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    Signaling radio bearers (SRBs) define the logical signaling connection between the radio link control (RLC) layer in the user equipment (UE) and the peer RLC layer in the radio network controller (RNC). SRBs are associated with the control plane protocol stack and use specific radio bearer identities between 1-4. Each SRB has its own logical channel between the RLC and medium access control (MAC) layers, and the MAC layer multiplexes multiple SRBs onto a single transport channel.

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    Signaling radio bearers (SRBs) define the logical signaling connection between the radio link control (RLC) layer in the user equipment (UE) and the peer RLC layer in the radio network controller (RNC). SRBs are associated with the control plane protocol stack and use specific radio bearer identities between 1-4. Each SRB has its own logical channel between the RLC and medium access control (MAC) layers, and the MAC layer multiplexes multiple SRBs onto a single transport channel.

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    Signaling radio bearers (SRBs) define the logical signaling connection between the radio link control (RLC) layer in the user equipment (UE) and the peer RLC layer in the radio network controller (RNC). SRBs are associated with the control plane protocol stack and use specific radio bearer identities between 1-4. Each SRB has its own logical channel between the RLC and medium access control (MAC) layers, and the MAC layer multiplexes multiple SRBs onto a single transport channel.

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    Signaling radio bearers (SRBs) define the logical signaling connection between the radio link control (RLC) layer in the user equipment (UE) and the peer RLC layer in the radio network controller (RNC). SRBs are associated with the control plane protocol stack and use specific radio bearer identities between 1-4. Each SRB has its own logical channel between the RLC and medium access control (MAC) layers, and the MAC layer multiplexes multiple SRBs onto a single transport channel.

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    The key takeaways are that SRBs define the logical signaling connection between the RLC layer in the UE and RNC, with SRB identities 1-4 reserved for control plane signaling. Different SRBs are associated with specific RRC messages and logical channels.

    An SRB is a control plane version of an RB that is used for signaling, while an RB represents the user plane connection between the UE and RNC. SRB identities are 1-4 while RB identities are greater than 4.

    SRB0 uses the CCCH logical channel and RACH/FACH transport channels. SRB1-4 use the DCCH logical channel which is multiplexed onto a single transport channel. Different SRBs can be configured using RRC messages.

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    Riyaz A. Khan
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    SRBs are associated with the control plane protocol


    stack.
    The control plane protocol stack includes RRC, RLC,
    MAC, Frame Protocol and Physical layers.

    The concept of Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) is used to define the logical signaling
    connection between the RLC layer in the UE and the peer RLC layer in the RNC.

    An SRB is a control plane version of a Radio Bearer (RB). Every radio bearer has an
    identity and radio bearer identities 1 to 4 are reserved for SRB. It is possible to configure
    more than a single SRB to simultaneously link a UE to an RNC. Each SRB has its own
    logical channel between the RLC and MAC layers. The MAC layer is used to multiplex the
    multiple SRB onto a single transport channel which is then processed by the physical
    layer. This multiplexing operation requires the MAC layer to include a header to specify
    which SRB is using the transport channel at any point in time.

    3GPP TS 25.331 specifies that all messages sent on the Common Control Channel (CCCH)
    logical channel make use of SRB0. SRB0 is always encapsulated by the RACH transport
    channel in the uplink direction and the FACH transport channel in the downlink direction.

    UE in RRC Idle mode are limited to using only SRB0. This SRB is used when establishing an
    RRC Connection and making the transition from RRC Idle mode to RRC Connected mode.
    SRB0 uses Transparent Mode (TM) RLC in the uplink direction and Unacknowledged Mode
    (UM) RLC in the downlink direction. Both of these RLC modes rely upon re-transmissions
    being provided by layer 3 rather than layer 2, i.e. by the RRC layer rather than the RLC
    layer.
    This is in contrast to Acknowledged Mode (AM) RLC which allows re-transmissions from
    the RLC layer.
    The use of TM and UM RLC means that entire RRC messages
    have to be re-transmitted rather than only the individual transport blocks which have been
    received in error. Re-transmissions may be required if the air-interface conditions are
    relatively poor.

    Concept of Signaling Radio Bearer

    3GPP TS 25.331 specifies that SRB1, 2, 3 and 4 make use of Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH)
    logical
    channels.

    If all four of these SRB are used then four DCCH logical channels are multiplexed onto a single
    transport channel within the MAC layer. These DCCH SRB are configured during RRC
    Connection
    establishment within the RRC Connection Setup message. They can also be configured when
    making
    RRC Connected mode state changes, e.g. within a Radio Bearer Reconfiguration message when
    moving
    from CELL_DCH to CELL_FACH.

    When a UE is in RRC Connected mode SRB1, 2 and 3 are configured as a minimum while
    SRB4 is optional.

    SRB1 is used for all messages sent on the


    DCCH which use
    Unacknowledged Mode (UM) RLC. SRB2
    is used for all messages sent on the
    DCCH which use Acknowledged
    Mode (AM) RLC and which do not contain
    NAS messages. SRB3 and SRB4 are used
    for all
    messages sent on the DCCH which
    contain NAS messages. SRB3 and 4 use
    AM RLC in the same way as
    SRB2. SRB3 is used rather than SRB 4
    either when the NAS indicates that a
    message has high priority, or
    when SRB4 has not been configured. SRB4
    is used when it has been configured and
    the NAS indicates
    that a message has low priority. The
    priority levels are used within the MAC
    layer when multiplexing the
    set of SRB onto a single transport channel,
    i.e. the priority determines which
    messages are sent first.

    Summary of signaling radio bearers

    RRC messages associated with each SRB

    Always SRB0: Cell Update, RRC Connection Request, RRC Connection Setup,
    RRC Connection Reject, URA Update

    Always SRB1: None

    Always SRB2: Active Set Update Complete, Active Set Update Failure, Assistance Data
    Delivery,
    Cell Change Order From UTRAN, Cell Change Order from UTRAN Failure, Counter
    Check, Counter Check Response, Handover from UTRAN Command, Handover from
    UTRAN Failure, Handover to UTRAN Complete, Measurement Control, Measurement
    Control Failure, Paging Type 2, Physical Channel Reconfiguration Complete, Physical
    Channel Reconfiguration Failure, Radio Bearer Reconfiguration Complete, Radio Bearer
    Reconfiguration Failure, Radio Bearer Release Complete, Radio Bearer Release Failure,
    Radio Bearer Setup Complete, Radio Bearer Setup Failure, RRC Connection Setup
    Complete, RRC Status, Security Mode Command, Security Mode Complete, Security Mode
    Failure, Signaling Connection Release, Signaling Connection Release Indication,
    Transport Channel Reconfiguration Complete, Transport Channel Reconfiguration failure,
    Transport Format Combination Control Failure, UE Capability Information, UTRAN
    Mobility Information Confirm, UTRAN Mobility Information Failure

    Always SRB3:Initial Direct Transfer


    Always SRB4: None
    SRB0 or SRB1: Cell Update Confirm, RRC Connection Release, URA Update Confirm

    SRB1 or SRB2: Active Set Update, Measurement Report, Physical Channel Reconfiguration,
    Radio Bearer Reconfiguration, Radio Bearer Release, Radio Bearer Setup, RRC Connection
    Release
    Complete, Transport Channel Reconfiguration, Transport Format Combination Control,
    UE Capability Enquiry, UE Capability Information Confirm, UTRAN Mobility Information
    SRB3 or SRB4: Downlink Direct Transfer, Uplink Direct Transfer

    The SRB associated with each RRC


    message can be deduced from the
    logical channel type,
    RLC mode and whether or not the RRC
    message includes a NAS message. The
    majority of RRC
    messages make use of SRB2, i.e. the
    DCCH logical channel with AM RLC and
    without including a
    NAS message. There are no messages
    which always use SRB1 or SRB4. The RRC
    Initial Direct
    Transfer message is always sent with high
    priority whereas the priority of the Uplink
    and Downlink
    Direct Transfer messages depends upon
    the type of encapsulated NAS message.

    SRB 1 to 4:
    The RB represents the logical connection between the UE and the
    RNC. The concept of a user plane
    RB is the same as the concept of a control plane SRB. RB identities 1 to
    4 are reserved for SRB and so
    user plane RB have identities which are greater than 4.

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