Section: 5.7.4.2 Initiation
Content: A UE capable of providing delay budget report in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, including upon being configured to provide delay budget report and upon change of delay budget preference. A UE capable of providing overheating assistance information in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon detecting internal overheating, or upon detecting that it is no longer experiencing an overheating condition. A UE capable of providing IDC assistance information in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon detecting IDC problem if the UE did not transmit an IDC assistance information since it was configured to provide IDC indications, or upon change of IDC problem information. A UE capable of providing its preference on DRX parameters of a cell group for power saving in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, if it was configured to do so, including upon having a preference on DRX parameters and upon change of its preference on DRX parameters. A UE capable of providing its preference on the maximum aggregated bandwidth of a cell group for power saving in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, if it was configured to do so, including upon having a maximum aggregated bandwidth preference and upon change of its maximum aggregated bandwidth preference. A UE capable of providing its preference on the maximum number of secondary component carriers of a cell group for power saving in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, if it was configured to do so, including upon having a maximum number of secondary component carriers preference and upon change of its maximum number of secondary component carriers preference. A UE capable of providing its preference on the maximum number of MIMO layers of a cell group for power saving in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, if it was configured to do so, including upon having a maximum number of MIMO layers preference and upon change of its maximum number of MIMO layers preference. A UE capable of providing its preference on the minimum scheduling offset for cross-slot scheduling of a cell group for power saving in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, if it was configured to do so, including upon having a minimum scheduling offset preference and upon change of its minimum scheduling offset preference. A UE capable of providing assistance information to transition out of RRC_CONNECTED state may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon determining that it prefers to transition out of RRC_CONNECTED state, or upon change of its preferred RRC state. A UE capable of providing configured grant assistance information for NR sidelink communication in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure in several cases, including upon being configured to provide traffic pattern information and upon change of traffic patterns. A UE capable of providing an indication of its preference in being provisioned with reference time information may initiate the procedure upon being configured to provide this indication, or if it was configured to provide this indication and upon change of its preference. A UE capable of providing an indication of its preference in FR2 UL gap may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon detecting the need of FR2 UL gap activation/deactivation. A UE capable of providing MUSIM assistance information for gap preference may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon determining it needs the gaps, or upon change of the gap preference information. A UE capable of providing MUSIM assistance information for gap priority preference may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon determining it has gap priority preference information. A UE capable of providing MUSIM assistance information for leave indication may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so upon determining that it needs to leave RRC_CONNECTED state. A UE capable of providing MUSIM assistance information for temporary capability restriction may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon determining it has temporary capability restriction or upon determining the removal of the capability restriction. A UE capable of relaxing its RLM measurements of a cell group in RRC_CONNECTED state shall initiate the procedure for providing an indication of its relaxation state for RLM measurements upon being configured to do so, and upon change of its relaxation state for RLM measurements in RRC_CONNECTED state. A UE capable of relaxing its BFD measurements in serving cells of a cell group in RRC_CONNECTED shall initiate the procedure for providing an indication of its relaxation state for BFD measurements upon being configured to do so, and upon change of its relaxation state for BFD measurements in RRC_CONNECTED state. A UE capable of SDT initiates this procedure when data and/or signalling mapped to radio bearers that are not configured for SDT becomes available during SDT (i.e. while SDT procedure is ongoing). A UE capable of providing its preference for SCG deactivation may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon determining that it prefers or does no more prefer the SCG to be deactivated. A UE that has uplink data to transmit for a DRB for which there is no MCG RLC bearer while the SCG is deactivated shall initiate the procedure. A UE capable of providing an indication of fulfilment of the RRM measurement relaxation criterion in connected mode may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon change of its fulfilment status for RRM measurement relaxation criterion for connected mode. A UE capable of providing service link propagation delay difference between serving cell and neighbour cell(s) shall initiate the procedure upon being configured to do so, and upon determining that service link propagation delay difference between serving cell and a neighbour cell has changed more than threshPropDelayDiff compared with the last reported value. A UE capable of providing an indication of its preference on multi-Rx operation for FR2 may initiate the procedure if it was configured to do so, upon detecting having a preference on multi-Rx operation for FR2 and upon change of its preference on multi-Rx operation for FR2. A UE capable of indicating the availability of flight path information may initiate the procedure, if it was configured to do so, upon determining that an initial or updated flight path information is available. A UE capable of providing UL traffic information shall initiate the procedure when the information is available upon being configured to do so, and upon change of UL traffic information. A UE capable of N3C remote UE operation initiates the procedure upon being configured to report relay UE information on the available non-3GPP connection(s), and upon change of its available non-3GPP connection(s). A UE capable of providing configured grant assistance information including SL-PRS transmission periodicity and priority for NR sidelink positioning in RRC_CONNECTED may initiate the procedure. Editor's Note: FFS the details of configured grant assistance information. Upon initiating the procedure, the UE shall: 1> if configured to provide delay budget report: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with delayBudgetReport since it was configured to provide delay budget report; or 2> if the current delay budget is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including delayBudgetReport and timer T342 is not running: 3> start or restart timer T342 with the timer value set to the delayBudgetReportingProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide a delay budget report; 1> if configured to provide overheating assistance information: 2> if the overheating condition has been detected and T345 is not running; or 2> if the current overheating assistance information is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including overheatingAssistance and timer T345 is not running: 3> start timer T345 with the timer value set to the overheatingIndicationProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide overheating assistance information; 1> if configured to provide IDC assistance information based on candidateServingFreqListNR included in idc-AssistanceConfig of a cell group: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with idc-Assistance since it was configured to provide IDC assistance information: 3> if on one or more frequencies included in candidateServingFreqListNR, the UE is experiencing IDC problems that it cannot solve by itself; or 3> if on one or more supported UL CA or NR-DC combination comprising of carrier frequencies included in candidateServingFreqListNR, the UE is experiencing IDC problems that it cannot solve by itself: 4> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide IDC assistance information; 2> else if the current idc-Assistance information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide IDC assistance information; 1> if configured to provide IDC assistance information based on idc-FDM-AssistanceConfig included in idc-AssistanceConfig of a cell group: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with idc-FDM-Assistance since it was configured to provide IDC assistance information: 3> if on one or more frequency ranges included in candidateServingFreqRangeListNR, the UE is experiencing IDC problems that it cannot solve by itself; or 3> if on one or more supported UL CA or NR-DC combination comprising of frequency ranges included in candidateServingFreqRangeListNR, the UE is experiencing IDC problems that it cannot solve by itself: 4> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide IDC assistance information; 2> else if the current idc-FDM-Assistance information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide IDC assistance information; 1> if configured to provide IDC assistance information based on idc-TDM-AssistanceConfig included in idc-AssistanceConfig of a cell group: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with idc-TDM-Assistance since it was configured to provide IDC assistance information: 3> if on one or more frequencies included in candidateServingFreqListNR or frequency ranges included in candidateServingFreqRangeListNR, the UE is experiencing IDC problems that it cannot solve by itself; or 3> if on one or more supported UL CA or NR-DC combination comprising of carrier frequencies included in candidateServingFreqListNR or frequency ranges included in candidateServingFreqRangeListNR, the UE is experiencing IDC problems that it cannot solve by itself: 4> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide IDC assistance information; 2> else if the current idc-TDM-Assistance information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide IDC assistance information; NOTE 1: The term "IDC problems" refers to interference issues applicable across several subframes/slots where not necessarily all the subframes/slots are affected. NOTE 2: For the frequencies on which a serving cell or serving cells is configured that is activated, IDC problems consist of interference issues that the UE cannot solve by itself, during either active data exchange or upcoming data activity which is expected in up to a few hundred milliseconds. For frequencies on which a SCell or SCells is configured that is deactivated, reporting IDC problems indicates an anticipation that the activation of the SCell or SCells would result in interference issues that the UE would not be able to solve by itself. For a non-serving frequency, reporting IDC problems indicates an anticipation that if the non-serving frequency or frequencies became a serving frequency or serving frequencies then this would result in interference issues that the UE would not be able to solve by itself. 1> if configured to provide its preference on DRX parameters of a cell group for power saving: 2> if the UE has a preference on DRX parameters of the cell group and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with drx-Preference for the cell group since it was configured to provide its preference on DRX parameters of the cell group for power saving; or 2> if the current drx-Preference information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including drx-Preference for the cell group and timer T346a associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start the timer T346a with the timer value set to the drx-PreferenceProhibitTimer of the cell group; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current drx-Preference; 1> if configured to provide its preference on the maximum aggregated bandwidth of a cell group for power saving: 2> if the UE has a preference on the maximum aggregated bandwidth of the cell group and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with maxBW-Preference and/or maxBW-PreferenceFR2-2 for the cell group since it was configured to provide its preference on the maximum aggregated bandwidth of the cell group for power saving; or 2> if the current maxBW-Preference information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including maxBW-Preference and/or maxBW-PreferenceFR2-2for the cell group and timer T346b associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start the timer T346b with the timer value set to the maxBW-PreferenceProhibitTimer of the cell group; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current maxBW-Preference and/or maxBW-PreferenceFR2-2; 1> if configured to provide its preference on the maximum number of secondary component carriers of a cell group for power saving: 2> if the UE has a preference on the maximum number of secondary component carriers of the cell group and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with maxCC-Preference for the cell group since it was configured to provide its preference on the maximum number of secondary component carriers of the cell group for power saving; or 2> if the current maxCC-Preference information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including maxCC-Preference for the cell group and timer T346c associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start the timer T346c with the timer value set to the maxCC-PreferenceProhibitTimer of the cell group; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current maxCC-Preference; 1> if configured to provide its preference on the maximum number of MIMO layers of a cell group for power saving: 2> if the UE has a preference on the maximum number of MIMO layers of the cell group and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with maxMIMO-LayerPreference and/or maxMIMO-LayerPreferenceFR2-2 for the cell group since it was configured to provide its preference on the maximum number of MIMO layers of the cell group for power saving; or 2> if the current maxMIMO-LayerPreference information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including maxMIMO-LayerPreference and/or maxMIMO-LayerPreferenceFR2-2 for the cell group and timer T346d associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start the timer T346d with the timer value set to the maxMIMO-LayerPreferenceProhibitTimer of the cell group; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current maxMIMO-LayerPreference and/or maxMIMO-LayerPreferenceFR2-2; 1> if configured to provide its preference on the minimum scheduling offset for cross-slot scheduling of a cell group for power saving: 2> if the UE has a preference on the minimum scheduling offset for cross-slot scheduling of the cell group and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with minSchedulingOffsetPreference and/or minSchedulingOffsetPreferenceExt for the cell group since it was configured to provide its preference on the minimum scheduling offset for cross-slot scheduling of the cell group for power saving; or 2> if the current minSchedulingOffsetPreference and/or minSchedulingOffsetPreferenceExt information for the cell group is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including minSchedulingOffsetPreference and/or minSchedulingOffsetPreferenceExt for the cell group and timer T346e associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start the timer T346e with the timer value set to the minSchedulingOffsetPreferenceProhibitTimer of the cell group; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current minSchedulingOffsetPreference and/or minSchedulingOffsetPreferenceExt; 1> if configured to provide its release preference and timer T346f is not running: 2> if the UE determines that it would prefer to transition out of RRC_CONNECTED state; or 2> if the UE is configured with connectedReporting and the UE determines that it would prefer to revert an earlier indication to transition out of RRC_CONNECTED state: 3> start timer T346f with the timer value set to the releasePreferenceProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the release preference; 1> if configured to provide configured grant assistance information for NR sidelink communication: 2> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide configured grant assistance information for NR sidelink communication; 1> if configured to provide preference in being provisioned with reference time information: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with referenceTimeInfoPreference since it was configured to provide preference; or 2> if the UE's preference changed from the last time UE initiated transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including referenceTimeInfoPreference: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide preference in being provisioned with reference time information. 1> if configured to provide its preference on FR2 UL gap: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with ul-GapFR2-Preference since it was configured to provide its preference on FR2 UL gap information: 3> if the UE has a preference on FR2 UL gap activation/deactivation: 4> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide FR2 UL gap preference; 2> else if the current FR2 UL gap preference is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide FR2 UL gap preference. 1> if configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for leaving RRC_CONNECTED: 2> if the UE needs to leave RRC_CONNECTED state and the timer T346g is not running: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide MUSIM assistance information for leaving RRC_CONNECTED; 3> start the timer T346g with the timer value set to the musim-LeaveWithoutResponseTimer; 1> if configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for gap preference: 2> if the UE has a preference on the MUSIM gap(s) and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with musim-GapPreferenceList since it was configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for gap preference; or 2> if the current musim-GapPreferenceList is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including musim-GapPreferenceList and the timer T346h is not running: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current musim-GapPreferenceList; 3> start or restart the timer T346h with the timer value set to the musim-GapProhibitTimer. NOTE 3: The UE does not need to initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message if the difference between the current musim-GapPreferenceList and the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including musim-GapPreferenceList is only due to removal of an ended aperiodic gap. 1> if configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for gap priority preference: 2> if the UE has a preference on the MUSIM gap(s) priority and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with musim-GapPriorityPreferenceList since it was configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for gap priority preference; or 2> if the current musim-GapPriorityPreferenceList is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including musim-GapPriorityPreferenceList and the timer T346h is not running: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the musim-GapPriorityPreferenceList; 3> start or restart the timer T346h with the timer value set to the musim-GapProhibitTimer. 1> if configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for temporary capability restriction: 2> if the UE has temporary capability restriction on the current configuration and timer T348 is not running: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current musim-Cell-SCG-ToRelease and/or musim-CellToAffectList; 3> start the timer T348 with the timer value set to the musim-WaitTimer. 2> if the UE has temporary capability restriction on the current band(s) or combination(s) of bands and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with musim-AffectedBandsList and/or musim-AvoidedBandsList since it was configured to provide MUSIM assistance information for temporary capability restriction; or 2> if the current musim-AffectedBandsList and/or musim-AvoidedBandsList is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including musim-CapRestriction and timer T346n is not running: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current musim-AffectedBandsList and/or musim-AvoidedBandsList; 3> start the timer T346n with the timer value set to the musim-ProhibitTimer. 2> if the UE has a preference on the measurement gap requirement information and the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with measurement gap requirement information or RRCReconfigurationComplete message or RRCResumeComplete message with measurement gap requirement information since it was configured to provide its preference on the measurement gap requirement information for MUSIM; or 2> if the current musim-NeedForGapsInfoNR is different from the one indicated in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message or RRCReconfigurationComplete message or RRCResumeComplete message including musim-CapRestriction to provide the needForGapsInfoNR for the measurement gap requirement of NR target bands: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the current musim-NeedForGapsInfoNR; Editor's Note: FFS whether UE should start a timer, e.g., Timer T348. 1> if configured to provide the relaxation state of RLM measurements of a cell group and RLM measurement of the cell group is not stopped: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with rlm-MeasRelaxationState since it was configured to provide the relaxation state of RLM measurements for the cell group; or 2> if the relaxation state of RLM measurements for the cell group is currently different from the relaxation state reported in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including rlm-MeasRelaxationState of the cell group and timer T346j associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start timer T346j with the timer value set to the rlm-RelaxtionReportingProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the relaxation state of RLM measurements of the cell group; 1> if configured to provide the relaxation state of BFD measurements of serving cells of a cell group and BFD measurement of the cell group is not stopped: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with bfd-MeasRelaxationState since it was configured to provide the relaxation state of BFD measurements for the cell group; or 2> if the relaxation state of BFD measurements in any serving cell of the cell group is currently different from the relaxation state reported in the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including bfd-MeasRelaxationState of the cell group and timer T346k associated with the cell group is not running: 3> start timer T346k with the timer value set to the bfd-RelaxtionReportingProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the relaxation state of BFD measurements of serving cells of the cell group. 1> if data and/or signalling mapped to radio bearers not configured for SDT becomes available during SDT (i.e. while SDT procedure is ongoing): 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with nonSDT-DataIndication since the initiation of the current resume procedure for SDT: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide nonSDT-DataIndication. 1> if configured to provide its preference for SCG deactivation and timer T346i is not running; 2> if the UE prefers the SCG to be deactivated and did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with scg-DeactivationPreference since it was configured to provide its SCG deactivation preference; or 2> if the UE preference for SCG deactivation is different from the last indicated scg-DeactivationPreference: 3> start timer T346i with the timer value set to the scg-DeactivationPreferenceProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the UE preference for SCG deactivation; 1> if the SCG is deactivated, and, 1> the UE has uplink data to send for an SCG RLC entity while the UE previously did not have any uplink data to send for any SCG RLC entity: 2> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to indicate that the UE has uplink data to send for a DRB whose DRB-Identity is not included in any RLC-BearerConfig in the CellGroupConfig associated with the MCG. 1> if configured to send indications of RRM measurement relaxation criterion fulfilment: 2> if the criterion in 5.7.4.4 is met for a period of TSearchDeltaP-StationaryConnected: 3> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with rrm-MeasRelaxationFulfilment as true since it was configured to provide indications of RRM measurement relaxation criterion fulfilment; or 3> the last UEAssistanceInformation message indicated the criterion in 5.7.4.4 is not fulfilled with rrm-MeasRelaxationFulfilment as false: 4> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to indicate that the criterion for RRM measurement relaxation for connected mode is fulfilled; 2> else: 3> if the last UEAssistanceInformation message indicated fulfilment of the criterion in 5.7.4.4 with rrm-MeasRelaxationFulfilment as true: 4> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to indicate that the criterion for RRM measurement relaxation for connected mode is not fulfilled. 1> if configured to provide service link propagation delay difference between serving cell and neighbour cell(s); 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with propagationDelayDifference since it was configured to provide service link propagation delay difference between serving cell and neighbour cell(s); or 2> for any neighbour cell in neighCellInfoList, if the service link propagation delay difference between serving cell and the neighbour cell has changed more than threshPropDelayDiff since the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message including propagationDelayDifference: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide service link propagation delay difference between serving cell and each neighbour cell included in the neighCellInfoList; 1> if configured to provide its preference for multi-Rx operation and timer T440 is not running; 2> if the UE has a preference on multi-Rx operation for FR2 and did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with multiRx-PreferenceFR2 since it was configured to provide its preference on multi-Rx operation; or 2> if the UE has a different preference on multi-Rx operation for FR2 from the last indicated multiRx-PreferenceFR2: 3> start timer T440 with the timer value set to the multiRx-PreferenceReportingConfigFR2ProhibitTimer; 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide the UE preference for multi-Rx operation for FR2. 1> if configured to indicate the availability of flight path information and the UE has flight path information available: 2> if the UE had not previously provided a flight path information since last entering RRC_CONNECTED state; or 2> if at least one waypoint was not previously provided; or 2> if at least one upcoming waypoint that was previously provided is being removed; or 2> if flightPathUpdateDistanceThr is configured and for at least one waypoint, the 3D distance between the previously provided location and the new location is more than or equal to the distance threshold configured by flightPathUpdateDistanceThr; or 2> if flightPathUpdateTimeThr is configured and for at least one waypoint, the timestamp was not previously provided but is now available, or the time between the previously provided timestamp and the new timestamp, if available, is more than or equal to the time threshold configured by flightPathUpdateTimeThr: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to indicate the availability of flight path information; NOTE 4: If neither flightPathUpdateDistanceThr nor flightPathUpdateTimeThr is configured, it is up to UE implementation whether to initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message when updated flight path information is available. 1> if configured to provide UL traffic information: 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with ul-TrafficInfo since it was configured to provide UL traffic information; or 2> if UL traffic information included in the previous UEAssistanceInformation has changed since the last transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message containing ul-TrafficInfo for at least one QoS flow for which timer T346x is not running: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide UL traffic information. NOTE 5: The UE only considers burstArrivalTime to have changed when it changes relative to the periodicity of the Data Burst arrival. 1> if configured to report relay UE information with non-3GPP connection(s); 2> if the UE did not transmit a UEAssistanceInformation message with n3c-relayUE-InfoList since it was configured to report available relay UE information with non-3GPP connection(s); or 2> if the UE has new available non-3GPP conection(s); or 2> if the non-3GPP connection(s) with the reported relay UE(s) is not available: 3> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to report relay UE information with non-3GPP connection(s) included in the n3c-relayUE-InfoList; 1> if configured to provide configured grant assistance information for NR sidelink positioning: 2> initiate transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation message in accordance with 5.7.4.3 to provide configured grant assistance information for NR sidelink positioning;