NR RRC connection setup optimisation

1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

at least processor, arranged to:

store a default signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) configuration in a memory, wherein parameters of the default SRB1 configuration are:

Value

Name

SRB1/1S

SRB2/2S

SRB3

PDCP-Config

>t-Reordering

infinity

RLC-Config CHOICE

Am

ul-RLC-Config

>sn-FieldLength

size12

>t-PollRetransmit

ms45

>pollPDU

infinity

>pollByte

infinity

>maxRetxThreshold

t8

dl-RLC-Config

>sn-FieldLength

size12

>t-Reassembly

ms35

>t-StatusProhibit

ms0

logicalChannelIdentity

1

2

3

LogicalChannelConfig

>priority

1

3

1

>prioritisedBitRate

infinity

>logicalChannelGroup

0

generate a radio resource control (RRC) connection request for establishment of a RRC connection to a network;

encode the RRC connection request for transmission to the network; and

decode, from the network, a RRC connection response in response to the RRC connection request, the RRC connection response received using SRB1, rather than SRB0, wherein SRB1 uses the default SRB1 configuration stored in the memory.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RRC connection response is a RRCReestablishment message.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RRC connection response is a RRCResume message.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RRC connection request is encoded using SRB1 having the default SRB1 configuration, with an indication that the RRC connection request is sent over SRB1, wherein the RRC connection request is a RRCConnectionRequest, RRCReestablishmentRequest or a RRCResumeRequest message.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to restore a RRC configuration and security context, except a stored SRB1 configuration, from a UE access stratum (AS) context stored in the memory when the RRC connection request is a RRCReestablishment request or RRCResume request.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine whether the RRC connection response contains a fullConfig information element (IE), and

in response to a determination that the RRC connection response contains the fullConfig IE, establish a new RRC connection.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to a determination that the RRC connection response does not contain the fullConfig 1E:

restore a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) state of the UE, reset a COUNT value, and re-establish PDCP entities for SRB2 and all data radio bearers (DRBs),

if drb-ContinueROHC is included in the RRC connection response: indicate to lower layers that a UE access stratum (AS) context stored in the memory is used and that the drb-ContinueROHC 1E is configured and continue a header compression protocol context for DRBs configured with the header compression protocol, and

if drb-ContinueROHC is not included in the RRC connection response: indicate to the lower layers that the UE AS context is used, reset the header compression protocol context for the DRBs configured with the header compression protocol and discard the stored UE AS context and information I-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI).

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine whether the RRC connection response contains a new SRB1 configuration, and

in response to a determination that the RRC connection response contains the new SRB1 configuration, use the new SRB1 configuration to transmit a new RRC message.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor comprises:

a baseband processor configured to encode transmissions to, and decode transmissions from, the network.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RRC connection request is encoded using SRB1 having the default SRB1 configuration.

11. An apparatus of a next generation NodeB (gNB), the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor arranged to:

decode a radio resource control (RRC) connection request for establishment of a RRC connection from a user equipment (UE); and

encode, for transmission to the UE using SRB1 having a default SRB1 configuration stored by the UE, rather than SRB0, a RRC connection response in response to the RRC connection request, wherein parameters of the default SRB1 configuration are:

Value

Name

SRB1/1S

SRB2/2S

SRB3

PDCP-Config

>t-Reordering

infinity

RLC-Config CHOICE

Am

ul-RLC-Config

>sn-FieldLength

size12

>t-PollRetransmit

ms45

>pollPDU

infinity

>pollByte

infinity

>maxRetxThreshold

t8

dl-RLC-Config

>sn-FieldLength

size12

>t-Reassembly

ms35

>t-StatusProhibit

ms0

logicalChannelIdentity

1

2

3

LogicalChannelConfig

>priority

1

3

1

>prioritisedBitRate

infinity

>logicalChannelGroup

0;

and

transmit the RRC connection response.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the RRC connection response is a RRCReestablishment message.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the RRC connection response is a RRCResume message.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the RRC connection request is encoded using SRB1 having the default SRB1 configuration, with an indication that the RRC connection request is sent over SRB1, wherein the RRC connection request is a RRCConnectionRequest, RRCReestablishmentRequest or a RRCResumeRequest message.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the RRC connection response contains at least one of:

a fullConfig information element (IE) to cause the UE to establish a new RRC connection, or

a new SRB1 configuration for use by the UE in subsequent RRC communications with the gNB instead of the default SRB1 configuration.

16. A non-transitory computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to:

store a default signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) configuration in a memory, wherein parameters of the default SRB1 configuration are:

Value

Name

SRB1/1S

SRB2/2S

SRB3

PDCP-Config

>t-Reordering

infinity

RLC-Config CHOICE

Am

ul-RLC-Config

>sn-FieldLength

size12

>t-PollRetransmit

ms45

>pollPDU

infinity

>pollByte

infinity

>maxRetxThreshold

t8

dl-RLC-Config

>sn-FieldLength

size12

>t-Reassembly

ms35

>t-StatusProhibit

ms0

logicalChannelIdentity

1

2

3

LogicalChannelConfig

>priority

1

3

1

>prioritisedBitRate

infinity

>logicalChannelGroup

0;

generate a radio resource control (RRC) connection request for establishment of a RRC connection to a network;

encode the RRC connection request for transmission to the network; and

decode, from the network, a RRC connection response in response to the RRC connection request, the RRC connection response received using SRB1, rather than SRB0, wherein SRB1 uses the default SRB1 configuration stored in the memory.

17. The non-transitory computer accessible memory medium of claim 16 , wherein the RRC connection request is encoded using SRB1 having the default SRB1 configuration.

18. The non-transitory computer accessible memory medium of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions are further executable to restore a RRC configuration and security context, except a stored SRB1 configuration, from a UE access stratum (AS) context stored in the memory when the RRC connection request is a RRCReestablishment request or RRCResume request.

19. The non-transitory computer accessible memory medium of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions are further executable to:

determine whether the RRC connection response contains a fullConfig information element (IE), and

in response to a determination that the RRC connection response contains the fullConfig IE, establish a new RRC connection.

20. The non-transitory computer accessible memory medium of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions are further executable to:

determine whether the RRC connection response contains a new SRB1 configuration, and

in response to a determination that the RRC connection response contains the new SRB1 configuration, use the new SRB1 configuration to transmit a new RRC message.