3 Definitions, Symbols and Abbreviations

25.4333GPPRelease 17TSUTRAN Iub interface Node B Application Part (NBAP) signalling

3.1 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply.

CRNC Communication Context: The CRNC Communication Context contains the necessary information for the CRNC for communication with a specific UE. The CRNC Communication Context is identified by the CRNC Communication Context ID.

Elementary Procedure: The NBAP protocol consists of Elementary Procedures (EPs). An Elementary Procedure is a unit of interaction between the CRNC and the Node B.

An EP consists of an initiating message and possibly a response message.

Two kinds of EPs are used:

Class 1: Elementary Procedures with response (success or failure).

Class 2: Elementary Procedures without response.

For Class 1 EPs, the types of responses can be as follows:

Successful

– A signalling message explicitly indicates that the elementary procedure has been successfully completed with the receipt of the response.

Unsuccessful

– A signalling message explicitly indicates that the EP failed.

Class 2 EPs are considered always successful.

Node B Communication Context: The Node B Communication Context contains the necessary information for the Node B for communication with a specific UE. The Node B Communication Context is created by the Radio Link Setup procedure and deleted by the Radio Link Deletion procedure when deleting the last Radio Link within the Node B Communication Context. The Node B Communication Context is identified by the Node B Communication Context ID.

Prepared Reconfiguration: A Prepared Reconfiguration exists when the Synchronised Radio Link Reconfiguration Preparation procedure has been completed successfully. The Prepared Reconfiguration does not exist anymore only after either of the procedures Synchronised Radio Link Reconfiguration Commit or Synchronised Radio Link Reconfiguration Cancellation has been completed. In particular, the Prepared Reconfiguration still exists if the object (e.g. Radio Link) concerned by the Synchronised Radio Link Reconfiguration (e.g. in the case of an HS-DSCH Setup) is removed, but the Node B Communication Context still exists.

3.2 Symbols

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3.3 Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:

A-GPS Assisted GPS

AICH Acquisition Indicator Channel

ALCAP Access Link Control Application Part

ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One

BCCH Broadcast Control Channel

BDS BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

CCPCH Common Control Physical Channel

CFN Connection Frame Number

CLTD Closed Loop Transmit Diversity

CM Compressed Mode

CPICH Common Pilot Channel

CRNC Controlling Radio Network Controller

DBDS Differential BDS

DCH Dedicated Channel

DGANSS Differential GANSS

DGPS Differential GPS

DL Downlink

DPCCH Dedicated Physical Control Channel

DPCH Dedicated Physical Channel

DPDCH Dedicated Physical Data Channel

DSCH Downlink Shared Channel

E-AGCH E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel

E-DCH Enhanced UL DCH

EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

E-HICH E-DCH HARQ Acknowledgement Indicator Channel

E-PUCH Enhanced Uplink Physical Channel (TDD only)

E-RNTI E-DCH RNTI

E-RUCCH E-DCH Random Access Uplink Control Channel (TDD only)

E-TFCI E-DCH Transport Format Combination Indicator

E-UCCH E-DCH Uplink Control Channel (TDD only)

FACH Forward Access Channel

FDD Frequency Division Duplex

F-DPCH Fractional DPCH

FP Frame Protocol

FPACH Fast Physical Access Channel (TDD only)

F-TPICH Fractional Transmitted Precoding Indicator Channel

GAGAN GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation

GANSS Galileo and Additional Navigation Satellite Systems

GLONASS GLObal’naya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (Engl.: Global Navigation Satellite System)

GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System

GPS Global Positioning System

HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HS-DSCH High Speed Downlink Shared Channel

HS-PDSCH High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel

HS-SCCH High Speed Shared Control Channel

HS-SICH High Speed Shared Information Channel

ICD Interface Control Document

IMB Integrated Mobile Broadcast

IP Internet Protocol

IPDL Idle Periods in the DownLink

ISCP Interference Signal Code Power

L1 Layer 1

L2 Layer 2

MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service

MBSFN MBMS over a Single Frequency Network

MFN Multicast Frame Number

MIB Master Information Block

MICH MBMS Notification Indicator Channel

MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output

MSAS Multi-functional Satellite Augmentation System

NAICS Network Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression

NBAP Node B Application Part

NI MBMS Notification Indicator

O&M Operation and Maintenance

PCCPCH Primary Common Control Physical Channel

PCH Paging Channel

PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel

PICH Paging Indication Channel

PLCCH Physical Layer Common Control Channel

PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel

QZSS Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

RACH Random Access Channel

RL Radio Link

RLS Radio Link Set

RNC Radio Network Controller

RRC Radio Resource Control

SB Scheduling Block

SBAS Satellite Based Augmentation System

SCCPCH Secondary Common Control Physical Channel

SCH Synchronisation Channel

SCTD Space Code Transmit Diversity

S-DPCCH Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel

SIB System Information Block

SRNC Serving Radio Network Controller

STTD Space Time Transmit Diversity

TDD Time Division Duplex

TFC Transport Format Combination

TFCI Transport Format Combination Indicator

TFCS Transport Format Combination Set

TFS Transport Format Set

TPC Transmit Power Control

TSTD Time Switched Transmit Diversity

UARFCN UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UE User Equipment

UL Uplink

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

USCH Uplink Shared Channel

UTC Universal Coordinated Time

UTRA Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System