11.2.45 Packet Physical Information (A/Gb 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

Tools: ARFCN - Frequency Conversion for 5G NR/LTE/UMTS/GSM

This message is sent on PACCH by the network to the mobile station during a handover procedure as specified in sub-clause 8.10 to indicate a valid timing advance to the mobile station.

Message type: PACKET PHYSICAL INFORMATION

Direction: network to mobile station

Classification: non-distribution message

Table 11.2.45.1: PACKET PHYSICAL INFORMATION information elements

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

< PAGE_MODE : bit (2) >

< Global TFI : < Global TFI IE > >

< TIMING_ADVANCE_VALUE : bit (8) >

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

Table 11.2.45.2: PACKET PHYSICAL INFORMATION information element details

PAGE_MODE (2 bit field)
This field is defined in sub-clause 12.20.

Global TFI
This information element contains the TFI of the mobile station’s downlink TBF or uplink TBF. This field is defined in sub-clause 12.10.

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