3GPP TS 04.60 V8.27.0 (2005-09) Technical Specification

3rd Generation Partnership Project;Technical Specification Group GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network;

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS);Mobile Station (MS) - Base Station System (BSS) interface;

Radio Link Control/ Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) protocol(Release 1999)

The present document has been developed within the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP TM) and may be further elaborated for the purposes of 3GPP. The present document has not been subject to any approval process by the 3GPP Organisational Partners and shall not be implemented. This Specification is provided for future development work within 3GPP only. The Organisational Partners accept no liability for any use of this Specification. Specifications and reports for implementation of the 3GPP TM system should be obtained via the 3GPP Organisational Partners' Publications Offices.

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Keywords GSM, radio, GPRS, packet mode, mobile,

base station

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Contents Foreword .................................................................................................................................................... 12 1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 13 2 References ........................................................................................................................................ 14 3 Definitions and abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 15 3.1 Vocabulary ................................................................................................................................................ 15 4 Layered overview of radio interface .................................................................................................. 16 4.1 Layer services ............................................................................................................................................ 17 4.2 Layer functions .......................................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Service primitives ...................................................................................................................................... 18 4.4 Services required from lower layers ............................................................................................................ 18 5 Introduction to the Medium Access Control (MAC) procedures ........................................................ 18 5.1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Multiplexing principles .............................................................................................................................. 18 5.2.1 Temporary Block Flow ......................................................................................................................... 18 5.2.2 Temporary Flow Identity ...................................................................................................................... 19 5.2.3 Uplink State Flag .................................................................................................................................. 19 5.2.4 Medium Access modes ......................................................................................................................... 19 5.2.4a Multiplexing of GPRS and EGPRS mobile stations ............................................................................... 20 5.3 Packet idle mode ........................................................................................................................................ 20 5.4 Packet transfer mode .................................................................................................................................. 20 5.4a Dual transfer mode ..................................................................................................................................... 21 5.5 General procedures in packet idle and packet transfer modes....................................................................... 21 5.5.1 Mobile station side ................................................................................................................................ 21 5.5.1.1 Cell reselection ................................................................................................................................ 21 5.5.1.1b Release of RR connection ................................................................................................................ 22 5.5.1.1b.1 General ...................................................................................................................................... 22 5.5.1.1b.2 Continuation of PBCCH information .......................................................................................... 22 5.5.1.1b.3 Continuation of BCCH information ............................................................................................ 22 5.5.1.1b.4 Receipt of PSI14 message in dual transfer mode ......................................................................... 23 5.5.1.2 System information on PBCCH ....................................................................................................... 23 5.5.1.2.1 Supervision of PBCCH_CHANGE_MARK and update of PBCCH information .......................... 23 5.5.1.2.2 Replacement of PBCCH ............................................................................................................. 24 5.5.1.2.3 PSI1 reception failure ................................................................................................................. 24 5.5.1.3 System information on BCCH ......................................................................................................... 24 5.5.1.3.1 Supervision of BCCH_CHANGE_MARK and update of BCCH information .............................. 25 5.5.1.3.2 Establishment of PBCCH ........................................................................................................... 25 5.5.1.3.3 SI13 reception failure ................................................................................................................. 25 5.5.1.4 Acquisition of system information on the broadcast channel ............................................................. 25 5.5.1.4.1 Consistent sets of system information messages .......................................................................... 26 5.5.1.4.2 Suspension of operation to receive system information ............................................................... 26 5.5.1.4.3 Request for acquisition of system information ............................................................................ 27 5.5.1.5 Discontinuous reception (DRX) ....................................................................................................... 27 5.5.1.6 Page mode procedures on PCCCH ................................................................................................... 28 5.5.1.7 Frequency Parameters...................................................................................................................... 29 5.5.1.8 TLLI management ........................................................................................................................... 30 5.5.1.9 Packet Flow Context (PFC) ............................................................................................................. 30 5.5.2 Network side ........................................................................................................................................ 30 5.5.2.1 System Information broadcasting ..................................................................................................... 30 5.5.2.1.1 System information on PBCCH .................................................................................................. 30 5.5.2.1.2 System information on BCCH .................................................................................................... 31 5.5.2.1.3 System information on PACCH (and other logical channels) ...................................................... 31 5.5.2.1.4 Consistent sets of system information messages .......................................................................... 32 5.5.2.2 Paging ............................................................................................................................................. 32 5.6 Measurement reports .................................................................................................................................. 33

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5.6.1 Network Control (NC) measurement reporting ...................................................................................... 33 5.6.2 Extended measurement (EM) reporting ......................................................