RRC Error when mode is NB-IOT

When, after a successful attachment to a standalone NB-IoT enode, the GM02S is detached and a new attachment is attempted, the GM02S sends an incorrect RRC message instead of an RRC Connection Setup Complete message.

10:38:48.114 [RRC] UL 0017 DCCH-NB: can’t decode message
0000: 10 44 20 00 40 58 85 d5 c7 37 e4 82 01 d0 44 82 .D .@X…7…D.
0010: fd 8c bd 01 60 00 40 5d 33 70 36 41 fc 3c 00 00 …`.@]3p6A.<..
0020: 00 21 02 00 0a c0 80 f4 04 74 5e c0 08 e0 20 08 .!..t^… .
0030: 44 00 40 00 04 20 41 80 00 00 00 20 c1 80 00 00 D.@.. A… …
0040: 00 00 02 80 00 03 40 00 03 80 00 05 80 00 06 40 …@…@
0050: 14 8c bd 01 40 00 84 cc bd 01 40 00 44 40 d1 c2 …@…@.D@..
0060: 00 3d 78 30 44 00 a6 e0 20 .=x0D…

+SVER: BootloaderOTP, “NA”, 0
+SVER: Bootloader0, “8.2.1.0 [61488]”, 1
+SVER: Bootloader1*, “8.2.1.0 [61488]”, 1
+SVER: Bootloader2, “NA”, 0
+SVER: Updater, “NA”, 0
+SVER: UE, “8.2.1.0 [61488] by robot-soft at 2024-07-22 16:27:48”, 1
+SVER: M1-L1P, “8.2.1.0 [61488] by robot-soft at 2024-07-22 16:27:48”, 1
+SVER: NB1-L1P, “8.2.1.0 [61488] by robot-soft at 2024-07-22 16:27:48”, 1
+SVER: ZSP0_CATM, “2.0.0-16859”, 1
+SVER: ZSP0_NB1, “1.0.98-693”, 1
+SVER: ZSP1_CATM, “1.0.99-16912”, 1
+SVER: ZSP1_NB1, “1.0.98-693”, 1
+SVER: PXL, “8.2.1.0-61488”, 1
+SVER: Ecopaging, “8.2.1.0 [61488] by robot-soft at 2024-07-22 16:27:48”, 1

Hi,

To understand this issue, we would need to compare and match each message from the UE NAS and RRC layers against the messages of the eNB, starting from the first successful attachment until the failure.

Would you be able to record the UE log with the DM Light Tool ? The tool is available at Sequans Communications with your customer account, or at Sequans Communications with your individual account.

To record with the DM Light tool:

  • Plug the UART1 of the GM02S module to the PC
  • Open the DM Light tool
  • Click on “Connect”. It will take 5~10 seconds for the modem to be detected
  • Once the DM Light tool is connected to the modem, click on the “Start record” button.
  • Click on “Change path” to choose where to record the log. Leave the other recording configuration parameters by default, it will record NAS and RRC messages.
  • Click “Start Record”.
  • In parallel, also start recording logs on the eNB side
  • From the MCU or UART0 terminal, do AT+CFUN=1 to start attach to network
  • Wait until the problem happens
  • On the DM Light tool, click on “Stop record” button.

The DM Light tool will produce the UE log in a “.evt” file.

Please attach the UE and eNB log files here.

For the UE “.evt” log, You may use the menu "File → Export from EVT to PCAP” to generate a Wireshark file. It allows you to see the RRC and NAS layer messages from Wireshark.

We will compare messages one by one between the UE and the eNB, to see at which point the UL RRC received message is invalid, and what the UE had actually sent to the eNB.

Best regards,

Benoit.

Thanks for your message

Attached requested files.

Do not hesitate if you need some information more.

Kind Regards

enb0.log (85.0 KB)

359197350570710_2026-03-02-18h24m08.evt (306.1 KB)