School of Specs 38.300v19.3.0

3GPP 38.300 v19.3.0 — the document's own text

7.1 Services and Functions

Taught in 2. The six working groups, and where the line between them runs (TSG RAN — the group that specifies the radio, in depth), 5. The radio protocol stack, sublayer by sublayer (TSG RAN — the group that specifies the radio, in depth), 2. The six working groups and the line between them (TSG RAN — the group that specifies the radio, overview), 5. The layers a packet falls through, and the three states a device sits in (TSG RAN — the group that specifies the radio, overview), 3. What NR is, read off the document itself (TSG RAN — the group that specifies the radio, quick start).

The main services and functions of the RRC sublayer over the Uu interface include:

  • Broadcast of System Information related to AS and NAS;
  • Paging initiated by 5GC or NG-RAN;
  • Establishment, maintenance and release of an RRC connection between the UE and NG-RAN including:
    • Addition, modification and release of carrier aggregation;
    • Addition, modification and release of Dual Connectivity in NR or between E-UTRA and NR.
  • Security functions including key management;
  • Establishment, configuration, maintenance and release of Signalling Radio Bearers (SRBs) and Data Radio Bearers (DRBs);
  • Mobility functions including:
    • Handover and context transfer;
    • UE cell selection and reselection and control of cell selection and reselection;
    • Inter-RAT mobility.
  • QoS management functions;
  • UE measurement reporting and control of the reporting;
  • Detection of and recovery from radio link failure;
  • NAS message transfer to/from NAS from/to UE.

The sidelink specific services and functions of the RRC sublayer over the Uu interface include:

  • Configuration of sidelink resource allocation via system information or dedicated signalling;
  • Reporting of UE sidelink information;
  • Measurement configuration and reporting related to sidelink;
  • Reporting of UE assistance information for SL traffic pattern(s).