X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Foverview.rst;fp=docs%2Foverview.rst;h=1698f409ea76b5d576ca03a8a49dd0b06a16692a;hb=90664a3ee86a61b71260de72c916f2bb85a3afc4;hp=3ce575c3df146c142fae0c1b616a0958a8777508;hpb=51bda2db4a40fa138861660403c8588160a08795;p=o-du%2Fl2.git diff --git a/docs/overview.rst b/docs/overview.rst index 3ce575c3d..1698f409e 100644 --- a/docs/overview.rst +++ b/docs/overview.rst @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ This section describes the Idle Mode Paging procedure within O-DU High. As seen in the Figure 9, -- When a Paging is received from CU and the Cell to be Paged is UP then DU APP will calculate Paging Frame(PF) and i_s(Index of Paging Ocassion/Slot) and groups the Paging of UEs falling on same PF/SFN together and stores in its Cell's Databse. +- When a Paging is received from O-CU and the Cell to be Paged is UP then DU APP will calculate Paging Frame(PF) and i_s(Index of Paging Ocassion/Slot) and groups the Paging of UEs falling on same PF/SFN together and stores in its Cell's Databse. - When a Slot Indication for SFN is received then DU APP extracts the Paging of all UEs whose PF is ahead by PAGING_DELTA and builds Paging RRC PDU. DU APP sends the same via DL PCCH Indication to MAC. @@ -440,6 +440,52 @@ As seen in the Figure 9, - MAC forwards the PAGE to PHY in TX_Data.Request. +Inter-DU Handover within O-CU +------------------------------ + +This section describes the handling of inter-DU handover of a UE within O-DU High. + +.. figure:: Inter_DU_Handover_Within_OCU.png + :width: 600 + :alt: Inter-DU Handover withing O-CU + + Figure 9 - Inter_DU Handover call flow + +Assumption: UE is RRC connected with DU and PDU data session is active. + +- The UE sends Measurement Report message to the source O-DU. This message is sent from O-DU to O-CU in the UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER message over F1AP interface. + +- Based on UE Measurement Report, O-CU makes a handover decision to another cell belonging to the target O-DU. + +- The O-CU sends a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST message to source O-DU to query the latest configuration. + +- The DU APP in source O-DU responds with a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE message that includes latest full configuration information. + +- The O-CU sends a UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST message to the target O-DU to create an UE context and setup one or more data bearers. The UE CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST message includes Hand-overPreparationInformation. At target O-DU, DU APP sends UE Create Request to MAC and RLC layers to create the UE context with radio resources and receives UE Create Response from the respective protocol layers. + +- The target O-DU responds with a UE CONTEXT SETUP RESPONSE message if the target O-DU can admit resources for the handover. + +- The O-CU sends a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST message to the source O-DU, which includes RRCReconfiguration message towards the UE. The O-CU also indicates the source O-DU to stop the data transmission for the UE. + +- The source O-DU forwards the received RRCReconfiguration message to the UE and then sends the UE Reconfiguration Request to MAC/Scheduler and RLC layer and get the UE Reconfiguration Response from the respective protocol layers. + +- The source O-DU responds to the O-CU with UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION RESPONSE message. + +- UE triggers Random Access procedure at the target O-DU. This is a contention free random access if UE was informed about its dedicated RACH resources in RRC Reconfiguration message. + +- Once Random Access procedure with target O-DU is complete, the UE responds to the target O-DU with a RRCReconfigurationComplete message. + +- The target O-DU sends UL RRC MESSAGE TRANSFER message to O-CU to convey the received RRCReconfigurationComplete message. + +- The downlink and uplink data packets are sent to/from the UE through the target O-DU. + +- The O-CU sends UE CONTEXT RELEASE COMMAND message to the source O-DU. + +- The source O-DU sends UE DELETE REQUEST to MAC/RLC layers to release the UE context and receives UE DELETE RESPONSE message. + +- The source O-DU responds to O-CU with UE CONTEXT RELEASE COMPLETE message. + + OSC Testcases Supported =========================