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RadioResourceControl
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TheRadioResourceControl(RRC)protocolistheRadioResourceControlprotocolusedinUMTSandLTEon
theAirinterface.IthandlesthecontrolplanesignallingofLayer3betweentheUserEquipment(UE)andthe
RadioAccessNetwork(UTRANorEUTRAN)aswellasfortheradiointerfacebetweenaRelayNodeandtheE
UTRAN.Thisprotocolisspecifiedby3GPPinTS25.331[1]forUMTSandinTS36.331[2]forLTE.RRC
messagesaretransportedviathePDCPProtocol.
ThemajorfunctionsoftheRRCprotocolincludeconnectionestablishmentandreleasefunctions,broadcastof
systeminformation,radiobearerestablishment,reconfigurationandrelease,RRCconnectionmobilityprocedures,
pagingnotificationandreleaseandouterlooppowercontrol.[3]BymeansofthesignallingfunctionstheRRC
configurestheuserandcontrolplanesaccordingtothenetworkstatusandallowsforRadioResourceManagement
strategiestobeimplemented.[4]
TheoperationoftheRRCisguidedbyastatemachinewhichdefinescertainspecificstatesthataUEmaybe
presentin.Thedifferentstatesinthisstatemachinehavedifferentamountsofradioresourcesassociatedwiththem
andthesearetheresourcesthattheUEmayusewhenitispresentinagivenspecificstate.[4][5]Sincedifferent
amountsofresourcesareavailableatdifferentstatesthequalityoftheservicethattheuserexperiencesandthe
energyconsumptionoftheUEareinfluencedbythisstatemachine.[5]

RRCinactivitytimers
TheconfigurationofRRCinactivitytimersinaWCDMAnetworkhasconsiderableimpactonthebatterylifeofa
phonewhenapacketdataconnectionisopen.[6]
TheRRCidlemode(noconnection)hasthelowestenergyconsumption.ThestatesintheRRCconnectedmode,
inorderofdecreasingpowerconsumption,areCELL_DCH(DedicatedChannel),CELL_FACH(Forwardaccess
channel),CELL_PCH(CellPagingchannel)andURA_PCH(URAPagingchannel).Thepowerconsumptionin
theCELL_FACHisroughly50percentofthatinCELL_DCH,andthePCHstatesuseabout12percentofthe
powerconsumptionoftheCELL_DCHstate.[6]
Thetransitionstolowerenergyconsumingstatesoccurwheninactivitytimerstrigger.TheT1timercontrols
transitionfromDCHtoFACH,theT2timercontrolstransitionfromFACHtoPCH,andtheT3timercontrols
transitionfromPCHtoidle.[6]
Differentoperatorshavedifferentconfigurationsfortheinactivitytimers,whichleadstodifferencesinenergy
consumption.[7]AnotherfactoristhatnotalloperatorsusethePCHstates.[6]

Seealso
RadioResourceManagement
Mobilitymanagement
RadioNetworkController
UMTS
WCDMA

References
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1.3GPPTS25.3331RadioResourceControl(RRC)Protocolspecification(http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/htmlinfo/2533
1.htm)
2.3GPPTS36.331EvolvedUniversalTerrestrialRadioAccess(EUTRA)RadioResourceControl(RRC)Protocol
specification(http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/htmlinfo/36331.htm)
3.UMTSRRCProtocolspecification(version12.4.0Release12)(PDF),EuropeanTelecommunicationsStandardsInstitute,
February2015
4.PerezRomero,Jordi(2005).RadioResourceManagementStrategiesinUMTS.JohnWiley&SonsLtd.p.103.
ISBN0470022779.Retrieved10April2015.
5.Qian,Feng(November2010)."CharacterizingRadioResourceAllocationfor3GNetworks"(PDF).Proceedingsofthe
10thACMSIGCOMMconferenceonInternetmeasurement.Melbourne,Australia:ACM.pp.137150.
6.HenryHaverinen,JonneSirenandPasiEronen(April2007)."EnergyConsumptionofAlwaysOnApplicationsin
WCDMANetworks"(PDF).InProceedingsofthe65thSemiAnnualIEEEVehicularTechnologyConference(Dublin,
Ireland).
7.L.deBruynseels,TuningInactivityTimerSettingsinUMTS,whitepaper,CommsquareLtd.,2005

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