7.7 Segmentation of RRC messages

36.3003GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)Overall descriptionRelease 17Stage 2TS

An RRC message may be segmented in case the size of the encoded RRC message PDU exceeds the maximum PDCP SDU size. Segmentation is performed in the RRC layer using a separate RRC PDU to carry each segment. The receiver reassembles the segments to form the complete RRC message. All segments of an RRC message are transmitted before sending another RRC message. Segmentation is supported in both uplink and downlink.

In this version of the specification, segmentation applies only to the UECapabilityInformation, RRCConnectionReconfiguration, and RRCConnectionResume messages.