1 Scope

36.3313GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)Protocol specificationRadio Resource Control (RRC)Release 17TS

The present document specifies the Radio Resource Control protocol for the radio interface between UE and E-UTRAN as well as for the radio interface between RN and E-UTRAN.

The scope of the present document also includes:

– the radio related information transported in a transparent container between source eNB and target eNB upon inter eNB handover;

– the radio related information transported in a transparent container between a source or target eNB and another system upon inter RAT handover.

The RRC protocol is also used to configure the radio interface between an IAB-node and its parent nodes as specified in TS 38.300 [106].