How can Network know that the UE supports Dual Connectivity ?
September 27, 2019

At first, we should start by the UE initial registration in the network

Initial Registration of Dual Connectivity Capable UE
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An EN-DC enabled UE first registers for service with the 4G EPC.

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[1] The DCNR capable UE sets the “DCNR bit” in NAS message #Attach_Request in “UE Network Capability” IE. 

[1a] The UE sends the #RRC_Connection_Request message on UL-SCH.

[1b] eNodeB responds with an #RRC_Connection_Setup message on the DL-SCH.

[1c] The UE replies with #RRC_Connection_Setup_Complete. This message carries #NAS_Attach_Request

The #DCNR bit in the “UE Network Capability” IE is set. This signals to the 4G Core Network that the UE supports dual connectivity with 4G-LTE and 5G-NR.

[1d] The NAS messages from the UE are signaled to the Core Network via the Initial UE message.

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