GSM System Information message type
Cell ARFCN, RACH parameters
System information-1(SI1)
System information-2(SI2)
System information-2bis(SI-2bis)
System information-2ter(SI-2ter)
System information-2 Quarter (SI-
2Quater)
System information-3 (SI3)
System information-4 (SI4)
System information-5 (SI5)
SI Description
required to access the system by MS
and hopping related information are
sent in this SI message.
Neighbour BCCH frequencies and
PLMN information are sent in this SI.
MS uses these frequencies for signal
strength measurements required for
handover.
RACH control and BCCH extension on
neighbor cells
Information of BCCH extended
allocated on which neighbor cells are
provided in this SI. Broadcasted
optionally on BCCH by the network to
all the MSs.
3G neighbor cell related information
Carry following : 1. LAI of the current
location area, 2. Cell identity, 3.
Control channel information required to
calculate paging group, 4. Cell options
to achieve good performance in the
cell, 5. cell selection parameters
required by MS.
CBCH and CBCH related frequency
information, LAI, Cell selection
parameters and RACH control
information are carried by this SI4
message.
It carries neighbor cell informations. In
active mode, MS sends measurement
reports in the uplink and output
power/timing advance information in
the downlink (on SACCH). Also gets
BCCH carrier related information of the
neighbor cells.

System information-6 (SI6)
System information-7 (SI7)
System information-8 (SI8)
System information-9 (SI9)
System information-13 (SI13)
Information on LAI, cell options, Cell
identity and PLMN permitted or not is
transmitted on this SI.
Cell re-selection parameters needed
by MS are sent on this SI.
Cell re-selection parameters needed
by MS are sent on this SI.
Scheduling related some of the
informations are sent on this SI.
Carry GPRS related information
needed for PS call.
System information block in UMTS type

SIB1

SIB2

SIB3

SIB4

SIB5

SIB6

SIB7

SIB8

SIB9

SIB10

SIB11

SIB12

SIB13-SIB13.4
SIB14

SIB15-SIB15.4

SIB16

SIB17

SIB18
 Function(Information carried)

NAS information,timer related information

mainly used in IDLE/CONNECTED Mode

available URAs(max. 8 URAs in a cell)

cell selection/reselection parameters used
by UE in IDLE mode, if SIB4 is not present
then it can also be used by UEs(in
CONNECTED MODE).
cell selection/reselection parameters used
by UE in CONNECTED mode,if not
present SIB3 to be used by UE
Carry info. on common physical
channels(PICH/AICH/P-
CCPCH/PRACH/SCCPCH) for UE(in
IDLE mode), in the absence of SIB6 it is
also used for UE in CONNECTED state.

Carry info. on common physical

channels(PICH/AICH/P-
CCPCH/PRACH/SCCPCH) for UE(in
CONNECTED mode), in the absence of
SIB6, UE need to use SIB5
carry fast changing cell parameter
informations(uplink interference
levels,dynamic persistence value)
carry static information for CPCH (only for
FDD use)
carry dynamic information for CPCH (only
for FDD use)
DRAC procedure related information(sent
over FACH channel)

carry measurement control information(UE

in IDLE mode), If SIB12 is absent it is also
used for UE in CONNECTED mode.

carry measurement control information(UE

in CONNECTED mode), If SIB12 is
absent, SIB11 can be used by UE

carry ANSI-41 parameter related

informations used for ANSI-41 core
networks.
carry outer loop power control
information(TDD mode use only),used
over dedicated and common physical
channels.
carry information used for UE positioning
methods(e.g. GPS/OTDOA)
carry information related to channel
configuration used for handover
carry information on shared common
channels(to be used in CONNECTED
mode,TDD use)
carry PLMN identities of neighbouring
cells(used by UE in IDLE/CONNECTED
MODE)
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SIB(System Information Block)

< SIB 1 >

i) Cell Access Related Information - PLMN Identity List, PLMN Identity, TA Code, Cell identity & Cell Status
ii) Cell Selection Information - Minimum Receiver Level
iii) Scheduling Information - SI message type & Periodicity, SIB mapping Info, SI Window length

< SIB 2 >

i) Access Barring Information - Access Probability factor, Access Class Baring List, Access Class Baring Time
ii) Semi static Common Channel Configuration - Random Access Parameter, PRACH Configuration
iii) UL frequency Information - UL EARFCN, UL Bandwidth, additional emmission
iv) MBSFN Configuration

< SIB 3 >

i) Information/Parameters for intra-frequency cell reselections

< SIB 4 >

i) Information on intra-frequency neighboring cells

< SIB 5 >

i) Information on inter-frequency neighboring cells

< SIB 6 >

i) Information for reselection to UMTS (UTRAN) cells  

< SIB 7 >

i) Information for reselection to GSM (GERAN) cells  

< SIB 8 >

 i) Information for reselection to CDMA2000 systems

< SIB 9 >

i) Home eNodeB name – for future LTE femtocell applications

< SIB 10 / SIB 11 >

i)  ETWS (Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System) information

< SIB 12 >

i) Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS) information.

< SIB 13 >

i) MBSFN (eMBMS) Area Configuration

ii) MCCH Configuration

< SIB 14 >

i) Extended Access Barring

< SIB 15 >

i) MBMS SAI (Service Area Identities) Configuration

< SIB 16 >

i) GPS Related Informatin

< SIB 17 >

i) WLAN Configuration for LTE-WLAN Interworking

SIBs and their JOBS:
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SIB-1
SIB-2
SIB-3
SIB-4
SIB-5
SIB-6
SIB-7
SIB-8

SIB-9
SIB-10
SIB-11
SIB-12
SIB-13
Cell access related parameters and scheduling of other SIBs

Common and shared channel configuration, RACH related configuration are present

Parameters required for intra-frequency, inter-frequency and I-RAT cell re-selections

Information regarding INTRA-frequency neighboring cells (E-UTRA)

Information regarding INTER-frequency neighboring cells (E-UTRA)

Information for re-selection to INTER-RAT (UTRAN cells)

Information for re-selection to INTER-RAT (GERAN cells)

Information for re-selection to INTER-RAT (CDMA2000)

Information related to Home eNodeB  (FEMTOCELL)

ETWS (Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System) information (Primary notification)

ETWS (Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System) information (Secondary notification)

Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) information.

Contains the information required to acquire the MBMS control information associated with one or more MBSFN areas.
LTE measurement report triggering

A1
Serving becomes better than threshold
A2
Serving becomes worse than threshold
A3
Neighbour becomes offset better than PCell
A4
Neighbour becomes better than threshold
A5
PCell becomes worse than threshold1 and neighbour becomes better than threshold2
A6
Neighbour becomes offset better than SCell
C1
CSI-RS resource becomes better than threshold
C2
CSI-RS resource becomes offset better than reference CSI-RS resource
B1
Inter RAT neighbour becomes better than threshold
B2
PCell becomes worse than threshold1 and inter RAT neighbour becomes better than threshold2
W1
WLAN becomes better than a threshold
W2
All WLAN inside WLAN mobility set becomes worse than threshold1 and a WLAN outside WLAN mobility
set becomes better than threshold2
W3
All WLAN inside WLAN mobility set becomes worse than a threshold
V1
The channel busy ratio is above a threshold
V2
The channel busy ratio is below a threshold

Event configuration (36.133)

Event Parameter Range
A3, A6, C2 Offset -30 30
RSRP
0 97
threshold
A1, A2, A4, A5, B1
RSRQ
0 34
threshold

C1 CSI RSRP 0 97

UTRA RSCP -5 91

B1, B2 UTRA EcN0 0 49

B1, B2
GERAN 0 63
CDMA2000 0 63
 Value
-15dB +15dB

-140dBm -44dBm

-19.5dB -3dB

-140dBm -44dBm

-120dBm -25dBm

-24dB 0dB