NB-IoT RRC Connection Re-establishment on nRF9161

Hello,

NB-IoT RRC Connection Re-establishment is supposedly available on nRF9161/51. Is there a related AT-command to enable / disable?

Best regards,

François.

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  • Greetings,

    Would it be possible to get an update on the level of support of this feature on nRF91x1 modules ? Any specific minimum firmware required? Any AT-command to enable/disable?

    Is it by chance now also supported on nRF9160 ?

    3GPP Rel-14 introduced NB-IoT RRC connection re-establishment in Control Plane CIoT EPS optimization mode. It is a Connected Mode Mobility (CMM) enhancement : in case of radio link failure, it allows UE to move from one cell to another without having to renegociate a new connection, for improved service continuity. It works as follows : if a source eNodeB fails to send downlink NAS data to a UE, it returns the data to the MME. The MME then instructs a target eNodeB to send the data to the UE.

    The eNB indicates to the UE that RRC connection Re-establishment is supported via the SIB2-NB channel.

    Best regards,

    François.

  • Hello François

    My sincerest apologies, this question did get an answer but fell of the radar with the other tickets/questions. Here is the answer I got back in June 2024

    RRC connection re-establishment is supported in nRF9161/51 in NB-IoT mode. There is no AT-command to enable/disable it.

    Reduced Mobility feature (3GPP Relaxed Monitoring TS36.304 and Nordic-proprietary feature) based on %REDMOB command

    In nRF9161/51 %REDMOB command parameters are these:

    0 - enable 3GPP Rel14 Relaxed Monitoring feature

    1 - enable Nordic proprietary Relaxed Monitoring feature

    2 - disable 3GPP Rel14 and Nordic proprietary Relaxed Monitoring features and enable full measurements to achieve best possible mobility.

    Relaxed Monitoring feature applies to both NB-IoT and LTE-M systems.

    LTE-M Data Inactivity Timer

    In nRF9161/51 Data Inactivity Timer is supported by default. There is no AT-command to enable/disable it.

    NB-IoT Dual HARQ and Max TBS size enhancement

    In nRF9161/51 NB-IoT Dual HARQ and Max TBS size enhancement are supported by default. There are no AT-commands to enable/disable those.

    Let me know if you need more information on this topic.

    Kind regards,
    Øyvind

  • Hello Øyvind,

    No worries, thanks for the detailed answer and the recap !

    One final query: is RRC Connection Re-Estab also supported on nrF9160 ? If that's the case, any specific AT command needed, and with which minimal FW version?

    Best regards,

    François

  • Hello, 

    fdup78 said:
    One final query: is RRC Connection Re-Estab also supported on nrF9160 ? If that's the case, any specific AT command needed, and with which minimal FW version?

    Our team responds with the following answer:
    RRC Connection Re-establishment for NB-IOT is supported from MFW-2.0.0 onwards - no specific AT-command needed. For
    HW-wise, MFW-2.0.0 is supported only in nrf91x1 hardware → So, not supported in nrf9160 at all.

    Kind regards,
    Øyvind

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