5G NR RRC IEs: Information Elements List

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This page provides a list of 5G NR RRC IEs (Information Elements), including 5G NR system IEs, UE capability IEs, and other Information Elements (IEs). RRC stands for Radio Resource Control. The IEs serve specific purposes within the 5G NR system.

5G NR RRC Information Elements (IEs)

The 3GPP document TS 38.331 Release 15 contains the definitions and fields of 5G NR specific Information Elements (IEs).

Table 1: RRC IEs

To navigate to specific RRC IEs, click on the corresponding cell in the table below.

AdditionalSpectrumEmissionAlphaARFCN-ValueNRBWPBWP-Id
BeamFailureRecoveryConfigCellGroupConfigCellGroupIdCodebookConfigConfiguredGrantConfig
ControlResourceSetControlResourceSetIdCrossCarrierSchedulingConfigCSI-AperiodicTriggerStateListCSI-FrequencyOccupation
CSI-IM-ResourceCSI-IM-ResourceIdCSI-IM-ResourceSetCSI-IM-ResourceSetIdCSI-MeasConfig
CSI-ReportConfigCSI-ReportConfigIdCSI-ResourceConfigCSI-ResourceConfigIdCSI-ResourcePeriodicityAndOffset
CSI-RS-ResourceConfigMobilityCSI-RS-ResourceMappingCSI-SemiPersistentOnPUSCH-TriggerStateListCSI-SSB-ResourceSetIdCSI-SSB-ResourceSet
DMRS-DownlinkConfigDMRS-UplinkConfigDownlinkConfigCommonDownlinkPreemptionDRB-Identity
EUTRA-MBSFN-SubframeConfigListFilterCoefficientFreqBandIndicatorNRFrequencyInfoDLFrequencyInfoUL
HysteresisLogicalChannelConfigLogicalChannelIdentityMAC-CellGroupConfigMeasConfig
MeasGapConfigMeasGapSharingConfigMeasIdMeasIdToAddModListMeasObjectEUTRA
MeasObjectIdMeasObjectNRMeasObjectToAddModListMeasResultsMeasResultSCG-Failure
MeasResultCellListSFTDMultiFrequencyBandListNRNZP-CSI-RS-ResourceNZP-CSI-RS-ResourceIdNZP-CSI-RS-ResourceSet
NZP-CSI-RS-ResourceSetIdP-MaxPCI-ListPCI-RangePCI-RangeElement
PCI-RangeIndexPCI-RangeIndexListPDCCH-ConfigPDCCH-ConfigCommonPDCCH-ServingCellConfig
PDCP-ConfigPDSCH-ConfigPDSCH-ConfigCommonPDSCH-ServingCellConfigPDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList
PhysCellIdPhysicalCellGroupConfigPRB-IdPTRS-DownlinkConfigPTRS-UplinkConfig
PUCCH-ConfigPUCCH-ConfigCommonPUCCH-PathlossReferenceRS-IdPUCCH-PowerControlPUCCH-TPC-CommandConfig
PUSCH-ConfigPUSCH-ConfigCommonPUSCH-PowerControlPUSCH-ServingCellConfigPUSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList
PUSCH-TPC-CommandConfigQ-OffsetRangeQuantityConfigRACH-ConfigCommonRACH-ConfigGeneric
RACH-ConfigDedicatedRA-PrioritizationRadioBearerConfigRadioLinkMonitoringConfigRadioLinkMonitoringRSId
RateMatchPatternRateMatchPatternIdRateMatchPatternLTE-CRSReportConfigIdReportConfigNR
ReportConfigToAddModListReportIntervalRLC-BearerConfigRLC-ConfigRLF-TimersAndConstants
RNTI-ValueRSRP-RangeRSRQ-RangeSCellIndexSchedulingRequestConfig
SchedulingRequestIdSchedulingRequestResourceConfigSchedulingRequestResourceIdScramblingIdSCS-SpecificCarrier
SDAP-ConfigSearchSpaceSearchSpaceIdSecurityAlgorithmConfigServCellIndex
ServingCellConfigServingCellConfigCommonSINR-RangeSlotFormatCombinationsPerCellSlotFormatIndicator
SS-RSSI-MeasurementSPS-ConfigSRB-IdentitySRS-ConfigSRS-CarrierSwitching
SRS-TPC-CommandConfigSSB-IndexSSB-MTCSubcarrierSpacingTCI-State
TCI-StateIdTDD-UL-DL-ConfigTimeToTriggerUplinkConfigCommonZP-CSI-RS-Resource
ZP-CSI-RS-ResourceSetZP-CSI-RS-ResourceSetId

Table 2: UE Capability IEs

To navigate to respective UE Capability IEs, just click on the respective cells in the table below.

AccessStratumReleaseBandCombinationListCA-BandwidthClassNRCA-BandwidthClassEUTRACA-ParametersNR
CA-ParametersEUTRAFeatureSetCombinationFeatureSetCombinationIdFeatureSetDownlinkFeatureSetDownlinkId
FeatureSetEUTRA-DownlinkIdFeatureSetDownlinkPerCCFeatureSetDownlinkPerCC-IdFeatureSetUplinkFeatureSetUplinkId
FeatureSetEUTRA-UplinkIdFeatureSetUplinkPerCCFeatureSetUplinkPerCC-IdFeatureSetsFreqBandIndicatorEUTRA
FreqBandListFreqSeparationClassMIMO-LayersModulationOrderMRDC-Parameters
RAT-TypeSupportedBandwidthUE-CapabilityRAT-ContainerListUE-MRDC-CapabilityRF-ParametersMRDC
MeasParametersMRDCUE-NR-CapabilityPhy-ParametersRF-ParametersMIMO-ParametersPerBand
PDCP-ParametersRLC-ParametersMAC-ParametersMeasParameters

Note: The IEs provided on this page are as per 3GPP 38.331 RRC specifications release 15. The information is subject to change as per new releases from 3GPP.

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