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Air Interface Physical Layer

The document summarizes the key functions of the physical layer, MAC sublayer, RLC sublayer, PDCP sublayer, and RRC sublayer in LTE. The physical layer is responsible for error detection, FEC, mapping to physical channels, and radio measurements. The MAC sublayer handles mapping between logical and transport channels, multiplexing, scheduling, and error correction. The RLC sublayer provides transfer of PDUs, error correction, segmentation/reassembly, and protocol error handling. The PDCP sublayer performs header compression, ciphering, routing, and retransmission. The RRC sublayer broadcasts system information, handles paging, establishes connections, and manages security, mobility, and measurements.

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Air Interface Physical Layer

The document summarizes the key functions of the physical layer, MAC sublayer, RLC sublayer, PDCP sublayer, and RRC sublayer in LTE. The physical layer is responsible for error detection, FEC, mapping to physical channels, and radio measurements. The MAC sublayer handles mapping between logical and transport channels, multiplexing, scheduling, and error correction. The RLC sublayer provides transfer of PDUs, error correction, segmentation/reassembly, and protocol error handling. The PDCP sublayer performs header compression, ciphering, routing, and retransmission. The RRC sublayer broadcasts system information, handles paging, establishes connections, and manages security, mobility, and measurements.

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Air Interface Physical Layer

in Physical Layer, Specification, Uu, LTE

The LTE air interface physical layer offers data transport services to higher layers. The access to
these services is through the use of a transport channel via the MAC sub-layer. The physical layer is
expected to perform the following functions in order to provide the data transport service:

Error detection on the transport channel and indication to higher layers


FEC encoding/decoding of the transport channel
Hybrid ARQ soft-combining
Rate matching of the coded transport channel to physical channels
Mapping of the coded transport channel onto physical channels
Power weighting of physical channels
Modulation and demodulation of physical channels
Frequency and time synchronisation
Radio characteristics measurements and indication to higher layers
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna processing

Transmit Diversity (TX diversity)


Beamforming
RF processing

Medium Access Control (MAC)


in Specification, LTE, MAC

MAC protocol layer exists in UE & eNodeb, It is part of LTE air interface control and user planes.
The main services and functions of the MAC sublayer include:

Mapping between logical channels and transport channels;


Multiplexing/demultiplexing of MAC SDUs belonging to one or different logical channels
into/from transport blocks (TB) delivered to/from the physical layer on transport channels;
scheduling information reporting;
Error correction through HARQ;
Priority handling between logical channels of one UE;
Priority handling between UEs by means of dynamic scheduling;
Transport format selection;
Padding.

Radio Link Control (RLC)


in Specification, LTE, RLC

RLC protocol layer exists in UE & eNodeb, It is part of LTE air interface control and user planes.
The main services and functions of the RLC sublayer include:

Transfer of upper layer PDUs;


Error Correction through ARQ (only for AM data transfer);
Concatenation, segmentation and reassembly of RLC SDUs (only for UM and AM data
transfer);
Re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs (only for AM data transfer);
In sequence delivery of upper layer PDUs (only for UM and AM data transfer);
Duplicate detection (only for UM and AM data transfer);
Protocol error detection and recovery;

RLC SDU discard (only for UM and AM data transfer);


RLC re-establishment.

Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)


in PDCP, Specification, LTE

PDCP protocol layer exists in UE & eNodeb, It is part of LTE air interface control and user planes.
The main services and functions of the PDCP sublayer for the user plane include:

Header compression and decompression: ROHC only;


Transfer of user data;
In-sequence delivery of upper layer PDUs at PDCP re-establishment procedure for RLC AM;
Duplicate detection of lower layer SDUs at PDCP re-establishment procedure for RLC AM;
Retransmission of PDCP SDUs at handover for RLC AM;
Ciphering and deciphering;
Timer-based SDU discard in uplink.

The main services and functions of the PDCP for the control plane include:

Ciphering and Integrity Protection;


Transfer of control plane data.

Protocol specification
3GPP TS 36.323 - Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Packet Data Convergence
Protocol (PDCP) specification

Radio Resource Control (RRC)


in Specification, RRC, LTE

RRC protocol layer exists in UE & eNodeb, It is part of LTE air interface control plane. The main
services and functions of the RRC sublayer include:

Broadcast of System Information related to the non-access stratum (NAS);


Broadcast of System Information related to the access stratum (AS);
Paging;
Establishment, maintenance and release of an RRC connection between the UE and EUTRAN
Security functions including key management;
Establishment, configuration, maintenance and release of point to point Radio Bearers;

Mobility functions
QoS management functions;
UE measurement reporting and control of the reporting;
NAS direct message transfer to/from NAS from/to UE.

Protocol specification
3GPP TS 36.331 - Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control
(RRC)

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