Radio Link Control (RLC)
The Radio Link Control protocol connects the MAC layer with the RRC layer on the control plane and the PDCP layer on the data plane. It offers transparent, unacknowledged and acknowledged data transfer and supports segmentation and reassembly. The protocol is specified in 3GPP TS 25.322.
Protocol dependencies
- The RLC dissector can call the IP handle for data traffic and the RRC dissector for control messages.
Example traffic
XXX - Add example decoded traffic for this protocol here (as plain text or Wireshark screenshot).
Wireshark
The RLC dissector is partially functional. It supports limited reordering for unacknowledged and acknowledged mode (the last packet must appear in order right now). Acknowledged mode sequence wrapping is currently not handled.
To work correctly, the RLC dissector requires the following information for each RLC frame:
- U-RNTI, if available
- mode (transparent, unacknowledged, acknowledged)
- Radio Bearer ID
- Ciphered flag
- Deciphered flag
At the moment, this information can be provided via the FP Hint protocol.
Alternatively, you can use the UDP framing format (described in packet-rlc.h, purely for use with Wireshark). This (BSD-licensed) program gives an example of how you might send RLC frames in this format.
Preference Settings
- Try heuristic RLC over UDP framing. Default is OFF. Starting from Wireshark 2.0, heuristic activation is moved to Enabled Protocols window.
- Try to reassemble SDUs. Default is ON.
- May see RLC headers only. Default is OFF.
Example capture file
XXX - Add a simple example capture file to the SampleCaptures page and link from here (see below). Keep this file short, it's also a good idea to gzip it to make it even smaller, as Wireshark can open gzipped files automatically.
Display Filter
A complete list of RLC display filter fields can be found in the display filter reference
Show only the RLC based traffic:
rlc Capture Filter
You cannot directly filter PROTO protocols while capturing.
External links
- 3GPP TS 25.322 Radio Link Control protocol specification
Discussion
Imported from https://wiki.wireshark.org/RLC on 2020-08-11 23:23:59 UTC