the Iu release request with a cause value Radio Connection With UE Lost is sent to the PS-CN RRC_ConnRe-estabTmr timer expired RRC: CELL UPDATE received
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N_OUTSYNC_IND out of sync indicators = 8

Timer T313 expires

Radio Link Failure RNC receives NBAP:RADIO LINK FAILURE message form BTS with a cause value "Synchronization Failure"

T_L1_Sync_ReEstab_Wa it timer expired

RRC_ConnRe-estabTmr -timer started : T315 + (T302*N302) = 30 + ( 4*7 ) = 58s

N313 =50 out of sync indicators

Timer T313=8s started

NRT T315 value is checked

If T315 = 0, then all NRT radio bearers are released locally and the Iu release request with a cause value Radio Connection With UE Lost is sent to the PS CN(s)

Re-establishment timer T315 started

When the criteria for radio link failure are fulfilled. The timer is started only if radio bearer(s) that are associated with T315 exist. NRT radio bearers are associated with T315

NRT

If T315 > 0, the waiting of RRC connection reestablishment is initiated

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Cell Reselection

T302 running => continue to wait response to cell update, according to T302

T315 expired

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Dropped RABs RAB_ACT_FAIL_PS_BACKG_RADIO

UE BTS NBAP RNC NBAP RNC RRC-c RNC RRC RNC RRM

MS is in CELL_DCH state
UE loses radio connection Loss of L1 sync. detected timer

T_RL_Failure
expires

NBAP:RADIO LINK FAILURE NBAP_rl_failure

T315>0 => UE initiates a cell selection procedure and starts reestab. Timer (T315)

Timer RRC_ConnRe-estabTmr expires

T315>0 => RNC initiates a release of the (dedicated radio resources and starts a Re-establishment timer: T315 + (T302*N302) = 30+(4*7) = 58s
If more than one RL, the HC is informed for the RL failure rl_fail_ind NBAP_rl_rel_req Radio Link Deletion branch_deletion_req

Suitable UTRAN cell can be selected within T315 => UE moves to CELL_FACH state RRC:CELL UPDATE [Cause: Radio Link Failure]

NBAP_rl_rel_resp

rrc_cell_update_req

RRC:UTRAN MOBILITY INFORMATION CONFIRM

RRC:CELL UPDATE CONFIRM [New C-RNTI]

Cell update received from UE before the reestablishment timer expires

UE is in CELL_FACH state
Traffic Volume Measurements is sent RRC:MEASUREMENT CONTROL [Traffic Volume Measurements] Capacity request received from the UE or MAC-c entity capacity_req capacity_allocation

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State transition from CELL_FACH to CELL_DCH state executed UE is in CELL_DCH state

Network View

T315=0 PS Transaction lost due to radio failure (out-of-sync) (Global)

T_L1_Sync_ReEstab _Wait = 2 s expire

T_RLFAILURE = T_L1_sync_re_estab = 2s

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Network View

T315=10 sec PS Transaction lost due to radio failure (no Cell Update received within T_rrc_conn_re_estab)(Global)

T_L1_Sync_ReEstab _Wait = 2 s expire

T_rrc_conn_re_estab = T315 + (N302 * T302) = 10 + (7 * 2) sec = 24 sec

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UE View (Global)

T315=10 sec
PS Transaction lost due to radio failure
PS Call dropped due to radio failure T315 expires in UE PS transaction re-established by PS Core Paging UE will then answer by RRC_Connection_Request with cause termination background call

Note: Timestamps not aligned with RNC System time

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Network View

T315=10 sec PS Transaction re-established after radio failure Cell Update (RLF) received before T_rrc_conn_re_estab expiry (Global)

T_L1_Sync_ReEstab _Wait = 2 s expire

Cell_Update received before T_rrc_conn_re_estab (=24 sec) expiry

Cell Update (radiolinkFailure)

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UE View (Global)

T315=10 sec
PS Transaction re-established after radio failure

similar scenario than previous slide Cell Update retrieves data call

Note: Timestamps not aligned with RNC System time

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Test Result

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Network Base

T313 test Result in Network

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RNC Base

T315 Tuning result

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