NextHopChainingCount

RRC IE · TS 38.331 v19.4.0 (2026-09) · clause 6.3.2

NextHopChainingCount is an RRC information element of 3GPP TS 38.331 (38331), the 5G NR Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol.

First seen v15.3.0 (2018-09) · Not changed since

Definition

The IE NextHopChainingCount is used to update the K gNB key and corresponds to parameter NCC: See TS 33.501 [11].

NextHopChainingCount ::=                    INTEGER (0..7)

Used by (3)

• MasterKeyUpdate
• RRCReestablishment-IEs
• SuspendConfig

In the viewer

• Read NextHopChainingCount in v19.4.0
• History of NextHopChainingCount across versions
• All versions of TS 38.331
• ASN.1 index