LTE EPS Session Management timers - ESM timers

Table 1. EPS session management timers – UE side

TIMER NUM.	TIMER VALUE	STATE	CAUSE OF START	NORMAL STOP	ON THE 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th EXPIRY (NOTE 1)
T3480	8s	PROCEDURE TRANSACTION PENDING	BEARER RESOURCE ALLOCATION REQUEST sent	ACTIVATE DEDICATED EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or MODIFY EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or BEARER RESOURCE ALLOCATION REJECT received	Retransmission of BEARER RESOURCE ALLOCATION REQUEST
T3481	8s	PROCEDURE TRANSACTION PENDING	BEARER RESOURCE MODIFICATION REQUEST sent	ACTIVATE DEDICATED EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or MODIFY EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or DEACTIVATE EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or BEARER RESOURCE MODIFICATION REJECT received	Retransmission of BEARER RESOURCE MODIFICATION REQUEST
T3482	8s	PROCEDURE TRANSACTION PENDING	An additional PDN connection is requested by the UE which is not combined in attach procedure	ACTIVE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or PDN CONNECTIVITY REJECT received	Retransmission of PDN CONNECTIVITY REQUEST
T3492	6s	PROCEDURE TRANSACTION PENDING	PDN DISCONNECT REQUESTsent	DEACTIVATE EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST received or PDN DISCONNECT REJECT received	Retransmission of PDN DISCONNECT REQUEST
NOTE 1: Typically, the procedures are aborted on the fifth expiry of the relevant timer. Exceptions are described in the corresponding procedure description.

Table 2. EPS session management timers – network side

TIMER NUM.	TIMER VALUE	STATE	CAUSE OF START	NORMAL STOP	ON THE 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th EXPIRY (NOTE 1)
T3485	8s	BEARER CONTEXT ACTIVE PENDING	ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST sent ACTIVATE DEDICATED EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST sent	ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT ACCEPT received or ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REJECT received or ACTIVATE DEDICATED EPS BEARER CONTEXT ACCEPT received or ACTIVATE DEDICATED EPS BEARER CONTEXT REJECT received	Retransmission of the same message
T3486	8s	BEARER CONTEXT MODIFY PENDING	MODIFY EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST sent	MODIFY EPS BEARER CONTEXT ACCEPT received or MODIFY EPS BEARER CONTEXT REJECT received	Retransmission of MODIFY EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST
T3489	4s	PROCEDURE TRANSACTION PENDING	ESM INFORMATION REQUEST sent	ESM INFORMATION RESPONSE received	Retransmission of ESM INFORMATION REQUEST on 1st and 2nd expiry only
T3495	8s	BEARER CONTEXT INACTIVEPENDING	DEACTIVATE EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST sent	DEACTIVATE EPS BEARER CONTEXT ACCEPT received	Retransmission of DEACTIVATE EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST
NOTE 1: Typically, the procedures are aborted on the fifth expiry of the relevant timer. Exceptions are described in the corresponding procedure description.