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RadioLinkFailure(RLF)
TobehonestIdon'tthinkIsawanyclear/explicitdefinitionofthisterm.MypersonaldefinitionofRadioLinkFailure
is"PhysicalLayer(especiallylowPHY)break"andinmostcasethisfailureisunintentional.
WhenUEReportRLF?
Thenthenextquestionwouldbe"HowUEoreNodeBcandetectthiskindofRadioLinkFailure?".Unfortunatelywe
don'thaveanyclearanswertothisquestioneither.SodetaileddetectionimplementationisuptoUEmakerand
eNodeBmaker,butwecanthinkofseveralguidelines.
UEmayassumethatRadioLinkisbrokeninthefollowingsetuation.
ThemeasuredRSRPistoolow(underacertainlimit)
ItfailedtodecodePDCCHduetopowersignalquality(e.g,lowRSRP,RSRQ)
ItfailedtodecodePDSCHduetopowersignalquality(e.g,lowRSRP,RSRQ)
However,detailedmechanismtoRLFisuptothechipsetimplementation.SotheindividualRLFdetectionmechanism
mayvarychipsettochipset.
eNodeBmayassumethatthatRadioLinkisbrokeninthefollowingsetuation.
SRSPower(SINR)fromUEismuchlowerthanwhateNBconfiguredfortheUE
eNodeBcouldn'tdetect(see)anyNACKnorACKfromUEforPDSCH.
DoesUEoreNodeBdeclare"RadiolinkFailure"wheneveritseestheproblemdescribedabove,evenforonlyone
subframe?
No,itisnot.Inmostcase,thiskindofproblemshouldhappenforacertainperiodoftimeconsecutivelyanda
coupleoftimersandparametersareinvolvedinthecriteriasetup.(SeeT311,n310)
WhatUEtriestodowhenRLFHappens?
Thenthenextquestionwouldbe"WhatUEdoeswhenitdetectsRadioLinkFailure?"or"WhateNodeBdoeswhenit
detectsRadioLinkFailure?".
ThemosttypicalprocedureistogothroughRRCConnectionRestablishementprocedure.
<AttemptorecoverRadioLinkwhileOutofSYNC(RadioLinkFailure)RRCConnectionReEstablishment>
<WhenULDataarrivesfromhigherlayerwhileOutofSYNC(RadioLinkFailure)>
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