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SRB (Signaling Radio Bearer) mapping for LTE Signaling Message

One of the most common mistake we make and spend a lot of time for troubleshooting would be 'Network send some
message but does not get any response from UE'. One of the most common reason in this situation (especially when
you see the message has gone through L1) would be mismatchs between Signalling message and SRB.

3GPP 36.331 4.2.2 Signalling radio bearers says :

SRB0 is for RRC messages using the CCCH logical channel;

SRB1 is for RRC messages (which may include a piggybacked NAS message) as well as for NAS messages prior
to the establishment of SRB2, all using DCCH logical channel;
SRB2 is for RRC messages which include logged measurement information as well as for NAS messages, all using
DCCH logical channel. SRB2 has a lower-priority than SRB1 and is always configured by E-UTRAN after security
activation.

Default SRB Configuration

In many cases (especially with testing environment), default setting is used for SRBs. In most cases, you wouldn't
need to check on the detailed parameter of these default settings but you would need to check on the details in case
that you need to do some troubleshooting. The detailed parameter setting for the default SRB are specified in 36.331 -
9 Specified and default radio configurations as shown below.

< SRB1 >

< 36.331-9.1.2.1 SRB1 >

< 36.331-9.2.1.1 SRB1 >

< SRB1bis >

< 36.331-9.1.2.1a SRB1bis >

< SRB2 >

< 36.331-9.1.2.2 SRB2>

< 36.331-9.2.1.2 SRB2 >

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SRB Mapping to Signalling Message

Also 36.331 defines the SRB mapping for each message as shown below. I recommend you to pay attention to these
mapping examples. If SRB number does not match between the sender and the reciever, the message would not reach
the destination even though the message is properly sent and reach the lower layer of the destination.

MasterInformationBlock

Signalling radio bearer: N/A

RLC-SAP: TM
Logical channel: BCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

SystemInformationBlockType1

Signalling radio bearer: N/A

RLC-SAP: TM
Logical channel: BCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

RRCConnectionRequest

Signalling radio bearer: SRB0

RLC-SAP: TM
Logical channel: CCCH
Direction: UE to E-UTRAN

RRCConnectionSetup

Signalling radio bearer: SRB0

RLC-SAP: TM
Logical channel: CCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

RRCConnectionSetupComplete

Signalling radio bearer: SRB1

RLC-SAP: AM
Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: UE to E-UTRAN

RRCConnectionReconfiguration

Signalling radio bearer: SRB1

RLC-SAP: AM
Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

MeasurementReport

Signalling radio bearer: SRB1

RLC-SAP: AM
Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: UE to E-UTRAN

MobilityFromEUTRACommand

Signalling radio bearer: SRB1

RLC-SAP: AM
Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

UECapabilityEnquiry

Signalling radio bearer: SRB1

RLC-SAP: AM

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Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

UEInformationRequest

Signalling radio bearer: SRB1

RLC-SAP: AM
Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

DLInformationTransfer

Signalling radio bearer: SRB2 or SRB1 (only if SRB2 not established yet. If SRB2 is suspended, E-UTRAN
does not send this message until SRB2 is resumed.)
RLC-SAP: AM
Logical channel: DCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

Paging

Signalling radio bearer: N/A

RLC-SAP: TM
Logical channel: PCCH
Direction: E-UTRAN to UE

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