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Chapter 4 Security ............................................................................................................................................ 52
Chapter 5 C-plane Protocol .............................................................................................................................. 53
5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 53
5.2 Function ........................................................................................................................................................... 53
5.2.1 C-Plane Transport ...................................................................................................................................... 53
5.3 Elementary Procedures .................................................................................................................................... 53
5.3.1 Scheduling and Beamforming Commands Transfer procedure .................................................................. 53
5.3.2 Mixed Numerology and PRACH Handling ............................................................................................... 54
5.3.3 DL Precoding configuration parameters and indications ........................................................................... 57
5.3.4 LAA Commands Transfer procedure ......................................................................................................... 59
5.3.4.1 LBT procedure overview ...................................................................................................................... 59
5.3.4.2 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................ 60
5.3.4.3 General Guidelines for the LAA-procedure ......................................................................................... 61
5.3.4.3.1 PDSCH Transmission ..................................................................................................................... 61
5.3.4.3.2 DRS Transmission .......................................................................................................................... 62
5.3.4.3.3 Congestion Window Information Transmission ............................................................................. 62
5.3.5 Symbol Numbering and Duration .............................................................................................................. 62
5.3.6 Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) ............................................................................................................. 63
5.3.6.1 Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) via Dedicated Endpoints ............................................................... 63
5.3.6.2 Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) via Section Extension =9 for DSS ................................................ 63
5.4 Elements for the C-plane Protocol ................................................................................................................... 63
5.4.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................... 63
5.4.1.1 Section Extensions ................................................................................................................................ 64
5.4.2 Scheduling and Beamforming Commands ................................................................................................. 64
5.4.3 Coding of Information Elements – Transport Layer .................................................................................. 75
5.4.4 Coding of Information Elements – Application Layer, Common .............................................................. 75
5.4.4.1 dataDirection (data direction (gNB Tx/Rx)) ......................................................................................... 75
5.4.4.2 payloadVersion (payload version) ........................................................................................................ 75
5.4.4.3 filterIndex (filter index) ........................................................................................................................ 75
5.4.4.4 frameId (frame identifier) ..................................................................................................................... 76
5.4.4.5 subframeId (subframe identifier) .......................................................................................................... 76
5.4.4.6 slotId (slot identifier) ............................................................................................................................ 77
5.4.4.7 startSymbolid (start symbol identifier) ................................................................................................. 77
5.4.4.8 numberOfsections (number of sections) ............................................................................................... 77
5.4.4.9 sectionType (section type) .................................................................................................................... 77
5.4.4.10 udCompHdr (user data compression header) ........................................................................................ 77
5.4.4.11 numberOfUEs (number Of UEs) .......................................................................................................... 78
5.4.4.12 timeOffset (time offset) ........................................................................................................................ 78
5.4.4.13 frameStructure (frame structure) .......................................................................................................... 78
5.4.4.14 cpLength (cyclic prefix length) ............................................................................................................ 79
5.4.5 Coding of Information Elements – Application Layer, Sections ............................................................... 79
5.4.5.1 sectionId (section identifier) ................................................................................................................. 79
5.4.5.2 rb (resource block indicator) ................................................................................................................. 80
5.4.5.3 symInc (symbol number increment command) .................................................................................... 80
5.4.5.4 startPrbc (starting PRB of data section description) ............................................................................. 81
5.4.5.5 reMask (resource element mask) .......................................................................................................... 81
5.4.5.6 numPrbc (number of contiguous PRBs per data section description)................................................... 81
5.4.5.7 numSymbol (number of symbols) ........................................................................................................ 82
5.4.5.8 ef (extension flag) ................................................................................................................................. 82
5.4.5.9 beamId (beam identifier) ...................................................................................................................... 82
5.4.5.10 ueId (UE identifier) .............................................................................................................................. 83
5.4.5.11 freqOffset (frequency offset) ................................................................................................................ 83
5.4.5.12 regularizationFactor (regularization Factor) ......................................................................................... 83
5.4.5.13 ciIsample, ciQsample (channel information I and Q values) ................................................................ 83
5.4.5.14 laaMsgType (LAA message type) ........................................................................................................ 84
5.4.5.15 laaMsgLen (LAA message length) ....................................................................................................... 84
5.4.5.16 lbtHandle .............................................................................................................................................. 84
5.4.5.17 lbtDeferFactor (listen-before-talk defer factor) .................................................................................... 84
5.4.5.18 lbtBackoffCounter (listen-before-talk backoff counter) ....................................................................... 85
5.4.5.19 lbtOffset (listen-before-talk offset) ....................................................................................................... 85