11.2 RLC/MAC control messages

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

Table 11.2.1 summarises the RLC/MAC control messages. Table 11.2.2 summarises the RLC/MAC control messages on the EC-PACCH. For each control message, the message type shall be a fixed number of bits from the beginning of the message.

Table 11.2.1: RLC/MAC control messages

Uplink TBF establishment messages:

Reference

Packet Access Reject

11.2.1

Packet Channel Request

11.2.5

EGPRS Packet Channel Request

11.2.5a

Packet Queuing Notification

11.2.15

Packet Resource Request

11.2.16

Packet Uplink Assignment

11.2.29

Multiple TBF Uplink Assignment

11.2.29a

Additional MS Radio Access Capabilities

11.2.32

Downlink TBF establishment messages:

Reference

Packet DBPSCH Assignment

11.2.5b

Packet Downlink Assignment

11.2.7

Multiple TBF Downlink Assignment

11.2.7a

TBF release messages:

Reference

Packet TBF Release

11.2.26

Paging messages:

Reference

Packet Paging Request

11.2.10

RLC messages:

Reference

Packet Downlink Ack/Nack

11.2.6

EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack

11.2.6a

Packet DBPSCH Downlink Ack/Nack

11.2.6b

Packet DBPSCH Downlink Ack/Nack Type 2

11.2.6c

MBMS Downlink Ack/Nack

11.2.6d

EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack Type 2

11.2.6e

EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack Type 3

11.2.6f

Packet Uplink Ack/Nack

11.2.28

Packet DBPSCH Uplink Ack/Nack

11.2.28a

Packet DBPSCH Uplink Ack/Nack Type 2

11.2.28b

EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack DLMC

11.2.48

System information messages:

Reference

Packet System Information Type 1

11.2.18

Packet System Information Type 2

11.2.19

Packet System Information Type 3

11.2.20

Packet System Information Type 3 bis

11.2.21

Packet System Information Type 3 ter

11.2.21a

Packet System Information Type 3 quater

11.2.21b

Packet System Information Type 5

11.2.23

Packet System Information Type 6

11.2.23a

Packet System Information Type 7

11.2.23b

Packet System Information Type 8

11.2.24

Packet System Information Type 13

11.2.25

Packet System Information Type 14

11.2.25a

Packet System Information Type 15

11.2.25b

Packet System Information Type 16

11.2.25c

Miscellaneous messages:

Reference

Packet Control Acknowledgement

11.2.2

Packet Cell Change Continue

11.2.2a

Packet Cell Change Failure

11.2.3

Packet Cell Change Notification

11.2.3a

Packet Cell Change Order

11.2.4

Packet Downlink Dummy Control Block

11.2.8

Packet Uplink Dummy Control Block

11.2.8b

Packet Measurement Report

11.2.9

Packet Measurement Order

11.2.9b

Packet Mobile TBF Status

11.2.9c

Packet Enhanced Measurement Report

11.2.9d

Packet Neighbour Cell Data

11.2.9e

Packet PDCH Release

11.2.11

Packet Polling Request

11.2.12

Packet Power Control/Timing Advance

11.2.13

Packet PRACH Parameters

11.2.14

Packet PSI Status

11.2.17

Packet Serving Cell Data

11.2.17a

Packet SI Status

11.2.17b

Packet Pause

11.2.30a

Packet Timeslot Reconfigure

11.2.31

Multiple TBF Timeslot Reconfigure

11.2.31a

Handover Access

11.2.33

Physical Information

11.2.34

Packet CS Request

11.2.35

Packet CS Command

11.2.36

Packet CS Release Indication

11.2.37

MBMS Service Request

11.2.38

MBMS Assignment (Non-distribution)
MBMS Assignment (Distribution)

11.2.39
11.2.39a

MBMS Neighbouring Cell Information

11.2.40

MBMS MS_ID Assignment

11.2.41

Packet MBMS Announcement

11.2.42

PS Handover Command

11.2.43

PS Handover Access

11.2.44

Packet Physical Information

11.2.45

DTM Handover Command

11.2.46

Packet Application Information

11.2.47

Table 11.2.2: RLC/MAC control messages on EC-PACCH

Uplink EC TBF establishment messages:

Reference

EC Packet Access Reject

11.2.49

EC Packet Uplink Assignment

11.2.58

Downlink EC TBF establishment messages:

Reference

EC Packet Downlink Assignment

11.2.52

EC TBF release messages:

Reference

EC Packet TBF Release

11.2.56

EC-GSM-IoT RLC messages:

Reference

EC Packet Downlink Ack/Nack

11.2.51

EC Packet Downlink Ack/Nack Higher CC

11.2.60

EC Packet Uplink Ack/Nack

11.2.57

EC Packet Uplink Ack/Nack and Contention Resolution

11.2.59

EC-GSM-IoT miscellaneous messages:

Reference

EC Packet Control Acknowledgement

11.2.50

EC PACKET CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HIGHER CC

11.2.61

EC Packet Polling Request

11.2.54

EC Packet Power Control/Timing Advance

11.2.55

EC Packet Downlink Dummy Control Block

11.2.53