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Parameter name in Current UE specific Parameter name in

RAN1 specification tio
specification parameter text
n

36.213 Low-complexity UE support New parameter

Coverage enhancement
36.213 New parameter
support

Number of narrowbands for

36.211 New parameter sib1bis-HoppingNB
SIB1bis frequency hopping

interval-
Ych value for paging and RAR
36.211 New parameter HoppingConfigCom
(at least)
mon

SIBx-
Frequency hopping
36.211 New parameter HoppingConfigCom
configuration for MTC-SIBx
mon

Frequency hopping prach-

36.211 New parameter
configuration for PRACH HoppingConfig

Frequency hopping mpdcch-

36.211 New parameter
configuration for M-PDCCH HoppingConfig

Frequency hopping pdsch-

36.211 New parameter
configuration for PDSCH HoppingConfig

Frequency hopping pusch-

36.211 New parameter
configuration for PUSCH HoppingConfig

Frequency hopping pucch-

36.211 New parameter
configuration for PUCCH HoppingConfig

Valid subframes for DL downlinkSsubframe

36.211 New parameter
transmission BitmapLC

Already specified in
36.211 Starting OFDM symbol startSymbolLC
36.331 and 36.213
 mPDCCH-
M-PDCCH common search
36.211, 36.213 New parameter commonSearchSpa
space configuration
ce
mPDCCH-startSF-
36.211, 36.213 Starting subframe of UE-SS New parameter
UESS

Starting subframe/ECCE of M- mPDCCH-

36.211, 36.213 New parameter
PDCCH candidate candidateConf

Set of: (UE-SS ECCE (mPDCCH-AL,

aggregation levels to search, mPDCCH-
36.211, 36.213 UE-SS repetition levels to New parameter set NumRepetition,
search, UE-SS narrowband mPDCCH-
region) Narrowband)

Transmission type for M- Already specified in transmissionType-

36.213
PDCCH 36.331 and 36.213 r11

Number of PRB pairs for M- numberPRB-Pairs-

36.213 New parameter
PDCCH r13

Resource block assignment Already specified in resourceBlockAssig

36.213
for M-PDCCH 36.331 and 36.213 nment-r13
dmrs-
DMRS scrambling sequence Already specified in
36.213 ScramblingSequenc
initialisation parameter 36.331 and 36.213
eInt-r11

pdsch-
Set of PDSCH repetition
36.211, 36.213 New parameter NumRepetitionSetC
levels
E

Valid subframes for UL uplinkSubframeBitm

36.211 New parameter
transmission apLC

pusch-
Set of PUSCH repetition
36.211, 36.213 New parameter NumRepetitionSetC
levels
E

PUCCH narrowbands
36.211 New parameter pucch-Narrowband
indication

pucch-
36.211, 36.213 Number of PUCCH repetitions New parameter NumRepetitionSetC
E
 Starting offsets of the PUCCH
36.213 New parameter n1PUCCH-AN-r13
resource

CSI measurement subset measNarrowbandP

36.213 New parameter
restriction attern

CSI reference resource numberSubframeC

36.213 New parameter
duration SI

Scheduling information for

36.211 New parameter
SIB1bis

Scheduling information for

36.211 New parameter
subsequent “MTC SIs”

36.213 RSRP threshold New parameter rsrpThresholdPrach

Set of PRACH repetition numRepetitionLevel

36.213 New parameter
levels Prach
numberOfRA-
PRACH resource Already partly specified Preambles
36.211
configuration in 36.331 and 36.211 prach-ConfigIndex
prach-FreqOffset

Maximum number of PRACH maxNumPreambleA

36.321 New parameter
attempts ttemptCE

Number of PRACH repetitions numRepetitionPerPr

36.211 New parameter
per attempt eambleAttempt

Already partly specified

PRACH power ramping powerRampingPara
36.213 in 36.331, 36.321 and
parameters meters
36.213

RAR scheduling information New parameter

 Msg3 scheduling information New parameter

PUCCH resource for Msg4

New parameter
feedback

Narrowbands to monitor for M- paging-

36.212, 36.213 New parameter
PDCCH for paging narrowBandsIndex
 Description Value range Default value

General parameters
Indicates whether low-complexity UEs with 1.4 MHz
UE bandwidth are supported in the cell or not
Indicates whether coverage enhancement is
supported in the cell and how large coverage
enhancement is supported in the cell
Frequency hopping parameters

The number of narrowbands for SIB1bis frequency

[2, 4] 2
hopping

0 = no frequency
Frequency hopping granularity for at least paging and
hopping, 0
RAR
other values FFS

Frequency hopping configuration (e.g.

activation/deactivation, number of narrowbands, FFS
hopping granularity Ych) for MTC-SIBx

Frequency hopping configuration (e.g.

activation/deactivation, number of narrowbands, FFS
hopping granularity Ych) for PRACH
Frequency hopping configuration (e.g.
activation/deactivation, number of narrowbands, FFS
hopping granularity Ych) for unicast M-PDCCH
Frequency hopping configuration (e.g.
activation/deactivation, number of narrowbands, FFS
hopping granularity Ych) for unicast PDSCH
Frequency hopping configuration (e.g.
activation/deactivation, number of narrowbands, FFS
hopping granularity Ych) for unicast PUSCH

Frequency hopping configuration (e.g.

activation/deactivation, number of narrowbands, FFS
hopping granularity Ych) for PUCCH

DL data and control parameters

bitmap
The set of valid subframes for downlink transmissions [X] bits

For M-PDCCH and PDSCH, the starting OFDM {1, 2, 3} for

symbol is broadcast to all low-complexity/coverage- N_DL^RB>10,
enhancement UEs in a cell via a shared higher layer {2, 3, 4} for
parameter in SIB1bis. N_DL^RB<=10
Working assumption: M-PDCCH common search
RAN1 has more
space (CSS) is necessary at least for paging and
details to agree
RAR.
Starting subframe of an M-PDCCH UE-specific RAN1 has more
search space details to agree

Multiple M-PDCCH candidates with the same {L, R} RAN1 has more
can be configured details to agree

UE-SS configuration for M-PDCCH FFS

Transmission type configured to UE for M-PDCCH localised, distributed

Number of PRB pairs configured to UE for M-PDCCH 2, 4, 6

Index to a specific combination of physical resource-

block pair for M-PDCCH set

DMRS scrambling sequence initialisation parameter 0, ..., 503

[FFS exact values

Set of PDSCH repetition levels for unicast 1
needed]

UL data and control parameters

bitmap
The set of valid subframes for uplink transmissions [X] bits

[FFS exact values

Set of PUSCH repetition levels for unicast 1
needed]

Indicates PUCCH narrowband regions for MTC [0, 1, ..., 7]

Number of PUCCH repetitions per PUCCH repetition [FFS exact values

level needed]
Starting offsets of the PUCCH resource(s) indicated
by MTC SIB can be configured separately per FFS
PUCCH repetition level

CSI measurement parameters

[1, 2, …, num
CSI measurements can be restricted to a subset of narrowbands]
the available narrow-bands bitmap
[8] bits

[1, ..., num

Number of subframes for CSI reference resource 1
subframes]

SIB/SI scheduling parameters

TBS of SIB1bis, periodicity of SIB1bis transmission
and repetition number within the periodicity of SIB1bis
transmission

Scheduling information (time, frequency, TBS, etc) for

MTC SIBs other than SIB1bis are given in SIB1bis.

Random access parameters

UE determines based on RSRP measurement
whether or not to start using one of the PRACH
FFS
resource sets for coverage enhancement (i.e.,
PRACH transmission with repetitions)
Specified maximum numbers of PRACH repetition
FFS
levels is 3 (beside the non-repetition case)

In SIB, the eNB provides a set of PRACH resources

(e.g. time, frequency, preamble)

ENUMERATED {n3,
Number of maximum preamble transmission attempts n4, n5, n6, n7, n8,
per coverage level n10}

Number of PRACH repetitions per attempt for each

FFS
coverage level

Power ramping step and preamble initial received

FFS
target power

Number of M-PDCCH repetitions for RAR and

narrowbands for M-PDCCH for RAR, unless given by FFS
M-PDCCH common search space configuration
Time, frequency, etc. FFS

E.g. narrowband, number of repetitions and starting

offset for PUCCH resource for HARQ feedback for FFS
Msg4
Paging parameters
A UE monitors a paging occasion in one of the
1, 2, …., max
configured narrowbands in the subframe based on at
available narrowband
least UE ID
 UE
Applicable Specific
specific/Cell Comment
for cells ation
specific

Not needed if it can be derived from

Cell specific 36.331
other parameters

Not needed if it can be derived from

Cell specific 36.331
other parameters

Only needed if certain variation of

Option B is supported. Not needed if it
Cell specific 36.331
can be derived from the DL system
bandwidth.

Cell specific 36.331 Only needed if not predefined (FFS)

FFS: Need of different frequency

hopping configuration for different
MTC-SIBs.
FFS 36.331 Frequency hopping info for SIB1bis
may be predefined; frequency
hopping for SIB1bis is always used for
BW>=5MHz.
Only needed if frequency hopping for
FFS 36.331 PRACH cannot be derived from
PRACH resource configuration
Only needed if frequency hopping for
FFS 36.331 M-PDCCH can be separately
configured

Only needed if frequency hopping for

FFS 36.331
PDSCH can be separately configured

Only needed if frequency hopping for

FFS 36.331
PUSCH can be separately configured

For UEs operating coverage

enhancement for PUCCH, PUCCH
Cell specific frequency hopping is always used.
or CE level 36.331 MTC SIB indicates at least two
specific PUCCH narrowband regions for MTC.
The parameter may not be needed if
predefined.

The set of subframes to be used for

downlink transmissions can be
Cell specific 36.331 explicitly and cell-specifically signalled
by the eNB by SIB1bis (from RAN1
perspective). The uplink case is FFS.

In TDD, starting OFDM symbol for

subframe 1 and 6 is maximum 2. The
Cell specific 36.331
starting OFDM symbol for SIB1bis is
predefined.
Cell specific 36.331 May or may not need RRC parameter

FFS 36.331 May or may not need RRC parameter

UE specific
and CE level 36.331 May or may not need RRC parameter
specific

It is RAN1 intention that a set of

(aggregation level, repetition level)
pair is defined, rather than each
specified separately.
RAN1 agreement: "A set of possible
UE specific
36.331 combinations of {ECCE aggregation
set
level, number of repetition} is defined
in the spec".
If configured by higher-layer signaling,
it is FFS whether signaling is implicit
or explicit.

Only needed if both localised and

UE specific 36.331 distributed transmission types are
supported.
A 6-PRB case is not necessary if
another RRC parameter is provided to
UE specific 36.331
indicate combination of two or more
M-PDCCH sets into 6 PRBs.

UE specific 36.331

UE specific 36.331

Not needed if it can be derived from

UE specific other parameters/signaling. At least
and CE level 36.331 for UEs in coverage enhancement,
specific DCI dynamically indicates actual
number of repetitions.

FFS: The set of subframes to be used

for uplink transmissions can be
Cell specific 36.331 explicitly and cell-specifically signalled
by the eNB by SIB1bis (from RAN1
perspective).
Not needed if it can be derived from
UE specific other parameters/signaling. At least
and CE level 36.331 for UEs in coverage enhancement,
specific DCI dynamically indicates actual
number of repetitions
FFS wether also level specific.
FFS whether both this parameter and
Cell specific 36.331
Starting offsets of the PUCCH
resource are needed.
Cell specific
Not needed if it can be derived from
and CE level 36.331
other parameters/signaling.
specific
 Cell specific
and PUCCH
36.331
repetition
level specific

Not needed if it can be derived from

other parameters (e.g. Frequency
FFS 36.331 hopping parameters and Number of
subframes for CSI reference
resource)
CSI reference resource is extended to
span multiple subframes M (M>1) at
least for UEs in small DL coverage
FFS 36.331
enhancement; FFS whether M is
semi-statically UE-specifically
configured or fixed.

Predefined or derived from MIB.

Cell specific 36.331 Necessary only if new field is
introduced in MIB for this purpose.
The number of repetitions for MTC
SIBs other than SIB1bis is
configurable by the network.
– FFS: SIB1bis
Cell specific 36.331
– FFS: How the network will signal the
number of repetitions
– FFS: TBS and periodicity may be
signaled as different parameters

Cell specific 36.331

Cell specific 36.331

Cell specific
and level 36.331
specific

Cell specific
and level 36.331
specific

Cell specific
and level 36.331
specific
Cell specific No power ramping is introduced for
and level 36.321 PRACH with large repetition.
specific for or Otherwise, PRACH power ramping
some 36.331 procedure is based on current
level(s) PRACH transmit power equation.

Level Only needed if it cannot be implicitly

36.331
specific derived
 Uplink grant in RAR is used for the
36.321
initial HARQ transmission of Msg3 for
or
Rel-13 low complexity and coverage
36.331
enhanced UEs
36.321
Only needed if it cannot be implicitly
or
derived
36.331

Handling of notifications for SI update,

Cell specific 36.331
ETWS and CMAS is FFS