11.2.34 Physical Information (Iu mode only)

3GPP44.060General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)Mobile Station (MS) - Base Station System (BSS) interfaceRadio Link Control / Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) protocolRelease 17TS

This message is sent on DBPSCH on either PACCH, FACCH or SDCCH by the network to the mobile station during a handover procedure to indicate a valid timing advance to the mobile station. It shall not be sent on the 52-multiframe structure (SBPSCH).

Message type: PHYSICAL INFORMATION

Direction: network to mobile station

Classification: DBPSCH message

Table 11.2.34.1: PHYSICAL INFORMATION information elements

< Physical information message content > ::= — RLC/MAC control block format

< MESSAGE_TYPE : bit (6) == 010010 >

< TIMING_ADVANCE_VALUE : bit (8) >

< padding bits > ; — truncation at end of message allowed, bits ‘0’ assumed

Table 11.2.34.2: PHYSICAL INFORMATION information element details

TIMING_ADVANCE_VALUE (8 bit field)
This field is coded as the timing advance value field defined in 3GPP TS 44.018.