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Feature Group Indicators (FGI bits)

Feature Group Indicator (FGI) is a special Information Element (IE) within UE Capability Information message.
The parameters other than FGI in UE Capability Information message provides information about physical layer
capability e.g. UE-Category, supported Bands, Carrier Aggregation band combination etc. Feature Group Indicator
provides information about radio protocol aspects.

FGI information is used by eNodeB or MME before they set up any procedure for a specific UE. This helps the
eNodeB and MME to avoid to direct UE to do something that is not supported.

FGI information is very important for troubleshooting tools for test engineers while debugging an issue. If some UE
fails in some procedure like attach, Handover, a specific type of measurement, reconfiguration etc., it would be a
good practice to check FGI information from UE and see if the feature or procedure is supported by it.

Example of FGI

RRC featureGroupIndicators = ‘11111110 00001101 11011000 10000000’

The Indexing starts from index 1, which is the leftmost bit in the field. Index 1-32 is for release 8, Index from 33-64
is for release 9 and Index from 101-132 is for release 10.

The meaning of each bit field in FGI is defined as follows in 3GPP specification 36.331.

 36.331-Annex B Table B.1-1: Definitions of feature group indicators Release 8(1-32 Bits Index)
 36.331-Annex B Table B.1-1a: Definitions of feature group indicators added for Release 9
 36.331-Annex C Table C.1-1: Definitions of feature group indicators added for Release 10

36.331-Annex B Table B.1-1

Bit Definition Note FDD/TDD
 Intra-subframe frequency hopping for PUSCH scheduled by UL grant
 DCI format 3a (TPC commands for PUCCH and PUSCH with single
bit power adjustments)
1  Aperiodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUSCH: Mode 2-0 – UE selected  Yes
subband CQI without PMI
 Aperiodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUSCH: Mode 2-2 – UE selected
subband CQI with multiple PMI

 Simultaneous CQI and ACK/NACK on PUCCH, i.e. PUCCH format 2a

and 2b
 Absolute TPC command for PUSCH
 Resource allocation type 1 for PDSCH
2  Yes
Periodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUCCH :

 Mode 2-0 = UE selected subband CQI without PMI

 Mode 2-1 = UE selected subband CQI with single PMI
  5 bit RLC UM SN
3 VoLTE Bit 7 = 1 No
 7 bit PDCP SN
4 Short DRX cycle Bit 5 = 1 Yes
5 Long DRX cycle, DRX command MAC control element No
6 Prioritised bit rate No
7 RLC UM VoLTE No
 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to UTRA FDD or UTRA TDD
CELL_DCH PS handover, if the UE supports either only UTRAN FDD
8 or only UTRAN TDD Bit 22 = 1 Yes
 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to UTRA FDD CELL_DCH PS
handover, if the UE supports both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD
9 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to GERAN GSM_Dedicated handover SRVCC Bit 23 = 1 Yes
EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to GERAN (Packet_) Idle by Cell Change Order
10 (CCO), Yes
without or with NACC (Network Assisted Cell Change)
11 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to CDMA2000 1xRTT CS Active handover SRVCC Bit 24 = 1 Yes
12 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to CDMA2000 HRPD Active handover Bit 26 = 1 Yes
13 Inter-frequency handover within FDD or TDD Bit 25 = 1 No
14 Event measurement reporting A4 and A5 No
Inter RAT Event B1 :
 UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the UE supports either only UTRAN
UE has set at least
FDD or only UTRAN TDD and has set bit number 22 to 1
one of the bit
15  UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the UE supports both UTRAN FDD Yes
number 22, 23, 24,
and UTRAN TDD and has set bit number 22 or 39 to 1, respectively
26 or 39 = 1
 GERAN, 1xRTT or HRPD, if the UE has set bit number 23, 24 or 26 to
1, respectively
Periodical measurement, reportStrongestCells :
 Intra-frequency
 Inter-frequency, if Bit 25=1
 Inter-RAT UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the UE supports either
only UTRAN FDD or only UTRAN TDD and has set bit number 22 to
16 1  No
 Inter-RAT UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the UE supports both
UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD and has set bit number 22 or 39 to 1,
respectively
 Inter-RAT GERAN, 1xRTT or HRPD, if the UE has set bit number 23,
24 or 26 to 1, respectively
Intra-frequency ANR features
17 Bit 5 = 1 No
periodical measurement, reportStrongestCells and reportCGI
Inter-frequency ANR features
18 Bit 13 = 1 No
periodical measurement, reportStrongestCells and reportCGI
19 Inter-RAT ANR features, periodical measurement : Bit 5 Yes
At least one of the
 reportStrongestCells for GERAN, if bit 23=1
bit number 22, 23,
 reportStrongestCellsForSON for UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the
24 or 26 = 1
UE supports either only UTRAN FDD or only UTRAN TDD and has
 set bit number 22 to 1
 reportStrongestCellsForSON for UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the
UE supports both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD and has set bit
number 22 or 39 to 1, respectively
 reportStrongestCellsForSON for 1xRTT or HRPD, if the UE has set bit
number 24 or 26 to 1, respectively
 reportCGI for UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the UE supports
either only UTRAN FDD or only UTRANTDD and has set bit number
22 to 1
 reportCGI for UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD, if the UE supports both
UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD and has set bit number 22 or 39 to 1,
respectively
 reportCGI for GERAN, 1xRTT or HRPD, if the UE has set bit number
23, 24 or 26 to 1, respectively
SRB1 and SRB2 for DCCH +
20  if Bit 7 == 0 : 8x AM DRB  No
 if Bit 7 == 1 : 8x AM DRB, (5x AM DRB + 3x UM DRB)

 Predefineintra– and inter-subframe frequency hopping for PUSCH with

N_sb > 1
21  No
 Predefined inter-subframe frequency hopping for PUSCH with N_sb >
1

 UTRAN FDD or UTRAN TDD measurements, reporting and

measurement reporting  event B2 in E-UTRA connected mode, if the
UE supports either only UTRAN FDD or only UTRAN TDD
22  Yes
 UTRAN FDD measurements, reporting and measurement
reporting event B2 in E-UTRA connected mode, if the UE supports
both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD
23 GERAN measurements, event B2 Yes
24 1xRTT measurements, event B2 Yes
25 Inter-frequency measurements and reporting in E-UTRA connected mode No
HRPD measurements, reporting and measurement reporting event B2 in E-
26 Yes
UTRA connected mode
 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to UTRA FDD or UTRA TDD
CELL_DCH CS handover, if the UE supports either only UTRAN FDD
27 or only UTRAN TDD SRVCC Bit 13 = 1 Yes
 EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to UTRA FDD CELL_DCH CS
handover, if the UE supports both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD
28 TTI bundling Yes
29 Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) Yes
30 Handover between FDD and TDD Bit 13 = 1 No
31 UE supports cells broadcasting Multi Frequency Band Information (MFBI) No
32  Undefined
36.331-Annex B Table B.1-1a
Bit Definition Note FDD/TDD
33 Inter-RAT ANR for UTRAN FDD Bit 5 & Bit 22 = Yes
 periodical measurement, reportStrongestCellsForSON, reportCGI 1
Inter-RAT ANR for GERAN Bit 5 & Bit 23 =
34 Yes
periodical measurement, reportStrongestCellsForSON, reportCGI 1
Inter-RAT ANR for 1xRTT Bit 5 & Bit 24 =
35 Yes
periodical measurement, reportStrongestCellsForSON, reportCGI 1
Inter-RAT ANR for HRPD Bit 5 & Bit 26 =
36 Yes
periodical measurement, reportStrongestCellsForSON, reportCGI 1
Inter-RAT ANR for UTRAN TDD Bit 5 & Bit 39 =
37 Yes
periodical measurement, reportStrongestCellsForSON, reportCGI 1
EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to UTRA TDD CELL_DCH PS handover
38 Bit 39 = 1 Yes
if the UE supports both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD
UTRAN TDD measurements, reporting event B2 in E-UTRA connected mode
39 Yes
if the UE supports both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD
EUTRA RRC_CONNECTED to UTRA TDD CELL_DCH CS handover SRVCC Bit 38 =
40 Yes
if the UE supports both UTRAN FDD and UTRAN TDD 1
Measurement reporting event B1 for UTRAN FDD,
41 Yes
if the UE supports UTRAN FDD and has set bit number 22 to 1
DCI format 3a (TPC commands for PUCCH and PUSCH with single bit power
42
adjustments)
43  Undefined
44  Undefined
45  Undefined
46  Undefined
47  Undefined
48  Undefined
49  Undefined
50  Undefined
51  Undefined
52  Undefined
53  Undefined
54  Undefined
55  Undefined
56  Undefined
57  Undefined
58  Undefined
59  Undefined
60  Undefined
61  Undefined
62  Undefined
63  Undefined
64  Undefined
36.331-Annex C Table C.1-1

Bit Definition Note FDD/TDD

101 DMRS with OCC (orthogonal cover code) and No
  If the UE supports two or more layers for
SGH (sequence group hopping) disabling
spatial multiplexing in UL, this bit shall be
set to 1
  If a category 0 UE does not support this
feature, this bit shall be set to 0
Trigger type 1 SRS (aperiodic SRS)
102 transmission (Up to X ports) Yes
X = number of supported layers on given band
PDSCH transmission mode 9 when up to 4 CSI
103 Category 8 UEs Yes
reference signal ports are configured
PDSCH transmission mode 9 for TDD when 8
104 Category 8 UEs supporting TDD No
CSI reference signal ports are configured
Periodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUCCH :
 Mode 2-0 = UE selected subband CQI
without PMI, when PDSCH
transmission mode 9 is configured
105 Bit 2 & Bit 103 = 1 Yes
 Mode 2-1 = UE selected subband CQI
with single PMI, when PDSCH
transmission mode 9 and up to 4 CSI
reference signal ports are configured
Periodic CQI/PMI/RI/PTI reporting on PUCCH
:
 TDD : bit 104 = 1
 Mode 2-1 = UE selected subband CQI
106  FDD : tm9-With-8Tx-FDD-r10 supported Yes
with single PMI, when PDSCH
and Bit 2 = 1
transmission mode 9 and 8 CSI
reference signal ports are configured
Aperiodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUSCH :
 Mode 2-0 = UE selected subband CQI
without PMI, when PDSCH
transmission mode 9 is configured
107 Bit 1 & Bit 103 = 1 Yes
 Mode 2-2 = UE selected subband CQI
with multiple PMI, when PDSCH
transmission mode 9 and up to 4 CSI
reference signal ports are configured
Aperiodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUSCH :
 Mode 2-2 = UE selected subband CQI  TDD : bit 104 = 1
108 with multiple PMI, when PDSCH  FDD : tm9-With-8Tx-FDD-r10 supported Yes
transmission mode 9 and 8 CSI and Bit 1 = 1
reference signal ports are configured
Periodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUCCH UE supports PDSCH transmission mode 9 with 8
109 Yes
Mode 1-1, submode 1 CSI reference signal ports
Periodic CQI/PMI/RI reporting on PUCCH UE supports PDSCH transmission mode 9 with 8
110 Yes
Mode 1-1, submode 2 CSI reference signal ports
111 CA : Measurement reporting trigger Event A6 UE supports carrier aggregation Yes
CA : SCell addition within the Handover to UE supports carrier aggregation and the Handover
112 Yes
EUTRA procedure to EUTRA procedure
113 Trigger type 0 SRS (periodic SRS) transmission UE supports carrier aggregation in UL Yes
on X Serving Cells
X = number of supported component carriers in
 a given band combination
Reporting of both UTRA CPICH RSCP and
114 Bit 22 = 1 No
Ec/N0 in a Measurement Report
Time domain ICIC :
 RLM/RRM measurement subframe
restriction for the serving cell
115  Yes
 RRM measurement subframe
restriction for neighbor cells
 CSI measurement
Relative transmit phase continuity for spatial UE supports two or more layers for spatial
116 Yes
multiplexing in UL multiplexing in UL
117  Undefined
118  Undefined
119  Undefined
120  Undefined
121  Undefined
122  Undefined
123  Undefined
124  Undefined
125  Undefined
126  Undefined
127  Undefined
128  Undefined
129  Undefined
130  Undefined
131  Undefined
132  Undefined