I need to know about what exactly timer concept is. why it is used in lte ?

Question

I need to know about what exactly timer concept is. What is the use of timers in lte ?. Why the timer concept is used.If this concept is not there then what happen?

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Which timer you are talking?

Answer 1

Timer concept is used to complete any procedure with in the defined time. If any procedure is not able to complete with in the time then the timer running node can consider this as procedure fail and then it can take next step and can avoid infinite stuck.

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Thank you Veer for this answer in a very simple way . I understood....Thanks for give me your time

Answer 2

Hi anonymous,

Timer usage is to synchronize the ENB and UE. Say example DRX timer, If UE is not maintaining DRX timer then UE cant predict when to wake up and when to sleep.same way in ENB side If ENB didn't maintain timer then ENB cant predict when to send paging and when to send data. So in order to synchronize the ENB and UE we are (LTE) maintaining the timer. If timer is not there means there is no mechanism to synchronize the ENB and UE.

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