The STATUS PDU is used to exchange status information between two RLC AM entities.

Why STATUS PDU is required

by the receiving entity to inform the transmitting entity about missing PDUs at the receiving entity; by the receiving entity to inform the transmitting entity about the size of the allowed transmission window; by the transmitting entity to request the receiving entity to move the receiving window.

D/C

PDU Type

SUFI

SUFI 1

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SUFI k

Padding

NOTE: Status PDUs are octet aligned i.e. their length must be multiple of 8 bits.

Status PDU Parameters

D/C
This one bit field tells if the PDU is a Status PDU or AM Data PDU.

If D/C = 1, then the PDU is AM data PDU If D/C = 0, then PDU is a Status PDU

PDU Type
The PDU type field indicates the type of Control PDU.

Bit

PDU Type

000

Status PDU

001

Reset PDU

010

Reset-Ack PDU

011-111

Reserved

SUFI: Super Field

Super-Field indicates which AMD PDUs are received correctly and which are missing. SUFI has three sub-fields:

Type Length Value

Type field is 4 bits long and may have one of the following values:

Super-Field indicates which AMD PDUs are received correctly and which are missing. SUFi has three sub-fields: o Type o Length o Value
Bits Description

0000

No more data (NO_MORE)

0001

Window Size (WINDOW)

0010

Acknowledgement (ACK)

0011

List (LIST)

0100

Bitmap (BITMAP)

0101

Relative list (Rlist)

0110

Move Receiving Window (MRW)

0111

Move Receiving Window Acknowledgement (MRW_ACK)

1000

Poll (POLL)

1001-1111

Reserved

No more data SUFI

No more data SUFI indicates the end of a Status PDU. Everything after this SUFI will be regarded as padding and will be discarded. NO_MORE SUFI is always the last SUFI if it is included in a STATUS PDU.

Acknowledgement Super Field

The Acknowledgement super-field consists of a type identifier field (ACK) and a sequence number (LSN). Acknowledges the reception of all AMD PDUs with Sequence Number < LSN (Last Sequence Number) that are not indicated to be erroneous in earlier parts of the STATUS PDU. LSN is of 12 bits. SUFI ACK is always the last SUFI if it is included in a Status PDU. So SIFI NO_MORE and SUFI ACK can not be included in the same Status PDU.

Example

Explanation
Octet 1:

0: D/C: Data or Control. As it is a Control PDU, this bit is set to 0. 000: Control PDU Type: It is a STATUS PDU, so 000. 0010: SUFI Type. 0010 means SUFI ACK
Octet 2 & 3:

000000000100: LSN, Last Sequence Number: 4 LSN is encoded as 4, this means all PDUs with Sequence Number less than 4 are correctly received. In this example PDUs with Sequence Number 0, 1, 2, 3 are correctly received. Padding: The rest part of the Control PDU is padding.