12.16a GERAN Radio Network Temporary Identity (G-RNTI)

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

The G-RNTI (GERAN Radio Network Temporary Identity) is allocated to an MS at the RRC layer having a RRC connection and identifies the MS within GERAN. It is used by the RLC/MAC layer for contention resolution and to identify an MS.

NOTE: The RRC layer uses the G-RNTI.

< G-RNTI IE > ::= < S-RNTI : bit (20) > < Serving BSC Identity : bit (12) > ;

Serving BSC identity (12 bit field) This field identifies the mobile station’s serving BSC in GERAN.

S-RNTI (20 bit field) This field identifies the mobile station within the serving BSC.