LTE Pre-Launch

LTE PRE-LAUNCH
UE STATES
UE Position unknown
ECM IDLE
PLMN
Selection
EMM De-Registered EMM Registered
EPC : Evolved Packet Core

EMM : EPC Mobility Management
ECM : EPC Connection Management
IDLE MODE PROCEDURES
PLMN SELECTION
PLMN Priority
Home PLMN
PLMN’s in USIM
Operator Controlled PLMN’s
Other PLMN’s according to RSRP
UE STATES Cell Selection and Re-Selection
Tracking area updates
Connected Mode Mobility
Handovers: INTRA, INTER, IRAT
Paging
SIB Broadcast
Connection Establishment
ECM IDLE ECM Connected

RRC
RRC
CONNECTED
IDLE
PLMN Connection Release
Selection
EMM De-Registered EMM Registered
Attach Accept
EPC : Evolved Packet Core

EMM : EPC Mobility Management
ECM : EPC Connection Management
SIB MESSAGES
 MIB : Master Information Block: Most essential parameters
 SIB 1: Cell access related parameters and scheduling
 SIB 2: Common and shared channel configuration
 SIB 3: Parameters required for intra-frequency cell reselections
 SIB 4: Information on intra-frequency neighboring cells
 SIB 5: Information inter-frequency neighboring cells
 SIB 6: Information for reselection to UMTS (UTRAN) cells if no suitable LTE cell
is available
 SIB 7: Information for reselection to GSM (GERAN) cells if no suitable LTE or
UMTS cell is available
 SIB 8: Information for reselection to CDMA2000 systems (mostly for North
America)
 SIB 9: Home eNodeB name – for future LTE femto cell applications
 SIB 10 + 11: ETWS (Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System) information
SIB MESSAGES
System Information Scheduling Configuration

CELL SELECTION
 Cell selection consists of the UE searching for the strongest cell on all supported carrier
frequencies, of each supported RAT until it finds a suitable cell.
 The cell selection criterion is known as the S-criterion and is fulfilled when the cell selection
receive level value Srxlev > 0
Srxlev = Qrxlevmeas − (Qrxlevmin − Qrxlevminoffset)
Srxlev is the Signal level compensation

Qrxlevmeas is the measured cell receive level value, also known as the RSRP
Qrxlevmin is the minimum required receive level in the cell.
Qrxlevminoffset is an offset which may be configured to prevent ping-pong between PLMNs.
SIB 1 provides parameters for Cell Selection.
Default value for qrxlevmin = -120dbm.

CELL RESELECTION (INTRA-LTE)
SIB3
 The UE makes measurements of attributes of the serving and neighbor cells allowedMeasBandwidth
to enable the reselection process. cellReselectionInfoCommon
cellReselectionServingFreqInfo
If ServingCell <= S intrasearch, UE shall perform intra-frequency measurements. intraFreqcellReselectionInfo
Reselection occurs with the fulfillment of cell Ranking Criteria (R). p-Max
q-Hyst
q-offset
q-QualMin
q-RxLevMin
s-IntraSearch
If Rs < Rn then reselect s-NonIntraSearch
Rs = Q measS + Qhyst threshServingLow
Rn = QmeasN - Qoffset t-ReselectionEUTRA
eNodeB Serving
eNodeB Neighbour
CELL RESELECTION (INTER FREQ LTE)
SIB5
 The UE makes measurements of attributes of the serving and neighbor cells InterFreqCarrierFreqList
to enable the reselection process. InterFreqCarrierFreqInfo
dl-CarrierFreq, q-RxLevMin,
If ServingCell <= S intrasearch, UE shall perform intra-frequency measurements. p-Max
t-ReselectionEUTRA
Reselection occurs with the fulfillment of cell Ranking Criteria (R). t-ReselectionEUTRA-SF
threshX-High, threshX-Low
SIB 5 provides LTE cell reselection priorities. allowedMeasBandwidth
cellReselectionPriority
neighCellConfig, q-OffsetFreq
interFreqNeighCellList
interFreqBlackCellList
InterFreqNeighCellInfo
If Rs < Rn then reselect physCellId
q-OffsetCell
Rs = Q measS + Qhyst
Rn = QmeasN - Qoffset
eNodeB Serving
eNodeB Neighbour
CELL RESELECTION (INTER RAT)
 The UE makes measurements of attributes of the serving and neighbor cells to enable the reselection process.
If ServingCell <= S nonintrasearch, UE shall perform intra-frequency measurements.

Reselection occurs with the fulfillment of cell Ranking Criteria (R).
SIB 6 provides UMTS cell reselection priorities.

SIB 7 provides GSM cell reselection priorities.
If Rs < Rn then reselect

Rs = Q measS + Qhyst
Rn = QmeasN - Qoffset
eNodeB Serving
NodeB Neighbour
CELL RESELECTION (INTER RAT)
SIB 6 : Example
UMTS TO LTE RESELECTION
 UE reselects to LTE ONLY WHEN UE IS IN IDLE MODE.
 UE shall perform reselection when measured RSRP goes higher than
threshXhigh.
 SIB 19 provides the parameters for reselection.
UE should be in
IDLE MODE
UMTS NodeB Serving
eNodeB Neighbour
CONNECTED MODE PROCEDURES
LTE - ATTACH
The following are required for initial attach to the LTE network:
 The Master Information Block (MIB), which includes a limited number of the most frequently
transmitted parameters which are essential for a UE’s initial access to the network.
 System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1), which contains parameters needed to determine if a cell
is suitable for cell selection, as well as information about the time domain scheduling of the other
SIBs.
 System Information Block Type 2 (SIB2), which includes common and shared channel
information.
UE eNB
MIB
• DL bandwidth
Master Information Block

SIB 1:
• PLMN ID
• TAC
SIB 1 • PCI
• Scheduling info for SIB2
SIB 2:
SIB 2 • Common Channel Info
• RACH info
• Random Access preamble
info
•T300 value
LTE - ATTACH
 UE starts T300 timer after sending RCC

connection request.
 Value of T300 is available in SIB2.
 T300 value determines how long to wait to
get a response from eNB.
 Upon receiving RRC connection Setup, UE
stops T300 timer.
 UE send RRC Connection setup Complete
RRC Connection Request RRC Connection Setup Complete to make its transition to Connected mode.
LTE EVENTS
 Event A1: Serving becomes better than absolute threshold.

 Event A2: Serving becomes worse than absolute threshold.
 Event A3: Neighbour becomes amount of offset better than serving.
 Event A4: Neighbour becomes better than absolute threshold.
 Event A5: Serving becomes worse than absolute threshold1 AND Neighbour becomes better
than another absolute threshold2.
 Event B1: Neighbour becomes better than absolute threshold;

 Event B2: Serving becomes worse than absolute threshold1 AND Neighbour becomes better
than another absolute threshold2.
Connected mode mobility is handled by LTE events.

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What are the different UE states in LTE?

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What are the different idle mode procedures in LTE?

What are the different idle mode procedures in LTE?

LTE PRE-LAUNCH

EMM De-Registered EMM Registered

EPC : Evolved Packet Core

ECM IDLE ECM Connected

EMM De-Registered EMM Registered

EPC : Evolved Packet Core

System Information Scheduling Configuration

Srxlev = Qrxlevmeas − (Qrxlevmin − Qrxlevminoffset)

Srxlev is the Signal level compensation

SIB 1 provides parameters for Cell Selection.

Default value for qrxlevmin = -120dbm.

If ServingCell <= S nonintrasearch, UE shall perform intra-frequency measurements.

SIB 6 provides UMTS cell reselection priorities.

If Rs < Rn then reselect

UMTS NodeB Serving

Master Information Block

 UE starts T300 timer after sending RCC

 Event A1: Serving becomes better than absolute threshold.

 Event B1: Neighbour becomes better than absolute threshold;

Connected mode mobility is handled by LTE events.

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