What is RRC IDLE state in 5G?

In 5G, they have introduced new RRC Stats called “RRC Inactive” to minimize latency as well as to reduce signalling load . Transitions from RRC Inactive to Connected is very quick as UE Context is stored at gNB and UE. NG signalling keep alive between gNB to AMF, GTP-U also remain alive between gNB to UPF.1 Tem 2020

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What are RRC states?

There are three RRC states; RRC_IDLE, RRC_INACTIVE, and RRC_CONNECTED are defined for a 5G NR UE. While RRC_IDLE and RRC_CONNECTED states in NR are almost same as those of LTE, the RRC_INACTIVE states is newly introduced in 5G NR.

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What is RRC UE?

In summary, a UE is in RRC_CONNECTED when an RRC connection has been established or in RRC_INACTIVE (if the UE is connected to 5GC) when RRC connection is suspended . If this is not the case, i.e. no RRC connection is established, the UE is in RRC_IDLE state.

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