Chapter 12 Procedures

This chapter provides a brief introduction to some of the procedures used in EPS. It should be noted that it is not feasible within this book to include a complete description of all procedures that exist in EPS. Instead, we have chosen a few key procedures that should give a good overview for some of the most important use cases. An interested reader can consult the 3GPP technical specifications 23.060, [23.060], 23.401, [23.401] and 23.402, [23.402] for complete descriptions.

12.1 Attach and Detach for E-UTRAN

12.1.1 Attach procedure for E-UTRAN

Attach is the first procedure the UE executes after being switched on. The procedure is performed to make it possible to receive services from the network. An optimization ...

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