Delayed Downlink TBF

A delayed release of the downlink TBF is when the release of the downlink TBF is delayed following the transmission of a final data block, rather than instantly releasing the TBF. A delayed downlink TBF allows re-use of a downlink TBF for subsequent data transfers without the need for TBF reestablishment, thereby reducing the latency involved between downlink transfers.Support for or use of delayed downlink TBF is not advertised to the mobile station in any way, and therefore is not contained in the System Information messages. The mobile station does not require any changes to support delayed downlink TBF operation.
It adjusts the time in which the network will release the TBF after idle transmission.
Parameter Name:Inactive Period of Extended Uplink TBF(ms) Description: This parameter specifies the inactive period of the extended uplink TBF. Upon receiving the last uplink RLC data blocks (CountValue=0) from the MS that supports the extended uplink TBF function, the network does not release this uplink TBF immediately but set it to the inactive mode. To transmit the uplink RLC data blocks during inactive period, the MS can use this TBF that automatically becomes active instead of establishing a new uplink TBF. When the inactive period expires, if no uplink RLC data block needs to be transmitted, the network sends the MS a Packet Uplink Ac message with FAI=1 to notify the MS of releasing the uplink TBF. In addition, when an uplink TBF is inactive, a downlink TBF can still establish on this uplink TBF. The extended uplink TBF function can greatly improve the network KPIs, especially for the discontinuous uplink transmission (such as interactive transmission and Ping) services. The value 0 specifies that the extended uplink TBF function is disabled (Also deactivate this function on the BSC side). If this parameter is set to a higher value, the release delay of the uplink TBF increases, thus wasting the uplink resources. If this parameter is set to a lower value, the uplink TBF frequently releases and establishes, thus increasing the delay for the delay tests of the Attach and Ping services.