5.3. Idle and connected mode procedures

In this section, we describe LTE-M physical layer procedures and higher layer protocols, including all activities from initial cell selection to setting up and controlling a connection. This section uses physical layer related terminology introduced in Section 5.2.
The idle mode procedures include the initial cell selection, system information (SI) acquisition, cell reselection, paging, and multicast procedures. The transition from idle to connected mode involves the procedures for random access, and access control. The connected mode operation includes procedures for scheduling, retransmission, power control, mobility support, and positioning. Idle mode procedures and connected mode procedures are treated ...

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