These steps can be categorized in: 1) 2) 3) Cell search and cell selection, Reception of system information, and Random

access.

Cell Search and Cell Selection: S ccessf l completion of the cell search and selection proced re as !ell as ac" iringinitial system information is re" ired for the #$ before it can comm nicate !ith the net!or%. &T$ ses a hierarchical cell'search proced re in !hich an &T$ cell is identified by a cell identity, ()* +) ' ()3) physical layer cell identity has been defined for this p rpose. ,ith a hierarchical cell search scheme, these identities are di-ided into 1./ ni" e cell layer identity gro ps in the physical layer, in !hich each gro p consists of three physical layer identities.

0n order to %no! the cell search and selection first !e ha-e to %no! the physical signals and 1hysical channels in do!nlin% for cell search and selection. Step 1 2 1rimary Synchronization Signal 3 Slot Timing 4etection

3 1hysical &ayer 04 +),1,2) Step 2 2 Secondary Synchronization Signal +SSS) 3 Radio 5rame Timing detection 3 5ind 1hysical &ayer Cell 04 3 Cyclic 1refi6 &ength detection 3 544 or T44 4etection Step 3 2 Reference Signal 4etection 7 18C9 4etection +Recei-ing System 0nformation)

4o!ling Signals: ' 1rimary Synchronization signal ' 1rimary Synchronization signal ' Cell Specific reference signal &T$ 4o!nlin% 8roadcast Channel: ' 1hysical 8roadcast Channel+18C9): :08 1hysical Cell 04 ; Cell <ro p 04 = 3 > Cell 04 0t may happen that #$ is at the interference area of m ltiple cells? in that case #$ may get m ltiple cell ids. 0n order to camp on a partic lar cell it has to decode cell specific reference signals. 2 Reference signal contains: 4o!nlin% channel estimation. Channel @ ality 0ndicator +C@0; @1SA71. @B:7.* @B: depending on the signal strength). 8ased on these parameters #$ camps on a partic lar cell, and proceed to the ne6t step CRecei-ing system informationD ' ' 3 Reception of system information:

Bfter the s ccessf l e6ec tion of the cell'search proced re described in the pre-io s section, the de-ice is able to decode the Physical Broadcast Channel +18C9) and read o t the Master Information Block +:08).

Master Information Block (MIB): Bs MIB is the most important information bloc% ' ' ' 0t is transmitted !ith a fi6ed sched ling. The MIB ses a periodicity of *)ms. S5Emod* ; ), and repetitions are sched led in s bframe F) of all other radio frames.

:08 Contains: ' Dl Band idth: Transmission band!idth config ration, nRB in do!nlin%. ' ' !"IC" Related Information: This 0$ is sed to specify the 190C9 config ration System #rame $%m&er: 4efines the / most significant bits of the S5E

Bfter recei-ing :08 #$ config re the 8CC9'4&'SC9 channel and map it on 14SC9 to recei-e System 0nformation 8loc% Type1 +S081). System Information Block' (SIB'): System Information BlockType1 (SIB1) contains information rele-ant !hen e-al ating if a #$ is allo!ed to access a cell. ' ' ' ' 0t pro-ides the #$ !ith the sched ling of other system information. SIB1 ses a fi6ed sched le !ith a periodicity of 80ms The first transmission sched led in s bframe F( of radio frames for !hich the SFNmod8 = 0 Repetitions are sched led in s bframe F( of all other radio frames for !hich SFNmod2 =0 System Information Block' Contains:

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Cell access related information: !(M$ identity list: &ist of 1&:E identities )racking area code: B trackin !reaCode that is common for all the 1&:Es listed. Cell identity: 0dentity of the cell. Cell Barred: GbarredH means the cell is barred. 0nformation for cell selection: Minim%m re*%ired R+ le,el in the cell and offsetp.Ma+: :a6im m po!er -al e applicable for the cell. #re*%ency &and indicator: Iperating fre" ency band. The #$ shall consider the cell as barred if the fre" ency band indicated in the fre"BandIndicator is not part of the fre" ency bands s pported by the #$. Sched%ling information: Common for all S08s other than MIB, SIB1, SIB10, SIB11 and SIB12# )DD config%ration SI. indo length System information ,al%e tag

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System Information Block2 (SIB2): SystemInformationBlockType2 +SIB2) contains radio reso rce config ration information that is common for all #$. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' SIB2 is not specifically incl ded in the sched ling information in S081. 5irst entry in the list of SI messa es in sched$lin Info%ist in S081. System Information Block )ype2 Contains: /(.Carrier#re*: 0f this 0$ is absent +for 544), the &%'Carrier Fre"$ency -al e sho ld be determined from the defa lt ()'R) fre"$ency se*aration# /(.Band idth: Transmission band!idth config ration, NRB, in plin%. Defa%lt !aging Cycle: 4efa lt paging cycle. Modification !eriod Coeff: Bct al modification period. p.Ma+: :a6im m po!er to be sed in the target cell. /(.Cyclic !refi+ (ength: The -al e len1 corresponds to normal cyclic *refi+ and len2 corresponds to e+tended cyclic *refi+ Radio Reso%rce Config Common SIB: The 0$ RadioReso$rceConfi CommonSIB is sed to specify common radio reso rce config rations o Common Channel 0nformation o o o Random Bccess Channel 0nformation Random Bccess 1reamble 0nfo 9BR@ info

Bfter S082 reception #$ config res the Random Bccess Channel and Common shared channels. Start p'lin% synchronization sing Random Bccess 1roced re.