(UE ID in bracket) means that some RNTI is dedicated for a specific UE and some RNTI is not. But it would be more accurate to think of it as ' + DCI Type ID' since each of DCI message (more precisely the CRC bits of each DCI) is scrambled by a specific RNTI Value. Putting it very simply, you can think of RNTI as a kind of UE ID for the traffic between UE and eNB lower layer.
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and in WCDMA case it used special channelization code to deferentiate one radio channel from As you may recall, in WCDMA is a RNTI concept which is carried as part of MAC header to deferentiate one user to another while in communication state. Getting more specifically into LTE, this RNTI is used to indentify one specific radio channel from other radio channel and one user from another user. Social Security number do the same thing as well. For example, your driver's license number let you identify yourself from all other drivers. Normally we use indentification number to differntiate one thing from all other similar things. RNTI stands for Radio Network Temporary Identifier.Īs the name implies, it is a kind of Identification number. One of the other numbers which you would very frequently come accross is RNTI.
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