3GPP TS 36.321 V8.5.0 (2009-03)
Technical Specification
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The present document has not been subject to any approval process by the 3GPP Organizational Partners and shall not be implemented.
This Specification is provided for future development work within 3GPP only. The Organizational Partners accept no liability for any use of this Specification.
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Contents
Foreword............................................................................................................................................................. 5
1 Scope.........................................................................................................................................................6
2 References.................................................................................................................................................6
3 Definitions and abbreviations................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Abbreviations.......................................................................................................................................................7
4 General......................................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 MAC architecture................................................................................................................................................ 8
4.2.1 MAC Entities................................................................................................................................................. 8
4.3 Services................................................................................................................................................................9
4.3.1 Services provided to upper layers.................................................................................................................. 9
4.3.2 Services expected from physical layer...........................................................................................................9
4.4 Functions............................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.5 Channel structure...............................................................................................................................................10
4.5.1 Transport Channels...................................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.2 Logical Channels......................................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.3 Mapping of Transport Channels to Logical Channels................................................................................. 11
4.5.3.1 Uplink mapping......................................................................................................................................11
4.5.3.2 Downlink mapping.................................................................................................................................11
5 MAC procedures.....................................................................................................................................12
5.1 Random Access procedure................................................................................................................................ 12
5.1.1 Random Access Procedure initialization..................................................................................................... 12
5.1.2 Random Access Resource selection.............................................................................................................13
5.1.3 Random Access Preamble transmission...................................................................................................... 14
5.1.4 Random Access Response reception............................................................................................................14
5.1.5 Contention Resolution................................................................................................................................. 15
5.1.6 Completion of the Random Access procedure.............................................................................................16
5.2 Maintenance of Uplink Time Alignment...........................................................................................................17
5.3 DL-SCH data transfer........................................................................................................................................17
5.3.1 DL Assignment reception............................................................................................................................ 17
5.3.2 HARQ operation.......................................................................................................................................... 19
5.3.2.1 HARQ Entity..........................................................................................................................................19
5.3.2.2 HARQ process........................................................................................................................................19
5.3.3 Disassembly and demultiplexing................................................................................................................. 20
5.4 UL-SCH data transfer........................................................................................................................................20
5.4.1 UL Grant reception...................................................................................................................................... 20
5.4.2 HARQ operation.......................................................................................................................................... 21
5.4.2.1 HARQ entity.......................................................................................................................................... 21
5.4.2.2 HARQ process........................................................................................................................................22
5.4.3 Multiplexing and assembly.......................................................................................................................... 24
5.4.3.1 Logical channel prioritization................................................................................................................ 24
5.4.3.2 Multiplexing of MAC Control Elements and MAC SDUs.................................................................... 25
5.4.4 Scheduling Request......................................................................................................................................25
5.4.5 Buffer Status Reporting............................................................................................................................... 25
5.4.6 Power Headroom Reporting........................................................................................................................ 26
5.5 PCH reception....................................................................................................................................................27
5.6 BCH reception................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.7 Discontinuous Reception (DRX).......................................................................................................................27
5.8 MAC reconfiguration........................................................................................................................................ 29
5.9 MAC Reset........................................................................................................................................................ 29
5.10 Semi-Persistent Scheduling............................................................................................................................... 29
5.10.1 Downlink......................................................................................................................................................30
5.10.2 Uplink.......................................................................................................................................................... 30
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5.11 Handling of unknown, unforeseen and erroneous protocol data....................................................................... 30
6 Protocol Data Units, formats and parameters......................................................................................... 30
6.1 Protocol Data Units........................................................................................................................................... 30
6.1.1 General.........................................................................................................................................................30
6.1.2 MAC PDU (DL-SCH and UL-SCH except transparent MAC and Random Access Response).................31
6.1.3 MAC Control Elements............................................................................................................................... 32
6.1.3.1 Buffer Status Report MAC Control Elements........................................................................................32
6.1.3.2 C-RNTI MAC Control Element.............................................................................................................33
6.1.3.3 DRX Command MAC Control Element................................................................................................ 34
6.1.3.4 UE Contention Resolution Identity MAC Control Element.................................................................. 34
6.1.3.5 Timing Advance Command MAC Control Element..............................................................................34
6.1.3.6 Power Headroom MAC Control Element.............................................................................................. 34
6.1.4 MAC PDU (transparent MAC)....................................................................................................................35
6.1.5 MAC PDU (Random Access Response)......................................................................................................35
6.2 Formats and parameters.....................................................................................................................................36
6.2.1 MAC header for DL-SCH and UL-SCH......................................................................................................36
6.2.2 MAC header for Random Access Response................................................................................................37
6.2.3 MAC payload for Random Access Response..............................................................................................38
7 Variables and constants.......................................................................................................................... 38
7.1 RNTI values.......................................................................................................................................................38
7.2 Backoff Parameter values..................................................................................................................................39
7.3 PRACH Mask Index values...............................................................................................................................40
7.4 Subframe_Offset values.................................................................................................................................... 40
7.5 TTI_BUNDLE_SIZE value...............................................................................................................................40
7.6 DELTA_PREAMBLE values............................................................................................................................40
7.7 HARQ RTT Timer.............................................................................................................................................41
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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the E-UTRA MAC protocol.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
* References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non specific.
* For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
* For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TR 36.213: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Layer
Procedures".
[3] 3GPP TS 36.322: “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Ra