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Systeminformationblock2(SIB2)inLTE
Afterinitialcellsynchronizationprocessiscompleted,UEwillreadmasterinformationblockwhichcontainsimportantinformation
regardingdownlinkcellbandwidth,PHICHconfigurationandSystemframenumber.ThenUEcanreadSysteminformationblock1
andSysteminformationblock2toobtainusefulinformationrelatedtocellaccess,SIBschedulingandradioresourceconfiguration
Systeminformationblock2carriesradioresourceconfigurationinformationwhichiscommonforallUEs.
SIB2informationcanbedividedinfollowingsubcategories
Randomaccesschannel(RACH)relatedparameters
Idlemodepagingconfigurations

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valueBCCHDLSCHMessage::=
messagec1:systemInformation:
criticalExtensionssystemInformationr8:
sibTypeAndInfo
sib2:
radioResourceConfigCommon
rachConfigCommon
preambleInfo
numberOfRAPreamblesn40,
preamblesGroupAConfig
sizeOfRAPreamblesGroupAn32,
messageSizeGroupAb144,
messagePowerOffsetGroupBdB10
,
powerRampingParameters
powerRampingStepdB2,
preambleInitialReceivedTargetPowerdBm104
,
raSupervisionInfo
preambleTransMaxn10,
raResponseWindowSizesf5,
macContentionResolutionTimersf32
,
maxHARQMsg3Tx3
,
bcchConfig
modificationPeriodCoeffn8
,
pcchConfig
defaultPagingCyclerf64,
nBoneT
,
prachConfig
rootSequenceIndex30,
prachConfigInfo
prachConfigIndex4,
highSpeedFlagFALSE,
zeroCorrelationZoneConfig8,
prachFreqOffset3
,
pdschConfigCommon
referenceSignalPower11,
pb1
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puschConfigCommon
puschConfigBasic
nSB1,
hoppingModeinterSubFrame,
puschHoppingOffset6,

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enable64QAMFALSE
,
ulReferenceSignalsPUSCH
groupHoppingEnabledFALSE,
groupAssignmentPUSCH0,
sequenceHoppingEnabledFALSE,
cyclicShift0
,
pucchConfigCommon
deltaPUCCHShiftds2,
nRBCQI1,
nCSAN0,
n1PUCCHAN36
,
soundingRSULConfigCommonrelease:NULL,
uplinkPowerControlCommon
p0NominalPUSCH100,
alphaal1,
p0NominalPUCCH100,
deltaFListPUCCH
deltaFPUCCHFormat1deltaF0,
deltaFPUCCHFormat1bdeltaF1,
deltaFPUCCHFormat2deltaF0,
deltaFPUCCHFormat2adeltaF0,
deltaFPUCCHFormat2bdeltaF0
,
deltaPreambleMsg31
,
ulCyclicPrefixLengthlen1
,
ueTimersAndConstants
t300ms200,
t301ms200,
t310ms500,
n310n10,
t311ms3000,
n311n1
,
freqInfo
ulCarrierFreq20600,
ulBandwidthn50,
additionalSpectrumEmission12
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timeAlignmentTimerCommonsf10240

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RachConfigurations

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numberOfRAPreambles:Totalnumberofrandomaccesspreamblesavailableforcontentionbasedrandomaccess.Sincethere
aremaximum64preamblessequencesavailable,otherscouldbereservedbyeNBforNonContentionbasedrandomaccess.
Rangeofthisparameteris4to64
sizeOfRAPreamblesGroupA:TotalnumberofrandomaccesspreamblessequencesavailablewithinGroupA.Preamblesare
dividedintoGroupAandGroupB.GroupApreamblesareintendedforsendingsmallpacketsandGroupBpreamblesareintended
forsendinglargepackets.Rangeofthisparameteris4to60
messageSizeGroupA:MessagesizethresholdforselectingpreambleGroupAintermofbits(56,144,208or256bits)
messagePowerOffsetGroupB:PoweroffsetforselectingpreambleGroupB(0,5,8,10,12,15or18dB)
powerRampingStep:powerrampingstepsizewithpossiblevaluesof0,2,4or6dB
preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower:Preambleinitialreceivedtargetpowerwithvaluesfrom120dBmto90dBmwithstepsize
of2dBm
preambleTransMax:Maximumnumberofpreamblestransmissions.Possiblevaluesare3,4,5,6,7,8,10,20,50,100,200.
raResponseWindowSize:DurationofRAresponsewindow.RAresponsewindowsizeisinunitofsubframes(2,3,4,5,6,7,8,or
10subframes)
macContentionResolutionTimer:Maccontentionresolutiontimerinunitofsubframes(8,16,24,32,40,58,56or64subframes)
maxHARQMsg3Tx:MaximumnumberofHARQretransmissionsformessage3ofRACHprocess(contentionbasedRandom
access)withpossiblevaluesfrom1to8instepof1

BCCHConfigurations
modificationPeriodCoeff:Thevalue(2,4,6,8)ofthisparameterismultipliedwithdefaultDRXcycle(e.g.320ms,640ms)to
generatetheBCCHmodificationperiod.ItistheperiodinwhichthechangeinSIisrepeatedtoUEssothatthechangeinSIis
acquiredbyUE.
BCCHmodificationperiod=modificationPeriodCoeffxidlemodeDRXcycle

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PCCHConfigurations
defaultPagingCycle:ThedefaultDRXcycleinidlemodeinunitofradioframes(rf64means640ms)
nB:ThisparametervalueisusedinfindingtheactualpagingframesandpagingoccasionsinRRCidlemodewiththefollowing
formula
SFNmodT=(T/N)x(UE_IDmodN)
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N=Min(T,nB)(nBisbroadcastedinSIB2)
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PRACHConfigurations
rootSequenceIndex:RApreamblesaregeneratedfromZadoffChusequencewhichconsistsofseriesofrootsequences.Each
rootsequencecanbecyclicshiftedtoobtainpreamblesequence.RangeofrootSequenceIndexis0to837.
prachConfigIndex:ThisparameterdefinesexactlywhenUEshouldsendRACHinfrequency/timegrids(DetailsTS36.211Table
5.7.12)
highSpeedFlag:ForhighspeedUEs,asthiscanimpactthecorrelationbetweencycles
zeroCorrelationZoneConfig:Thezerocorrelationzoneisusedtoguaranteeorthogonalityofgeneratedsequences.Thevalue
dependsonparticularconditioninthecell
prachFreqOffset:WiththisinformationcellinformsUEandotherneighborcellsknowaboutwhichPRBisavailableforRACH
access

PDSCHConfigurations
referenceSignalPower:Thisdefinestheenergyperresourceelementforthereferencesignalusingarangefrom60to50dBm.
pb:ItisusedtocalculatethepowerdifferencebetweenPDSCHandReferenceSignal.Valueisfrom0to3

PUSCHConfigurations
nSB:Numberofsubbands(range1to4)
hoppingMode:Hoppingmodecanbeintersubframe,intraorintersubframe
puschHoppingOffset:Offsetvaluesrangefrom1to98
enable64QAM:if64QAMcapableUEshoulduseit(TrueorFalse)
groupHoppingEnabled:TrueorFalse
groupAssignmentPUSCH:Givessequenceshiftpatternforgrouphopping(0to29)
sequenceHoppingEnabled:TrueorFalse
cyclicShift:Frequencyshiftfordemodulation(0to7)

PUCCHConfig
deltaPUCCHShift:1,2or3
nRBCQI:NumberofPRBsperslotforPUCCH2(0to98)
nCSAN:CyclicshiftusedforPUCCH1(0to7)
n1PUCCHAN:PUCCHtobeusedforHARQ(0TO2047)

SoundingReferenceSignalingConfigurations:
TheuplinkSoundingReferenceSignal(SRS)isconfiguredintermsofbandwidthandsubframes

UplinkPowerControl
p0NominalPUSCH:ItimpactsthecalculationofPUSCHtransmitpowerandapplicabletononpersistentschedulingonly(126to24
dBm)
alpha:ItalsoimpactsthecalculationofPUSCHtransmitpowerandalsoscalesthecontributionofpathloss.Possiblevaluesare0,
0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9and1
p0NominalPUCCH:ThisparameterimpactsthecalculationofPUCCHtransmitpower(127to96dBm)
deltaFListPUCCH:TheseparametersimpactsthecalculationofPUCCHtransmitpower
deltaPreambleMsg3:ItimpactsthetransmitpowerofPUSCHwhenrespondingtorandomaccessresponsegrant(1to6dB)
ulCyclicPrefixLength:Todifferentitatebetweennormal(len1)ORextended(len2)cyclicprefixforuplinktransmission

UETimersandConstants
T300:TimeduringwhichUEwaitsforRRCconnectionrequestmessageresponse(100,200,300,400,600,1000,1500,2000ms)
T301:StartedafterRRCConnectionReestablishmentrequestmessage.OnexpirationUEwillgotoRRCidle(100,200,300,400,
600,1000,1500,2000ms)
T310:StartedafterreceivingN310outofsyncindications(0,50,100,200,500,1000,2000ms)
T311:Startedafterinitiatingconnectionreestablishmentprocedure.OnexpirationUEgoestoRRCidlemodeifitisunabletolocate
suitablecell(1,3,5,10,15,20,30seconds)
N310:Consecutiveoutofsyncindications(1,2,3,4,6,8,10,20)
N311:Consecutiveinsyncindications(1,2,3,4,6,8,10,20)

FrequencyInformation
ulCarrierFreq:DefinedintermsofEARFCN
ulBandwidth:Definedintermsofresourceblocks
additionalSpectrumEmission:Thisallowsspectrumemissionlimitstobeconfiguredaccordingtolocalrequirements(1to32)
timeAlignmentTimerCommon:ittellsUEhowlongitshouldconsideritselftobetimealignedinuplinkinunitofsubframes.(500,
750,1280,1920,2560,5120,10240orinfinitysubframes)

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BharathKAsrani May11,2014at1:35PM
Thanksforthedetailedarticle.Couldyoupleaseprovidereferences?Iwantedtoknowwhereistherangeofvaluesfor"ra
ResponseWindowSize"and"macContentionResolutionTimer"mentioned.Thanks.
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MarcosGracianoSantos May29,2014at9:21AM
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MarcosGracianoSantos May29,2014at9:29AM
Hi,Adnan
"System information block 2 carries radio resource configuration information which is common for all UEs" but each UE
receiveaparticularSIB2,oritisbroadcastinghowtheSIB1?
IfIwanttosendaspecificpowerRampingSteporpMax(SIB1)foraespecificUE,canIdoit?
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Unknown December18,2014at2:25AM
raResponseWindowSize:ENUMERATED{sf2,sf3,sf4,sf5,sf6,sf7,sf8,sf10}
macContentionResolutionTimer:ENUMERATED{sf8,sf16,sf24,sf32,sf40,sf48,sf56,sf64}
Specifiedin3GPPTS36.331section6.3.2and3GPPTS36.321section5.1.4
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arshdeepkaur January29,2015at1:03AM
HowisUEinformedthevalueofBackoff_Indiactor?
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RishiSinha April30,2015at2:26AM
ItgoesasatailtoRAR.Check36.221
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AbhisekPatra July1,2015at5:14AM
isulBandwidthbroadcastedinSIB2forTDDalso?
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