3GPP TS 29.274 V9.2.

0 (2010-03)
Technical Specification

3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; 3GPP Evolved Packet System (EPS); Evolved General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunnelling Protocol for Control plane (GTPv2-C); Stage 3 (Release 9)

The present document has been developed within the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP TM) and may be further elaborated for the purposes of 3GPP.. The present document has not been subject to any approval process by the 3GPP Organizational Partners and shall not be implemented. This Specification is provided for future development work within 3GPP only. The Organizational Partners accept no liability for any use of this Specification. Specifications and reports for implementation of the 3GPP TM system should be obtained via the 3GPP Organizational Partners' Publications Offices.

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Keywords
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Contents
Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 1 2 3
3.1 3.2 3.3

Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 8 References .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations ............................................................................................. 10

Definitions ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Symbols ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Abbreviations............................................................................................................................................. 10

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4.1 4.2 4.2.0 4.2.1 4.2.1.0 4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 4.2.2 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.2.5 4.3

General ............................................................................................................................................. 12
GTP Tunnel ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Protocol stack ............................................................................................................................................ 12 General................................................................................................................................................. 12 UDP header and port numbers............................................................................................................... 13 General ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Initial Messages............................................................................................................................... 14 Triggered Messages......................................................................................................................... 14 Piggybacked Messages .................................................................................................................... 14 IP header and IP addresses .................................................................................................................... 14 Initial Messages............................................................................................................................... 14 Triggered Messages......................................................................................................................... 14 Piggybacked Messages .................................................................................................................... 15 Layer 2 ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Layer 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Messages with GTPv2 defined replies: Classification of Initial and Triggered Messages ........................ 15 Transmission Order and Bit Definitions ...................................................................................................... 15

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5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6

GTP Header for Control Plane .......................................................................................................... 16

General format ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Control Plane GTP Extension Header ......................................................................................................... 16 GTP-C header for Echo and Version Not Supported messages .................................................................... 16 EPC specific GTP-C header ....................................................................................................................... 17 Usage of the GTPv2-C Header ................................................................................................................... 17 Format of the GTPv2-C Message................................................................................................................ 18

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6.1 6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3 6.2 7 7.1 7.1.0 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.2.6 7.2.7 7.2.8 7.2.9

GTP-C Message Types and Message Formats ................................................................................... 19

Message Format and Type values ............................................................................................................... 19 Presence requirements of Information Elements .................................................................................... 21 Grouped Information Elements ............................................................................................................. 22 Information Element instance................................................................................................................ 23 Message Granularity .................................................................................................................................. 23 GTP-C messages ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Path Management Messages ....................................................................................................................... 24 General................................................................................................................................................. 24 Echo Request ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Echo Response ..................................................................................................................................... 24 Version Not Supported Indication ......................................................................................................... 24 Tunnel Management Messages ................................................................................................................... 25 Create Session Request ......................................................................................................................... 25 Create Session Response ....................................................................................................................... 30 Create Bearer Request........................................................................................................................... 33 Create Bearer Response ........................................................................................................................ 35 Bearer Resource Command ................................................................................................................... 37 Bearer Resource Failure Indication........................................................................................................ 38 Modify Bearer Request ......................................................................................................................... 39 Modify Bearer Response ....................................................................................................................... 43 Delete Session Request and Delete Bearer Request ................................................................................ 47

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Delete Session Request .................................................................................................................... 47 Delete Bearer Request ..................................................................................................................... 49 Delete Session Response and Delete Bearer Response ........................................................................... 51 Delete Session Response ................................................................................................................. 51 Delete Bearer Response ................................................................................................................... 52 Downlink Data Notification messages ................................................................................................... 53 Downlink Data Notification ............................................................................................................. 53 Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge ....................................................................................... 54 Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication ................................................................................. 54 Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request .................................................................................. 55 Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response ................................................................................ 55 Modify Bearer Command and Failure Indication ................................................................................... 56 Modify Bearer Command ............................................................................................................... 56 Modify Bearer Failure Indication ..................................................................................................... 56 Update Bearer Request.......................................................................................................................... 57 Update Bearer Response ....................................................................................................................... 58 Delete Bearer Command and Failure Indication..................................................................................... 61 Delete Bearer Command.................................................................................................................. 61 Delete Bearer Failure Indication ...................................................................................................... 61 Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request .................................................................................. 62 Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response ................................................................................ 64 Void ..................................................................................................................................................... 65 Release Access Bearers Request............................................................................................................ 65 Release Access Bearers Response ......................................................................................................... 66 Stop Paging Indication .......................................................................................................................... 66 Mobility Management Messages ................................................................................................................ 66 Forward Relocation Request ................................................................................................................. 66 Forward Relocation Response ............................................................................................................... 71 Forward Relocation Complete Notification............................................................................................ 73 Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge ......................................................................................... 73 Context Request ................................................................................................................................... 74 Context Response ................................................................................................................................. 75 Context Acknowledge ........................................................................................................................... 79 Identification Request ........................................................................................................................... 79 Identification Response ......................................................................................................................... 80 Forward Access Context Notification .................................................................................................... 81 Forward Access Context Acknowledge ................................................................................................. 82 Detach Notification............................................................................................................................... 82 Detach Acknowledge ............................................................................................................................ 83 Change Notification Request ................................................................................................................ 83 Change Notification Response .............................................................................................................. 84 Relocation Cancel Request .................................................................................................................... 85 Relocation Cancel Response ................................................................................................................. 85 Configuration Transfer Tunnel .............................................................................................................. 86 RAN Information Relay ........................................................................................................................ 86 CS Fallback and SRVCC related messages ................................................................................................. 87 Suspend Notification............................................................................................................................. 87 Suspend Acknowledge .......................................................................................................................... 87 Resume Notification ............................................................................................................................. 88 Resume Acknowledge .......................................................................................................................... 88 CS Paging Indication ............................................................................................................................ 88 Non-3GPP access related messages ............................................................................................................ 89 Create Forwarding Tunnel Request ....................................................................................................... 89 Create Forwarding Tunnel Response ..................................................................................................... 89 Reliable Delivery of Signalling Messages ................................................................................................... 90 Error Handling ........................................................................................................................................... 91 Handling Piggybacked Messages .......................................................................................................... 91 Protocol Errors ..................................................................................................................................... 91 Different GTP Versions ........................................................................................................................ 92 GTP Message of Invalid Length ............................................................................................................ 92 Unknown GTP Message ....................................................................................................................... 92 Unexpected GTP Message .................................................................................................................... 92

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Missing Information Elements .............................................................................................................. 92 Invalid Length Information Element...................................................................................................... 93 Semantically incorrect Information Element .......................................................................................... 93 Unknown or unexpected Information Element ....................................................................................... 94 Repeated Information Elements ............................................................................................................ 94 TFT Error Handling .............................................................................................................................. 94 Path Failure................................................................................................................................................ 94 Restoration and Recovery........................................................................................................................... 94 Delete PDN Connection Set Request ..................................................................................................... 95 Delete PDN Connection Set Response................................................................................................... 95 Update PDN Connection Set Request .................................................................................................... 96 Update PDN Connection Set Response.................................................................................................. 96 Fallback to GTPv1 mechanism ................................................................................................................... 96 Fallback to GTPv0 ..................................................................................................................................... 97 Trace Management Messages ..................................................................................................................... 97 Trace Session Activation....................................................................................................................... 97 Trace Session Deactivation ................................................................................................................... 97 MBMS Messages ....................................................................................................................................... 97 MBMS Session Start Request................................................................................................................ 97 MBMS Session Start Response ............................................................................................................. 98 MBMS Session Update Request ............................................................................................................ 99 MBMS Session Update Response ......................................................................................................... 99 MBMS Session Stop Request .............................................................................................................. 100 MBMS Session Stop Response ........................................................................................................... 100

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GTP-C Information Elements .......................................................................................................... 101

Information Element Types ...................................................................................................................... 101 Information Element Format .................................................................................................................... 103 International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) ....................................................................................... 103 Cause ....................................................................................................................................................... 104 Recovery (Restart Counter) ...................................................................................................................... 106 Access Point Name (APN) ....................................................................................................................... 106 Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR) ................................................................................................... 106 EPS Bearer ID (EBI) ................................................................................................................................ 106 IP Address ............................................................................................................................................... 107 Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) ............................................................................................................ 107 MSISDN .................................................................................................................................................. 107 Indication................................................................................................................................................. 108 Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) ..................................................................................................... 109 PDN Address Allocation (PAA) ............................................................................................................... 109 Bearer Quality of Service (Bearer QoS) .................................................................................................... 110 Flow Quality of Service (Flow QoS)......................................................................................................... 111 RAT Type ................................................................................................................................................ 111 Serving Network ...................................................................................................................................... 112 EPS Bearer Level Traffic Flow Template (Bearer TFT) ............................................................................ 112 Traffic Aggregate Description (TAD) ....................................................................................................... 112 User Location Information (ULI).............................................................................................................. 113 CGI field ............................................................................................................................................ 113 SAI field............................................................................................................................................. 113 RAI field ............................................................................................................................................ 114 TAI field ............................................................................................................................................ 114 ECGI field .......................................................................................................................................... 114 Fully Qualified TEID (F-TEID)................................................................................................................ 115 TMSI ....................................................................................................................................................... 116 Global CN-Id ........................................................................................................................................... 117 S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info (S103PDF)............................................................................................ 117 S1-U Data Forwarding (S1UDF) .............................................................................................................. 117 Delay Value ............................................................................................................................................. 118 Bearer Context ......................................................................................................................................... 118 Charging ID ............................................................................................................................................. 118 Charging Characteristics .......................................................................................................................... 119 Trace Information .................................................................................................................................... 119

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Bearer Flags............................................................................................................................................. 119 Void ........................................................................................................................................................ 120 PDN Type ................................................................................................................................................ 120 Procedure Transaction ID (PTI)................................................................................................................ 120 DRX Parameter ........................................................................................................................................ 121 UE Network Capability ............................................................................................................................ 121 MM Context ............................................................................................................................................ 121 PDN Connection ...................................................................................................................................... 128 PDU Numbers.......................................................................................................................................... 129 Packet TMSI (P-TMSI) ............................................................................................................................ 129 P-TMSI Signature .................................................................................................................................... 129 Hop Counter ............................................................................................................................................ 130 UE Time Zone ......................................................................................................................................... 130 Trace Reference ....................................................................................................................................... 130 Complete Request Message ...................................................................................................................... 131 GUTI ....................................................................................................................................................... 131 Fully Qualified Container (F-Container) ................................................................................................... 132 Fully Qualified Cause (F-Cause) .............................................................................................................. 132 Selected PLMN ID ................................................................................................................................... 133 Target Identification ................................................................................................................................. 133 Void ........................................................................................................................................................ 135 Packet Flow ID ........................................................................................................................................ 135 RAB Context ........................................................................................................................................... 135 Source RNC PDCP context info ............................................................................................................... 135 UDP Source Port Number ........................................................................................................................ 136 APN Restriction ....................................................................................................................................... 136 Selection Mode ........................................................................................................................................ 136 Source Identification ................................................................................................................................ 137 Void ........................................................................................................................................................ 137 Change Reporting Action ......................................................................................................................... 137 Fully qualified PDN Connection Set Identifier (FQ-CSID)........................................................................ 138 Channel needed ........................................................................................................................................ 139 eMLPP Priority ........................................................................................................................................ 139 Node Type ............................................................................................................................................... 139 Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) .................................................................................................... 140 Private Extension ..................................................................................................................................... 140 Transaction Identifier (TI) ........................................................................................................................ 140 MBMS Session Duration .......................................................................................................................... 141 MBMS Service Area ................................................................................................................................ 141 MBMS Session Identifier ......................................................................................................................... 141 MBMS Flow Identifier ............................................................................................................................. 141 MBMS IP Multicast Distribution .............................................................................................................. 142 MBMS Distribution Acknowledge ........................................................................................................... 142 User CSG Information (UCI).................................................................................................................... 143 CSG Information Reporting Action .......................................................................................................... 143 RFSP Index.............................................................................................................................................. 144 CSG ID.................................................................................................................................................... 144 CSG Membership Indication (CMI).......................................................................................................... 144

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10.1 10.2

Security .......................................................................................................................................... 145 IP - The Networking Technology used by GTP ............................................................................... 145
IP Version ................................................................................................................................................ 145 IP Fragmentation...................................................................................................................................... 145

Annex A (Informative): Annex B (informative):

Backward Compatibility Guidelines for Information Elements............. 146 Change History ........................................................................................ 147

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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows: Version x.y.z where: x the first digit: 1 presented to TSG for information; 2 presented to TSG for approval; 3 or greater indicates TSG approved document under change control. y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections, updates, etc. z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.

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Scope

The present document specifies the stage 3 of the control plane of the GPRS Tunnelling Protocol, Version 2 for Evolved Packet System interfaces (GTPv2-C). In this document, unless otherwise specified the S5 interface refers always to "GTP-based S5" and S8 interface refers always to "GTP-based S8" interface. GTPv2-C shall be used across the following EPC signalling interfaces: S3, S4, S5, S8, S10, S11 and S16. GTPv2-C shall be used across the Sm and Sn interfaces for MBMS in EPS. GTPv2-C based protocols shall also be used across Sv (3GPP TS 29.280 [15]) and S101 (3GPP TS 29.276 [14]) interfaces.

References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific. For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply. For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications". 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification". 3GPP TS 23.401: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access". 3GPP TS 29.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) across the Gn and Gp interface". 3GPP TS 24.008: "Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3". IETF RFC 791 (STD 0005): "Internet Protocol", J. Postel. IETF RFC 768 (STD 0006): "User Datagram Protocol", J. Postel. 3GPP TS 32.251: "Telecommunication Management; Charging Management; Packet Switched (PS) domain charging. 3GPP TS 32.298: "Telecommunication Management; Charging Management; Charging Data Record (CDR) parameter classification. 3GPP TS 36.413: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); S1 Application Protocol (S1AP)". 3GPP TS 33.102: "3G security; Security architecture". 3GPP TS 33.401: "3GPP System Architecture Evolution (SAE); Security architecture". 3GPP TS 29.281: "GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane (GTPv1-U)". 3GPP TS 29.276: "Optimized Handover Procedures and Protocols between E-UTRAN Access and cdma2000 HRPD Access Stage 3".

The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.

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3GPP TS 29.280: "3GPP EPS Sv interface (MME to MSC) for SRVCC". IETF RFC 2460: "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification". 3GPP TS 23.007: "Restoration procedures". 3GPP TS 32.422: "Telecommunication management; Subscriber and equipment trace; Trace control and configuration management ". 3GPP TS 36.300: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2". 3GPP TS 36.414: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); S1 data transport". 3GPP TS 23.272: "Circuit switched fallback in Evolved Packet System; Stage 2". 3GPP TS 29.118: "Mobility Management Entity (MME) - Visitor Location Register (VLR) SGs interface specification". 3GPP TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet". void ITU-T Recommendation E.164: "The international public telecommunication numbering plan". 3GPP TS 29.275: "Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) based Mobility and Tunnelling protocols; Stage 3". 3GPP TS 44.018: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Radio Resource Control Protocol". 3GPP TS 48.008: "Mobile-services Switching Centre - Base Station System (MSC-BSS) interface; Layer 3 specification". 3GPP TS 29.212: "Policy and charging control over Gx reference point". 3GPP TS 24.007: "Mobile radio interface signalling layer 3; General aspects". IETF RFC 1035:"Domain Names - Implementation and Specification". 3GPP TS 29.303: "Domain Name System Procedures; Stage 3". 3GPP TS 25.413: "UTRAN Iu Interface RANAP Signalling". 3GPP TS 48.018: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Base Station System (BSS) - Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN); BSS GPRS Protocol (BSSGP)". 3GPP TS 23.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 2". 3GPP TS 32.295: "Charging management; Charging Data Record (CDR) transfer". 3GPP TS 23.246: "Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS); Architecture and functional description". 3GPP TS 29.061: "Interworking beween the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) supporting Packet Based Services and Packet Data Networks (PDN) ". IETF RFC 3588: "Diameter Base Protocol ". IETF RFC 4607: "Source-Specific Multicast for IP". 3GPP TS 29.002: "Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification". 3GPP TS 29.010: "Information element mapping between Mobile Station - Base Station System and BSS - Mobile-services Switching Centre (MS - BSS - MSC) Signalling procedures and the Mobile Application Part (MAP)".

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3.1

Definitions, symbols and abbreviations

Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905 [1]. GTP-PDU: GTP Protocol Data Unit is either a GTP-C Message or a GTP-U Message. GTP-U Message may be either a signalling message across the user plane tunnel, or a G-PDU (see clause 6). Signalling Message: any GTP-PDU (GTP-C or GTP-U) except the G-PDU. G-PDU: GTP user plane message, which carries the original packet (payload). G-PDU consists of GTP-U header and a T-PDU. T-PDU: original packet, for example an IP datagram, from an UE or a network node in an external packet data network. A T-PDU is the payload that is tunnelled in the GTP-U tunnel. GTP-C Message: GTP control plane message type of a GTP-PDU. GTP-C message consists of GTP-C header, which is followed by zero or more information elements. GTP-U Message: GTP user plane message. The user plane messages are used to carry user data packets, and also signalling messages e.g. for path management and error indication. Therefore, GTP-U message consists of GTP-U header, which is followed by either a T-PDU, or zero or more information elements. GTP Tunnel: FFS (see also subclause 4.1 "GTP Tunnel"). Tunnel Endpoint: A tunnel endpoint is identified with a TEID, an IP address and a UDP port number (see subclause 4.1 "GTP Tunnel"). Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (TEID): unambiguously identifies a tunnel endpoint in scope of a path (see subclause 4.1 "GTP Tunnel").

3.2
S1-U X2

Symbols
Interface between SGW and eNodeB Interface between eNodeBs

For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:

3.3

Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905 [1]. AMBR APN APN-NI APN-OI EBI eNodeB EPC EPS F-TEID G-PDU GPRS GTP GTP-PDU GTPv2-C Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate Access Point Name Access Point Name Network Identifier Access Point Name Operator Identifier EPS Bearer ID Evolved Node B Evolved Packet Core Evolved Packet System Fully Qualified Tunnel Endpoint Identifier GTP-U non-signalling PDU General Packet Radio Service GPRS Tunnelling Protocol GTP-C PDU or GTP-U PDU GTP version 2, control plane

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GTPv2-U IMSI IP LBI L1 L2 MBMS MEI MSISDN PAA PCO PDU PDN PGW PTI QoS RAT RIM SGW TEID TEID-C TEID-U TFT TLIV UDP ULI

GTP version 2, user plane International Mobile Subscriber Identity Internet Protocol Linked Bearer identity Layer 1 Layer 2 Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service Mobile Equipment Identity Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number PDN Address Allocation Protocol Configuration Options Protocol Data Unit Packet Data Network or Public Data Network PDN Gateway Procedure Transaction Id Quality of Service Radio Access Type RAN Information Management Serving Gateway Tunnel Endpoint Identifier Tunnel Endpoint Identifier, control plane Tunnel Endpoint Identifier, user plane Traffic Flow Template Type Length Instance Value User Datagram Protocol User Location Information

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4 General
4.1 GTP Tunnel

GTP tunnels are used between two nodes communicating over a GTP based interface, to separate traffic into different communication flows. A GTP tunnel is identified in each node with a TEID, an IP address and a UDP port number. The receiving end side of a GTP tunnel locally assigns the TEID value the transmitting side has to use. The TEID values are exchanged between tunnel endpoints using GTP-C or S1-MME messages. The criteria defining when the same or different GTP tunnels shall be used between the two nodes differs between the control and the user plane, and also between interfaces. For the control plane, for each end-point of a GTP-C tunnel: The TEID-C shall be unique per PDN-Connection on GTP based S5 and S8 interfaces. The same tunnel shall be shared for the control messages related to all bearers associated to the PDN-Connection. A TEID-C on the S5/S8 interface shall be released after all its associated EPS bearers are deleted. There shall be only one pair of TEID-Cs per UE on each of the S3, S10 and the S16 interfaces. The same tunnel shall be shared for the control messages related to the same UE operation. A TEID-C on the S3/S10/S16 interface shall be released after its associated UE context is removed or the UE is detached. There shall be only one pair of TEID-C per UE over the S11 and the S4 interfaces. The same tunnel shall be shared for the control messages related to the same UE operation. A TEID-C on the S11/S4 interface shall be released after all its associated EPS bearers are deleted.

For GTP-U, a TEID-U is used according to 3GPP TS 29.281 [13]. NOTE: GTP-U is based on GTP version 1 (GTPv1).

4.2
4.2.0

Protocol stack
General

The protocol stack for GTPv2 shall be as depicted in Figure 4.2.0-1.

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GTP UDP IP L2 L1

GTP UDP IP L2 L1

GTPv2 entity GTPv2 based interface

GTPv2 entity

Figure 4.2.0-1: GTPv2 stack The GTPv2 headers are specified in the respective clauses of this specification. The source and destination IP addresses and UDP ports used for each GTP-C message depend on the role that the message plays in a message exchange. A message can be an Initial message, or a Triggered message, or a Triggered Reply message to Triggered message. An Initial message is sent to a peer GTP entity with a sequence number chosen by the sending entity (see subclause 7.6). A Triggered message is sent in response to an Initial message. Triggered Reply message may be sent in response to a Triggered message. See subclause 7.6 for the sequence number usage. Typically, a Request message is an Initial message, but a Request message may be a Triggered messages in certain procedures where they are triggered by an Initial Command message. See subclause 4.2.5 for classification of the Initial messages and their possible Triggered messages, as well as cases where there are Triggered Reply messages to the Triggered messages. Piggybacking is an optional feature. If the feature is supported, then the piggybacking of the initial messages on triggered response messages for EUTRAN Initial Attach and UE-requested PDN Connectivity procedures shall be implemented as per Annex F of 3GPP TS 23.401 [3].When piggybacking is used, a common IP header and a common UDP header shall be used for the triggered response message and the piggybacked initial message as depicted in Figure 4.2.0-2. Immediately following the triggered response message is the piggybacked initial message, following which no additional information shall be present. The subclause 5.5 specifies the usage of piggybacking-specific fields in the GTP-C header.

IP header

UDP header

Triggered response message (P=1)

Piggybacked initial message (P=0)

Figure 4.2.0-2: Packet Format for the Piggybacking of messages

4.2.1
4.2.1.0

UDP header and port numbers

General

A User Datagram Protocol (UDP) compliant with IETF RFC 768 [7] shall be used.

4.2.1.1

Initial Messages

The UDP Destination Port number for GTPv2 Initial messages shall be 2123. It is the registered port number for GTP-C.

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The UDP Source Port for a GTPv2 Initial message is a locally allocated port number at the sending GTP entity. If GTPv2 and GTP' v2 modules are using the same IP address for sending messages, the implementation shall ensure that while some source port number is used by GTPv2 messages, the same source port number shall not be used by GTP' v2 messages. Otherwise, the IP interface may have difficulty to delivering a response message to the right protocol entity.

4.2.1.2

Triggered Messages

The UDP Destination Port value of a GTPv2 Triggered message and for a Triggered Reply message shall be the value of the UDP Source Port of the corresponding message to which this GTPv2 entity is replying, except in the case of the SGSN pool scenario. The UDP Source Port of a GTPv2 Triggered message and for a Triggered Reply message shall be the value from the UDP Destination Port of the corresponding message to which this GTPv2 entity is replying, except in the case of the SGSN pool scenario. In the SGSN pool scenario, if the Identification Request or the Context Request messages have been forwarded by another SGSN in the pool, the UDP Destination Port for the Identification Response or the Context Response message shall be determined in the following way. The value from the information element "UDP Source Port Number", which was sent in the corresponding forwarded request, shall be copied into the UDP Destination Port field. The UDP Source Port for the Identification Response or the Context Response message may be a locally allocated port number at the sending GTP entity.

4.2.1.3

Piggybacked Messages

A piggybacked initial message is carried as a concatenation after a triggered response message and they share a common UDP header (see Figure 4.2.0-2). The UDP Destination port for the IP packet containing both the triggered response message and the piggybacked initial message shall be the same as the port number used for the triggered response message. The UDP Source port for the IP packet containing both the triggered response message and the piggybacked initial message shall be the same as the port number used for the triggered response message.

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4.2.2.1

IP header and IP addresses

Initial Messages

The IP Destination Address of a GTPv2 Initial message shall be an IP address of the destination GTPv2 entity. The IP Source Address of a GTPv2 Initial message shall be an IP address of the source GTPv2 entity from which the Initial message is originating.

4.2.2.2

Triggered Messages

The IP Destination Address of a GTPv2 Triggered message and for a Triggered Reply message shall be copied from the IP Source Address of the message to which this GTPv2 entity is replying, except in the case of the SGSN pool scenario. The IP Source Address of a GTPv2 Triggered message and for a Triggered Reply message shall be copied from the IP destination address of the message to which this GTPv2 entity is replying, except in the case of SGSN pool scenario. In the SGSN pool scenario, if the Identification Request or the Context Request messages have been forwarded by another SGSN in the pool, the IP Source address for the Identification Response or the Context Response messages shall be locally allocated by the sending GTP entity. The IP Destination Address for the Identification Response or Context Response messages shall be determined in the following way. The value from the information element "Address for Control Plane", which was sent in the corresponding Identification Request message; or the value from the information element "S3/S16/S10 Address and TEID for Control Plane", which was sent in the corresponding Context Request message, shall be copied into the IP Destination Address field.

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Piggybacked Messages

A piggybacked initial message is carried as a concatenation after a triggered response message and they share a common IP header (see Figure 4.2.0-2). The IP Source Address for the IP packet containing both the triggered response message and the piggybacked initial message shall be the same as the IP Address used for the triggered response message. The IP Destination Address for the IP packet containing both the triggered response message and the piggybacked initial message shall be the same as the IP Address used for the triggered response message.

4.2.3

Layer 2

Typically Ethernet should be used as a Layer 2 protocol, but operators may use any other technology.

4.2.4

Layer 1

Operators may use any appropriate Layer 1 technology.

4.2.5
NOTE:

Messages with GTPv2 defined replies: Classification of Initial and Triggered Messages
Other clauses of this specification and Stage 2 documents define in detail when a reply message is expected in an end-to-end procedure. Reply messages are triggered messages.

The expected reply to a Request message is a Triggered message and the reply has the same message name as the Request but with "Response" replacing "Request". If a Request message is a reply to a Command message, then the Request message is a Triggered message; otherwise the Request message is an Initial message. Responses do not have replies except when a "Context Acknowledge" is required as a reply to "Context Response" message as specified in relevant Stage 2 procedures. Context Acknowledge is always triggered message and does not have a reply. A message whose name ends in "Command" is always an initial message. If a "Command" message fails, the name of the reply message is constructed by replacing "Command" with "Failure Indication". Apart from "Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication" message, a "Failure Indication" is a Triggered message. The "Failure Indication" message does not have a reply. If a "Command" message is successful, its reply will be a Request as specified in relevant Stage 2 procedures. A message whose name ends in "Notification" is always an Initial message, The expected Triggered message in reply has the same message name but with "Acknowledge" replacing "Notification", except for the case of the message "Downlink Data Notification" which has the reply "Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge". An "Acknowledge" message does not have a reply. CS Paging Indication, Stop Paging Indication, RAN Information Relay, Configuration Transfer Tunnel, Trace Session Activation, Trace Session Deactivation, and Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication messages are Initial messages that do not have a reply. A Version Not Supported Indication message is a Triggered message.

4.3

Transmission Order and Bit Definitions

The messages in this document shall be transmitted in network octet order starting with octet 1 with the Most Significant Bit sent first. The most significant bit of an octet in a GTP message is bit 8. If a value in a GTP message spans several octets and nothing else is stated, the most significant bit is bit 8 of the octet with the lowest number.

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GTP Header for Control Plane

General format

Control Plane GTP uses a variable length header. Control Plane GTP header length shall be a multiple of 4 octets. Figure 5.1-1 illustrates the format of the GTPv2-C Header.
Octets 1 2 3 4 m to k(m+3) n to (n+2) (n+3) Bits 5 4 3 2 1 P T Spare Spare Spare Message Type Message Length (1st Octet) Message Length (2nd Octet) If T flag is set to 1, then TEID shall be placed into octets 58. Otherwise, TEID field is not present at all. Sequence Number Spare 8 7 Version 6

Figure 5.1-1: General format of GTPv2 Header for Control Plane Where: if T = 0, TEID field is not present, k = 0, m = 0 and n = 5; if T = 1, TEID field is present, k = 1, m = 5 and n = 9.

The usage of GTPv2-C header across the EPC specific interfaces is defined in the subclause 5.5 "Usage of the GTPv2-C Header". Octet 1 bits shall be coded as follows: Bits 6-8 represent the Version field. Bit 5 represents the Piggybacking flag (P). Bit 4 represents the TEID flag (T). Bits 3-1 are spare, the sender shall set them to "0" and the receiving entity shall ignore them.

5.2

Control Plane GTP Extension Header

The legacy Extension Header mechanism is not used for the GTP version 2 control plane (GTPv2-C). Future extensions will be implemented by adding Information Elements in the message body if new parameters are needed.

5.3

GTP-C header for Echo and Version Not Supported messages

The GTPv2-C message header for the Echo Request, Echo Response and Version Not Supported Indication messages shall not contain the TEID field, but shall contain the Sequence Number fields, followed by one spare octet as depicted in figure 5.3-1. The spare bits shall be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.
Octets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 7 Version Bits 5 4 3 2 1 P T=0 Spare Spare Spare Message Type st Message Length (1 Octet) nd Message Length (2 Octet) Sequence Number (1st Octet) nd Sequence Number (2 Octet) Sequence Number (3rd Octet) Spare 6

Figure 5.3-1: The format of Echo and Version Not Supported messages Header

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EPC specific GTP-C header

Apart from the Echo Request, Echo Response and Version Not Supported Indication messages, the GTP-C message header shall contain the TEID and Sequence Number fields followed by one spare octet. A typical GTP-C header is depicted in figure 5.4-1. The spare bits shall be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.
Octets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 7 Version Bits 5 4 3 2 1 P T=1 Spare Spare Spare Message Type st Message Length (1 Octet) nd Message Length (2 Octet) st Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (1 Octet) nd Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (2 Octet) rd Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (3 Octet) Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (4th Octet) Sequence Number (1st Octet) nd Sequence Number (2 Octet) rd Sequence Number (3 Octet) Spare 6

Figure 5.4-1: The format of EPC specific GTPv2 Control Plane message Header

5.5

Usage of the GTPv2-C Header

The format of the GTPv2-C header is specified in subclause 5.1 "General format". The usage of the GTP-C header across e.g. S101 (3GPP TS 29.276 [14]) and Sv (3GPP TS 29.280 [15]) interfaces are defined in their respective specifications. The usage of the GTPv2-C header for EPC specific interfaces shall be as defined below. The first octet of the header shall be used is the following way: Bits 8 to 6, which represent the GTP-C version, shall be set to decimal 2 ("010"). Bit 5 represents a "P" flag. If the "P" flag is set to "0", no piggybacked message shall be present. If the "P" flag is set to "1", then another GTPv2-C message with its own header and body shall be present at the end of the current message. When present, a piggybacked message shall have its "P" flag set to "0" in its own header. If Create Session Response message (as part of EUTRAN initial attach or UE-requested PDN connectivity procedure) has the "P" flag set to "1", then a Create Bearer Request message shall be present as the piggybacked message. As a response to the Create Bearer Request message, if the Create Bearer Response has the "P" flag set to "1", then a Modify Bearer Request (as part of EUTRAN initial attach or UE-requested PDN connectivity procedure) shall be present as the piggybacked message. A Create Bearer Response with "P" flag set to "1" shall not be sent unless a Create Session Response with "P" flag set to "1" has been received for the same procedure. Apart from Create Session Response and Create Bearer Response messages, all the EPC specific messages shall have the "P" flag set to "0". Bit 4 represents a "T" flag, which indicates if TEID field is present in the GTP-C header or not. If the "T" flag is set to 0, then the TEID field shall not be present in the GTP-C header. If the "T" flag is set to 1, then the TEID field shall immediately follow the Length field, in octets 5 to 8. Apart from the Echo Request, Echo Response and Version Not Supported Indication messages, in all EPC specific messages the value of the "T" flag shall be set to "1". Bit 3 is a spare bit. The sending entity shall set it to "0" and the receiving entity shall ignore it. Bit 2 is a spare bit. The sending entity shall set it to "0" and the receiving entity shall ignore it. Bit 1 is a spare bit. The sending entity shall set it to "0" and the receiving entity shall ignore it.

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Octet 2 represents the Message type field, which shall be set to the unique value for each type of control plane message. Message type values are specified in Table 6.1-1 "Message types for GTPv2". Octets 3 to 4 represent the Length field. This field shall indicate the length of the message in octets excluding the mandatory part of the GTP-C header (the first 4 octets). The TEID (if present) and the Sequence Number shall be included in the length count. The format of the Length field is specified in subclause 8.2 "Information Element Format". A piggybacked initial message and the preceeding triggered response message present in the common IP/UDP packet shall have their own length and sequence number in their respective GTP-C headers. The overall length of the IP/UDP packet shall indicate the total length of the two GTP-C messages. For EPC specific interfaces, T=1, and therefore octets 5 to 8 represent the Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (TEID) field. This field shall unambiguously identify a tunnel endpoint in the receiving GTP-C entity. The Tunnel Endpoint Identifier is set by the sending entity to the value provided by the corresponding receiving entity. When a peer's TEID is not available, as in the following cases, the TEID field shall be present in a GTPv2-C header, but its value shall be set to "0": Create Session Request message on S5/S8 Create Session Request message on S4/S11, if for a given UE, the SGSN/MME has not yet obtained the Control TEID of the SGW. Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request message on S4/S11, if the SGW selected by the MME/S4SGSN for indirect data forwarding is different from the SGW used as anchor. Identification Request/Response messages. Change Notification Request/Response messages. Forward Relocation Request message. Context Request message. Relocation Cancel Request message except for the case where the old SGSN/MME has already been assigned the Tunnel Endpoint Identifier Control Plane of the new SGSN/MME. Delete PDN Connection Set Request/Response messages. Configuration Transfer Tunnel message. RAN Information Relay message. If a node receives a message for which it has no context, it shall respond with "Context not found" Cause in the corresponding response message to the sender. The TEID used in the GTPv2-C header in the response message shall be set to zero. MBMS Session Start Request message.

Octets 9 to 11 represent GTP Sequence Number field.

5.6

Format of the GTPv2-C Message

The GTP-C header may be followed by subsequent information elements dependent on the type of control plane message.
Octets 1 to m m+1 to n 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 GTP-C header Zero or more Information Element(s) 6 1

Figure 5.6-1: GTP-C Header followed by subsequent Information Elements

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GTP-C Message Types and Message Formats

A GTP-C message is sent across a GTP control plane tunnel. In a message, the GTP-C header is followed by zero or more information elements. The GTP-C messages are used for the control plane path management, for the control plane tunnel management and for mobility management. A T-PDU is an original packet, for example an IP datagram, from an UE, or from a network node in an external packet data network.

6.1

Message Format and Type values

GTP defines a set of messages between two associated EPC network elements. The messages to be used shall be as defined in Table 6.1-1.

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Table 6.1-1: Message types for GTPv2

Message Type value (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 to 24 25 to 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 to 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 to 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Message Reserved Echo Request Echo Response Version Not Supported Indication Reserved for S101 interface Reserved for Sv interface SGSN/MME to PGW (S4/S11, S5/S8) Create Session Request Create Session Response Modify Bearer Request Modify Bearer Response Delete Session Request Delete Session Response SGSN to PGW (S4, S5/S8) Change Notification Request Change Notification Response For future use Messages without explicit response Modify Bearer Command (MME/SGSN to PGW S11/S4, S5/S8) Modify Bearer Failure Indication (PGW to MME/SGSN S5/S8, S11/S4) Delete Bearer Command (MME/SGSN to PGW S11/S4, S5/S8) Delete Bearer Failure Indication (PGW to MME/SGSN S5/S8, S11/S4)) Bearer Resource Command (MME/SGSN to PGW S11/S4, S5/S8) Bearer Resource Failure Indication (PGW to MME/SGSN S5/S8, S11/S4) Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication (SGSN/MME to SGW S4/S11) Trace Session Activation Trace Session Deactivation Stop Paging Indication For future use PGW to SGSN/MME (S5/S8, S4/S11) Create Bearer Request Create Bearer Response Update Bearer Request Update Bearer Response Delete Bearer Request Delete Bearer Response PGW to MME, MME to PGW, SGW to PGW, SGW to MME (S5/S8, S11) Delete PDN Connection Set Request Delete PDN Connection Set Response For future use MME to MME, SGSN to MME, MME to SGSN, SGSN to SGSN (S3/S10/S16) Identification Request Identification Response Context Request Context Response Context Acknowledge Forward Relocation Request Forward Relocation Response Forward Relocation Complete Notification Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge Forward Access Context Notification Forward Access Context Acknowledge Relocation Cancel Request Reference GTP-C GTP-U

X X X TS 29.276 [14] TS 29.280 [15] X X X X X X X X

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Relocation Cancel Response Configuration Transfer Tunnel For future use RAN Information Relay SGSN to MME, MME to SGSN (S3) Detach Notification Detach Acknowledge CS Paging Indication See above For future use MME to SGW, SGSN to MME (S11/S3) Suspend Notification Suspend Acknowledge SGSN/MME to SGW (S4/S11) Create Forwarding Tunnel Request Create Forwarding Tunnel Response See above See above Resume Notification Resume Acknowledge Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response Release Access Bearers Request Release Access Bearers Response For future use SGW to SGSN/MME (S4/S11) Downlink Data Notification Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge SGW to SGSN (S4) Reserved For future use SGW to PGW, PGW to SGW (S5/S8) Update PDN Connection Set Request Update PDN Connection Set Response For future use MBMS GW to MME/SGSN (Sm/Sn) MBMS Session Start Request MBMS Session Start Response MBMS Session Update Request MBMS Session Update Response MBMS Session Stop Request MBMS Session Stop Response For future use Other For future use

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Presence requirements of Information Elements

There are four different presence requirements (Mandatory, Conditional, Optional, or Conditional-Optional) for an IE within a given GTP-PDU: Mandatory means that the IE shall be included by the sending side, and that the receiver diagnoses a "Mandatory IE missing" error, when detecting that the IE is not present. A response including a "Mandatory IE missing" cause, shall include the type of the missing IE. Conditional means: that the IE shall be included by sending entity if the conditions specified in the relevant protocol specification are met;

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the receiver shall check the conditions as specified in the corresponding message type description, based on the parameter combination in the message and/or on the state of the receiving node, to infer if a conditional IE shall be expected. Only if a receiver has sufficient information the following applies. A conditional IE, which is absolutely necessary for the receiving entity to complete the procedure, is missing, then the receiver shall abort the procedure.

Conditional-Optional means: that the IE shall be included by the up-to-date sending entity, if the conditions specified in the relevant protocol specification are met. An entity, which is at an earlier version of the protocol and therefore is not upto-date, obviously cannot send such new IE. the receiver need not check the presence of the IE in the message. If the receiver checks the presence of the Conditional-Optional IE, then the IE's absence shall not trigger any of the error handling procedures. The handling of an absence or erroneous such IEs shall be treated as Optional IEs as specified in subclause 7.7 "Error Handling".

Optional means: that the IE shall be included as a service option. Therefore, the IE may be included or not in a message. The handling of an absent optional IE, or an erroneous optional IE is specified in subclause 7.7 "Error Handling".

For conditional IEs, the clause describing the GTP-PDU explicitly defines the conditions under which the inclusion of each IE becomes mandatory or optional for that particular GTP-PDU. These conditions shall be defined so that the presence of a conditional IE only becomes mandatory if it is critical for the receiving entity. The definition might reference other protocol specifications for final terms used as part of the condition. For grouped IEs, the presence requirement of the embedded IE shall follow the rules: The grouped IE is Mandatory: if the embedded IE in the grouped IE is Mandatory, this embedded IE is viewed as Mandatory IE by the receiver. If the embedded IE in the grouped IE is Conditional, this embedded IE is viewed as Conditional IE by the receiver. If the embedded IE in the grouped IE is Optional, this embedded IE is viewed as Optional IE by the receiver. The grouped IE is Conditional: if the embedded IE in the grouped IE is Mandatory or Conditional, this embedded IE is viewed as Conditional IE by the receiver. If the embedded IE in the grouped IE is Optional, this embedded IE is viewed as Optional IE by the receiver. The grouped IE is Optional: the embedded IE in the grouped IE is viewed as Optional IE by the receiver.

Only the Cause information element shall be included in the response if the Cause contains a value that indicates that the request is not accepted. Optionally, the Protocol Configuration Options and the Recovery information element may be included. Failure Indication type messages do not have "Accept" types of cause values, therefore the proceeding rules do not apply. For Failure Indication type of messages, some of the Mandatory information elements may not be included if they are not available.

6.1.2

Grouped Information Elements

Information elements can contain other IEs. This type of IE is called "Grouped IEs". Grouped IEs have a length value in the TLIV encoding, which includes the added length of all the embedded IEs. Overall coding of a grouped information element with 4 octets long IE header is defined in subclause 8.2 "Information Element Format". Each information element within a grouped IE also shall also contain 4 octets long IE header. Grouped IEs are not marked by any flag or limited to a specific range of IE type values. The clause describing an IE in this specification shall explicitly state if it is grouped. NOTE 1: Each entry into each Grouped IE creates a new scope level. Exit from the grouped IE closes the scope level. The GTPv2 message level is the top most scope. This is analogous to the local scope of a subroutine/function. If more than one grouped information elements of the same type, but for a different purpose are sent with a message, these IEs shall have different Instance values.

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If more than one grouped information elements of the same type and for the same purpose are sent with a message, these IEs shall have exactly the same Instance value to represent a list. NOTE 2: For instance, all "Bearer Contexts Modified" IEs of the type "Bearer Context" in a "Modify Bearer Response" message shall have the Instance value of 0, while all "Bearer Contexts Marked for Removal" IEs of the type "Bearer Context" in the same message shall have the Instance value of 1.

6.1.3

Information Element instance

Every GTPv2 message and grouped IE within a message in this specification has a column documenting the instance value of each IE. When a GTPv2 message is encoded for use the instance value of each included IE is encoded in the Instance field of the IE for the message scope. See clause 7 and subclause 8.2 for details of that encoding. An Information Element in an encoded GTPv2 message or encoded grouped IE is identified by the pair of IE Type and Instance values and described by a specific row in the corresponding tables in subclauses of 7 in the present document. If several Information Elements with the same Type and Instance values are included in an encoded GTPv2 message, they represent a list for the corresponding IE name and row identified in the message grammar in subclauses of clause 7. If several Information Elements with the same Type and Instance values are included in an encoded grouped IE, they represent a list for the corresponding IE name and row identified in the grouped IE grammar in subclauses of clause 7. In tables in this document the instance value for "Private Extension" is marked as VS (Vendor Specific). While an instance value must be encoded by the sender the value can be Vendor and even Private Extension specific. The same IE name might be used in different messages (on the top level or within grouped IEs) in this specification. The instance value and name of an IE is only meaningful within the scope of the message definition . The combination of Type value and Instance value uniquely identifies a specific row in a message description table.

6.2

Message Granularity

The GTPv2-C messages shall be sent per UE on the S3, S10 and S16 interfaces. The GTPv2-C messages shall be sent per PDN-Connection on the S4, S11, S5 and S8 interfaces apart from the following exclusion. The following GTPv2-C messages are sent per UE on the S4 and S11 interfaces: Downlink Data Notification / Acknowledge / Failure Indication. Stop Paging Indication. Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request/Response. Delete Session Request during TAU/RAU/Handover procedure with SGW change. Release Access Bearers Request/Response. Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request/Response. Trace Session Activation. Trace Session Deactivation.

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7.1.0

GTP-C messages Path Management Messages

General

Three path management messages are specified for GTP-C: Echo Request, Echo Response and Version Not Supported Indication. The usage of Echo Request / Response procedure is specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17].

7.1.1

Echo Request

Table 7.1.1-1 specifies the information elements included in the Echo Request message. The Recovery information element contains the local Restart Counter, which is specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]) The optional Private Extension contains vendor or operator specific information. Table 7.1.1-1: Information Elements in Echo Request
Information elements Recovery Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Recovery 0 Private Extension VS

7.1.2

Echo Response

Table 7.1.2-1 specifies the information elements included in the Echo Response message. The Recovery information element contains the local Restart Counter, which is specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]) The optional Private Extension contains vendor or operator specific information. Possible Cause values are: "System failure" "Mandatory IE incorrect" "Mandatory IE missing" "Invalid Message format" Table 7.1.2-1: Information Elements in Echo Response
Information elements Recovery Cause Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Recovery Cause Ins. 0 0

M O IE may be included if recovery IE in the Echo Request or the message itself is malformed. O

Private Extension VS

NOTE:

If the Cause value is not a successful value this does not indicate the node sending the Echo Response is unable to accept GTPv2 messages.

7.1.3 Version Not Supported Indication

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Tunnel Management Messages

A node shall include the Recovery information element if it is in contact with the peer for the first time or the node has restarted recently and the new Restart Counter value has not yet been indicated to the peer. The peer receiving the Recovery information element shall handle it as when an Echo Response message is received but shall consider the rest of the message in accordance with the message semantics and parameters.

7.2.1

Create Session Request

The direction of this message shall be from MME/S4-SGSN to SGW and from SGW to PGW (see Table 6.1-1). The Create Session Request message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW, and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the procedures: E-UTRAN Initial Attach UE requested PDN connectivity

The message shall also be sent on S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW, and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the procedures: PDP Context Activation

The message shall also be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW as part of the procedures: Tracking Area Update procedure with Serving GW change S1/X2-based handover with SGW change UTRAN Iu mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover with SGW change GERAN A/Gb mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover with SGW change 3G Gn/Gp SGSN to MME combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure Gn/Gp SGSN to MME Tracking Area Update procedure

and on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW as part of the procedures: Routing Area Update with MME interaction and with SGW change Gn/Gp SGSN to S4 SGSN Routing Area Update E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change Serving RNS relocation Combined hard handover and SRNS relocation Combined Cell / URA update and SRNS relocation Enhanced serving RNS relocation with SGW relocation

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Information elements IMSI P Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI Ins. 0

C The IMSI shall be included in the message except for the case: - If the UE is emergency attached and the UE is UICCless. The IMSI shall be included in the message but not used as an identifier - if UE is emergency attached but IMSI is not authenticated.

MSISDN

ME Identity (MEI)

C For an E-UTRAN Initial Attach the IE shall be included when used on the S11 interface, if provided in the subscription data from the HSS. For a PDP Context Activation procedure the IE shall be included when used on the S4 interface, if provided in the subscription data from the HSS. The IE shall be included for the case of a UE Requested PDN Connectivity, it shall be included if the MME has it stored for that UE. It shall be included when used on the S5/S8 interfaces if provided by the MME/SGSN. C The MME shall include the ME Identity (MEI) IE: - If the UE is emergency attached and the UE is UICCless If the UE is emergency attached and the IMSI is not authenticated

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User Location Information (ULI)

Serving Network

For all other cases the MME shall include the ME Identity (MEI) IE if it is available. C This IE shall be included for E-UTRAN Initial Attach and UE-requested PDN Connectivity procedures. It shall include ECGI&TAI. The MME/SGSN shall also include it for TAU/RAU/X2-Handover/Enhanced SRNS Relocation procedure if the PGW has requested location information change reporting and MME/SGSN support location information change reporting. The SGW shall include this IE on S5/S8 if it receives the ULI from MME/SGSN. CO This IE shall also be included on the S4 and S5/S8 interfaces for PDP Context Activation procedure. It shall include either the CGI or SAI or RAI. C This IE shall be included on S4/S11 and S5/S8 interfaces for an E-UTRAN initial attach, a PDP Context Activation and for a UE requested PDN connectivity. CO This IE shall be included on S4/S11 for RAU/TAU/Handover with SGW relocation procedures. M C This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags is set to 1. Applicable flags are: S5/S8 Protocol Type: This flag shall be used on the S11/S4 interfaces and set according to the protocol chosen to be used on the S5/S8 interfaces. Dual Address Bearer Flag: This flag shall be set to 1 when the UE requests a PDN type IPv4v6 and all SGSNs which the UE may be handed over to support dual addressing. This shall be determined based on node pre-configuration by the operator. Handover Indication: If the UE comes from non3GPP access, this flag shall be set in an E-UTRAN Initial Attach or in a UE Requested PDN

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Operation Indication: This flag shall be set for a TAU/RAU procedure with SGW relocation, Enhanced SRNS Relocation with SGW relocation and X2-based handovers with SGW relocation. Direct Tunnel Flag: This flag shall be used on the S4 interface and set to 1 if Direct Tunnel is used. Piggybacking Supported: This flag shall be set to 1 only if the MME/ SGW supports the piggybacking feature as described in Annex F of 3GPP TS 23.401 [3]. This flag shall be set to 1 on S5/S8 only when both the MME and the SGW support piggybacking. Change Reporting support Indication: shall be used on S4/S11, S5/S8 and set if the SGSN/MME supports location Info Change Reporting. Unauthenticated IMSI: This flag shall be set to 1 if the IMSI present in the message is not authenticated and is for an emergency attached UE.

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C This IE shall be included for an E-UTRAN initial attach, a PDP Context Activation and a UE requested PDN connectivity. It shall indicate whether a subscribed APN or a non Selection Mode subscribed APN chosen by the MME/SGSN was selected. CO This IE shall be sent by the MME/SGSN on S11/S4 interface during TAU/RAU/HO with SGW relocation. C This IE shall be included for an E-UTRAN initial attach, a PDN Type PDP Context Activation and a UE requested PDN connectivity. This IE shall be set to IPv4, IPv6 or IPv4v6. This is based on the UE request and the subscription record retrieved from the HSS (for MME see 3GPP TS 23.401 [3], clause 5.3.1.1, and for SGSN see 3GPP TS 23.060 [35], clause 9.2.1). C This IE shall be included for an E-UTRAN initial attach, a PDP Context Activation and a UE requested PDN connectivity. For PMIP-based S5/S8, this IE shall also be included for TAU/RAU/Handover cases involving SGW relocation. The PDN type field in the PAA shall be set to IPv4, or IPv6 or IPv4v6 by MME, based on the UE request and the subscription record retrieved from the HSS. For static IP address assignment (for MME see 3GPP TS 23.401 [3], clause 5.3.1.1, and for SGSN see 3GPP TS 23.060 [35], clause 9.2.1), the MME/SGSN shall set the PAA IPv4 address and/or IPv6 prefix length and IPv6 prefix and Interface Identifier based on the subscribed values received from HSS, if available. The value of PDN Type field shall be consistent with the value of the PDN Type IE, if present in this message. If static IP address assignment is not used, the IPv4 address shall be set to 0.0.0.0, and/or the IPv6 Prefix Length and IPv6 prefix and Interface Identifier shall all be set to zero. CO This IE shall be sent by the MME/SGSN on S11/S4 interface during TAU/RAU/HO with SGW relocation. C This IE shall be included in the E-UTRAN initial attach, APN Restriction PDP Context Activation and UE Requested PDN connectivity procedures. This IE denotes the most stringent restriction as required by any already active bearer context. If there are no already active bearer contexts, this value is set to the least restrictive type. C This IE represents the APN-AMBR. It shall be included for AMBR an E-UTRAN initial attach, UE requested PDN connectivity, the PDP Context Activation procedure using S4 and the PS mobility from the Gn/Gp SGSN to the S4 SGSN/MME procedures. C This IE shall be included on S4/S11 in RAU/TAU/HO EBI except in the Gn/Gp SGSN to MME/S4-SGSN RAU/TAU/HO procedures with SGW change to identify the default bearer of the PDN Connection C This IE is not applicable to TAU/RAU/Handover. If MME PCO receives PCO from UE (during the attach procedures), the MME shall forward the PCO IE to SGW. The SGW shall also forward it to PGW. M Several IEs with the same type and instance value shall be Bearer Context included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. One bearer shall be included for an "eUTRAN Initial

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Trace Information Recovery MME-FQ-CSID

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SGW-FQ-CSID UE Time Zone

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User CSG Information (UCI)

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Charging Characteristics Private Extension

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Attach", a "PDP Context Activation" or a "UE requested PDN Connectivity". One or more bearers shall be included for a Handover/TAU/RAU with an SGW change. This IE shall be included on the S4/S11 interfaces for the Bearer Context 1 TAU/RAU/Handover cases where any of the bearers existing before the TAU/RAU/Handover procedure will be deactivated as consequence of the TAU/RAU/Handover procedure. For each of those bearers, an IE with the same type and instance value shall be included. This IE shall be included if an SGW and/or a PGW is Trace Information 0 activated. See 3GPP TS 32.422 [18]. This IE shall be included if contacting the peer node for the Recovery 0 first time. This IE shall be included by the MME on the S11 interface FQ-CSID 0 and shall be forwarded by an SGW on the S5/S8 interfaces according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. This IE shall included by the SGW on the S5/S8 interfaces FQ-CSID 1 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. This IE may be included by the MME on the S11 interface, UE Time Zone 0 or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. If SGW receives this IE, SGW shall forward it to PGW across S5/S8 interface. This IE shall be included for E-UTRAN Initial Attach, UEUCI 0 requested PDN Connectivity and PDP Context Activation using S4 procedures if the UE is accessed via CSG cell or hybrid cell. The MME/SGSN shall also include it for TAU/RAU/Handover procedures if the PGW has requested CSG info reporting and MME/SGSN support CSG info reporting. The SGW shall include this IE on S5/S8 if it receives the User CSG information from MME/SGSN. This IE shall be included according to 3GPP TS 32.251 [8] Charging 0 Characteristics Private Extension VS

Table 7.2.1-2: Bearer Context to be created within Create Session Request

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID TFT S1-U eNodeB F-TEID S4-U SGSN F-TEID S5/S8-U SGW FTEID S5/S8-U PGW FTEID S12 RNC F-TEID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Bearer TFT F-TEID F-TEID F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0 1 2

Bearer Level QoS

M O C This IE shall be included on the S11 interface for X2-based handover with SGW relocation. C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface if the S4-U interface is used. C This IE shall be included on the S5/S8 interface for an "eUTRAN Initial Attach", a "PDP Context Activation" or a "UE Requested PDN Connectivity". C This IE shall be included on the S4 and S11 interfaces for the TAU/RAU/Handover cases when the GTP-based S5/S8 is used. CO This IE shall be included on the S4 interface if the S12 interface is used in the Enhanced serving RNS relocation with SGW relocation procedure. M

F-TEID

F-TEID

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID S4-U SGSN F-TEID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI F-TEID

Ins. 0 0

M C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface if the S4-U interface is used.

7.2.2

Create Session Response

The Create Session Response message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME, and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of the procedures: E-UTRAN Initial Attach UE requested PDN connectivity

The message shall also be sent on S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN, and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of the procedures: PDP Context Activation

The message shall also be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as part of the procedures: Tracking Area Update procedure with SGW change S1/X2-based handover with SGW change UTRAN Iu mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover with SGW change GERAN A/Gb mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover with SGW change 3G Gn/Gp SGSN to MME combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure Gn/Gp SGSN to MME Tracking Area Update procedure

and on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of the procedures: Routing Area Update with MME interaction and with SGW change Gn/Gp SGSN to S4 SGSN Routing Area Update E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change Serving RNS relocation Combined hard handover and SRNS relocation Combined Cell / URA update and SRNS relocation Enhanced serving RNS relocation with SGW relocation

If handling of default bearer fails, then cause at the message level shall be a failure cause. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "New PDN type due to network preference".

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"New PDN type due to single address bearer only". "Request rejected". "Missing or unknown APN". "GRE key not found". "Preferred PDN type not supported". "All dynamic addresses are occupied". "UE context without TFT already activated". "No memory available". "PGW not responding". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "System failure". "Semantic error in the TFT operation". "Syntactic error in the TFT operation". "Semantic errors in packet filter(s)". "Syntactic errors in packet filter(s)". "Invalid message format". "No resources available". "User authentication failed". "APN access denied no subscription". "APN Restriction type incompatibility with currently active PDN Connection". "Version not supported by next peer". "Invalid length". "Denied in RAT". "Protocol type not supported".

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Table 7.2.2-1: Information Elements in a Create Session Response

Information elements Cause Change Reporting Action CSG Information Reporting Action Sender F-TEID for Control Plane P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins. 0 0

C This IE shall be included for the E-UTRAN initial attach, the PAA PDP Context Activation and the UE requested PDN connectivity. The PDN type field in the PAA shall be set to IPv4, or IPv6 or IPv4v6 by the PGW. If the DHCPv4 is used for IPv4 address allocation, the IPv4 address field shall be set to 0.0.0.0. APN Restriction C This IE shall be included in the E-UTRAN initial attach, APN Restriction PDP Context Activation and UE Requested PDN connectivity procedures. This IE shall also be included on S4/S11 during the Gn/Gp SGSN to S4 SGSN/MME RAU/TAU procedures. This IE denotes the restriction on the combination of types of APN for the APN associated with this EPS bearer Context. Aggregate Maximum C This IE represents the APN-AMBR. It shall be included if AMBR Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) the received APN-AMBR has been modified by the PCRF. Linked EPS Bearer ID C This IE shall be sent on S4, S11 interfaces during Gn/Gp EBI SGSN to S4-SGSN/MME RAU/TAU procedure to identify the default bearer the PGW selects for the PDN Connection. Protocol C This IE is not applicable for TAU/RAU/Handover. If PGW PCO Configuration Options decides to return PCO to the UE, PGW shall send PCO to (PCO) SGW. If SGW receives the PCO IE, SGW shall forward it to MME/SGSN. Bearer Contexts M EPS bearers corresponding to Bearer Contexts sent in Bearer Context created request message. Several IEs with the same type and instance value may be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. One bearer shall be included for "eUTRAN Initial Attach", "PDP Context Activation" or "UE Requested PDN Connectivity ". One or more created bearers shall be included for a Handover/TAU/RAU with an SGW change. Bearer Contexts C EPS bearers corresponding to Bearer Contexts to be Bearer Context marked for removal removed that were sent in the Create Session Request message. For each of those bearers an IE with the same type and instance value shall be included. Recovery C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery time Charging Gateway C When Charging Gateway Function (CGF) Address is FQDN Name configured, the PGW shall include this IE on the S5 interface. See NOTE 1. Charging Gateway C When Charging Gateway Function (CGF) Address is IP Address Address configured, the PGW shall include this IE on the S5 interface. See NOTE 1.

PGW S5/S8 F-TEID for PMIP based interface or for GTP based Control Plane interface PDN Address Allocation (PAA)

M Cause C This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field if Change Reporting the location Change Reporting mechanism is to be started Action or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. CO This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field if CSG Information the CSG Info reporting mechanism is to be started or Reporting Action stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. C This IE shall be sent on the S11/S4 interfaces. For the F-TEID S5/S8 interfaces it is not needed because its content would be identical to the IE PGW S5/S8 F-TEID for PMIP based interface or for GTP based Control Plane interface. C This IE shall include the TEID in the GTP based S5/S8 F-TEID case and the GRE key in the PMIP based S5/S8 case. In PMIP based S5/S8 case, same IP address is used for both control plane and the user plane communication.

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C This IE shall be included by the PGW on the S5/S8 FQ-CSID 0 interfacesand shall be forwarded by the SGW on the S11 interface according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the SGW on the S11 interface FQ-CSID 1 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Private Extension O Private Extension VS NOTE 1: Both Charging Gateway Name and Charging Gateway Address shall not be included at the same time. When both are available, the operator configures a preferred value.

Table 7.2.2-2: Bearer Context Created within Create Session Response

Octets 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octets 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause TFT S1-U SGW F-TEID S4-U SGW F-TEID S5/S8-U PGW FTEID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause Bearer TFT F-TEID F-TEID F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0 0 1 2

S12 SGW F-TEID Bearer Level QoS

Charging Id

Bearer Flags

M M This IE shall indicate if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, it gives information on the reason. O C This IE shall be included on the S11 interface if the S1-U interface is used. C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface if the S4-U interface is used. C For GTP-based S5/S8, this User Plane IE shall be included on S11 interface and also on S5/S8 interfaces during the "eUTRAN Initial Attach", a "PDP Context Activation" or a "UE Requested PDN Connectivity". C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface if the S12 interface is used. C This IE shall be included if the received QoS parameters have been modified. C This IE shall be included on the S5/S8 interface for an EUTRAN initial attach, a PDP Context Activation and a UE requested PDN connectivity. O If the S5/S8 interface is GTP, this IE may be included on the S4 interface, in order to support CAMEL charging at the SGSN, for a PDP Context Activation, inter S4-SGSN RAU with SGW change and Gn/Gp to S4-SGSN RAU. O Applicable flags are: - PPC (Prohibit Payload Compression)

F-TEID Bearer QoS

3 0

Charging Id

Bearer Flags

Table 7.2.2-3: Bearer Context marked for removal within a Create Session Response
Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause

Ins. 0 0

M M This IE shall indicate if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, gives the information on the reason.

7.2.3

Create Bearer Request

The direction of this message shall be from PGW to SGW and from SGW to MME/S4-SGSN (see Table 6.1-1). The Create Bearer Request message shall be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as part of the Dedicated Bearer Activation procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S4 interface by the SGW to

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Information elements Procedure Transaction Id (PTI) P Condition / Comment IE Type PTI Ins. 0

C This IE shall be sent when the procedure was initiated by a UE Requested Bearer Resource Modification Procedure or Secondary PDP Context Activation Procedure. The PTI shall be the same as the one used in the corresponding Bearer Resource Command. Linked Bearer Identity M This IE shall be included to indicate the default bearer (LBI) associated with the PDN connection. Protocol O Configuration Options (PCO) Bearer Contexts M Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. PGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the PGW on the S5/S8 interfacesand shall be forwarded by the SGW on the S11 interface according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the SGW on the S11 interface according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Change Reporting C This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field If Action the location Change Reporting mechanism is to be started or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. CSG Information CO This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field if Reporting Action the CSG Info reporting mechanism is to be started or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. Private Extension O

EBI PCO

0 0

Bearer Context FQ-CSID

0 0

FQ-CSID Change Reporting Action CSG Information Reporting Action

1 0

Private Extension VS

NOTE:

In the case that the procedure was initiated by a UE Requested Bearer Resource Modification Procedure or Secondary PDP Context Activation Procedure, then there will be only one instance of the Bearer Contexts IE in the Create Bearer Request.

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Table 7.2.3-2: Bearer Context within Create Bearer Request

Octets 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octets 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID TFT Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Bearer TFT

Ins. 0 0

S1-U SGW F-TEID S5/8-U PGW F-TEID

S12 SGW F-TEID S4-U SGW F-TEID Bearer Level QoS Charging Id Bearer Flags

M This IE shall be set to 0. M This IE can contain both uplink and downlink packet filters to be sent to the UE. Downlink packet filters are also used by SGW for PMIP based S5/8 interfaces. C This IE shall be sent on the S11 interface if the S1-U interface is used. C This IE shall be sent on the S4, S5/S8 and S11 interfaces for GTP-based S5/S8 interface. The MME/SGSN shall ignore the IE on S11/S4 for PMIP-based S5/S8 interface. C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface if the S12 interface is used. C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface if the S4-U interface is used. M C This IE shall be sent on the S5/S8 interface. O If the S5/S8 interface is GTP, this IE may be sent on the S4 interface, in order to support CAMEL charging at the SGSN. O Applicable flags are: - PPC (Prohibit Payload Compression)

F-TEID F-TEID

0 1

F-TEID F-TEID Bearer QoS Charging Id Bearer Flags PCO

2 3 0 0 0 0

Protocol O This bearer level IE takes precedence over the PCO IE in Configuration Options the message body if they both exist. (PCO)

7.2.4 Create Bearer Response

The Create Bearer Response message shall be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW, and on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW as part of the Dedicated Bearer Activation procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW and on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW as part of Secondary PDP Context Activation procedure or the Network Requested Secondary PDP Context Activation procedure. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "Request rejected". "Context not found". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "System failure". "No memory available". "Semantic error in the TFT operation". "Syntactic error in the TFT operation". "Semantic errors in packet filter(s)".

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"Syntactic errors in packet filter(s)". "Invalid message format". "No resources available". "Service not supported". "Unable to page UE". "UE not responding". "Unable to page UE due to Suspension". "UE refuses". "Invalid length". "Denied in RAT". "UE context without TFT already activated". Table 7.2.4-1: Information Elements in a Create Bearer Response
Information elements Cause Bearer Contexts P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

M Cause 0 M Several IEs with this type and instance value shall be Bearer Context 0 included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. Recovery C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time MME-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the MME on the S11 FQ-CSID 0 interfaceand shall be forwarded by the SGW on the S5/S8 interfaces according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the MME on the S11 FQ-CSID 1 interfaceand shall be forwarded by the SGW on the S5/S8 interfaces according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Protocol C If the UE includes the PCO IE, then the MME/SGSN shall PCO 0 Configuration Options copy the content of this IE transparently from the PCO IE (PCO) included by the UE. If the SGW receives PCO from MME/SGSN, SGW shall forward it to the PGW. O This IE is optionally included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. UE Time Zone 0 CO The SGW shall forward this IE on the S5/S8 interface if the UE Time Zone SGW supports this IE and it receives it from the MME/SGSN. O This IE is optionally included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. User Location ULI 0 CO The SGW shall forward this IE on the S5/S8 interface if the Information (ULI) SGW supports this IE and it receives it from the MME/SGSN. Private Extension O Private Extension VS

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Table 7.2.4-2: Bearer Context within Create Bearer Response

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause S1-U eNodeB F-TEID S1-U SGW F-TEID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause F-TEID F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0 1

S5/8-U SGW F-TEID S5/8-U PGW F-TEID

S12 RNC F-TEID S12 SGW F-TEID

S4-U SGSN F-TEID S4-U SGW F-TEID

Protocol Configuration Options (PCO)

M M This IE shall indicate if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, it gives information on the reason. C This IE shall be sent on the S11 interface if the S1-U interface is used. C This IE shall be sent on the S11 interface. It shall be used to correlate the bearers with those in the Create Bearer Request. C This IE shall be sent on the S5/S8 interfaces. C This IE shall be sent on the S5/S8 interfaces. It shall be used to correlate the bearers with those in the Create Bearer Request. C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface if the S12 interface is used. C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface. It shall be used to correlate the bearers with those in the Create Bearer Request. C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface if the S4-U interface is used. C This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface. It shall be used to correlate the bearers with those in the Create Bearer Request. CO If the UE includes the PCO IE in the corresponding Activate dedicated EPS bearer context accept message, then the MME/SGSN shall copy the content of this IE transparently from the PCO IE included by the UE. If the SGW receives PCO from MME/SGSN, SGW shall forward it to the PGW. This bearer level IE takes precedence over the PCO IE in the message body if they both exist.

F-TEID F-TEID

2 3

F-TEID F-TEID

4 5

F-TEID F-TEID

6 7

PCO

7.2.5

Bearer Resource Command

A Bearer Resource Command message shall be sent from a MME to a SGW and forwarded to PGW as a part of the UE requested bearer resource allocation procedure or UE requested bearer resource modification procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S4 interface by a SGSN to a SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by a SGW to a PGW as part of the MS initiated PDP Context modification procedure, or secondary PDP context activation procedure. Table 7.2.5-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message.

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Table 7.2.5-1: Information Elements in a Bearer Resource Command

Information elements Linked EPS Bearer ID (LBI) Procedure Transaction Id (PTI) Flow Quality of Service (Flow QoS) Traffic Aggregate Description (TAD) RAT Type P M M Condition / Comment IE Type EBI PTI Ins. 0 0 0 0 0

Serving Network User Location Information (ULI) EPS Bearer ID

Indication Flags

C This IE shall be included, except for a Bearer resource Flow QoS release. M The TAD consists of the description of the packet filter(s) TAD for a traffic flow aggregate. C This IE shall be included for MS initiated PDP Context RAT Type modification procedure and Secondary PDP context activation procedure. O This IE may be included in the MS initiated PDP Context Serving Network modification procedure. O This IE may be included in the MS initiated PDP Context ULI modification procedure. C This IE indicates the EPS Bearer that needs to be EBI modified. It shall be included for MS initiated PDP Context modification procedure. For EUTRAN this IE shall be present if it is triggered by the NAS Bearer Resource Modification Request message and its value shall be set to the value of the "EPS bearer identity for packet filter" IE received in that NAS message. O This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags Indication is set to 1. Applicable flags: Change Reporting Support Indication: this flag may be included in the MS initiated PDP Context modification procedure.

0 0 1

S4-U SGSN F-TEID

Direct Tunnel Flag: this flag may be included in the MS initiated PDP Context Modification procedure. F-TEID 0

S12 RNC F-TEID

Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) Private Extension O

C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface when direct tunnel is not established in the MS initiated PDP Context modification procedure C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface when direct tunnel flag is set to 1 in the MS initiated PDP Context modification procedure. O

F-TEID

PCO

Private Extension VS

NOTE:

Depending on the protocol type on the S5/S8 interface, the SGW or the PGW will determine if the UE is requesting an Allocation/Modification operation of bearer resources for a traffic flow aggregate based on the TFT operation code and the packet filter ID value in the Traffic Aggregate (TAD) IE and/or the presence of the EPS Bearer ID IE.

7.2.6

Bearer Resource Failure Indication

A Bearer Resource Failure Indication shall be sent by the PGW to an SGW and forwarded to the MME to indicate failure of the UE requested bearer resource allocation procedure or UE requested bearer resource modification procedure. The message shall also be sent by a PGW to an SGW and forwarded to an SGSN as part of the failure of an MS initiated PDP Context modification procedure or secondary PDP context activation procedure. Table 7.2.6-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Possible Cause values are:

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"No resources available". "No memory available". "User authentication failed". "System failure". "Semantic error in the TAD operation". "Syntactic error in the TAD operation". "Semantic errors in packet filter(s)". "Syntactic errors in packet filter(s)". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format". "Collision with network initiated request". "Invalid length". "Service denied". Table 7.2.6-1: Information Elements in a Bearer Resource Failure Indication
Information elements Cause Linked EPS Bearer ID Procedure Transaction ID (PTI) Recovery Private Extension P M M M O O Condition / Comment IE Type Cause EBI PTI Ins. 0 0 0

Recovery 0 Private Extension VS

7.2.7

Modify Bearer Request

The direction of this message shall be from MME/S4-SGSN to SGW and/or from SGW to PGW (see Table 6.1-1). The Modify Bearer Request message shall only be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interfaces by the SGW to the PGW as part of the procedures: E-UTRAN Tracking Area Update without SGW Change UE triggered Service Request S1-based Handover UTRAN Iu mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover GERAN A/Gb mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN Initial Attach UE requested PDN connectivity 3G SGSN to MME combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure X2-based handover without SGW relocation

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It shall also only be sent on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interfaces by the SGW to the PGW as part of the procedures: Routeing Area Update with MME interaction and without SGW change Routeing Area Update with MME interaction and with SGW change E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover Inter SGSN Routeing Area Update Procedure and Combined Inter SGSN RA / LA Update to S4 SGSNs Combined RA / LA Update in the Case of Inter SGSN RA Update Procedure Iu mode RA Update Procedure Serving RNS Relocation Procedure Combined Hard Handover and SRNS Relocation Procedure Combined Cell / URA Update and SRNS Relocation Procedure Enhanced Serving RNS Relocation without SGW relocation UE Initiated Service Request Procedure Iu mode to A/Gb mode Intra SGSN Change A/Gb mode to Iu mode Intra SGSN Change Iu mode to A/Gb mode Inter-SGSN Change A/Gb mode to Iu mode Inter-SGSN Change Paging Response with no established user plane on S4 PDP Context Activation Procedure

only on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW as part of the procedures: RAB Assignment Procedure SRVCC from E-UTRAN to UTRAN or GERAN with DTM HO support procedures and SRVCC from UTRAN (HSPA) to UTRAN or GERAN with DTM HO support.

and only on the S5/S8 interfaces by the SGW to the PGW as part of the procedures: Tracking Area Update procedure with SGW change Gn/Gp SGSN to S4 SGSN Routing Area Update X2 based handover with SGW relocation Gn/Gp SGSN to MME Tracking Area Update Enhanced Serving RNS Relocation with SGW relocation

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Information elements ME Identity (MEI) User Location Information (ULI) P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins. 0 0

Serving Network

RAT Type

Indication Flags

C This IE shall be sent on the S5/S8 interfaces for the Gn/Gp MEI SGSN to MME TAU. C The MME/SGSN shall include this IE for ULI TAU/RAU/Handover procedures and UE-initiated Service Request procedure if the PGW has requested location information change reporting and MME/SGSN support location information change reporting. The SGW shall include this IE on S5/S8 if it receives the ULI from MME/SGSN. C This IE shall be sent on S5/S8 for a TAU with an associated MME change and the SGW change. Serving Network CO This IE shall be included on S5/S8 for a RAU/Handover with an associated SGSN/MME change and SGW change C This IE shall be sent on the S11 interface for a TAU with RAT Type anSGSN interaction, UE triggered Service Request or an IRAT Handover. This IE shall be sent on the S5/S8 interface for achange of RAT type. This IE shall be sent on the S4 interface for aRAU with MME interaction, a RAU with an SGSN change, a UE Initiated Service Request or an I-RAT Handover. C This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags Indication is set to 1. Applicable flags are: ISRAI: This flag shall be used on S4/S11 interface and set to 1 if the ISR is established between the MME and the S4 SGSN. Handover Indication: This flag shall be set for an E-UTRAN Initial Attach or for a UE Requested PDN Connectivity, if the UE comes from a non3GPP access. Direct Tunnel Flag: This flag shall be used on the S4 interface and set to 1 if Direct Tunnel is used. Change Reporting support Indication: shall be used on S4/S11, S5/S8 and set if the SGSN/MME supports location Info Change Reporting. Change F-TEID support Indication: This flag shall be used on S4/S11 for an IDLE state UE initiated TAU/RAU procedure and set to 1 to allow the SGW changing the GTP-U F-TEID. F-TEID

0 0

Sender F-TEID for Control Plane

C This IE shall be sent on the S11 and S4 interfaces for a TAU/RAU/ Handover with MME/SGSN change and without any SGW change. This IE shall be sent on the S5 and S8 interfaces for a TAU/RAU/Handover with a SGW change. Aggregate Maximum C The APN-AMBR shall be sent for the PS mobility from the Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) Gn/Gp SGSN to the S4 SGSN/MME procedures.. Delay Downlink C This IE shall be sent on the S11 interface for a UE Packet Notification triggered Service Request. Request Bearer Contexts to be C This IE shall not be sent on the S5/S8 interface for a UE modified triggered Service Request. When Handover Indication flag is set to 1 (i.e., for EUTRAN Initial Attach or UE Requested PDN Connectivity when the UE comes from non-3GPP access), the PGW shall ignore this IE. See NOTE 1. Several IEs with the same type and instance value may be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers to be modified.

AMBR Delay Value

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Bearer Context

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Bearer Contexts to be C This IE shall be included on the S4 and S11 interfaces for removed the TAU/RAU/Handover and Service Request procedures where any of the bearers existing before the TAU/RAU/Handover procedure and Service Request procedures will be deactivated as consequence of the TAU/RAU/Handover procedure and Service Request procedures. For each of those bearers, an IE with the same type and instance value, shall be included. Recovery C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first time UE Time Zone O This IE may be included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. C If SGW receives this IE, SGW shall forward it to PGW across S5/S8 interface. MME-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by MME on S11 and shall be forwarded by SGW on S5/S8 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by SGW on S5/S8 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. User CSG CO The MME/SGSN shall include this IE for Information (UCI) TAU/RAU/Handover procedures and UE-initiated Service Request procedure if the PGW has requested CSG Info reporting and the MME/SGSN support the CSG information reporting. The SGW shall include this IE on S5/S8 if it receives the User CSG Information from MME/SGSN. Private Extension O NOTE1: This requirement is introduced for backwards compatibility reasons.

Recovery UE Time Zone

0 0

FQ-CSID

FQ-CSID UCI

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Octets 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octets 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID S1 eNodeB F-TEID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI F-TEID

Ins. 0 0

M C This IE shall be sent on the S11 interface if the S1-U is being used: for an eUTRAN initial attach a UE triggered Service Request in all TAU/handover cases, except during TAU without the active flag (see 3GPP TS 24.301 [23]) being set.

S5/8-U SGW F-TEID S12 RNC F-TEID

C C

S4-U SGSN F-TEID

Bearer Flags

If an MME is aware that the eNodeB supports both IP address types, the MME shall send both IP addresses within an F-TEID IE. If only one IP address is included, then the SGW shall assume that the eNodeB does not support the other IP address type. This IE shall be sent on the S5/S8 interfaces for a Handover or a TAU/RAU with a SGW change. If available, this IE shall be included if the message is sent on the S4 interface if S12 interface is being used. (this IE will be not available in a SRVCC handover, which is indicated by the VB flag being set in the Bearer Flags IE) If an S4-SGSN is aware that the RNC supports both IP address types, the S4-SGSN shall send both IP addresses within an F-TEID IE. If only one IP address is included, then the SGW shall assume that the RNC does not support the other IP address type. If available, this IE shall be included if the message is sent on the S4 interface, if S4-U is being used. (this IE will be not available in a SRVCC handover, which is indicated by the VB flag being set in the Bearer Flags IE) If an S4SGSN supports both IP address types, the S4-SGSN shall send both IP addresses within an F-TEID IE. If only one IP address is included, then the SGW shall assume that the S4-SGSN does not support the other IP address type. Applicable flags are: VB (Voice Bearer) indicator is set to indicate a voice bearer for PS-to-CS SRVCC handover over S4 interface.

F-TEID F-TEID

1 2

F-TEID

Bearer Flags

Table 7.2.7-3: Bearer Context to be removed within Modify Bearer Request

Octets 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octets 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

P M

IE Type EBI

Ins. 0

7.2.8

Modify Bearer Response

The Modify Bearer Response message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S5/S8 interfaces by the PGW to the SGW as part of the procedures: E-UTRAN Tracking Area Update without SGW Change UE triggered Service Request

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It shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN and on the S5/S8 interfaces by the PGW to the SGW as part of the procedures: Routeing Area Update with MME interaction and without SGW change Routeing Area Update with MME interaction and with SGW change E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover Inter SGSN Routeing Area Update Procedure and Combined Inter SGSN RA / LA Update to S4 SGSNs Combined RA / LA Update in the Case of Inter SGSN RA Update Procedure Iu mode RA Update Procedure Serving RNS Relocation Procedure Combined Hard Handover and SRNS Relocation Procedure Combined Cell / URA Update and SRNS Relocation Procedure Enhanced Serving RNS Relocation without SGW relocation UE Initiated Service Request Procedure Iu mode to A/Gb mode Intra SGSN Change A/Gb mode to Iu mode Intra SGSN Change Iu mode to A/Gb mode Inter-SGSN Change A/Gb mode to Iu mode Inter-SGSN Change Paging Response with no established user plane on S4 PDP Context Activation Procedure

on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW as part of: RAB Assignment Procedure

and on the S5/S8 interfaces by the PGW to the SGW as part of: Tracking Area Update procedure with SGW change Gn/Gp SGSN to S4 SGSN Routing Area Update X2 based handover with SGW relocation Gn/Gp SGSN to MME Tracking Area Update Enhanced Serving RNS Relocation with SGW relocation

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If handling of default bearer fails, then Cause at the message level shall be a failure cause. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "Request rejected". "Context not found". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "System failure". "No memory available" "Invalid message format". "Service not supported".

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Information elements Cause MSISDN P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

M Cause 0 C This IE shall be included on S5/S8 interfaces by the PGW MSISDN 0 if it is stored in its UE context and if this message is triggered due to TAU/RAU/HO with SGW relocation. Linked EPS Bearer ID C This IE shall be sent on S5/S8 when the UE moves from a EBI 0 Gn/Gp SGSN to the S4 SGSN or MME to identify the default bearer the PGW selects for the PDN Connection. This IE shall also be sent by SGW on S11, S4 during Gn/Gp SGSN to S4-SGSN/MME HO procedures to identify the default bearer the PGW selects for the PDN Connection. Aggregate Maximum C This IE shall be included in the PS mobility from Gn/Gp AMBR 0 Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) SGSN to the S4 SGSN/MME procedures if the received APN-AMBR has been modified by the PCRF. APN Restriction C This IE denotes the restriction on the combination of types APN Restriction 0 of APN for the APN associated with this EPS bearer Context. This IE shall be included over S5/S8 interfaces, and shall be forwarded over S11/S4 interfaces during Gn/Gp SGSN to MME/S4-SGSN handover procedures. This IE shall also be included on S5/S8 interfaces during the Gn/Gp SGSN to S4 SGSN/MME RAU/TAU procedures. The target MME or SGSN determines the Maximum APN Restriction using the APN Restriction. Protocol C If SGW receives this IE from PGW on GTP or PMIP based PCO 0 Configuration Options S5/S8, the SGW shall forward PCO to MME/S4-SGSN (PCO) during Inter RAT handover from the UTRAN or from the GERAN to the E-UTRAN. See NOTE 2. Bearer Contexts C EPS bearers corresponding to Bearer Contexts to be Bearer Context 0 modified modified that were sent in Modify Bearer Request message. Several IEs with the same type and instance value may be included as necessary to represent a list of the Bearers which are modified. Bearer Contexts C EPS bearers corresponding to Bearer Contexts to be Bearer Context 1 marked for removal removed sent in the Modify Bearer Request message. Shall be included if request message contained Bearer Contexts to be removed. For each of those bearers an IE with the same type and instance value shall be included. Change Reporting C This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field If Change Reporting 0 Action the location Change Reporting mechanism is to be started Action or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. CSG Information CO This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field if CSG Information 0 Reporting Action the location CSG Info change reporting mechanism is to be Reporting Action started or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. Charging Gateway C When Charging Gateway Function (CGF) Address is FQDN 0 Name configured, the PGW shall include this IE on the S5 interface during SGW relocation and when the UE moves from Gn/Gp SGSN to S4-SGSN/MME. See NOTE 1. Charging Gateway C When Charging Gateway Function (CGF) Address is IP Address 0 Address configured, the PGW shall include this IE on the S5 interface during SGW relocation and when the UE moves from Gn/Gp SGSN to S4-SGSN/MME. See NOTE 1. PGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by PGW on S5/S8and shall be FQ-CSID 0 forwarded by SGW on S11 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by SGW on S11 according to the FQ-CSID 1 requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Recovery C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time. Private Extension O Private Extension VS NOTE 1: Both Charging Gateway Name and Charging Gateway Address shall not be included at the same time. When both are available, the operator configures a preferred value. NOTE 2: If MME receives the IE, but no NAS message is sent, MME discards the IE.

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Octets 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octets 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause S1 SGW F-TEID S12 SGW F-TEID S4-U SGW F-TEID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause F-TEID F-TEID F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0 1 2

M M This IE shall indicate if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, gives information on the reason. C This IE shall be used on the S11 interface, if the S1 interface is used. See NOTE 1 C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface if the S12 interface is being used. See NOTE 1 C This IE shall be present if used on the S4 interface if the S4-U interface is being used. See NOTE 1 C This IE shall be present on the S5/S8 interface if this message is triggered due to one of the following procedures: TAU/RAU/HO with SGW relocation

Charging ID

TAU/RAU/HO from Gn/Gp SGSN to MME/S4SGSN

Charging ID 0 O If S5/S8 interface is GTP, this IE may be sent on the S4 interface, in order to support CAMEL charging at the SGSN, for the following procedures: inter-SGSN RAU/Handover/SRNS Relocation without SGW change. inter-SGSN Handover/SRNS Relocation with SGW change. Bearer Flags CO Applicable flags are: Bearer Flags 0 PPC (Prohibit Payload Compression): This flag shall be sent on the S5/S8 and the S4 interfaces at S4-SGSN relocation. NOTE 1: The SGW shall not change its F-TEID for a given interface during the Handover, Service Request, EUTRAN Initial Attach, UE Requested PDN connectivity and PDP Context Activation procedures. The SGW F-TEID shall be same for S1-U, S4-U and S12. During Handover and Service Request the target eNodeB/RNC/SGSN may use a different IP type than the one used by the source eNodeB/RNC/SGSN. In order to support such a scenario, the SGW F-TEID should contain both an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address (see also subclause 8.22 "FTEID").

Table 7.2.8-3: Bearer Context marked for removal within Modify Bearer Response
Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause

Ins. 0 0

M M This IE shall indicate if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, gives information on the reason.

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Delete Session Request and Delete Bearer Request

Delete Session Request

The direction of this message shall be from MME/S4-SGSN to SGW and from SGW to PGW (see Table 6.1-1).

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A Delete Session Request message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the procedures: EUTRAN Initial Attach UE, HSS or MME Initiated Detach UE or MME Requested PDN Disconnection

It shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW, and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of MS, HLR or SGSN initiated detach procedure Combined GPRS/IMSI Attach MS and SGSN Initiated PDN connection Deactivation Procedure using S4

On the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW as part of the procedures: Tracking Area Update with SGW Change S1 Based Handover with SGW Change X2 Based Handover with SGW Relocation E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change Inter RATwith SGW change handover cancel MME to 3G Gn/Gp SGSN combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure MME to SGSN Routing Area Update E-UTRAN to Gn/Gp SGSN Inter RAT handover

And on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW as part of Enhanced Serving RNS Relocation with SGW relocation using S4 Routing Area Update with SGW change SGSN to MME Tracking Area Update SRNS Relocation Cancel Procedure Using S4 Serving RNS relocation with SGW change UTRAN Iu mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover with SGW change GERAN A/Gb mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover with SGW change

If there are any procedure collisions, the Delete Session Request shall have precedence over any other Tunnel Management message. During the handover procedure the Delete Session Request message shall not release the indirect data forwarding tunnels. Possible Cause values are: "ISR deactivation ".

Table 7.2.9.1-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message.

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Information elements Cause P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Ins. 0

C If ISR is being de-activated, the Cause IE shall be included and its value shall indicate that the SGW shall delete the bearer resources by sending Delete Bearer Request to the MME/SGSN on which ISR was activated with Cause value "ISR deactivation". Linked EPS Bearer ID C This IE shall be included to indicate the default bearer (LBI) associated with the PDN being disconnected unless in the handover/TAU/RAU with SGW relocation procedures. User Location Information (ULI) C The MME/SGSN shall include this IE for the Detach procedure if the PGW has requested location information change reporting and MME/SGSN support location information change reporting. The SGW shall include this IE on S5/S8 if it receives the ULI from MME/SGSN. CO The MME shall include this IE for the UE or MME Requested PDN Disconnection procedure if the PGW has requested location information change reporting and the MME support location information change reporting. The SGW shall include this IE on S5/S8 if it receives the ULI from the MME. C This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags is set to 1. Applicable flags: Operation Indication: This flag shall be set over S4/S11 interface if the SGW needs to forward the Delete Session Request message to the PGW. This flag shall not be set if the ISR associated GTP entity sends this message to the SGW in the Detach procedure.

EBI

ULI

Indication Flags

Indication

Scope Indication: if request corresponds to TAU/RAU/Handover procedure with SGW change, then this bit is set.

See NOTE 1. Protocol C If the UE includes the PCO IE, then the MME/SGSN shall PCO 0 Configuration Options copy the content of this IE transparently from the PCO IE (PCO) included by the UE. If SGW receives the PCO IE, SGW shall forward it to PGW. Originating Node C This IE shall be included if the ISR associated GTP entity Node Type 0 sends this message to SGW in Detach procedure to denote the type of the node originating the message. If this IE is included in the Delete Session Request message, the SGW in ISR activated state deactivates ISR, releases the Originating Node related EPS Bearer contexts information and shall not forward this message to the PGW. Private Extension O None Private Extension VS NOTE 1: For the Indication Flags, the combination (Operation Indication, Scope Indication) = 1,1 shall be considered an error if received.

7.2.9.2

Delete Bearer Request

The direction of this message shall be from PGW to SGW and from SGW to MME/S4-SGSN (see Table 6.1-1). A Delete Bearer Request message shall be sent as part of the following procedures: PGW or MME initiated bearer deactivation procedures, UE requested Bearer Resource Modification, MS and SGSN Initiated Bearer Deactivation procedure using S4 or

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In the above cases, this Request is sent by the PGW to the SGW and shall be forwarded to the MME or S4-SGSN. The message shall also be sent on the S4/S11 interface by the SGW to the SGSN/MME to delete the bearer resources on the other ISR associated CN node if the ISRAI flag is not set in the Modify Bearer Request message. The message shall also be sent on the S4/S11 interface by the SGW to the SGSN/MME to delete the bearer resources on the other ISR associated CN node in the TAU/RAU/Handover procedures if the ISR related Cause IE is included in the Delete Session Request message. Possible Cause values are: "RAT changed from 3GPP to Non-3GPP", "ISR deactivation".

Table 7.2.9.2-1 specifies the presence of IEs in this message. Table 7.2.9.2-1: Information Elements in a Delete Bearer Request
Information P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins. elements Linked EPS Bearer ID C If the request corresponds to the bearer deactivation EBI 0 (LBI) procedure in case all bearers belonging to a PDN connection shall be released, then this IE shall be included to indicate the default bearer associated with the PDN being disconnected. This IE shall be included only when the EPS Bearer ID is not present in the message. EPS Bearer IDs C This IE shall be used for bearers different from the default EBI 1 one, i.e., for dedicated bearers. In this case at least one dedicated bearer shall be included. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. Failed Bearer O This IE may be included if the request corresponds to Bearer Context 0 Contexts MME initiated bearer deactivation procedure. This IE shall contain the list of failed bearers if partial Bearer Contexts included in the Delete Bearer Command message could not be deleted. Procedure C If the request corresponds to UE requested bearer PTI 0 Transaction Id (PTI) resource modification procedure for an E-UTRAN, this IE shall be included. Protocol C PGW shall include Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) PCO 0 Configuration Options IE, if available. (PCO) If SGW receives this IE, SGW shall forward it to SGSN/MME on the S4/S11 interface. PGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the PGW on the S5/S8 FQ-CSID 0 interface and shall be forwarded by the SGW on the S11 interface according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the SGW on the S11 interface FQ-CSID 1 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Cause C This IE shall be sent on S11/S4 and S5/S8 interfaces if the Cause 0 message is caused by handover without optimization occurs from 3GPP to non-3GPP. In this case the Cause value shall be set to "RAT changed from 3GPP to Non3GPP". This IE shall also be sent on S11/S4 interfaces when the SGW requests to delete all bearer contexts in an MME or S4-SGSN due to ISR deactivation, and its Cause value shall then be set to "ISR deactivation". Private Extension O Private Extension VS

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In the case that the procedure was initiated by a UE Requested Bearer Resource Modification Procedure for an E-UTRAN, then there will be only one instance of the EPS Bearer IDs IE in the Delete Bearer Request. Table 7.2.9.2-2: Bearer Context within Delete Bearer Request

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause

Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause PCO

Ins. 0 0 0

M M This IE shall indicate the reason of the unsuccessful handling of the bearer. Protocol CO PGW shall include Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) Configuration Options IE, if available. This bearer level IE takes precedence over (PCO) the PCO IE in the message body if they both exist.

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Delete Session Response and Delete Bearer Response

Delete Session Response

A Delete Session Response message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of the following procedures: EUTRAN Initial Attach UE, HSS or MME Initiated Detach UE or MME Requested PDN Disconnection

It shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of the procedures: MS, HLR or SGSN initiated detach procedure Combined GPRS/IMSI Attach MS and SGSN Initiated Default Bearer Deactivation Procedure using S4

On the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as part of the procedures: Tracking Area Update with SGW Change S1 Based Handover with SGW Change X2 Based Handover with SGW Relocation E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover with SGW change Inter RAT with SGW change handover cancel MME to 3G Gn/Gp SGSN combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure MME to SGSN Routing Area Update E-UTRAN to Gn/Gp SGSN Inter RAT handover

And on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of the procedures: Enhanced Serving RNS Relocation with SGW relocation using S4 Routing Area Update with SGW change

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The sending entity shall include Cause IE in the Delete Session Response message. The IE indicates if the peer has deleted the bearer, or not. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Context not found". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format".

Table 7.2.10.1-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.2.10.1-1: Information Elements in a Delete Session Response
Information elements Cause Recovery P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Recovery PCO Ins. 0 0 0

M C This IE shall be included If contacting the peer for the first time Protocol C PGW shall include Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) Configuration Options IE, if available. (PCO) If SGW receives this IE, SGW shall forward it to SGSN/MME on the S4/S11 interface. Private Extension O

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Delete Bearer Response

The Delete Bearer Response shall be sent as a response of Delete Bearer Request. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "Request rejected". "Context not found". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". "System failure". "Invalid message format".

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Table 7.2.10.2-1: Information Elements in Delete Bearer Response

Information P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins. elements Cause M Cause 0 Linked EPS Bearer ID C If the response corresponds to the bearer deactivation EBI 0 (LBI) procedure in case all the bearers associated with the default bearer of a PDN connection shall be released, this IE shall be included to indicate the default bearer associated with the PDN being disconnected. Bearer Contexts C It shall be used for bearers different from default one. In Bearer Context 0 this case at least one bearer shall be included. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. Used for dedicated bearers. When used, at least one dedicated bearer shall be present. Recovery C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time MME-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by MME the on S11 interface and FQ-CSID 0 shall be forwarded by the SGW on S5/S8 interface according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by the SGW on the S5/S8 FQ-CSID 1 interface according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Protocol C If the UE includes the PCO IE, then the MME/SGSN shall PCO 0 Configuration Options copy the content of this IE transparently from the PCO IE (PCO) included by the UE. If the SGW receives PCO from the MME/SGSN, SGW shall forward it to the PGW. O This IE is optionally included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. UE Time Zone 0 CO The SGW shall forward this IE on the S5/S8 interface if the UE Time Zone SGW supports this IE and it receives it from the MME/SGSN. O This IE is optionally included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. User Location ULI 0 CO The SGW shall forward this IE on the S5/S8 interface if the Information (ULI) SGW supports this IE and it receives it from the MME/SGSN. Private Extension O Private Extension VS

Table 7.2.10.2-2: Bearer Context within Delete Bearer Response

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause PCO

Ins. 0 0 0

M M This IE shall indicate if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, gives information on the reason. Protocol CO PGW shall include Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) Configuration Options IE, if available. This bearer level IE takes precedence over (PCO) the PCO IE in the message body if they both exist.

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Downlink Data Notification messages

Downlink Data Notification

A Downlink Data Notification message shall be sent: on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as a part of the network triggered service request procedure;

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on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of Paging with no established user plane on S4, SGW triggered paging with S4; on S11/S4 interface by SGW to MME/S4-SGSN if the SGW has received an Error Indication (see 3GPP TS 29.281 [13]) from eNodeB/RNC across S1-U/S12 interface. Respective SGW and MME/S4-SGSN functionality is specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17].

Table 7.2.11.1-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.2.11.1-1: Information Elements in a Downlink Data Notification
Information elements Cause P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Private Extension

O If SGW receives an Error Indication from eNodeB/RNC, Cause 0 the SGW may send the Cause IE with value "Error Indication received from RNC/eNodeB" to MME/S4-SGSN as specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. O Private Extension VS

7.2.11.2

Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge

A Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge shall be sent from a MME/SGSN to a SGW in response to Downlink Data Notification with an indication of success, or failure when MME/SGSN has reachability or abnormal conditions. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Unable to page UE". "Invalid message format". "Context not found". "Unable to page UE due to Suspension".

Table 7.2.11.2-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.2.11.2-1: Information Elements in a Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Data Notification Delay P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Recovery Private Extension

M Cause 0 C The MME/SGSN shall include an adaptive delay indication Delay Value 0 to the SGW to delay the number of Data Notification indications, if the rate of Downlink Data Notification event occurrence in the MME/SGSN becomes significant (as configured by the operator) and the MME/SGSN's load exceeds an operator configured value. C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time O Private Extension VS

7.2.11.3

Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication

A Downlink Data Notification Failure indication shall be sent from an MME/SGSN to a SGW indicating that the UE did not respond to paging. It shall also be sent in the case that the UE responded to the page with a Service Request but that the MME has rejected the request by sending a Service Reject to the UE. It may happen, for example, because the requested service is not supported or there is a bearer context mismatch. This message should not be used after an MME/SGSN successfully receives the Service Request message from the UE in the Network Triggered Service Request procedure as defined in the 3GPP TS 23.401 [3].

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Either the Modify Bearer Request message or the Delete Bearer Command message is used by the MME/SGSN to indicate a possible failure case after an MME/SGSN successfully receives the Service Request message from the UE.

Possible Cause values are: "UE not responding". "Service denied".

Table 7.2.11.3-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.2.11.3-1: Information Elements in a Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication
Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Private Extension VS

7.2.12

Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request

The Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request message is sent on the S4/S11 interface by the SGSN/MME to the SGW to delete the Indirect Forwarding Tunnels in the Source SGW/Target SGW as part of the following procedures: S1-based handover UTRAN Iu mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover GERAN A/Gb mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover MME to 3G SGSN combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure 3G SGSN to MME combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure Table 7.2.12-1: Information Element in Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request
Information elements Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

O Vendor or operator specific information

Private Extension VS

7.2.13

Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response

The Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response message is sent on the S4/S11 interface by the SGW to the SGSN/MME as part of the following procedures: S1-based handover UTRAN Iu mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover GERAN A/Gb mode to E-UTRAN Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN to UTRAN Iu mode Inter RAT handover E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode Inter RAT handover MME to 3G SGSN combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure 3G SGSN to MME combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure

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Information elements Cause Recovery Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Recovery Ins. 0 0

M This IE shall indicate if the deletion of indirect tunnel is successful, and if not, gives information on the reason. C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first time. O

Private Extension VS

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7.2.14.1

Modify Bearer Command and Failure Indication

Modify Bearer Command

The Modify Bearer Command shall be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the HSS Initiated Subscribed QoS Modification procedure. It shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the HSS Initiated subscribed QoS modification. Table 7.2.14.1-1: Information Elements in a Modify Bearer Command
Information elements APN-Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) Bearer Context Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type AMBR Ins. 0

M This IE shall contain the APN-AMBR value received by the MME/SGSN from the HSS. M Only one IE with this type and instance value shall be included and this shall represent the Default Bearer. O

Bearer Context

Private Extension VS

Table 7.2.14.1-2: Bearer Context within Modify Bearer Command

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Bearer Level QoS Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Bearer QoS

Ins. 0 0

M This IE shall contain the default bearer ID. C Mandatory if other parameters than the APN-AMBR have been changed

7.2.14.2

Modify Bearer Failure Indication

The Modify Bearer Failure Indication shall be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as part of failure of HSS Initiated Subscribed QoS Modification procedure.

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It shall also be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of failure of HSS Initiated subscribed QoS modification. Cause IE indicates that an EPS bearer has not been updated in the PGW. Possible Cause values are: "Context not found" "No resources available". "No memory available". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format". "Invalid length". "Service denied". Table 7.2.14.2-1: Information Elements in a Modify Bearer Failure Indication
Information elements Cause Recovery Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Recovery Ins. 0 0

M C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first time O

Private Extension VS

7.2.15

Update Bearer Request

The direction of this message shall be from PGW to SGW and/or from SGW to MME/S4-SGSN (see Table 6.1-1). For GTP based S5/S8, the Update Bearer Request shall be sent by the PGW to the SGW and forwarded to the MME as part of the following procedures: PGW Initiated Bearer Modification with Bearer QoS Update HSS Initiated Subscribed QoS Modification PGW Initiated Bearer Modification without Bearer QoS Update UE Request Bearer Resource Modification procedure

The message shall also be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of the following procedures: PGW Initiated EPS Bearer Modification Execution part of MS-Initiated EPS Bearer Modification SGSN-Initiated EPS Bearer Modification Procedure using S4

For PMIP based S5/S8, the Update Bearer Request shall be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN. Table 7.2.15-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message.

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Table 7.2.15-1: Information Elements in an Update Bearer Request

Information elements Bearer Contexts P Condition / Comment IE Type Bearer Context Ins. 0

M This IE shall contain contexts related to bearers that need QoS/TFT modification. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. If there is no QoS/TFT modification, only one IE with this type and instance value shall be included. Procedure C If the request corresponds to UE requested bearer Transaction Id (PTI) resource modification procedure for an E-UTRAN or MS initiated EPS bearer modification procedure, this IE shall be included. PTI shall be the same as the one used in the corresponding Bearer Resource Command Protocol C PGW shall include Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) Configuration Options IE, if available. (PCO) If SGW receives this IE, SGW shall forward it to SGSN/MME on the S4/S11 interface.

PTI

PCO

Aggregate Maximum M APN-AMBR AMBR 0 Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) Change Reporting C This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field If Change Reporting 0 Action the location Change Reporting mechanism is to be started Action or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. CSG Information CO This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field if CSG Information 0 Reporting Action the CSG Info reporting mechanism is to be started or Reporting Action stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. PGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be by PGW on S5/S8 and shall be forwarded FQ-CSID 0 by SGW on S11 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by SGW on S11 according to the FQ-CSID 1 requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Private Extension O Private Extension VS

NOTE:

In the case that the procedure was initiated by a UE Requested Bearer Resource Modification Procedure for an E-UTRAN or MS initiated EPS bearer modification procedure, then there will be only one instance of the Bearer Contexts IE in the Update Bearer Request. Table 7.2.15-2: Bearer Context within Update Bearer Request

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID TFT

Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Bearer TFT Bearer QoS Bearer Flags PCO

Ins. 0 0 0 0 0

M C This IE shall be included if message relates to Bearer Modification and TFT change. Bearer Level QoS C This IE shall be included if QoS modification is requested Bearer Flags O Applicable flags: PPC (Prohibit Payload Compression) Protocol CO PGW shall include Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) Configuration Options IE, if available. This bearer level IE takes precedence over (PCO) the PCO IE in the message body if they both exist.

7.2.16

Update Bearer Response

An Update Bearer Response shall be sent from a MME/SGSN to a SGW and forwarded to the PGW as a response to an Update Bearer Request message. Table 7.2.16-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message.

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Cause IE indicates if an EPS bearer has been modified in the MME/SGSN or not. The EPS Bearer has not been modified in the MME if the Cause IE value differs from "Request accepted" or "Request accepted partially". Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially" "Request rejected" "Context not found" "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "System failure". "Semantic error in the TFT operation". "Syntactic error in the TFT operation". "Semantic errors in packet filter(s)". "Syntactic errors in packet filter(s)". "Invalid message format". "Invalid length". "Denied in RAT". "UE refuses". "UE context without TFT already activated". "No resources available". "Unable to page UE". "UE not responding". "Unable to page UE due to Suspension".

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Information elements Cause Bearer Contexts P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

M Cause 0 M This IE shall contain contexts related to bearers for which Bearer Context 0 QoS/TFT modification was requested. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers Protocol C MME/SGSN shall include PCO IE if such information was PCO 0 Configuration Options received from the UE. (PCO) If SGW receives this IE, SGW shall forward it to PGW on the S5/S8 interface. This IE shall be included if the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted". Recovery C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time MME-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by MME on S11and shall be FQ-CSID 0 forwarded by SGW on S5/S8 according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. SGW-FQ-CSID C This IE shall be included by SGW on S11 according to the FQ-CSID 1 requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. Indication Flags O This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags Indication 0 is set to 1. Applicable flags: Direct Tunnel Flag: this flag may be included if the Direct Tunnel is used. O This IE is optionally included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. UE Time Zone 0 CO The SGW shall forward this IE on the S5/S8 interface if the UE Time Zone SGW supports this IE and it receives it from the MME/SGSN. O This IE is optionally included by the MME on the S11 interface or by the SGSN on the S4 interface. User Location ULI 0 CO The SGW shall forward this IE on the S5/S8 interface if the Information (ULI) SGW supports this IE and it receives it from the MME/SGSN. Private Extension O Private Extension VS

Table 7.2.16-2: Bearer Context within Update Bearer Response

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause F-TEID F-TEID PCO

Ins. 0 0 0 1 0

M M This IE Indicates if the bearer handling was successful, and if not, gives information on the reason. S4-U SGSN F-TEID C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface when direct tunnel is not established. S12 RNC F-TEID C This IE shall be included on the S4 interface when direct tunnel flag is set to 1. Protocol CO MME/SGSN shall include PCO IE if such information was Configuration Options received from the UE. This IE shall be included if the (PCO) Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted". This bearer level IE takes precedence over the PCO IE in the message body if they both exist.

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7.2.17.1

Delete Bearer Command and Failure Indication

Delete Bearer Command

A Delete Bearer Command message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as a part of the eNodeB requested bearer release or MME-Initiated Dedicated Bearer Deactivation procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the MS and SGSN Initiated Bearer Deactivation procedure using S4. Table 7.2.17.1-1: Information Elements in Delete Bearer Command
Information elements Bearer Contexts P Condition / Comment IE Type Bearer Context Ins. 0

Private Extension

M This IE shall be used to indicate dedicated bearers. When used, at least one dedicated bearer shall be present. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers O

Private Extension VS

Table 7.2.17.1-2: Bearer Context within Delete Bearer Command

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

P M

IE Type EBI

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7.2.17.2

Delete Bearer Failure Indication

A Delete Bearer Failure Indication shall be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as part of failure of eNodeB requested bearer release or MME Initiated Dedicated Bearer Deactivation procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW and on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of failure of MS and SGSN Initiated Bearer Deactivation procedure using S4. This message shall be sent back if all the bearers included in the Delete Bearer Command message could not be deleted. Cause IE indicates that an EPS bearer has not been deleted in the PGW. Possible Cause values are: "Context not found" "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "System failure". "Invalid message format".

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Information elements Cause Bearer Context Recovery Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Bearer Context Recovery Ins. 0 0 0

M M This IE shall contain the list of failed bearers. C This IE shall be included If contacting the peer for the first time. O

Private Extension VS

Table 7.2.17.2-2: Bearer Context within Delete Bearer Failure Indication

Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause

Ins. 0 0

M M This IE shall indicate the reason of the unsuccessful handling of the bearer.

7.2.18

Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request

The Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request message shall be sent on the S11/S4 interface by the MME/SGSN to the SGW as part of the Handover procedures. Table 7.2.18-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.2.18-1: Information Elements in a Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request
Information elements IMSI P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

C This IE shall be included by the MME/SGSN if the SGW IMSI 0 that the MME/SGSN selects for indirect data forwarding is different from the SGW already in use for the UE as the anchor point. See NOTE1. Sender F-TEID for C This IE shall be included by the MME/SGSN if the SGW F-TEID 0 Control Plane that the MME/SGSN selects for indirect data forwarding is different from the SGW already in use for the UE as the anchor point. See NOTE1. Bearer Contexts M Several IEs with this type and instance value may be Bearer Context 0 included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers Recovery CO This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time. Private Extension O Private Extension VS NOTE 1: The SGW which is hosting the UE's bearer(s) is considered as the (local) anchor point. Unlike the PGW, the SGW may change due to mobility between eNodeBs, or E-UTRAN and GERAN/UTRAN supported with S4 based architecture. In these cases the new SGW where the UE's bearer(s) are moved, becomes the new local anchor point. A source MME/SGSN may select an SGW for indirect data forwarding which is different than the source (anchor) SGW. Similarly, a target MME/SGSN may select an SGW for indirect data forwarding which is different than the target (anchor) SGW.

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID eNodeB F-TEID for DL data forwarding Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI F-TEID

Ins. 0 0

M C Target eNodeB F-TEID. This IE shall be present in the message sent from the target MME to the target SGW, or shall be included in the message sent from the source SGSN/MME to the source SGW if the eNodeB F-TEID for DL data forwarding is included in the Forward Relocation Response message. SGW F-TEID for DL C Target SGW F-TEID data forwarding This IE shall be present in the message sent from the source MME/SGSN to the source SGW if SGW F-TEID for DL data forwarding is included in the Forward Relocation Response message. This F-TEID is assigned by the SGW that the target MME/SGSN selects for indirect data forwarding. SGSN F-TEID for DL C Target SGSN F-TEID data forwarding This IE shall be present in the message sent from the target SGSN to the target SGW in E-UTRAN to GERAN/UTRAN inter RAT handover with SGW relocation procedure, or shall be included in the message sent from the source MME to the source SGW if the SGSN F-TEID for DL data forwarding is included in the Forwarding Relocation Response message. CO This IE shall also be present in the message sent from the source MME to the source SGW if the SGSN Address for User Traffic and the Tunnel Endpoint Identifier Data II are included in the GTPv1 Forward Relocation Response message as specified in D.3.3 of 3GPP TS 23.401 [3]. RNC F-TEID for DL C Target RNC F-TEID data forwarding This IE shall be present in the message sent from the target SGSN to the target SGW in E-UTRAN to UTRAN inter RAT handover with SGW relocation procedure, or shall be included in the message sent from the source MME to the source SGW if the RNC F-TEID for DL data forwarding is included in the Forwarding Relocation Response message. CO This IE shall also be present in the message sent from the source MME to the source SGW if the RNC IP address and TEID are included in the RAB Setup Information and/or the Additional RAB Setup Information in the GTPv1 Forwarding Relocation Response message as specified in D.3.3 of 3GPP TS 23.401 [3]. eNodeB F-TEID for O Target eNodeB F-TEID. UL data forwarding If available this IE may be present in the message, which is sent during the intra-EUTRAN HO from the target MME to the target SGW, or may be included in the message sent from the source MME to the source SGW if the eNodeB FTEID for data UL forwarding is included in the Forward Relocation Response message. SGW F-TEID for UL O Target SGW F-TEID data forwarding If available this IE may be present in the message, which is sent during the intra-EUTRAN HO from the source MME to the source SGW if SGW F-TEID for UL data forwarding is included in the Forward Relocation Response message. This F-TEID is assigned by the SGW that the target MME selects for indirect data forwarding.

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Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response

A Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response message shall be sent by the SGW to the MME/SGSN as a response to a Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request message. Table 7.2.19-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message. The Cause value indicates if the Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnels has been created in the SGW or not. Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnels have not been created in the SGW if the Cause differs from "Request accepted". Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "Data forwarding not supported". "No resources available". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format". "Context not found".

Only the Cause IE shall be included in the response if the Cause IE contains another value than "Request accepted". Table 7.2.19-1: Information Elements in a Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response
Information elements Cause Sender F-TEID for Control Plane P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Bearer Contexts Recovery Private Extension

M Cause 0 C This IE shall be included by an SGW if the SGW receives a F-TEID 0 Sender F-TEID for Control Plane IE from an MME/SGSN in a Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request message. See also NOTE 1 in Table 7.2.18-1. M Several IEs with this type and instance value may be Bearer Context 0 included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers CO This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time O Private Extension VS

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Cause S1-U SGW F-TEID for DL data forwarding S12 SGW F-TEID for DL data forwarding Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Cause F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0

M M This IE shall indicate if the tunnel setup was successful, and if not, gives information on the reason. C This IE shall be included in the response sent from the source SGW to the source MME.

C S12 usage only. F-TEID 1 This IE shall be included in the response sent from the source SGW to the source SGSN. S4-U SGW F-TEID C S4-U usage only. F-TEID 2 for DL data This IE shall be included in the response sent from the forwarding source SGW to the source SGSN. SGW F-TEID for DL C This IE shall be included in the response message sent F-TEID 3 data forwarding from the target SGW to the target MME/SGSN. S1-U SGW F-TEID O If available this IE may be included in the response sent F-TEID 4 for UL data during the intra-EUTRAN HO from the source SGW to the forwarding source MME. SGW F-TEID for UL O If available this IE may be included in the response F-TEID 5 data forwarding message sent during the intra-EUTRAN HO from the target SGW to the target MME. NOTE 1: For DL data forwarding if the SGW does not have enough information to decide which of the F-TEID instance from S1-U, S12, S4-U and SGW to include in the message, it may include all of them. NOTE 2: For UL data forwarding if the SGW does not have enough information to decide which of the F-TEID instance from S1-U and SGW to include in the message, it may include both of them.

7.2.20 7.2.21

Void Release Access Bearers Request

The Release Access Bearers Request message shall sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW as part of the S1 release procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGSN to the SGW as part of the procedures: RAB release using S4 Iu Release using S4 READY to STANDBY transition within the network Table 7.2.21-1: Information Element in Release Access Bearers Request
Information elements List of RABs P Condition / Comment IE Type EBI Ins. 0

Private Extension

C Shall be present on S4 interface when this message is used to release a subset of all active RABs according to the RAB release procedure. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of RABs to be released. O Vendor or operator specific information

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Release Access Bearers Response

The Release Access Bearers Response message is sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME as part of the S1 release procedure. The message shall also be sent on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN as part of the procedures: RAB release using S4 Iu Release using S4 READY to STANDBY transition within the network

Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "Request rejected". "Context not found". "System failure". "Invalid message format". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". Table 7.2.22-1: Information Element in Release Access Bearers Response
Information elements Cause Recovery Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Recovery Ins. 0 0

M None O This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first time O Vendor or operator specific information

Private Extension VS

7.2.23

Stop Paging Indication

A Stop Paging Indication message shall be sent on the S11/S4 interface by the SGW to the MME/SGSN as a part of the network triggered service request procedure. Table 7.2.23-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.2.23-1: Information Elements in a Stop Paging Indication
Information elements Private Extension P O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Private Extension VS

7.3
7.3.1

Mobility Management Messages

Forward Relocation Request

A Forward Relocation Request message shall be sent from the source MME to the target MME over S10 interface as part of S1-based handover relocation procedure from the source MME to the target SGSN, or from the source SGSN to the target MME over S3 interface as part of Inter RAT handover and combined hard handover and SRNS relocation

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procedures, or from source SGSN to the target SGSN over S16 interface as part of SRNS Relocation and PS handover procedures. A Forward Relocation Request message shall also be sent from the source MME to the target SGSN over S3 interface as part of SRVCC from E-UTRAN to UTRAN or GERAN with DTM HO support procedures and from source SGSN to the target SGSN over S16 interface as part of SRVCC from UTRAN (HSPA) to UTRAN or GERAN with DTM HO support. Forward Relocation procedure across S10 interface (when KASME is taken into use) shall be performed according to the Rules on Concurrent Running of Security Procedures, which are specified in 3GPP TS 33.401 [12]. Table 7.3.1-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message.

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Information elements IMSI P Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI Ins. 0

C The IMSI shall be included in the message except for the case: If the UE is emergency attached and the UE is UICCless. The IMSI shall be included in the message but not used as an identifier if UE is emergency attached but IMSI is not authenticated.

Sender's F-TEID for Control Plane

MME/SGSN UE EPS PDN Connections

SGW S11/S4 IP Address and TEID for Control Plane SGW node name C This IE shall be included if the source MME or SGSN has the source SGW FQDN. MME/SGSN UE MM M Context Indication Flags C This IE shall be included if any of the flags are set to 1. Direct Forwarding Indication: This flag shall be set to 1 if direct forwarding is supported in the S1 based handover procedure. This flag shall not be set to 1 if the message is used for other handover procedures. Idle mode Signalling Reduction Supported Indication flag: This flag shall be set to 1 if the source MME/SGSN is capable to establish ISR for the UE. Unauthenticated IMSI: This flag shall be set to 1 if the IMSI present in the message is not authenticated and is for an emergency attached UE. Change Reporting support indication flag: This flag shall be set to 1 if the Source S4-SGSN/MME supports Location Change Reporting mechanism.

M This IE specifies the address and the TEID for control F-TEID plane message which is chosen by the source MME/SGSN. This information shall be used by the target MME/SGSN to the source MME/SGSN when sending Forward Relocation Response message, Forward Access Context Acknowledge message and Forward Relocation Complete Notification message. M Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be PDN Connection included as necessary to represent a list of PDN Connections M F-TEID

FQDN MM Context Indication

0 0 0

E-UTRAN Transparent Container

UTRAN Transparent Container

Target Identification

HRPD access node S101 IP address 1xIWS S102 IP

C This IE shall be included if the message is used for UTRAN/GERAN to E-UTRAN inter RAT handover procedure, intra RAT handover procedure and 3G SGSN to MME combined hard handover and SRNS relocation procedure. C This IE shall be included if the message is used for PS handover to UTRAN Iu mode procedures, SRNS relocation procedure and E-TURAN to UTRAN inter RAT handover procedure. C This IE shall be included if the message is used for SRNS relocation procedure and handover to UTRAN/E-UTRAN procedures. C This IE shall be included only if the HRPD pre registration was performed at the source MME C This IE shall be included only if the 1xRTT CS fallback pre

F-Container

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Target Identification IP-Address IP-Address

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BSS Container

Source Identification

BSSGP Cause Selected PLMN ID

Recovery Trace Information Subscribed RFSP Index RFSP Index in Use

CSG ID CSG Membership Indication Private Extension

registration was performed at the source MME C This IE is the information from the source eNodeB, the F-Cause 0 source MME shall include this IE in the message. Refer to the 3GPP TS 29.010 [42] for the mapping of cause values between eNodeB cause and RANAP cause. C This IE is the information from the source RNC, the source F-Cause 1 SGSN shall include this IE in the message. Refer to the 3GPP TS 29.010 [42] for the mapping of cause values between eNodeB cause and RANAP cause. C This IE shall be included if the message is used for PS F-Container 2 handover to GERAN A/Gb mode and E-UTRAN to GERAN A/Gb mode inter RAT handover procedure. C This IE shall be included on the S16 interface if the Source 0 message is used for PS handover from GERAN/UTRAN to Identification GERAN A/Gb mode. C This IE is the information from source BSS, the source F-Cause 2 SGSN shall include this IE in the message. C The old MME/SGSN shall include this IE if the selected Selected PLMN 0 PLMN identity is available. The Selected PLMN ID IE ID indicates the core network operator selected for the UE in a shared network. C If contacting the peer for the first time Recovery 0 C This IE shall be included when session trace is active for Trace Information 0 this IMSI/IMEI. CO This IE shall be included during inter-MME/SGSN mobility RFSP Index 0 procedures, if the source MME/SGSN receives it from an HSS. CO This IE shall be included only during inter-MME/SGSN RFSP Index 1 mobility procedures, if the source MME/SGSN supports the feature. CO This IE shall be included if the source MME/SGSN CSG ID 0 receives it from the source eNodeB/RNC CO This IE shall be included if the source MME/SGSN when CMI 0 the CSG access mode received from the source eNodeB/RNC indicates the target cell is a hybrid cell O Private Extension VS

The PDN Connection grouped IE shall be coded as depicted in Table 7.3.1-2.

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements APN APN Restriction PDN Connection IE Type = 109 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type

Ins. 0 0

M APN C This IE denotes the restriction on the combination of types APN Restriction of APN for the APN associated with this EPS bearer Context. The target MME or SGSN determines the Maximum APN Restriction using the APN Restriction. If available, the source MME/S4SGSN shall include this IE. Selection Mode CO When available, this IE shall be included by the source Selection Mode MME/S4-SGSN IPv4 Address C This IE shall not be included if no IPv4 Address is IP Address assigned. IPv6 Address C This IE shall not be included if no IPv6 Address is IP Address assigned. Linked EPS Bearer ID M This IE identifies the default bearer of the PDN EBI Connection. PGW S5/S8 IP M This IE shall include the TEID in the GTP based S5/S8 F-TEID Address for Control case and the GRE key in the PMIP based S5/S8 case. Plane or PMIP PGW node name C This IE shall be included if the source MME or SGSN has FQDN the PGW FQDN. Bearer Contexts C Several IEs with this type and instance values may be Bearer Context included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. Aggregate Maximum M AMBR Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) Charging C This IE shall be present if charging characteristics was Charging characteristics supplied by the HSS to the MME/SGSN as a part of characteristics subscription information. Change Reporting C This IE shall be included whenever available at the source Change Reporting Action MME/SGSN. Action CSG Information CO This IE shall be included whenever available at the source CSG Information Reporting Action MME/SGSN. Reporting Action

0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 0

The Bearer Context grouped IE shall be coded as depicted in Table 7.3.1-3. Table 7.3.1-3: Bearer Context within MME/SGSN UE EPS PDN Connections within Forward Relocation Request
Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID TFT SGW S1/S4/S12 IP Address and TEID for user plane PGW S5/S8 IP Address and TEID for user plane Bearer Level QoS BSS Container Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Bearer TFT F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0

M C This IE shall be present if a TFT is defined for this bearer. M

C This IE shall be present for GTP based S5/S8

F-TEID

M CO The MME/S4 SGSN shall include the Packet Flow ID, Radio Priority, SAPI, PS Handover XID parameters in the TAU/RAU/Handover procedure, if available. Transaction Identifier C This IE shall be sent over S3/S10/S16 if the UE supports A/Gb and/or Iu mode. Bearer Flags O Applicable flags are: VB (Voice Bearer) indicator is set to indicate a voice bearer for PS-to-CS SRVCC handover

Bearer Level QoS F-Container

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Forward Relocation Response

A Forward Relocation Response message shall be sent as a response to Forward Relocation Request during S1-based handover procedure, Inter RAT handover procedures, SRNS Relocation procedure and PS handover procedures. Table 7.3.2-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Cause IE indicates if the relocation has been accepted, or not. The relocation has not been accepted by the target MME/SGSN if the Cause IE value differs from "Request accepted". Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "No resources available". "Invalid message format". "Relocation failure".

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Information elements Cause Sender's F-TEID for Control Plane P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause F-TEID Ins. 0 0

Indication Flags

M C If the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted", the target MME/SGSN shall include this IE in Forward Relocation Response message. This information shall be used by the source MME/SGSN to the target MME/SGSN when sending Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge message and Forward Access Context Notification message. C This IE shall be included if any of the flags are set to 1. SGW Change Indication: - This flag shall be set to 1 if the target MME/SGSN has selected a new SGW.

Indication

List of Set-up Bearers C The list of set-up Bearers IE contains the EPS bearer Bearer Context 0 Identifiers of the Bearers that were successfully allocated in the target system during a handover procedure. This IE shall be included if the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted". Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. List of Set-up RABs C The list of set-up RABs IE contains the RAB Identifiers of Bearer Context 1 the RABs that were successfully allocated in the target system. This IE shall be included if the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted". Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. List of Set-up PFCs O The list of set-up PFCs IE contains the Packet Flow Bearer Context 2 Identifies of the PFCs that were successfully allocated in the target system during a PS handover to/from GERAN or inter RAT handover to/from GERAN. If the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted", this IE may be included. eNodeB Cause C This IE is included if cause value is contained in S1-AP F-Cause 0 message. Refer to the 3GPP TS 29.010 [42] for the mapping of cause values between eNodeB cause and RANAP cause. RANAP Cause C This IE is included if cause value is contained in RANAP F-Cause 1 message. Refer to the 3GPP TS 29.010 [42] for the mapping of cause values between eNodeB cause and RANAP cause. E-UTRAN C This IE is conditionally included only during a handover to F-Container 0 Transparent E-UTRAN and contains the radio-related and core network Container information. If the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted", this IE shall be included. UTRAN Transparent C This IE is conditionally included only during a handover to F-Container 1 Container UTRAN and contains the radio-related and core network information. If the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted", this IE shall be included. BSS Container C This IE is conditionally included only during a handover to F-Container 2 GERAN and contains the radio-related and core network information. If the Cause IE contains the value "Request accepted", this IE shall be included. BSSGP Cause C For handover to GERAN, if a cause value is received from F-Cause 2 the Target BSC, the BSSGP Cause IE shall be included and shall be sent to the cause value received from the target BSC. Private Extension O Private Extension VS

Bearer Context IE in this message is specified in Table 7.3.2-2, the source system shall use this IE for data forwarding in handover.

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI

Ins. 0

Packet Flow ID

eNodeB F-TEID for DL data forwarding

eNodeB F-TEID for UL data forwarding

SGW F-TEID for DL data forwarding RNC F-TEID for DL data forwarding SGSN F-TEID for DL data forwarding SGW F-TEID for UL data forwarding

C This IE shall be included if the message is used for S1Based handover procedure. This IE shall be included if the message is used for SRNS relocation procedure and Inter RAT handover to/from Iu mode procedures. C This IE shall be included if the message is used for PS handover and Inter RAT handover to/from A/Gb mode procedures. C This IE shall be included for the message sent from the target MME, if the DL Transport Layer Address and DL GTP TEID are included in the "SAE Bearers Admitted List" of the S1AP: HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE and direct forwarding or indirect forwarding without SGW change is applied. O This IE may be included for the message sent from the target MME during the intra-EUTRAN HO, if the UL Transport Layer Address and UL GTP TEID are included in the "SAE Bearers Admitted List" of the S1AP: HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE and direct forwarding or indirect forwarding without SGW change is applied. C This SGW F-TEID shall be included for indirect data forwarding. C This RNC F-TEID shall be included in the message sent from SGSN, if the target system decides using RNC FTEID for data forwarding. C This SGSN F-TEID shall be included in the message sent from SGSN, if the target system decides using SGSN FTEID for data forwarding. O If available this SGW F-TEID may be included for indirect data forwarding during the intra-EUTRAN HO.

Packet Flow ID

F-TEID

F-TEID

F-TEID F-TEID

2 3

F-TEID

F-TEID

7.3.3

Forward Relocation Complete Notification

A Forward Relocation Complete Notification message shall be sent to the source MME/SGSN to indicate the handover has been successfully finished. Table 7.3.3-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.3-1: Information Elements in a Forward Relocation Complete Notification
Information elements Indication Flags P C Condition / Comment This IE shall be included if any of the flags are set to 1. Idle mode Signalling Reduction Activation Indication: This flag shall be set to 1 if the message is used for inter RAT handover and the UE has ISR capability. This flag is set to indicate to the source MME/SGSN whether it shall maintain the UE's context and whether it shall activate ISR. IE Type Indication Ins. 0

Private Extension

Private Extension VS

7.3.4

Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge

A Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge message shall be sent as a response to Forward Relocation Complete Notification during inter eNodeB handover with MME relocation procedure, SRNS Relocation with SGSN change procedures using S4 or Inter RAT Handover with MME/S4 SGSN interaction procedures.

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Table 7.3.4-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request rejected" "System failure". "Invalid message format". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". Table 7.3.4-1: Information Elements in a Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Recovery Private Extension P M O O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Recovery 0 Private Extension VS

7.3.5

Context Request

The new MME/SGSN shall send the Context Request message to the old MME/SGSN on S3/S16/S10 interface as a part of TAU/RAU procedure to get the MM and EPS bearer Contexts for the UE. If the sending node is a MME, it shall include in the Context Request message: the GUTI IE and Complete TAU Request Message IE if the GUTI received from UE indicates the old node is a MME. the RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-TMSI Signature IE, which are derived from the GUTI received from UE, if the GUTI indicates the old node is an SGSN.

If the sending node is an SGSN, it shall include RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-TMSI Signature IE in the Context Request message. If the receiving node is an MME, it shall construct GUTI according to the RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-TMSI Signature IE (see the mapping relationship between RAI, P-TMSI, P-TMSI signature and GUTI defined in 3GPP TS23.003[2]), and find UE context via this GUTI. The new MME differentiates the type of the old node from the most significant bit of the MME group id in GUTI. The value 0 indicates that the old node is an SGSN, the GUTI shall be mapped to RAI and P-TMSI by the new MME; and the value 1 indicates the old node is a MME, the new MME include GUTI IE and Complete TAU Request Message IE in the Context Request message. The Mapping between temporary and area identities is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. The Target PLMN ID IE shall be used in old SGSN/MME in order to decide whether un-used authentication vectors to be distributed to new SGSN/MME or not. Distribution and use of authentication vectors between different serving network domains are specified in 3GPP TS 33.401 [12]. Table 7.3.5-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message.

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Information elements IMSI P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins. 0 0 0

C IMSI shall be included if the UE has been successfully IMSI authenticated. GUTI C The New MME shall include this IE over S10 interface. GUTI Routeing Area C This IE shall be included over S3/S16 interface, if the GUTI ULI for RAI Identity(RAI) indicates the old node is an SGSN, the new MME maps this IE from GUTI. Packet TMSI(P-TMSI) C This IE shall be included over S3/S16 interface, if the GUTI P-TMSI indicates the old node is an SGSN, the new MME maps this IE from GUTI. P-TMSI Signature C This IE shall be included over S3/S16 interface if it is P-TMSI Signature received from the UE and the sending node is an SGSN. Complete TAU C The new MME shall include this IE, and the old MME may Complete request message use this IE for integrity check. Request Message S3/S16/S10 Address C This IE specifies the address and the TEID for control F-TEID and TEID for Control plane message which is chosen by the new MME/SGSN. Plane In case of SGSN pool, the IPv4 or the IPv6 address field shall be set to the same value of the Source IP address of the IP packet carrying this message, and the relaying SGSN shall not change the content of this IE when sending it to the old SGSN. UDP Source Port C If an SGSN within the same SGSN pool as the old SGSN Port Number Number receives this message, the SGSN shall include the UDP Source Port number of the received message in this parameter if this IE is not present and relay the message to the old SGSN. The old SGSN shall use this UDP port as the UDP destination port of the Context Response message. RAT Type C The RAT Type indicates the Radio Access Technology RAT Type which is used in the new system. Indication O This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags Indication is set to 1. Applicable Flags are: - The MS Validated indicates that the new system has successfully authenticated the UE, or the new system has validated the integrity protection of the TAU request message. Hop Counter

0 0 0

0 0

Target PLMN ID

Private Extension

O If an SGSN within the same SGSN pool with the old SGSN Hop Counter 0 receives this message, the SGSN shall decrement the Hop Counter if this IE is present in the received message; otherwise, the SGSN may include a Hop Counter with a value of max-1, and may relay the message to the old SGSN. CO If available, this IE shall be included in order to allow old Serving Network 0 MME/SGSN to make a judgment whether un-used authentication vectors to be distributed or not. O Private Extension VS

7.3.6

Context Response

A Context Response message shall be sent as a response to a previous Context Request message during TAU/RAU procedure. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted" "IMSI not known" "System failure" "Mandatory IE incorrect"

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Information elements Cause IMSI P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause IMSI Ins. 0 0

M C The IMSI shall be included in the message except for the case: If the UE is emergency attached and the UE is UICCless. The IMSI shall be included in the message but not used as an identifier if UE is emergency attached but IMSI is not authenticated.

MME/SGSN UE MM Context MME/SGSN UE EPS PDN Connections

MM Context

0 0

C This IE shall be included if there is at least a PDN PDN Connection connection for this UE on the sending MME/SGSN. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of PDN Connections. Sender F-TEID for C This IE specifies the address and the TEID for control F-TEID Control Plane plane message which is chosen by the old MME/SGSN. SGW S11/S4 IP C This IE shall be included if a SGW is being used by the old F-TEID Address and TEID for MME/SGSN. Control Plane SGW node name C This IE shall be included if the source MME or SGSN has FQDN the source SGW FQDN. This IE identifies the SGW that was used by the old MME/SGSN. Indication Flags C This IE shall be included if any of the flags are set to 1. Indication Idle mode Signalling Reduction Supported Indication: This flag shall be set to 1 if the Cause IE value indicates "Request accepted" and the old system has the ISR capability. Unauthenticated IMSI: This flag shall be set to 1 if the IMSI present in the message is not authenticated and is for an emergency attached UE. Change Reporting support indication flag: This flag shall be set to 1 if the Source S4SGSN/MME supports Location Change Reporting mechanism. Trace Information HRPD access node S101 IP address 1xIWS S102 IP address Subscribed RFSP Index RFSP Index in Use

0 1

Private Extension

C This IE shall be included when session trace is active for Trace Information 0 this IMSI/IMEI. C This IE shall be included only if the HRPD pre registration IP-Address 0 was performed at the old MME C This IE shall be included only if the 1xRTT CS fallback pre IP-Address 1 registration was performed at the old MME CO This IE shall be included only during inter-MME/SGSN RFSP Index 0 mobility procedures, if the source MME/SGSN receives it from an HSS. CO This IE shall be included only during inter-MME/SGSN RFSP Index 1 mobility procedures, if the source MME/SGSN supports the feature. O Private Extension VS

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements APN APN Restriction PDN Connection IE Type = 109 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type

Ins. 0 0

M APN C This IE denotes the restriction on the combination of types APN Restriction of APN for the APN associated with this EPS bearer Context. The target MME or SGSN determines the Maximum APN Restriction using the APN Restriction. If available, the source MME/S4 SGSN shall include this IE. Selection Mode CO When available, this IE shall be included by the source Selection Mode MME/S4-SGSN IPv4 Address C This IE shall not be included if no IPv4 Address is IP Address assigned. IPv6 Address C This IE shall not be included if no IPv6 Address is IP Address assigned. Linked EPS Bearer ID M This IE identifies the default bearer of the PDN EBI Connection. PGW S5/S8 IP M This IE shall include the TEID in the GTP based S5/S8 F-TEID Address for Control case and the GRE key in the PMIP based S5/S8 case. Plane or PMIP PGW node name C This IE shall be included if the source MME or SGSN has FQDN the PGW FQDN. Bearer Contexts M Several IEs with this type and instance values may be Bearer Context included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. Aggregate Maximum M AMBR Bit Rate (APN-AMBR) Charging C This IE shall be present if charging characteristics was Charging characteristics supplied by the HSS to the MME/SGSN as a part of characteristics subscription information. Change Reporting C This IE shall be included whenever available at the source Change Reporting Action MME/SGSN. Action CSG Information CO This IE shall be included whenever available at the source CSG Information Reporting Action MME/SGSN. Reporting Action

0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 0

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Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements EPS Bearer ID TFT SGW S1/S4/S12 IP Address and TEID for user plane PGW S5/S8 IP Address and TEID for user plane Bearer Level QoS BSS Container Bearer Context IE Type = 93 Length = n Sparae and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type EBI Bearer TFT F-TEID

Ins. 0 0 0

M C This IE shall be present if a TFT is defined for this bearer. M

C This IE shall only be included for GTP based S5/S8.

F-TEID

M CO The MME/S4 SGSN shall include the Packet Flow ID, Radio Priority, SAPI, PS Handover XID parameters in the TAU/RAU/Handover procedure, if available. Transaction Identifier C This IE shall be sent over S3/S10/S16 if the UE supports A/Gb and/or Iu mode.

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Context Acknowledge

A Context Acknowledge message shall be sent as a response to a previous Context Response message. Possible cause values are: "Request accepted". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "No resources available". "Invalid message format". "User authentication failed".

Table 7.3.7-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.7-1: Information Elements in a Context Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Indication flags P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause Indication Ins. 0 0

M None C This IE shall be included if any one of the applicable flags is set to 1. Applicable Flags are: SGWCI: SGW change indication indicates a new SGW has been selected. The old MME/old SGSN marks in its context that the information in the GWs and the HSS are invalid. ISRAI:

This flag indicates to the old system that it shall maintain the UE's contexts. This IE shall be included if the Cause IE value indicates "Request accepted". Private Extension VS

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7.3.8

Identification Request

If the UE identifies itself with temporary identity and it has changed SGSN/MME since detach in Attach procedure, the new MME/SGSN shall send an Identification Request message to the old SGSN/MME over S3, S16 or S10 interface to request IMSI. Table 7.3.8-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. If the sending node is a MME, it shall include in the Identification Request message: the GUTI IE and Complete Attach Request Message IE if the GUTI received from UE indicates the old node is a MME. the RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-TMSI Signature IE, which was derived from the GUTI received from UE, if the GUTI indicates the old node is an SGSN.

If the sending node is an SGSN, it shall include RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-TMSI Signature IE in the Identification Request message. If the receiving node is an MME, it shall construct GUTI according to the RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-

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TMSI Signature IE (see the mapping relationship between RAI, P-TMSI, P-TMSI signature and GUTI defined in 3GPP TS23.003[2]), and find UE context via this GUTI. The new MME differentiates the type of the old node from the most significant bit of the MME group id in GUTI. The value 0 indicates that the old node is an SGSN, the GUTI shall be mapped to RAI and P-TMSI by the new MME; and the value 1 indicates the old node is a MME, the new MME include GUTI IE and Complete Attach Request Message IE in the Identification Request message. The Mapping between temporary and area identities is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. The GUTI IE shall not coexist with any of the RAI IE, P-TMSI IE and P-TMSI Signature IE in an Identification Request message. If this occurs, the receiving node shall return a corresponding cause value in the response message. The Target PLMN ID IE shall be used in old SGSN/MME in order to decide whether un-used authentication vectors to be distributed to new SGSN/MME or not. Distribution and use of authentication vectors between different serving network domains are specified in 3GPP TS 33.401 [12]. Table 7.3.8-1: Information Elements in an Identification Request
Information elements GUTI Routeing Area Identity(RAI) P Condition / Comment IE Type GUTI ULI for RAI Ins. 0 0

C The new MME shall include this IE over S10 interface. C This IE shall be included over S3/S16 interface, if the GUTI received from the UE indicates the old node is an SGSN, the new MME maps this IE from GUTI. Packet TMSI(P-TMSI) C This IE shall be included over S3/S16 interface, if the GUTI received from the UE indicates the old node is an SGSN, the new MME maps this IE from GUTI. P-TMSI Signature C This IE shall be included over S3/S16 interface, if the GUTI received from the UE indicates the old node is an SGSN, the new MME maps this IE from GUTI. Complete Attach C The new MME shall include this IE over S10 interface, and Request Message the old MME may use this IE for integrity check. Address for Control O If an SGSN within the same SGSN pool with the old SGSN Plane receives this message, the SGSN shall include the old IP address of the received message in this optional parameter if this IE is not present and relay the message to the old SGSN. UDP Source Port C If an SGSN within the same SGSN pool as the old SGSN Number receives this message, the SGSN shall include the UDP Source Port number of the received message in this parameter if this IE is not present and relay the message to the old SGSN. The old SGSN shall use this UDP port as the UDP destination port of the Identification Response message. Hop Counter O If an SGSN within the same SGSN pool with the old SGSN receives this message, the SGSN shall decrement the Hop Counter if this IE is present in the received message; otherwise, the SGSN may include a Hop Counter with a value of max-1, and may relay the message to the old SGSN. Target PLMN ID CO If available, this IE shall be included in order to allow old MME/SGSN to make a judgment whether un-used authentication vectors to be distributed or not. Private Extension O None

P-TMSI

P-TMSI Signature

Complete Request Message IP Address

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Port Number

Hop Counter

Serving Network

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Identification Response

The old SGSN/MME shall send an Identification Response message to the new MME/SGSN as a response to a previous Identification Request message over S3/S10/S16 interface. Table 7.3.9-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message.

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For Intra Domain Connection of RAN Nodes to Multiple CN Nodes, if an old SGSN within an SGSN pool receives an Identification Request message that contains the optional parameter Address for Control Plane, the old SGSN shall use this address as destination IP address of the Identification Response message. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted" "System failure" "Mandatory IE incorrect" "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid Message format" "P-TMSI Signature mismatch" "User authentication failed"

Only the Cause information element shall be included in the response if the Cause contains another value than "Request accepted". Table 7.3.9-1: Information Elements in an Identification Response
Information elements Cause IMSI MME/SGSN UE MM Context Trace Information Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause IMSI MM Context Trace Information Ins. 0 0 0 0

M C This IE shall be included if the Cause contains the value "Request accepted". C This IE shall be included if Attach Request is integrity protected CO This IE shall be included when session trace is active for this IMSI/IMEI. O

Private Extension VS

7.3.10

Forward Access Context Notification

A Forward Access Context Notification message shall be sent from the Old SGSN to the New SGSN over the S16 interface to forward the RNC contexts to the target system, or sent from the Old MME to the New MME over the S10 interface to forward the RNC/eNodeB contexts to the target system. When the old SGSN receives the RANAP message Forward SRNS Context, the old SGSN shall send a Forward Access Context Notification message to the new SGSN. The new SGSN shall forward the message to the target RNC using the corresponding RANAP message. When the old SGSN receives a BSSGP message PS handover Required and the acknowledged peer-to-peer LLC operation is used for the Bearer Context or when "delivery order" is set in the Bearer Context QoS profile, the old SGSN shall send a Forward Access Context Notification message with the PDU Number IE to the new SGSN. The new SGSN shall forward the message to the target RNC/ target BSS using the corresponding RANAP message only for PS handover to Iu mode. When the old SGSN receives a BSSGP message PS handover Required from source BSS/RNC for PS handover to A/Gb mode, the value part of RAB Context IE shall be empty according to its defined minimum length. Table 7.3.10-1 specifics the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message.

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Information elements RAB Contexts P Condition / Comment IE Type RAB Context Ins. 0

Source RNC PDCP context Info PDU Numbers

C This IE shall be included for S16 only. Several IEs with this type and instance values shall be included as necessary to represent a list of Bearers. For each RAB context in the received RANAP message, the old SGSN shall include this IE in the message. C If available, the old SGSN shall include an Source RNC PDCP context info in the message. C This IE only applies to S16. The old SGSN shall include this IE in the message if the acknowledged peer-to-peer LLC operation is used for the Bearer Context or when "delivery order" is set in the Bearer Context QoS profile in A/Gb mode to Iu/A/Gb mode PS handover. C This IE shall be included over S10 to contain the eNodeB Status Transfer Transparent Container IE specified in S1AP. O

Source RNC PDCP context Info PDU Numbers

E-UTRAN Transparent Container Private Extension

F-Container

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7.3.11

Forward Access Context Acknowledge

A Forward Access Context Acknowledge message shall be sent to the old MME/SGSN as a response to Forward Access Context Notification. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format".

Table 7.3.11-1 specifics the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.11-1: Information Elements in a Forward Access Context Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Private Extension VS

7.3.12

Detach Notification

A Detach Notification message shall be sent from an MME to the associated SGSN, or from an SGSN to the associated MME as a part of Detach procedure if the ISR is activated between the MME and SGSN for the UE. Possible Cause values are: "Local Detach". "Complete Detach".

"Local Detach" indicates that this detach is local to the MME/SGSN and so the associated SGSN/MME registration where the ISR is activated shall not be detached. The MME/SGSN that receives this message including this Cause value of "Local Detach" only deactivates the ISR. This Cause value shall be included in the procedures: MME/SGSN-initiated Detach Procedure in case of implicit detach.

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"Complete Detach" indicates both the MME registration and the SGSN registration that the ISR is activated for, shall be detached. This "Complete Detach" Cause value shall be included in the procedures: UE-initiated Detach Procedure. MME/SGSN-initiated Detach Procedure in case of explicit detach.

Table 7.3.12-1 specifics the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.12-1: Information Elements in a Detach Notification
Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Private Extension VS

7.3.13

Detach Acknowledge

A Detach Acknowledge message shall be sent as a response to a Detach Notification message during Detach procedure. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Invalid Message format"

Table 7.3.13-1 specifics the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.13-1: Information Elements in a Detach Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Recovery Private Extension P M O O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Recovery 0 Private Extension VS

7.3.14

Change Notification Request

3GPP TS 23.060 [4] specifies that if PGW has requested CGI/SAI/RAI Change Reporting and if S4-SGSN supports the feature, then S4-SGSN shall send the Change Notification Request message on the S4 interface to the SGW. If SGW supports the feature, the SGW forwards the message on the GTP based S5/S8 interface to the PGW as part of location dependent charging related procedures. The message shall also be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the location dependent charging related procedures. The TEID value used in this message shall be zero.

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Table 7.3.14-1: Information Element in Change Notification

Information elements IMSI RAT Type User Location Information (ULI) P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

User CSG Information (UCI) PGW S5/S8 GTP-C IP Address Private Extension

M IMSI 0 M RAT Type 0 C The SGSN shall include the User Location Information IE if ULI 0 the MS is located in a RAT Type of GERAN, UTRAN or GAN and shall include the CGI, SAI and/or RAI. CO The MME shall include the User Location Information IE if the UE is located in a RAT Type of E-UTRAN and shall include the ECGI and/or TAI. CO The SGSN/MME shall include the User CSG Information UCI 0 IE if the MS is located in the CSG cell or the hybrid cell and the P-GW decides to receive the CSG Information. C This IE shall be sent on S4. IP Address 0 CO This IE shall be sent on S11. O Vendor or operator specific information Private Extension VS

7.3.15

Change Notification Response

The Change Notification Response message may be sent on the S4 interface by the SGW to the SGSN and is sent on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of location dependent charging related procedures to acknowledge the receipt of a Change Notification Request. If SGW does not support the feature (see subclause 7.3.14 " Change Notification Request"), SGW may silently discard Change Notification Request message from SGSN. If SGSN does not receive Change Notification Response, SGSN may either send Change Notification Request to the same SGW next time UE location changes, or not (marking SGW as not supporting the feature). This message shall also be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of location dependent charging related procedures to acknowledge the receipt of a Change Notification Request. The Cause value indicates whether or not the Change Notification Request was received correctly. Possible Cause values are: "Request accepted". "Request accepted partially". "Request rejected". "Invalid message format". "IMSI not known". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "System failure".

The TEID value used in this message shall be zero. If the IMSI is unknown for the receiving GTP-C entity, then the message shall be silently discarded and no further processing of the IEs shall continue. If the received Change Notification Response contains a Cause value of "IMSI not known", then the Change Reporting mechanism shall be stopped in the receiving SGSN/MME for all Bearers associated with the IMSI received and the PGW from which the "IMSI not known" was occurred. The SGSN/MME shall then initiate PDN disconnection for all of these PDN Connections associated with the PGW.

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If the location Change Reporting mechanism is to be stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME, then the PGW shall include the Change Reporting Action IE in the message and shall set the value of the Action field appropriately. Table 7.3.15-1: Information Element in Change Notification Response
Information elements IMSI Cause Change Reporting Action CSG Information Reporting Action Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI Cause Change Reporting Action CSG Information Reporting Action Ins. 0 0 0

M M C This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field If the location Change Reporting mechanism is to be started or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. CO This IE shall be included with the appropriate Action field if the location CSG Info reporting mechanism is to be started or stopped for this subscriber in the SGSN/MME. O

Private Extension VS

7.3.16

Relocation Cancel Request

A Relocation Cancel Request message shall be sent from the source MME/SGSN to the target MME/SGSN on S3/S10/S16 interface as part of the Inter RAT handover Cancel procedure and on the S16 interface as part of the SRNS Relocation Cancel Procedure.Table 7.3.16-1 specifics the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.16-1: Information Elements in Relocation Cancel Request
Information elements IMSI RANAP Cause P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Private Extension

M IMSI 0 C This IE shall be present in the case of SRNS relocation F-Cause 0 cancel procedure. It shall contain the cause value received from the source RNC in the Relocation Cancel message received over the Iu interface. O Private Extension VS

7.3.17

Relocation Cancel Response

A Relocation Cancel Response message shall be sent as a response to a previous Relocation Cancel Request message during the Inter RAT handover Cancel procedure or the SRNS Relocation Cancel Procedure. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "IMSI not known". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format".

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Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Private Extension VS

7.3.18

Configuration Transfer Tunnel

A Configuration Transfer Tunnel message shall be used to tunnel eNodeB Configuration Transfer messages from a source MME to a target MME over the S10 interface. The purpose of the eNodeB Direct Configuration Transfer is to transfer information from an eNodeB to another eNodeB in unacknowledged mode (see 3GPP TS 36.413 [10]). Table 7.3.18-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.18-1: Information Elements in a Configuration Transfer Tunnel Message
Information elements E-UTRAN Transparent Container Target eNodeB ID P Condition / Comment IE Type F-Container Ins. 0

M This IE shall contain the SON transfer IE.

M This IE shall contain the ID of the target eNodeB

Target Identification

7.3.19

RAN Information Relay

The RAN Information Relay message shall be sent on S3 interface between SGSN and MME to transfer the RAN information received by an SGSN from BSS or RNS (or GERAN Iu mode) or by an MME from eNodeB. The procedures are specified in 3GPP TS 23.401 [3]. This message shall also be sent on S16 interface to transfer the RAN information between GERAN or GERAN Iu mode or UTRAN. For handling of protocol errors the RAN Information Relay message is treated as a Response message. Table 7.3.19-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.3.19-1: Information Elements in a RAN Information Relay
Information elements BSS Container P Condition / Comment IE Type F-Container Ins. 0

M All information elements from the RIM messages, starting from and including the BSSGP "PDU type", shall be contained within the BSS Container and forwarded to the destination MME/SGSN in the RAN Information Relay message. RIM Routing Address C This IE shall be included if the RIM Routing Address information is included in the message sent from the source RAN node. This IE identifies the destination RAN node where the RAN Information needs to be relayed to. It contains: the destination RNC Identity when the target is GERAN Iu mode or UTRAN; or Private Extension O None the destination Cell Identity when the target is GERAN; or the Target eNodeB ID when the target is EUTRAN.

Target Identification

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7.4.1

CS Fallback and SRVCC related messages

Suspend Notification

The Suspend Notification message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the 1xRTT CS fallback procedures. The Suspend Notification message shall be sent on the S3 interface by the SGSN to the MME, on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW, and on the S5/S8 interface by the SGW to the PGW as part of the SRVCC procedures or the CS fallback from E-UTRAN access to UTRAN/GERAN CS domain access related procedures. After receiving a Suspend Notification message, the SGW/PGW should discard packets it receives for the suspended UE. Table 7.4.1-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.4.1-1: Information Element in Suspend Notification
Information elements IMSI Routeing Area Identity(RAI) Linked Bearer Identity (LBI) Packet TMSI(P-TMSI) Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI ULI for RAI EBI Ins. 0 0 0

C This IE shall be included only on the S11 interface. C This IE shall be included only on the S3 interface. CO This IE shall be included on the S11 interface to indicate the default bearer associated with the PDN connection. C This IE shall be included only on the S3 interface. O

P-TMSI 0 Private Extension VS

7.4.2

Suspend Acknowledge

The Suspend Acknowledge message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to the SGW as part of the 1xRTT CS fallback procedures. The Suspend Acknowledge message shall be sent on the S3 interface by the MME to the SGSN, on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S5/S8 interface by the PGW to SGW as part of the SRVCC procedures or the CS fallback from E-UTRAN access to UTRAN/GERAN CS domain access related procedures. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Optional IE incorrect". "Invalid message format". "Conditional IE missing".

For backward compatibility, if the IMSI IE is missing in the Suspend Notification message that is received on the S11 interface, the cause value "Mandatory IE missing" shall be used. Table 7.4.2-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.4.2-1: Information Element in Suspend Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

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Resume Notification

The Resume Notification message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the MME to the SGW and forwarded on the S5/S8 by the SGW to the PGW as part of the resume procedure returning from CS fallback or SRVCC to E-UTRAN. After receiving a Resume Notification message, the SGW/PGW shall forward packets it receives for the UE. Table 7.4.3-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.4.3-1: Information Element in Resume Notification
Information elements P Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI EBI Ins. 0 0

IMSI M Linked Bearer Identity CO This IE shall be included on the S11 interface to indicate (LBI) the default bearer associated with the PDN connection. Private Extension O

Private Extension VS

7.4.4

Resume Acknowledge

The Resume Acknowledge message shall be sent on the S11 interface by the SGW to the MME and on the S5/S8 by the PGW to the SGW as part of the resume procedure returning from CS fallback or SRVCC to E-UTRAN. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Optional IE incorrect". "Invalid message format".

Table 7.4.4-1 specifies the presence requirements and conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.4.4-1: Information Element in Resume Acknowledge
Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Cause 0 Private Extension VS

7.4.5

CS Paging Indication

The CS Paging Indication shall be sent on the S3 interface by the MME to the associated SGSN when ISR is activated as part of mobile terminated CS services. The MME gets the related information from SGsAP-PAGING-REQUEST message as specified in 3GPP TS29.118 [21].Table 7.4.5-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message.

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Information elements IMSI VLR Name TMSI Location area identifier Global CN-Id Channel needed eMLPP Priority Private Extension P M M O O O O O O Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI FQDN TMSI ULI Ins. 0 0 0 0

Global CN-Id 0 Channel needed 0 eMLPP Priority 0 Private Extension VS

7.5
7.5.1

Non-3GPP access related messages

Create Forwarding Tunnel Request

A Create Forwarding Tunnel Request message shall be sent by a MME to a Serving GW as a part of the MME configures resources for indirect data forwarding during active handover procedure from E-UTRAN to CDMA 2000 HRPD access. Table 7.5.1-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message. Table 7.5.1-1: Information Elements in a Create Forwarding Tunnel Request
Information elements S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Private Extension

M The MME shall include the forwarding Infomation for all S103PDF 0 PDN connections of the UE requesting data forwarding towards the HSGW in the message as S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info information elements. The Serving GW shall forward downlink data to the HSGW via the GRE tunnel identified by the HSGW Address and HSGW GRE Key included in this information element when it receives downlink data forwarded from the eNodeB belonging to the corresponding EPS bearers of the PDN connection. O Private Extension VS

7.5.2

Create Forwarding Tunnel Response

A Create Forwarding Tunnel Response message shall be sent by a Serving GW to a MME as a response to a Create Forwarding Tunnel Request message. Table 7.5.2-1 specifies the presence requirements and the conditions of the IEs in the message. The Cause value indicates if Data Forwarding Resources has been created in the Serving GW or not. Data Forwarding Resources have not been created in the Serving GW if the Cause differs from "Request accepted". Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "No resources available". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Invalid message format".

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Only the Cause IE shall be included in the response if the Cause IE contains another value than "Request accepted". Table 7.5.2-1: Information Elements in a Create Forwarding Tunnel Response
Information elements Cause S1-U Data Forwarding Info P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

Private Extension

M None Cause 0 C S1-U Data Forwarding Info shall be included in the S1UDF 0 message if the Cause contains the value "Request accepted". For each EPS bearer requesting data forwarding which is included in the S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info fields of corresponding Create Forwarding Tunnel Request message, the Serving GW shall assign a Serving GW S1-U Address and Serving GW S1-U TEID pair and included it in the response message as S1-U Data Forwarding Info information element. The eNodeB shall forward downlink data of the EPS bearer to the Serving GW via the GTP-U tunnel identified by the Serving GW S1U Address and Serving GW S1-U TEID. O Private Extension VS

7.6

Reliable Delivery of Signalling Messages

Retransmission requirements in the current subclause do not apply to the Initial messages that do not have Triggered messages. Reliable delivery in GTPv2 messages is accomplished by retransmission of these messages. A message shall be retransmitted if and only if a reply is expected for that message and the reply has not yet been received. There may be limits placed on the total number of retransmissions to avoid network overload. Initial messages and their Triggered messages, as well as Triggered messages and their Triggered Reply messages are matched based on the Sequence Number and the IP address and port rules in subclause 4.2 "Protocol stack". Therefore, an Initial message and its Triggered message, as well as a Triggered message and its Triggered Reply message shall have the same sequence Number. A retransmitted GTPv2 message (an Initial or a Triggered) has the exact same GTPv2 message content, including the GTP header, UDP ports, source and destination IP addresses as the originally transmitted GTPv2 message. For each triplet of local IP address, local UDP port and remote peer's IP address a GTP entity maintains a sending queue with signalling messages to be sent to that peer. The message at the front of the queue shall be sent with a Sequence Number, and if the message has an expected reply, it shall be held in a list until a reply is received or until the GTP entity has ceased retransmission of that message. The Sequence Number shall be unique for each outstanding Initial message sourced from the same IP/UDP endpoint. A node running GTP may have several outstanding messages waiting for replies. Not counting retransmissions, a single GTP message with an expected reply shall be answered with a single GTP reply, regardless whether it is per UE, per APN, or per bearer A piggybacked initial message (such as a Create Bearer Request message or Modify Bearer Request message) shall contain a Sequence Number that is assigned by sending GTP entity and the message shall be held in a list until a response is received. The response message to a piggybacked initial message may arrive without piggybacking (e.g., Create Bearer Response at PGW). The Sequence Number in the GTP header of the triggered response message shall be copied from the respective request message. If a request message (e.g., Create Session Request) triggers piggybacking (i.e., Create Bearer Request piggybacked on Create Session Response), re-transmission of the request message shall also trigger piggybacking. A Sequence Number used for a Command message and its Triggered messages, as well as respective Triggered Reply message shall be the same as in the Command message and shall have the most significant bit set to 1. This setting of the most significant bit of the Sequence Number is done to avoid potential clashes between the Sequence Number selected for a Command message, and the Sequence Number selected by a GTPv2 peer for a Request message, which was not triggered by a Command message. A Sequence Number used for a Request message, which was not triggered by a Command message shall have the most significant bit set to 0.

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A timer, denoted T3-RESPONSE, shall be started when a signalling message (for which a reply is expected) is sent. A signalling message or the triggered message has probably been lost if a reply has not been received before the T3RESPONSE timer expires. Once the T3-RESPONSE timer expires, the message corresponding to the T3-RESPONSE timer is then retransmitted if the total number of retry attempts is less than N3-REQUESTS times. The expiry of the timer for piggybacked request messages shall result in re-transmission of the original IP/UDP packet containing both the triggered response message and the piggybacked initial message. T3-RESPONSE timer and N3-REQUESTS counter setting is implementation dependent. That is, the timers and counters may be configurable per procedure. Multileg communications (e.g. Create Session Requests and Responses) however require longer timer values and possibly a higher number of retransmission attempts compared to single leg communication. All received GTPv2 messages with an expected reply shall be replied to and all reply messages associated with a certain message shall always include the same information. Duplicated reply messages shall be discarded by the receiver unless the reply needs a reply. A received reply message without a matching outstanding message that is waiting for a reply should be discarded. If a GTPv2 node is not successful with the transfer of a non-Echo signalling message, e.g. a Create Bearer Request message, it shall inform the upper layer of the unsuccessful transfer so that the controlling upper entity may take the necessary measures.

7.7
7.7.0

Error Handling
Handling Piggybacked Messages

For piggybacked initial messages, the following general rule shall apply: the triggered response message carrying the piggybacked message shall be processed first, according to the following sections. Subsequently, the piggybacked initial message shall be processed independently. If the processing of dedicated bearer activation message results in an error, this shall not affect the default bearer establishment. If the default bearer establishment fails, the dedicated bearer activation related message shall be discarded.

7.7.1

Protocol Errors

A protocol error is defined as a message or an Information Element received from a peer entity with unknown type, or if it is unexpected, or if it has an erroneous content. The term silently discarded is used in the following subclauses to mean that the receiving GTP entity's implementation shall discard such a message without further processing, or that the receiving GTP entity discards such an IE and continues processing the message. The conditions for the receiving GTP entity to silently discard an IE are specified in the subsequent subclauses. The handling of unknown, unexpected or erroneous GTP messages and IEs shall provide for the forward compatibility of GTP. Therefore, the sending GTP entity shall be able to safely include in a message a new conditional-optional or an optional IE. Such an IE may also have a new type value. Any legacy receiving GTP entity shall, however, silently discard such an IE and continue processing the message. If a protocol error is detected by the receiving GTP entity, it should log the event including the erroneous message and should include the error in a statistical counter. An information element with "Mandatory" in the "Presence requirement" column of a message definition shall always be present in that message. An information element with "Conditional" in the "Presence requirement" column of a message definition shall be sent when the conditions detailed in the "Presence requirement" are met. The Version Not Supported Indication message shall be considered as a Triggered message as specified in subclause 4.2.5 "Messages with GTPv2 defined replies: Classification of Initial and Triggered Messages". The receiving GTP entity shall apply the error handling specified in the subsequent subclauses in decreasing priority. If the received erroneous message is a reply to an outstanding GTP message, the GTP transaction layer shall stop retransmissions and notify the GTP application layer of the error even if the reply is silently discarded.

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7.7.2

Different GTP Versions

If a GTP entity receives a message of an unsupported GTP version, it shall return a Version Not Supported Indication message and discard the received message.

7.7.3

GTP Message of Invalid Length

If a GTP entity receives a message, which is too short to contain the respective GTPv2 header, the GTP-PDU shall be silently discarded. Apart from a piggybacked GTP message, if a GTP entity receives a Request message within an IP/UDP packet of a length that is inconsistent with the value specified in the Length field of the GTP header, then the receiving GTP entity should log the error and shall send the Response message with Cause IE value set to "Invalid Length". Apart from a piggybacked GTP message, if a GTP entity receives a Response message within an IP/UDP packet of a length that is inconsistent with the value specified in the Length field of the GTP header, then the receiving GTP entity should log the error and shall silently discard the message. If a GTP entity receives two GTP messages (triggered response message and a piggybacked initial message) within an IP/UDP packet of a length that is inconsistent with the total length of the two concatenated messages as indicated by Length fields of the GTP headers, then the receiving GTP entity should log the error and return an appropriate Response message with Cause IE value set to "Invalid overall length of the triggered response message and a piggybacked initial message". That is: for a Create Session Response message together with a piggybacked Create Bearer Request message, a Create Bearer Response message should be returned with the above Cause value. for a Create Bearer Response message together with a piggybacked Modify Bearer Request message, a Modify Bearer Response message should be returned with the above Cause value.

7.7.4

Unknown GTP Message

If a GTP entity receives a message with an unknown Message Type value, it shall silently discard the message.

7.7.5

Unexpected GTP Message

If a GTP entity receives an unexpected initial message (see subclause 4.3 "Protocol stack"), it shall be silently discard the message and shall log an error. If a GTP entity receives an unexpected triggered message (see subclause 4.3 "Protocol stack"), it shall discard the message and may log an error.

7.7.6

Missing Information Elements

A GTP entity shall check if all mandatory IEs are present in the received Request message. If one or more mandatory information elements are missing, the GTP entity should log the error and shall send a Response message with Cause IE value set to "Mandatory IE missing" together with the type and instance of the missing mandatory IE. If a GTP entity receives a Response message with Cause IE value set to "Mandatory IE missing", it shall notify its upper layer. A GTP entity shall check if all mandatory IEs are present in the received Response message. If one or more mandatory information elements are missing, the GTP entity shall notify the upper layer and should log the error. A GTP entity shall check if conditional information elements are present in the received message, if possible (i.e. if the receiving entity has sufficient information available to check if the respective conditions were met). When possible, a GTP entity shall check if all conditional IEs are present in the received Request message. If one or more conditional information elements are missing, GTP entity should log the error and shall send a Response message with Cause IE value set to "Conditional IE missing" together with the type and instance of the missing conditional IE.

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When possible, a GTP entity shall check if all conditional IEs are present in the received Response message. If one or more conditional information elements are missing, GTP entity shall notify the upper layer and should log the error. If the Indication IE is applicable for the message as a conditional IE and if it is not present, the GTP entity shall not reject the message unless there are other reasons to reject the message. If the Indication IE is applicable for the message as conditional IE and if it is present with the value of all the applicable flags set to "0", the GTP entity shall not reject the message unless there are other reasons to reject the message. Absence of an optional information element shall not trigger any of the error handling processes.

7.7.7

Invalid Length Information Element

An information element has invalid length when the actual length of the IE is different from the value of the Length field in the IE header. If a GTP message contains more than one information elements and one or more of them have invalid length, the receiving GTP entity can detect which of the IEs have invalid length only in the following cases: If the Length value in the IE header is greater than the overall length of the message; If the invalid length IE is the last one in the message.

If a receiving GTP entity detects information element with invalid length in a Request message, it shall send an appropriate error response with Cause IE value set to "Invalid length" together with the type and instance of the offending IE. Other Length field handling cases are specified below: If the received value of the Length field and the actual length of the fixed length IE are consistent, but the length is greater than that expected by the fixed number of octets, then the extra octets shall be discarded. If the received value of the Length field and the actual length of the fixed length IE are consistent, but the length is less than that expected by the fixed number of octets, this shall be considered an error, IE shall be discarded and if the IE was received as a Mandatory IE or a verifiable Conditional IE in a Request message, an appropriate error response with Cause IE value set to "Invalid length" together with the type and instance of the offending IE shall be returned to the sender. If the received value of the Length field and the actual length of the extendable length IE are consistent, but the length is greater than that expected by the fixed number of octets preceding the extended field(s), then the extra unknown octets shall be discarded. If the received value of the Length field and the actual length of the extendable length IE are consistent, but the length is less than that expected by the fixed number of octets preceding the extended field(s), this shall be considered an error, IE shall be discarded and if the IE was received as a Mandatory IE or a verifiable Conditional IE in a Request message, an appropriate error response with Cause IE value set to "Invalid length" together with the type and instance of the offending IE shall be returned to the sender.

7.7.8

Semantically incorrect Information Element

The receiver of a GTP signalling message Request including a mandatory or a verifiable conditional information element with a semantically invalid Value shall discard the request, should log the error, and shall send a response with Cause set to "Mandatory IE incorrect" together with a type and instance of the offending IE. The receiver of a GTP signalling message Response including a mandatory or a verifiable conditional information element with a semantically invalid Value shall notify the upper layer that a message with this sequence number has been received and should log the error. If a GTP entity receives an information element with a value which is shown as reserved, it shall treat that information element as invalid and should log the error. If the invalid IE is received in a Request, and it is a mandatory IE or a verifiable conditional IE, the GTP entity shall send a response with Cause set to "Mandatory IE incorrect " together with a type and instance of the offending IE.

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The principle is: the use of reserved values invokes error handling; the use of spare values can be silently discarded and so in the case of IEs with spare values used, processing shall be continued ignoring the spare values. The receiver of a GTP signalling message including an optional information element with a Value that is not in the range defined for this information element value shall discard this IE, but shall treat the rest of the message as if this IE was absent and continue processing. The receiver shall not check the content of an information element field that is defined as 'spare". All semantically incorrect optional information elements in a GTP signalling message shall be treated as not present in the message.

7.7.9

Unknown or unexpected Information Element

The receiver of a GTP message including an unexpected information element with known Type value, but with the instance value that is not defined for this message shall discard the IE and log an error. The receiver shall process the message. An information element with a Type value which is defined in section 8.1 of the present specification but whose Instance Value is not expected in the received GTP signalling message according to the grammar defined in section 7.1 to 7.5 and 7.9 of the present specification shall be silently discarded (skipped) and the rest of the message processed as if this information element was not present. NOTE: An Information Element in an encoded GTPv2 message or grouped IE is identified by the pair of IE Type and Instance value.

7.7.10

Repeated Information Elements

An Information Element is repeated if there is more than one IE with the same IE Type and Instance in the scope of the GTP message (scope of the grouped IE). Such an IE is a member in a list. If an information element is repeated in a GTP signalling message in which repetition of the information element is not specified, only the contents of the information element appearing first shall be handled and all subsequent repetitions of the information element shall be ignored. When repetition of information elements is specified, only the contents of specified repeated information elements shall be handled and all subsequent repetitions of the information element shall be ignored.

7.7.11

TFT Error Handling

TFT related error handling for EUTRAN is specified in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23] and for UTRAN/GERAN in 3GPP TS 24.008 [5].

7.8

Path Failure

Restoration and Recovery procedures are specified generally in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17] and a path failure may initiate recovery procedures. Path failure is detected only by using Echo Request / Response messages in the following way. A peer's IP address specific counter shall be reset each time an Echo Response message is received from that peer's IP address and incremented when the T3-RESPONSE timer expires for an Echo Request message sent to that peer's IP address. The path shall be considered to be down if the counter exceeds N3-REQUESTS. In this case, the GTP entity may notify the Operation and Maintenance network element. GTP shall also notify the upper layer of the path failure, so that PDN connections or PDP contexts associated with this peer's IP address may be deleted.

7.9 Restoration and Recovery

Restoration and Recovery procedures are specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17].

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7.9.1

Delete PDN Connection Set Request

Table 7.9.1-1: Information Elements in a Delete PDN Connection Set Request

This message may be sent on S5, S8, or S11 interfaces as specified in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17].

Information elements MME-FQ-CSID

Condition / Comment

IE Type

Ins.

SGW-FQ-CSID

PGW-FQ-CSID Private Extension

C This IE shall be included when a MME reports a partial FQ-CSID 0 fault according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. More than one FQ-CSID may appear. C This IE shall be included when a SGW reports a partial FQ-CSID 1 fault according to the requirements in 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. More than one FQ-CSID may appear. C Shall be included when a PGW reports a partial fault. More FQ-CSID 2 than one FQ-CSID may appear O None Private Extension VS

TEID of 0 shall be used for the Delete PDN Connection Set Request. Only one type of FQ-CSID shall be included in each Delete PDN Connection Set Request, A mix of different types, such as SGW-FQ-CSID and PGW-FQ-CSID shall not be used. A combined node, such as a collocated PGW/SGW, shall send separate Delete PDN Connection Set Request for the PGW role and one for the SGW role if a partial fault impacts more than one role.

7.9.2

Delete PDN Connection Set Response

Table 7.9.2: Information Elements in a Delete PDN Connection Set Response

This message is sent as a response to the Delete PDN Connection Set Request.

Information elements Cause Private Extension

P M O None

Condition / Comment

IE Type

Ins.

Cause 0 Private Extension VS

TEID of 0 shall be used for the Delete PDN Connection Set Response. The following Cause values are defined: "Request Accepted" "Request rejected" "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format".

"Request Accepted" indicates the receiving node was capable of storing a CSID value for each PDN connection for the type of node (MME,SGW or PGW) in the Delete PDN Connection Set Request and has marked, or will mark immediately, the PDN connections for deletion as per 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. "Request Accepted" shall be returned even if there are no PDN connections that match. "Request rejected" shall be used when the receiver of the Delete PDN Connection Set Request is not capable of storing at least one CSID value per PDN connection for the type of node (MME, SGW or PGW) received in the Delete PDN Connection Set Request. The SGW shall respond to the Delete PDN Connection Set Request independently, i.e. without waiting for replies.

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7.9.3

Update PDN Connection Set Request

Table 7.9.x-1: Information Elements in a Update PDN Connection Set Request

The SGW shall send this message to the PGW on S5/S8 according to the requirements in TS 23.007 [17].

Information elements MME-FQ-CSID SGW-FQ-CSID Private Extension

Condition / Comment

IE Type FQ-CSID FQ-CSID

Ins. 0 1

C This IE shall be included for MME relocation without SGW relocation per 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. C This IE shall be included for MME relocation without SGW relocation per 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. O None

Private Extension VS

7.9.4

Update PDN Connection Set Response

This message is sent by the PGW to the SGW on S5/S8 in response to the Update PDN Connection Set Request message. Table 7.9.y: Information Elements in a Update PDN Connection Set Response
Information elements Cause PGW-FQ-CSID Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause FQ-CSID Ins. 0 0

M C This IE shall be included for MME relocation without SGW relocation per 3GPP TS 23.007 [17]. O None

Private Extension VS

The following Cause values are defined: "Request accepted" "Request rejected" "System failure". "Mandatory IE missing". "Invalid message format".

7.10

Fallback to GTPv1 mechanism

An EPC entity shall assume that each GTP processing node that it is about to communicate with is GTPv2 capable, i.e. before the first GTP tunnel is setup for a given UE/node, the EPC node shall always send a version 2 (GTPv2) message to a peer node. A GTPv2 entity shall fallback to GTPv1 only if: a "Version Not Supported" message in GTPv1 format as specified in 3GPP TS 29.060 [4] is received from the peer node; Fallback to GTPv1 shall not occur on already established GTP tunnels without change of the peer nodes of the communication bearer.

If a GTPv2 entity does not support GTPv1 and receives a GTPv1 message, it shall silently discard the message.

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7.11

Fallback to GTPv0

Fallback from GTPv2 to GTPv0 shall not be supported. Therefore, GTPv2 entity should not listen to the well-known GTPv0 port 3386. If GTPv2 entity listens to the GTPv0 port, the entity shall silently discard any received GTPv0 message.

7.12
7.12.1

Trace Management Messages

Trace Session Activation

The Trace Session Activation message shall be sent on S11/S4 by the MME/SGSN to the SGW, and on S5/S8 by the SGW to the PGW when session trace is activated for a particular IMSI or IMEI for a UE that is attached and active or attached and idle. Table 7.12.1-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.12.1-1: Information Elements in a Trace Session Activation
Information elements IMSI Trace Information ME Identity (MEI) P Condition / Comment IE Type IMSI Trace Information MEI Ins. 0 0 0

M M C The MME shall include the ME Identity (MEI) IE, if available.

7.12.2

Trace Session Deactivation

The Trace Session Deactivation message shall be sent on S11/S4 by the MME/SGSN to the SGW, and on S5/S8 by the SGW to the PGW when session trace is deactivated for a particular IMSI or IMEI for a UE that is attached and active or attached and idle. Table 7.12.2-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.12.2-1: Information Elements in a Trace Session Deactivation
Information elements Trace Reference P M Condition / Comment IE Type Trace Reference Ins. 0

7.13
7.13.1

MBMS Messages
MBMS Session Start Request

The MBMS Session Start Request message shall be sent on the Sm/Sn interface by the MBMS GW to the MME/SGSN as specified in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. Table 7.13.1-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message.

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Table 7.13.1-1: Information Elements in a MBMS Session Start Request

Information elements Sender F-TEID for Control Plane Temporary Mobile Group Identity (TMGI) MBMS Session Duration MBMS Service Area MBMS Session Identifier MBMS Flow Identifier QoS profile MBMS IP Multicast Distribution Recovery Private Extension P M M M M C This IE shall be forwarded to MME/SGSN if it is provided by the BM-SC. C This IE shall be forwarded to MME/SGSN if it is provided by the BM-SC. M M Condition / Comment IE Type F-TEID TMGI MBMS Session Duration MBMS Service Area MBMS Session Identifier MBMS Flow Identifier Bearer QoS MBMS IP Multicast Distribution Recovery Ins. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first time. O

Private Extension VS

7.13.2

MBMS Session Start Response

The MBMS Session Start Response message shall be sent as a response to the MBMS Session Start Request message on the Sm/Sn interface by the MME/SGSN to the MBMS GW. Table 7.13.2-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "No resources available". "No memory available". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Mandatory IE missing". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format".

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Table 7.13.2-1: Information Elements in a MBMS Session Start Response

Information elements Cause Sender F-TEID for Control Plane MBMS Distribution Acknowledge Sn-U SGSN F-TEID Recovery Private Extension P M M C This IE shall be included on the Sn interface. Condition / Comment IE Type Cause F-TEID MBMS Distribution Acknowledge F-TEID Ins. 0 0 0

C This IE shall be included on the Sn interface if some RNCs 1 have not accepted IP multicast distribution. C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first Recovery 0 time. O Private Extension VS

7.13.3

MBMS Session Update Request

The MBMS Session Update Request message shall be sent on the Sm/Sn interface by the MBMS GW to the MME/SGSN as specified in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. Table 7.13.3-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.13.3-1: Information Elements in a MBMS Session Update Request
Information elements MBMS Service Area Temporary Mobile Group Identity (TMGI) Sender F-TEID for Control Plane MBMS Session Duration QoS profile MBMS Session Identifier MBMS Flow Identifier Private Extension P C M O M M C This IE shall be forwarded to MME/SGSN if it is provided by the BM-SC. C This IE shall be forwarded to MME/SGSN if it is provided by the BM-SC. O Condition / Comment IE Type MBMS Service Area TMGI F-TEID Ins. 0 0 0

MBMS Session 0 Duration Bearer QoS 0 MBMS Session 0 Identifier MBMS Flow 0 Identifier Private Extension VS

7.13.4

MBMS Session Update Response

The MBMS Session Update Response message shall be sent as a response to the MBMS Session Update Request message on the Sm/Sn interface by the MME/SGSN to the MBMS GW. Table 7.13.4-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format".

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Table 7.13.4-1: Information Elements in a MBMS Session Update Response

Information elements Cause MBMS Distribution Acknowledge Sn-U SGSN F-TEID P Condition / Comment IE Type Cause MBMS Distribution Acknowledge F-TEID Ins. 0 0

M C This IE shall be included on the Sn interface if service area is changed. C This IE shall be included on the Sn interface if any of the newly added RNCs have not accepted IP multicast distribution. C This IE shall be included if contacting the peer for the first time. O

Recovery Private Extension

Recovery

Private Extension VS

7.13.5

MBMS Session Stop Request

The MBMS Session Stop Request message shall be sent on the Sm/Sn interface by the MBMS GW to the MME/SGSN as specified in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. Table 7.13.5-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Table 7.13.5-1: Information Elements in a MBMS Session Stop Request
Information elements MBMS Flow Identifier Private Extension P Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

C This IE shall be forwarded to MME/SGSN if it is provided MBMS Flow 0 by the BM-SC. Identifier O Private Extension VS

7.13.6

MBMS Session Stop Response

The MBMS Session Stop Response message shall be sent as a response to the MBMS Session Stop Request message on the Sm/Sn interface by the MME/SGSN to the MBMS GW. Table 7.13.6-1 specifies the presence of the IEs in the message. Possible Cause values are: "Request Accepted". "System failure". "Mandatory IE incorrect". "Conditional IE missing". "Invalid message format". Table 7.13.6-1: Information Elements in a MBMS Session Stop Response
Information elements Cause Private Extension P M O Condition / Comment IE Type Ins.

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8.1

GTP-C Information Elements

Information Element Types

A GTP control plane (signalling) message may contain several information elements. In order to have forward compatible type definitions for the GTPv2 information elements, all of them shall be TLIV (Type, Length, Instance, Value) coded. GTPv2 information element type values are specified in the Table 8.1-1. The last column of this table indicates whether the information element is: Fixed Length: the IE has a fixed set of fields, and a fixed number of octets. Variable Length: the IE has a fixed set of fields, and has a variable number of octets. For example, the last octets may be numbered similar to "5 to (n+4)". In this example, if the value of the length field, n, is 0, then the last field is not present. Extendable: the IE has a variable number of fields, and has a variable number of octets. The last fields are typically specified with the statement: "These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified". The legacy receiving entity shall ignore the unknown octets.

In order to improve the efficiency of troubleshooting, it is recommended that the information elements should be arranged in the signalling messages as well as in the grouped IEs, according to the order the information elements are listed in the message definition table or grouped IE definition table in section 7. However the receiving entity shall be prepared to handle the messages with information elements in any order. Within information elements, certain fields may be described as spare. These bits shall be transmitted with the value set to 0. To allow for future features, the receiver shall not evaluate these bits. GTPv2-C information elements that have similar semantics in GTPv1-C shall be converted into GTPv1-C format, as specified in TS 29.060 [4], before sending them to a pre-R8 GSN.

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Table 8.1-1: Information Element types for GTPv2

IE Type value (Decimal)
0 1 2 3 4 to 50 51 to 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133

Information elements
Reserved International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Cause Recovery (Restart Counter) Reserved for S101 interface Reserved for Sv interface Access Point Name (APN) Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR) EPS Bearer ID (EBI) IP Address Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) MSISDN Indication Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) PDN Address Allocation (PAA) Bearer Level Quality of Service (Bearer QoS) Flow Quality of Service (Flow QoS) RAT Type Serving Network EPS Bearer Level Traffic Flow Template (Bearer TFT) Traffic Aggregation Description (TAD) User Location Information (ULI) Fully Qualified Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (F-TEID) TMSI Global CN-Id S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info (S103PDF) S1-U Data Forwarding Info (S1UDF) Delay Value Bearer Context Charging ID Charging Characteristics Trace Information Bearer Flags Reserved PDN Type Procedure Transaction ID DRX Parameter UE Network Capability MM Context (GSM Key and Triplets) MM Context (UMTS Key, Used Cipher and Quintuplets) MM Context (GSM Key, Used Cipher and Quintuplets) MM Context (UMTS Key and Quintuplets) MM Context (EPS Security Context, Quadruplets and Quintuplets) MM Context (UMTS Key, Quadruplets and Quintuplets) PDN Connection PDU Numbers P-TMSI P-TMSI Signature Hop Counter UE Time Zone Trace Reference Complete Request Message GUTI F-Container F-Cause Selected PLMN ID Target Identification Reserved Packet Flow ID RAB Context Source RNC PDCP Context Info UDP Source Port Number APN Restriction Selection Mode Source Identification Reserved Change Reporting Action Fully Qualified PDN Connection Set Identifier (FQ-CSID) Channel needed

Comment / Reference
Variable Length / 8.3 Variable Length / 8.4 Variable Length / 8.5 Extendable / See 3GPP TS 29.276 [14] Extendable / See 3GPP TS 29.280 [15] Variable Length / 8.6 Fixed Length / 8.7 Extendable / 8.8 Variable Length / 8.9 Variable Length / 8.10 Variable Length / 8.11 Extendable / 8.12 Variable Length / 8.13 Variable Length / 8.14 Variable Length / 8.15 Extendable / 8.16 Extendable / 8.17 Extendable / 8.18 Variable Length / 8.19 Variable Length / 8.20 Variable Length / 8.21 Extendable / 8.22 Variable Length / 8.23 Variable Length / 8.24 Variable Length / 8.25 Variable Length/ 8.26 Extendable / 8.27 Extendable / 8.28 Extendable / 8.29 Extendable / 8.30 Extendable / 8.31 Extendable / 8.32 Extendable / 8.34 Extendable / 8.35 Variable Length/ 8.36 Variable Length / 8.37 Extendable / 8.38 Extendable / 8.38 Extendable / 8.38 Extendable / 8.38 Extendable / 8.38 Extendable / 8.38 Extendable / 8.39 Extendable / 8.40 Variable Length / 8.41 Variable Length / 8.42 Extendable / 8.43 Variable Length / 8.44 Fixed Length / 8.45 Variable Length / 8.46 Variable Length / 8.47 Variable Length / 8.48 Variable Length / 8.49 Variable Length / 8.50 Variable Length / 8.51 Variable Length / 853 Fixed Length / 8.54 Variable Length / 8.55 Extendable / 8.56 Extendable / 8.57 Extendable / 8.58 Variable Length / 8.59 Variable Length / 8.61 Variable Length / 8.62 Extendable / 8.63

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eMLPP Priority Node Type Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) Transaction Identifier (TI) MBMS Session Duration MBMS Service Area MBMS Session Identifier MBMS Flow Identifier MBMS IP Multicast Distribution MBMS Distribution Acknowledge RFSP Index User CSG Information (UCI) CSG Information Reporting Action CSG ID CSG Membership Indication (CMI) Spare. For future use. Private Extension

3GPP TS 29.274 V9.2.0 (2010-03) Comment / Reference

Extendable / 8.64 Extendable / 8.65 Variable Length / 8.66 Variable Length / 8.68 Extendable / 8.69 Extendable / 8.70 Extendable / 8.71 Extendable / 8.72 Extendable / 8.73 Extendable / 8.74 Fixed Length / 8.77 Extendable / 8.75 Extendable / 8.76 Extendable / 8.78 Extendable / 8.79 FFS Variable Length / 8.67

8.2

Information Element Format

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = xxx (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance IE specific data or content of a grouped IE 7

Figure 8.2-1 depicts the format of an information element.

Octets 1 2 to3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 1

Figure 8.2-1: Information Element Format An IE has the following mandatory fields: Type field: This field indicates the type of Information Element. The valid values of the IE type are defined in clause 8.1. Length: This field contains the length of the information element excluding the first four octets, which are common for all information elements (Type, Length and the contents of octet 4) and is denoted "n" in Figure 8.21. For all the length fields, bit 8 of the lowest numbered octet is the most significant bit and bit 1 of the highest numbered octet is the least significant bit. Instance: This field shall be used to differentiate amongst different parameters in one specific message which use the same information element type (see also subclause 6.1.3 "Information Element Instance").

An IE is said to be TLIV (Type, Length, Instance, Value) encoded.

8.3

International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)

International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the IMSI into the Value field of the IMSI IE. IMSI is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 n+4 8 Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 1 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Number digit 2 Number digit 1 Number digit 4 Number digit 3 Number digit m Number digit m-1 7 6

Figure 8.3-1: IMSI

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Octets 5 to (n+4) represent the IMSI value in international number format as described in ITU-T Rec E.164 [25], encoded as TBCD digits, i.e. digits from 0 through 9 are encoded "0000" to "1001". When there is an odd number of digits, bits 8 to 5 of the last octet are encoded with the filler "1111". The maximum number of digits is 15.

8.4

Cause
. Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8-9 10 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 2 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Cause value Spare Type of the offending IE Length Spare Instance 6

Cause IE is coded as depicted in Figure 8.4-1.

1

CS

Figure 8.4-1: Cause The following bits within Octet 6 indicate: Bits 8 to 2: Spare, for future use and set to zero Bit 1 CS (Cause Source): If this bit is set to 1, it indicates that the corresponding error cause is originated by the remote node (i.e., the MME to a PGW, or the PGW to a MME). This bit is set to 0 to denote that the corresponding error cause is originated by the node sending the message. The CS should be set to 1 by the SGW when the SGW relay a response message with cause value from the MME to the PGW or from the PGW to the MME. For PMIP based S5/S8, the SGW shall include the PMIP cause and set the CS bit to 1 when the SGW relay a response message with the cause value from the PGW to the MME.

The Cause value shall be included in the response message. In a response message, the Cause value indicates the acceptance or the rejection of the corresponding request message. The Cause value shall indicate the explicit reason for the rejection. If the rejection is due to a mandatory IE or a verifiable conditional IE is faulty or missing, the offending IE shall be included within an additional field, as Type and Instance of the offending IE that caused the rejection. The length in the Octet 8-9 and spare bits in the Octet 10 shall be set to "0". In this case, the value of "n" shall be "6". Otherwise, the value of "n" is equal to "2". The Cause may also be included in the request message. In a request message, the Cause value indicates the reason for the request. "Request accepted" is returned when the GTPv2 entity has accepted a control plane request. "Invalid Reply from remote peer" is used by the SGW for the messages spanning through two interfaces. This cause value is returned by the SGW to the MME/SGSN or PGW in a reply message where the corresponding reply message on S5/S8 or S11/S4 from the PGW or MME/SGSN is not decoded as valid. The listed cause values for rejection response message descriptions in clause 7 are not meant to be exhaustive lists. Therefore a GTPv2 node shall use the most appropriate matching rejection response cause value that is listed in Table 8.4-1.

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Table 8.4-1: Cause values

Message Type Cause value (decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 to 15 16 17 18 19 20 to -63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 to 219 Meaning Reserved. Shall not be sent and if received the Cause shall be treated as an invalid IE Reserved Local Detach Complete Detach RAT changed from 3GPP to Non-3GPP ISR deactivation Error Indication received from RNC/eNodeB Spare. This value range is reserved for Cause values in a request message Request accepted Request accepted partially New PDN type due to network preference New PDN type due to single address bearer only Spare. This value range is reserved for Cause values in acceptance response message Context Not Found Invalid Message Format Version not supported by next peer Invalid length Service not supported Mandatory IE incorrect Mandatory IE missing Reserved System failure No resources available Semantic error in the TFT operation Syntactic error in the TFT operation Semantic errors in packet filter(s) Syntactic errors in packet filter(s) Missing or unknown APN Reserved GRE key not found Relocation failure Denied in RAT Preferred PDN type not supported All dynamic addresses are occupied UE context without TFT already activated Protocol type not supported UE not responding UE refuses Service denied Unable to page UE No memory available User authentication failed APN access denied no subscription Request rejected P-TMSI Signature mismatch IMSI not known Semantic error in the TAD operation Syntactic error in the TAD operation Reserved Message Value Received Remote peer not responding Collision with network initiated request Unable to page UE due to Suspension Conditional IE missing APN Restriction type Incompatible with currently active PDN connection Invalid overall length of the triggered response message and a piggybacked initial message Data forwarding not supported Invalid reply from remote peer Spare. This value range is reserved for Cause values in rejection response message

Request

Acceptance Response

Rejection Response

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8.5

Recovery (Restart Counter)

Recovery IE is coded as depicted in Figure 8.5-1. In the first release of GTPv2 spec n = 1. That is, the overall length of the IE is 5 octets. In future releases of the spec additional octets may be specified.
. Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 3 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Recovery (Restart Counter) 6 1

Figure 8.5-1: Recovery (Restart Counter)

8.6

Access Point Name (APN)

Access Point Name (APN) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the APN into the Value field of the APN IE.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 71 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Access Point Name (APN) 6 1

Figure 8.6-1: Access Point Name (APN) The encoding the APN field follows 3GPP TS 23.003 [2] subclause 9.1. The content of the APN field shall be the full APN with both the APN Network Identifier and APN Operator Identifier being present as specified in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2] subclauses 9.1.1 and 9.1.2, 3GPP TS 23.060 [35] Annex A and 3GPP TS 23.401 [3] subclauses 4.3.8.1. NOTE: The APN field is not encoded as a dotted string as commonly used in documentation.

8.7

Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR)

Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the AMBR into the Value field of the AMBR (APN-AMBR) IE. AMBR is defined in clause 9.9.4.2 of 3GPP TS 24.301 [23], but shall be formatted as shown in Figure 8.7-1 as Unsigned32 binary integer values in kbps (1000 bits per second).
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 8 9 to 12 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 72 (decimal) Length = 8 Spare Instance APN-AMBR for uplink APN-AMBR for downlink 6 1

Figure 8.7-1: Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR)

8.8

EPS Bearer ID (EBI)

EPS Bearer ID (EBI) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.8-1.

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In the first release of GTPv2 spec n = 1. That is, the overall length of the IE is 5 octets. In future releases of the spec additional octets may be specified and new semantic for the spare bits may be defined.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 73 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare (all bits set to 0) EPS Bearer ID (EBI) These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Figure 8.8-1: EPS Bearer ID (EBI)

8.9

IP Address

IP Address is coded as depicted in Figure 8.9-1. The Length field may have only two values (4 or 16) that determine if the Value field contains IPv4 or IPv6 address.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 74 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance IPv4 or IPv6 Address 6 1

Figure 8.9-1: IP address

8.10

Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI)

Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.10-1.. MEI is defined in clause 6.2 of 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 75 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Mobile Equipment (ME) Identity 6 1

Figure 8.10-1: Mobile Equipment (ME) Identity (MEI) The ME Identity field contains either the IMEI or the IMEISV as defined in clause 6.2 of 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. It is encoded as specified in clause 7.7.53 of 3GPP TS 29.060 [4], beginning with octet 4 of Figure 7.7.53.1. The IMEI(SV) digits are encoded using BCD coding where IMEI is 15 BCD digits and IMEISV is 16 BCD digits. For IMEI, bits 5 to 8 of the last octet shall be filled with an end mark coded as '1111'.

8.11

MSISDN

MSISDN is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the MSISDN into the Value field of the MSISDN IE. MSISDN is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 n+4

Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 76 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Number digit 2 Number digit 1 Number digit 4 Number digit 3 Number digit m Number digit m-1 7 6

Figure 8.11-1: MSISDN Octets 5 to (n+4) represent the MSISDN value is in international number format as described in ITU-T Rec E.164 [25] and 3GPP TS 29.002 [41]. MSISDN value contains only the actual MSISDN number (does not contain the "nature of address indicator" octet, which indicates "international number" as in 3GPP TS 29.002 [41]) and is encoded as TBCD digits, i.e. digits from 0 through 9 are encoded "0000" to "1001". When there is an odd number of digits, bits 8 to 5 of the last octet are encoded with the filler "1111".

8.12

Indication
Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 77 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance DAF DTF HI DFI OI ISRSI ISRAI SGW CI Spare UIMSI CFSI CRSI P PT SI MSV These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Indication is coded as depicted in Figure 8.12-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 to (n+4)

Figure 8.12-1: Indication For each message the applicable flags of the Indication IE shall be clearly specified in the individual message sub clause. The remaining flags of the Indication IE not so indicated shall be discarded by the receiver. The receiver shall consider the value of the applicable flags as "0", if the Indication IE is applicable for the message but not included in the message by the sender. The following bits within Octet 5 shall indicate: Bit 8 DAF (Dual Address Bearer Flag): This bit shall be set when the UE requests PDN type IPv4v6 and all SGSNs which the UE may be handed over to are Release 8 or above supporting dual addressing, which is determined based on node pre-configuration by the operator.. Bit 7 DTF (Direct Tunnel Flag): This bit shall be set when the UE is in UTRAN/GERAN network and Direct Tunnel is selected Bit 6 HI (Handover Indication): If this bit is set to 1, it shall indicate that a UE handover from a non-3GPP access to a 3GPP access system. This bit is applicable during the E-UTRAN Initial Attach procedure or during the UE requested PDN connectivity procedure. Bit 5 DFI (Direct Forwarding Indication): If this bit is set to 1, it shall indicate that the direct forwarding between the source eNodeB and the target eNodeB during the S1 based handover procedure is applied. Bit 4 OI (Operation Indication): If this bit is set to 1, it shall denote that the receiving SGW of a "Create Session Request" shall send a Modify Bearer Request immediately to the PGW. This allows the SGW to differentiate if the "Create Session Request" received on S4/S11 interface belongs to a TAU/RAU with an SGW relocation (OI = 1), or X2based handover with SGW relocation (OI = 1) or S1-based handover with SGW relocation (OI = 0). It shall be set to 1 on S4/S11 interface if the SGW needs to forward the Delete Session Request message to PGW.

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Bit 3 ISRSI (Idle mode Signalling Reduction Supported Indication): If this is set to 1, it shall indicate that the old/source SGSN/MME is capable to activate ISR. Bit 2 ISRAI (Idle mode Signalling Reduction Activation Indication): If this bit is set to 1, it shall indicate that the ISR is established between the MME and the S4 SGSN during a TAU/RAU without an SGW change procedure or during an Inter RAT handover without an SGW change procedure. The SGW shall retain the resources for the other CN node that has its bearer resources on the SGW reserved. The old/source SGSN/MME shall maintain the UE's contexts and activate ISR. Bit 1 SGWCI (SGW Change Indication): If this bit is set to 1, it shall indicate that the target MME/SGSN has selected a new SGW during a TAU/RAU or handover with an SGW change procedure.

The following bits within Octet 6 shall indicate: Bit 8 Spare, for future use and set to zero. Bit 7 UIMSI (Unauthenticated IMSI): If this bit is set to 1, it indicates that the IMSI present in the message is not authenticated and is for emergency attached UE. Bit 6 CFSI (Change F-TEID support indication): if this bit is set to 1, it indicates that the SGW can change the assigned GTP-U F-TEID in the current procedure. The MME/SGSN shall include this flag in the Modify Bearer Request message sent to the SGW in the Idle state UE initiated TAU/RAU procedure. The SGW shall include the new F-TEID in the Modify Bearer Response message if the CFSI flag is received in the corresponding Request message and the SGW needs to modify the GTP-U F-TEID. Bit 5 CRSI (Change Reporting support indication): if this bit is set to 1, it indicates that the MME/S4 SGSN supporting Location Change Reporting mechanism. Bit 4 PS (Piggybacking Supported). This bit denotes whether the MME/SGW support piggybacking feature as described in Annex F of 3GPP TS 23.401 [3]. If set to 1, it indicates that the node is capable of processing two different GTP-C messages appearing back to back in a single UDP payload. Bit 3 PT (Protocol Type) If this bit set to 1, it shall indicate that the protocol type for the S5/S8 interface is PMIP; this bit is set to 0 to indicate that the protocol type for the S5/S8 interface is GTP. Bit 2 SI (Scope Indication): If this bit is set to 1, it indicates that all bearer resources of the UE shall be released by the SGW. This flag is set in messages during TAU/RAU/Handover procedure with SGW change. Bit 1 MSV (MS Validated): If this bit is set to 1, it shall indicate that the new MME/SGSN has successfully authenticated the UE.

8.13

Protocol Configuration Options (PCO)

Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the PCO into the Value field of the PCO IE. The detailed coding of the PCO field from octets 5 to (n+4) shall be specified as per clause 10.5.6.3 of 3GPP TS 24.008 [5], starting with octet 3.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 78 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) 6 1

Figure 8.13-1: Protocol Configuration Options (PCO)

8.14
NOTE:

PDN Address Allocation (PAA)

In Rel 8, Prefix length has a fixed value of /64.

The PDN Address Allocation is coded as depicted in Figure 8.14-1.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4)

Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 79 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare PDN Type PDN Address and Prefix 6

Figure 8.14-1: PDN Address Allocation (PAA) Table 8.14-1: PDN Address Allocation
PDN type value (octet 5) Bits 3 2 1 0 0 1 IPv4 0 1 0 IPv6 0 1 1 IPv4v6 Bits 8-4 of octet 5 are spare and shall be coded as zero. PDN Address and Prefix (octet 6 to n+4) If PDN type value indicates IPv4, an IPv4 address is present in the PDN Address and Prefix from octet 6 to octet 9. Bit 8 of octet 6 represents the most significant bit of the IPv4 address and bit 1 of octet 9 the least significant bit. If PDN type value indicates IPv6, octet 6 contains the IPv6 Prefix Length. Octets 7 through 22 contain an IPv6 Prefix and Interface Identifier. Bit 8 of octet 7 represents the most significant bit of the IPv6 Prefix and Interface Identifier and bit 1 of octet 22 the least significant bit. If PDN type value indicates IPv4v6, octet 6 contains the IPv6 Prefix Length. Octets 7 through 22 contain an IPv6 Prefix and Interface Identifier. Bit 8 of octet 7 represents the most significant bit of the IPv6 Prefix and Interface Identifier and bit 1 of octet 22 the least significant bit. Octets 23 through 26 contain an IPv4 address. Bit 8 of octet 23 represents the most significant bit of the IPv4 address and bit 1 of octet 26 the least significant bit.

8.15

Bearer Quality of Service (Bearer QoS)

Bearer Quality of Service (Bearer QoS) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the Bearer l QoS into the Value field of the Bearer QoS IE.
Bits Octets 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Type = 80 (decimal) 2-3 Length = n 4 Spare Instance 5 Spare PCI PL Spare PVI 6 Label (QCI) 7 to 11 Maximum bit rate for uplink 12 to 16 Maximum bit rate for downlink 17 to 21 Guaranteed bit rate for uplink 22 to 26 Guaranteed bit rate for downlink 27 to (n+4) These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.15-1: Bearer Level Quality of Service (Bearer QoS) Octet 5 represents the Allocation/Retention Priority (ARP) parameter. The meaning and value range of the parameters within the ARP are defined in 3GPP TS 29.212 [29]. The bits within the ARP octet are: Bit 1 PVI (Pre-emption Vulnerability): See 3GPP TS 29.212[29], clause 5.3.47 Pre-emption-Vulnerability AVP.

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Bit 2 spare Bits 3 to 6 PL (Priority Level): See 3GPP TS 29.212[29], clause 5.3.45 ARP-Value AVP. PL encodes each priority level defined for the ARP-Value AVP as the binary value of the priority level. Bit 7 PCI (Pre-emption Capability): See 3GPP TS 29.212[29], clause 5.3.46 Pre-emption-Capability AVP. Bit 8 spare.

QCI, Maximum bit rate for uplink, Maximum bit rate for downlink, Guaranteed bit rate for uplink and Guaranteed bit rate for downlink are specified in 3GPP TS 36.413 [10] The MBR and GBR are encoded as kilobits per second (1 kbps = 1000 bps). For non-GBR bearers, both the UL/DL MBR and GBR should be set to zero. NOTE: The encoding in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23] is different from the encoding here.

8.16

Flow Quality of Service (Flow QoS)

Flow Quality of Service (Flow QoS) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the Flow QoS into the Value field of the Flow QoS IE.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25 26 to (n+4) Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 81 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Label (QCI) Maximum bit rate for uplink Maximum bit rate for downlink Guaranteed bit rate for uplink Guaranteed bit rate for downlink These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Figure 8.16-1: Flow Quality of Service (Flow QoS) QCI, Maximum bit rate for uplink, Maximum bit rate for downlink, Guaranteed bit rate for uplink and Guaranteed bit rate for downlink are specified in 3GPP TS 36.413 [10]. The MBR and GBR are encoded as kilobits per second (1 kbps = 1000 bps). For non-GBR bearers, both the UL/DL MBR and GBR should be set to zero. NOTE: The encoding in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23] is different from the encoding here.

8.17

RAT Type
Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 82 (decimal) Length = 1 Spare Instance RAT Type These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

RAT Type is coded as depicted in Figure 8.17-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4)

Figure 8.17-1: RAT Type

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Table 8.17-1: RAT Type values

RAT Types <reserved> UTRAN GERAN WLAN GAN HSPA Evolution EUTRAN <spare> Values (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-255

8.18

Serving Network
Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 83 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Serving Network is coded as depicted in Figure 8.18-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to (n+4)

Figure 8.18-1: Serving Network If an Administration decides to include only two digits in the MNC, then bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111".

8.19

EPS Bearer Level Traffic Flow Template (Bearer TFT)

EPS Bearer Level Traffic Flow Template (Bearer TFT) is transferred via GTP tunnels. The sending entity copies the value part of the EPS Bearer Level TFT into the Value field of the EPS Bearer Level TFT IE. The detailed coding of the EPS Bearer Level TFT IE is specified in 3GPP TS 24.008 [5], clause 10.5.6.12, beginning with octet 3.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 84 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance EPS Bearer Level Traffic Flow Template (TFT) 7 6

Figure 8.19-1: EPS Bearer Level Traffic Flow Template (Bearer TFT)

8.20

Traffic Aggregate Description (TAD)

The Traffic Aggregate Description IE is coded as depicted in Figure 8.20-1. The detailed coding of Traffic Aggregate Description is specified in 3GPP TS 24.008 [5] , clause 10.5.6.12, beginning with octet 3..
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 85 (Decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Traffic Aggregate Description 6 1

Figure 8.20-1 Traffic Aggregate Description

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8.21

User Location Information (ULI)

User Location Information (ULI) is a variable length IE that is coded as depicted in Figure 8.21-1. The CGI, SAI, RAI, TAI and ECGI identity types are defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 a to a+6 b to b+6 c to c+6 d to d+4 e to e+6 f to (n+4) Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 86 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare ECGI TAI RAI SAI CGI CGI SAI RAI TAI ECGI These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Figure 8.21-1: User Location Information The ULI IE shall contain only one identity of the same type (e.g. more than one CGI cannot be included), but ULI IE may contain more than one identity of a different type (e.g. ECGI and TAI). The flags ECGI, TAI, RAI, SAI and CGI in octet 5 indicate if the corresponding type shall be present in a respective field or not. If one of these flags is set to "0", the corresponding field shall not be present at all. If more than one identity of different type is present, then they shall be sorted in the following order: CGI, SAI, RAI, TAI, ECGI. The following subclauses specify the coding of the fields representing different identities. For each identity, if an Administration decides to include only two digits in the MNC, then "MNC digit 3" field of corresponding location shall be coded as "1111".

8.21.1

CGI field

The coding of CGI (Cell Global Identifier) is depicted in Figure 8.21.1-1. Only zero or one CGI field shall be present in ULI IE.
Octets a a+1 a+2 a+3 to a+4 a+5 to a+6 8 Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Location Area Code (LAC) Cell Identity (CI) 1

Figure 8.21.1-1: CGI field The Location Area Code (LAC) consists of 2 octets. Bit 8 of Octet a+3 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet a+4 the least significant bit. The coding of the location area code is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used. The Cell Identity (CI) consists of 2 octets. Bit 8 of Octet a+5 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet a+6 the least significant bit. The coding of the cell identity is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used.

8.21.2

SAI field

The coding of SAI (Service Area Identifier) is depicted in Figure 8.21.2-1. Only zero or one SAI field shall be present in ULI IE.

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Octets b b+1 b+2 b+3 to b+4 b+5 to b+6

Figure 8.21.2-1: SAI field The Location Area Code (LAC) consists of 2 octets. Bit 8 of Octet b+3 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet b+4 the least significant bit. The coding of the location area code is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used. The Service Area Code (SAC) consists of 2 octets. Bit 8 of Octet b+5 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet b+6 the least significant bit. The SAC is defined by the operator. See 3GPP TS 23.003 [2] section 12.5 for more information.

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RAI field

The coding of RAI (Routing Area Identity) is depicted in Figure 8.21.3-1. Only zero or one RAI field shall be present in ULI IE.
Octets c c+1 c+2 c+3 to c+4 c+5 to c+6 8 Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Location Area Code (LAC) Routing Area Code (RAC) 1

Figure 8.21.3-1: RAI field The Location Area Code (LAC) consists of 2 octets. Bit 8 of Octet c+3 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet c+4 the least significant bit. The coding of the location area code is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used. The Routing Area Code (RAC) consists of 2 octets. Only Octet c+5 contains the RAC. Octet c+6 is coded as all 1's (11111111). The RAC is defined by the operator.

8.21.4

TAI field

The coding of TAI (Tracking Area Identity) is depicted in Figure 8.21.4-1. Only zero or one TAI field shall be present in ULI IE.
Octets d d+1 d+2 d+3 to d+4 8 Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Tracking Area Code (TAC) 1

Figure 8.21.4-1: TAI The Tracking Area Code (TAC) consists of 2 octets. Bit 8 of Octet d+3 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet d+4 the least significant bit. The coding of the tracking area code is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used.

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ECGI field

The coding of ECGI (E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier) is depicted in Figure 8.21.5-1. Only zero or one ECGI field shall be present in ULI IE.

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Octets e e+1 e+2 e+3 e+4 to e+6

Figure 8.21.5-1: ECGI field The E-UTRAN Cell Identifier (ECI) consists of 28 bits. The ECI field shall start with Bit 4 of octet e+3, which is the most significant bit. Bit 1 of Octet e+6 is the least significant bit. The coding of the E-UTRAN cell identifier is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used.

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Fully Qualified TEID (F-TEID)

Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 87 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance V4 V6 Spare Interface type TEID / GRE Key IPv4 address IPv6 address These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Fully Qualified Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (F-TEID) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.22-1.
Octets 1 2to 3 4 5 6 to 9 m to (m+3) p to (p+15) k to (n+4)

Figure 8.22-1: Fully Qualified Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (F-TEID) The following flags are coded within Octet 5: Bit 8 V4: If this bit is set to "1", then IPv4 address field exists in the F-TEID, otherwise the IPv4 address field is not present at all. Bit 7 V6: If this bit is set to "1", then IPv6 address field exists in the F-TEID, otherwise the IPv6 address field is not present at all.

At least one of V4 and V6 shall be set to "1", and both may be set to "1". Bit 6 Spare, shall be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver. Bit 5 to Bit 1 Interface Type: This 5 bit wide integer can take the following values representing interface type and endpoint: 0: S1-U eNodeB GTP-U interface 1: S1-U SGW GTP-U interface 2: S12 RNC GTP-U interface 3: S12 SGW GTP-U interface 4: S5/S8 SGW GTP-U interface 5: S5/S8 PGW GTP-U interface 6: S5/S8 SGW GTP-C interface 7: S5/S8 PGW GTP-C interface 8: S5/S8 SGW PMIPv6 interface (the 32 bit GRE key is encoded in 32 bit TEID field and since alternate CoA is not used the control plane and user plane addresses are the same for PMIPv6)

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9: S5/S8 PGW PMIPv6 interface (the 32 bit GRE key is encoded in 32 bit TEID field and the control plane and user plane addresses are the same for PMIPv6) 10: S11 MME GTP-C interface 11: S11/S4 SGW GTP-C interface 12: S10 MME GTP-C interface 13: S3 MME GTP-C interface 14: S3 SGSN GTP-C interface 15: S4 SGSN GTP-U interface 16: S4 SGW GTP-U interface 17: S4 SGSN GTP-C interface 18: S16 SGSN GTP-C interface 19: eNodeB GTP-U interface for DL data forwarding 20: eNodeB GTP-U interface for UL data forwarding 21: RNC GTP-U interface for data forwarding 22: SGSN GTP-U interface for data forwarding 23 SGW GTP-U interface for DL data forwarding 24 Sm MBMS GW GTP-C interface 25 Sn MBMS GW GTP-C interface 26 Sm MME GTP-C interface 27 Sn SGSN GTP-C interface 28: SGW GTP-U interface for UL data forwarding Other values of "Interface Type" are spare and reserved for future use. Octet 6 to 9 (TEID/GRE field) represent either a TEID or a GRE key. If both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are present in FTEID IE, then the TEID value shall be shared by both addresses. Octets "m to (m+3)" and/or "p to (p+15)" (IPv4 address / IPv6 address fields), if present, contain respective address values.

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TMSI
Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 88 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance TMSI The TMSI is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. 7 6

The TMSI, unambiguously associated with a given UE and Location area, is given by:
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 1

Figure 8.23-1: TMSI

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Global CN-Id
Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 89 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 CN-Id The CN-Id is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. 7 6

The Global CN-Id is coded as depicted in Figure 8.24-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to (n+4) 8 1

Figure 8.24-1: Global CN-Id If an Administration decides to include only two digits in the MNC, then bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111".

8.25

S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info (S103PDF)

The HSGW Address and GRE Key identify a GRE Tunnel towards a HSGW over S103 interface for a specific PDN connection of the UE. The EPS Bearer IDs specify the EPS Bearers which require data forwarding that belonging to this PDN connection. The number of EPS bearer Ids included is specified by the value of EPS Bearer ID Number. The spare bits indicate unused bits, which shall be set to 0 by the sending side and which shall not be evaluated by the receiving side.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (m+5) (m+6)- to (m+9) (m+10) (m+11) to (m+10+k) 8 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 90 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance HSGW Address for forwarding Length = m HSGW Address for forwarding [4..16] GRE Key 7 6 EPS Bearer ID Number = k Spare EPS Bearer ID 1

Figure 8.25-1: S103 PDN Data Forwarding Info

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S1-U Data Forwarding (S1UDF)

The Serving GW Address and Serving GW S1-U TEID consist the S1-U Tunnel information allocated by the Serving GW for an EPS Bearer identified by the EPS Bearer ID which requires data forwarding during active handover from EUTRAN Access to cdma2000 HRPD Access. The spare bits indicate unused bits, which shall be set to 0 by the sending side and which shall not be evaluated by the receiving side.

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Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 91 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare EPS Bearer ID Serving GW Address Length = m These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified Serving GW S1-U TEID 8 7 6

Figure 8.26-1: S1-U Data Forwarding Info

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Delay Value
Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 92 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Delay Value in integer multiples of 50 millisecs, or zero These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Delay Value is coded as depicted in Figure 8.27-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4)

Figure 8.27-1: Delay Value Delay Value is set to zero in order to clear a previously set delay condition.

8.28

Bearer Context

Bearer Context is a grouped IE containing a number of other IEs. Which of those IEs are mandatory, optional or conditional and the conditions that apply are GTP message specific, and described in the corresponding subclause under clause 7. Bearer Context may be repeated within a message with exactly the same Type and Instance values to represent a list of Bearer Contexts. Bearer Context is coded as depicted in Table 8.28-1. Table 8.28-1: Bearer Context Grouped Type
Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements P NOTE: Bearer Context IE Type = 93 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type

Ins.

This table uses a 5-column format in order to match the format used in subclauses of clause 7, where the usage of this IE is further detailed for each specific GTP message including it.

8.29

Charging ID

The Charging ID is a unique four-octet value generated by the PGW when a bearer is activated. A Charging ID is generated for each bearer. The Charging ID value 0 is reserved and shall not be assigned by the PGW.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5-8 9-(n+4)

Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 94 (decimal) Length = 4 Spare Instance Charging ID value These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Figure 8.29-1: Charging ID

8.30

Charging Characteristics

The charging characteristics information element is defined in 3GPP TS 32.251 [8] and is a way of informing both the SGW and PGW of the rules for producing charging information based on operator configured triggers. For the encoding of this information element see 3GPP TS 32.298 [9].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 6 7 to (n+4) Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 95 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Charging Characteristics value These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Figure 8.30-1: Charging Characteristics

8.31

Trace Information

Trace Information is coded as depicted in Figure 8.31-1. See 3GPP TS 32.422 [18] for details on trace related information.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to10 11 to 19 20 to 21 22 23 to 34 35 to (n+4) 8 Bits 5 4 3 2 Type = 96(decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Trace ID Triggering Events List of NE Types Session Trace Depth List of Interfaces IP Address of Trace Collection Entity 7 6 1

Figure 8.31-1: Trace Information Octets 5 to 10 represent the Trace Reference parameter as defined in 3GPP TS 32.422 [18], clause 5.6. Triggering Events, List of NE Types, Session Trace Depth and List of Interfaces are specified in 3GPP TS 32.422 [18] See 3GPP TS 24.008 [5], clause 10.5.1.4, Mobile Identity, for the coding of MCC and MNC, whose values are obtained from the serving PLMN that the EM/NM is managing. If MNC is 2 digits long, bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111".

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Bearer Flags

Bearer Flags is coded as depicted in Figure 8.32-1.

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Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 97 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare VB PPC These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

Figure 8.32-1: Bearer Flags The following bits within Octet 5 indicate: Bit 1 PPC (Prohibit Payload Compression): This flag is used to determine whether an SGSN should attempt to compress the payload of user data when the users asks for it to be compressed (PPC = 0), or not (PPC = 1). Bit 2 VB (Voice Bearer): This flag is used to indicate a voice bearer when doing PS-to-CS SRVCC handover.

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Void PDN Type

Bits 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 99 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare PDN Type These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7 6

The PDN Type is coded as depicted in Figure 8.34-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to n+4)

Figure 8.34-1: PDN Type Table 8.34-1: PDN Type

PDN type value (octet 5) Bits 3 2 1 0 0 1 IPv4 0 1 0 IPv6 0 1 1 IPv4v6 Bits 8-4 of octet 5 are spare and shall be coded as zero.

8.35

Procedure Transaction ID (PTI)

Procedure Transaction Id is coded as depicted in Figure 8.35-1. It is defined in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23], clause 9.4 and is coded as specified in 3GPP TS 24.007 [30], clause 11.2.3.1a Procedure transaction identity.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 100 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Procedure Transaction ID These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.35-1: Procedure Transaction ID

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DRX Parameter
Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 101 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance DRX Parameter

DRX Parameter indicates whether the UE use DRX mode or not, this parameter is coded as depicted in Figure 839-1.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 1

Figure 8.36-1: DRX Parameter

8.37

UE Network Capability

UE Network Capability is coded as depicted in Figure 8.37-1. Actual coding of the UE Network Capability field is defined in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 102 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance UE Network Capability 1

Figure 8.37-1: UE Network Capability

8.38

MM Context

The MM Context information element contains the Mobility Management, UE security parameters that are necessary to transfer over S3/S16/S10 interface. All Spare bits are set to zeros by the sender and ignored by the receiver. Spare bits in MM Context IE shall be set to 1's before sending MM Context IE to pre-R8 SGSN. Security Mode indicates the type of security keys (GSM/UMTS/EPS) and Authentication Vectors (quadruplets /quintuplets/triplets) that are passed to the new MME/SGSN. The DRX parameter coding is specified in clause 9.9.3.34 of 3GPP TS 24.008 [5]. If DRXI (DRX Indicator), bit 4 of octet 5, is set to "1", then the DRX parameter field is present, otherwise its octets are not present. Uplink/downlink Subscribed UE AMBR (Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate) is coded as Unsigned32 integer values in kbps (1000 bps) for all non-GBR bearers according to the subscription of the user. If SAMBRI (Subscribed UE AMBR Indicator), bit 1 of octet 6, is set to "1", then the Uplink/downlink Subscribed UE AMBR parameter field is present, otherwise these parameters are not present. Uplink/downlink Used UE AMBR (Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate) is coded as Unsigned32 integer values in kbps (1000 bps) for all non-GBR bearers currently being used by the UE. If UAMBRI (Used UE AMBR Indicator), bit 2 of octet 6, is set to "1", then the Uplink/downlink Used UE AMBR parameter field is present, otherwise these parameters are not present. The encoding of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) field shall be same as specified in clause 8.10 of this specification. If Length of Mobile Equipment Identity is zero, then the Mobile Equipment Identity parameter shall not be present. If the UE is emergency attached and the UE is UICCless or the IMSI is unauthenticated, Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) shall be used as the UE identity. The UE Network Capability coding is specified in clause 9.9.3.34 of 3GPP TS 24.301 [23]. If Length of UE Network Capability is zero, then the UE Network Capability parameter shall not be present. The MS Network Capability coding is specified in clause 10.5.5.12 of 3GPP TS 24.008 [5]. If Length of MS Network Caapability is zero, then the MS Network Capability parameter shall not be present. Used Cipher indicates the GSM ciphering algorithm that is in use.

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Used NAS Cipher indicates the EPS ciphering algorithm that is in use. The Access restriction data is composed of UNA(UTRAN Not Allowed), GENA(GERAN Not Allowed), GANA(GAN Not Allowed), INA(I-HSPA-Evolution Not Allowed), ENA(E-UTRAN Not Allowed) and HNNA(HO-To-Non-3GPPAccess Not Allowed). As depicted in Figure 8.38-1, the GSM Key, Used Cipher and Authentication Triplets that are unused in the old SGSN shall be transmitted to the new SGSN for the GSM subscribers. The Authentication Triplet coding is specified in Figure 8.38-7.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 15 16 to h (h+1) to (h+2) j to (j+3) (j+4) to (j+7) (j+8) to (j+101) (j+12) to (j+15) j+16 (j+17) to k k+1 (k+2) to m m+1 (m+2) to r r+1 (r+2) to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 103 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Security Mode Spare DRXI CKSN Number of Triplet Spare UAMB SAMB RI RI Spare Used Cipher Kc Authentication Triplet [0..4] DRX parameter 8 7 Uplink Subscribed UE AMBR Downlink Subscribed UE AMBR Uplink Used UE AMBR Downlink Used UE AMBR Length of UE Network Capability UE Network Capability Length of MS Network Capability MS Network Capability Length of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Spare HNNA ENA INA GANA GENA UNA These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.38-1: GSM Key and Triplets As depicted in Figure 8.38-2, the UMTS Key, Used Cipher and Authentication Quintuplets that are unused in the old SGSN shall be transmitted to the new SGSN when the UMTS subscriber is attached to a GSM BSS in the old system, in case the user has a ME capable of UMTS AKA. The Authentication Quintuplet coding is specified in Figure 8.38-8.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 23 24 to 39 40 to h (h+1) to (h+2) j to (j+3) (j+4) to (j+7) (j+8) to (j+11) (j+12) to (j+15) j+16 (j+17) to k k+1 (k+2) to m m+1 (m+2) to r r+1 (r+2) to (n+4)

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 104 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Security Mode Spare DRXI CKSN/KSI Number of Spare UAMB SAMB Quintuplets RI RI Spare Used Cipher CK IK Authentication Quintuplet [0..4] DRX parameter 7 Uplink Subscribed UE AMBR Downlink Subscribed UE AMBR Uplink Used UE AMBR Downlink Used UE AMBR

Length of UE Network Capability UE Network Capability Length of MS Network Capability MS Network Capability Length of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Spare HNNA ENA INA GANA GENA UNA These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.38-2: UMTS Key, Used Cipher and Quintuplets As depicted in Figure 8.38-3, the GSM Key, Used Cipher and Authentication Quintuplets that are unused in the old SGSN shall be transmitted to the new SGSN when the UMTS subscriber is attached to a GSM BSS in the old system, in case the user has a ME no capable of UMTS AKA. The Authentication Quintuplet coding is specified in Figure 8.38-8.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 15 16 to h (h+1) to (h+2) j to (j+3) (j+4) to (j+7) (j+8) to (j+11) (j+12) to (j+15) j+16 (j+17) to k k+1 (k+2) to m m+1 (m+2) to r r+1 (r+2) to (n+4)

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 105 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Security Mode Spare DRXI CKSN/KSI Number of Spare UAMB SAMB Quintuplets RI RI Spare Used Cipher Kc Authentication Quintuplets [0..4] DRX parameter 7 Uplink Subscribed UE AMBR Downlink Subscribed UE AMBR Uplink Used UE AMBR Downlink Used UE AMBR

Length of UE Network Capability UE Network Capability Length of MS Network Capability MS Network Capability Length of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Spare HNNA ENA INA GANA GENA UNA These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.38-3: GSM Key, Used Cipher and Quintuplets As depicted in Figure 8.38-4, the UMTS Key, KSI and unused Authentication Quintuplets in the old SGSN may be transmitted to the new SGSN/MME when the UMTS subscriber is attached to UTRAN/GERAN in the old system, but it is not allowed to send quintuplets to an MME in a different serving network domain (see 3GPP TS 33.401 [12] clause 6.1.6). The MME may forward the UMTS Key, KSI and unused Authentication Quintuplets which were previously stored back to the same SGSN, for further details, refer to 3GPP TS 33.401 [12]. The Authentication Quintuplet coding is specified in Figure 8.38-8.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 23 24 to 39 40 to h (h+1) to (h+2) j to (j+3) (j+4) to (j+7) (j+8) to (j+11) (j+12) to (j+15) j+16 (j+17) to k k+1 (k+2) to m m+1 (m+2) to r r+1 (r+2) to (n+4)

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 106 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Security Mode Spare DRXI KSI Number of Spare UAMB SAMB Quintuplets RI RI Spare CK IK Authentication Quintuplet [0..4] DRX parameter 7 Uplink Subscribed UE AMBR Downlink Subscribed UE AMBR Uplink Used UE AMBR Downlink Used UE AMBR

Length of UE Network Capability UE Network Capability Length of MS Network Capability MS Network Capability Length of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Spare HNNA ENA INA GANA GENA UNA These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.38-4: UMTS Key and Quintuplets As depicted in Figure 8.38-5, the current EPS Security Context, a non-current EPS Security Context (if available), and unused Authentication Quadruplets in the old MME may be transmitted to the new MME. If the new MME is not in the same serving network domain then only the current EPS Security Context may be transmitted. Authentication Quintuplets shall not be transmitted to the new MME even if the old MME has the Authentication Quintuplets for this UE. The value in Number of Quintuplets field shall be set to '0'. The reasons for not sending Quintuplets are specified in3GPP TS 33.401 [12] clause 6.1.6. The Authentication Quintuplet and Authentication Quadruplet codings are specified in Figure 8.38-8 and Figure 8.38-9 respectively. The value of the NAS Downlink Count shall be set to the value that shall be used to send the next NAS message. The value of the NAS Uplink Count shall be set to the largest NAS Uplink Count that was in a successfully integrity verified NAS message. In Figure 8.38-5, the fields for the Old EPS Security Context (i.e. octets from s to s+64) may be present only in S10 Forward Relocation Request message according to the Rules on Concurrent Running of Security Procedures, which are specified in 3GPP TS 33.401 [12]. The octets for Old EPS Security Context shall be present if the OSCI (Old Security Context Indicator), bit 1 of octet 6) is set to "1"; otherwise they shall not be present. If NHI_old (Next Hop Indicator for old EPS Security Context), bit 1 of octet s, is set to "1", then the parameters old NH (Next Hop) and old NCC (Next Hop Chaining Count) shall be present; otherwise the octets for old NH parameter shall not be present and the value of old NCC parameter shall be ignored by the receiver.

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8 to 10 11 to 13 14 to 45 46 to g (g+1) to h (h+1) to (h+2) p to (p+31) NH p+32 Spare NCC j to (j+3) Uplink Subscribed UE AMBR (j+4) to (j+7) Downlink Subscribed UE AMBR (j+8) to Uplink Used UE AMBR (j+11) (j+12) to Downlink Used UE AMBR (j+15) j+16 Length of UE Network Capability (j+17) to k UE Network Capability k+1 Length of MS Network Capability (k+2) to m MS Network Capability m+1 Length of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) (m+2) to r Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) r+1 Spare HNNA ENA INA GANA GENA UNA s NHI_o Spare old KSIASME old NCC ld (s+1) to old KASME (s+32) (s+33) to old NH (s+64) t to (n+4) These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 107 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Security Mode NHI DRXI KSIASME Number of Number of UAMB OSCI Quintuplets Quadruplet RI SAMB Used NAS integrity Used NAS Cipher RI protection algorithm NAS Downlink Count NAS Uplink Count KASME Authentication Quadruplet [0..4] Authentication Quintuplet [0..4] DRX parameter 8 7

Figure 8.38-5: EPS Security Context and Quadruplets If NHI (Next Hop Indicator), bit 5 of octet 5, is set to "1", then the optional parameters NH (Next Hop) and NCC (Next Hop Chaining Count) are both present, otherwise their octets are not present. NAS integrity protection algorithm is specified in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23]. As depicted in Figure 8.38-6, the old MME will derive CK' and IK' from KASME and transmit the CK' and IK' to the new SGSN. Authentication Quintuplets, if available, shall be transmitted to the SGSN if, and only if the MME received them from this SGSN earlier, according to 3GPP TS 33.401 [12] clause 6.1.5. The value in Number of Quadruplets field shall be set to '0', if Authentication Quadruplets are not present. A key KASME shall never be transmitted to an SGSN according to 3GPP TS 33.401 [12] clause 6.4. The Authentication Quintuplet and Authentication Quadruplet codings are specified in Figure 8.38-8 and Figure 8.38-9 respectively. The old SGSN/MME may deliver both Authentication Quadruplets and Authentication Quintuplets it holds to the peer combo node to optimize the procedure.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 23 24 to 39 40 to g (g+1) to h (h+1) to (h+2) j to (j+3) (j+4) to (j+7) (j+8) to (j+11) (j+12) to (j+15) j+16 (j+17) to k k+1 (k+2) to m m+1 (m+2) to r r+1 (r+2) to (n+4)

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 108 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Security Mode Spare DRXI KSIASME Number of Number of UAMB SAMB Quintuplets Quadruplet RI RI Spare CK IK Authentication Quadruplet [0..4] Authentication Quintuplet [0..4] DRX parameter 7 Uplink Subscribed UE AMBR Downlink Subscribed UE AMBR Uplink Used UE AMBR Downlink Used UE AMBR

Length of UE Network Capability UE Network Capability Length of MS Network Capability MS Network Capability Length of Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Mobile Equipment Identity (MEI) Spare HNNA ENA INA GANA GENA UNA These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.38-6: UMTS Key, Quadruplets and Quintuplets

Bits 5 4 RAND SRES Kc

Octets 1 to 16 17 to 20 21 to 28

Figure 8.38-7: Authentication Triplet

Bits 5 4 RAND XRES Length XRES CK IK AUTN Length AUTN

Octets 1 to 16 17 18 to m (m+1) to (m+16) (m+17) to (m+32) m+33 (m+34) to n

Figure 8.38-8: Authentication Quintuplet

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Figure 8.38-9: Authentication Quadruplet Table 8.38-1: Security Mode Values

Security Type GSM Key and Triplets UMTS Key, Used Cipher and Quintuplets GSM Key, Used Cipher and Quintuplets UMTS Key and Quintuplets EPS Security Context and Quadruplets UMTS Key, Quadruplets and Quintuplets Value (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 5

Table 8.38-2: Used NAS Cipher Values

Cipher Algorithm No ciphering 128-EEA1 128-EEA2 Value (Decimal) 0 1 2

Table 8.38-3: Used Cipher Values

Cipher Algorithm No ciphering GEA/1 GEA/2 GEA/3 GEA/4 GEA/5 GEA/6 GEA/7 Value (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8.39

PDN Connection

The PDN connection is a grouped IE containing a number of other IEs and shall be coded as depicted in Table 8.39-1. The PDN Connection IE may be repeated within a message when more than one PDN Connection is required to be sent. If so, the repeated IEs shall have exactly the same Instance values to represent a list of grouped IEs. Table 8.39-1: PDN Connection Grouped Type
Octet 1 Octets 2 and 3 Octet 4 Information elements NOTE: PDN Connection IE Type = 109 (decimal) Length = n Spare and Instance fields Condition / Comment

IE Type

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8.40

PDU Numbers

The PDU Numbers information element contains the sequence number status corresponding to a Bearer context in the old SGSN. This information element shall be sent only when acknowledged peer-to-peer LLC operation is used for the Bearer context or when the "delivery order" QoS attribute is set in the Bearer context QoS profile. NSAPI identifies the Bearer context for which the PDU Number IE is intended. DL GTP-U Sequence Number is the number for the next downlink GTP-U T-PDU to be sent to the UE when "delivery order" is set. UL GTP-U Sequence Number is the number for the next uplink GTP-U T-PDU to be tunnelled to the S-GW when "delivery order" is set. The Send N-PDU Number is used only when acknowledged peer-to-peer LLC operation is used for the Bearer context. Send N-PDU Number is the N-PDU number to be assigned by SNDCP to the next down link N-PDU received from the S-GW. The Receive N-PDU Number is used only when acknowledged peer-to-peer LLC operation is used for the Bearer context. The Receive N-PDU Number is the N-PDU number expected by SNDCP from the next up link N-PDU to be received from the UE. The PDU Number IE will be repeated for each Bearer Context for which this IE is required. PDU Numbers IE is coded as depicted in Figure 8.40-1.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 110 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare(0 0 0 0) NSAPI DL GTP-U Sequence Number UL GTP-U Sequence Number Send N-PDU Number Receive N-PDU Number These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.40-1: PDU Numbers

8.41

Packet TMSI (P-TMSI)

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 111 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Packet TMSI (P-TMSI) The P-TMSI is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. 7

The P-TMSI, unambiguously associated with a given UE and routeing area, is given by:
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8

Figure 8.41-1: Packet TMSI (P-TMSI)

8.42

P-TMSI Signature

The P-TMSI Signature information element is provided by the UE in the Routeing Area Update Request and Attach Request messages to the SGSN, or is provided by the MME that is mapped from GUTI in the Identification Request and Context Request messages to the old SGSN for identification checking purposes. The content and the coding of the PTMSI Signature information element are defined in 3GPP TS 24.008 [5].

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Figure 8.42-1: P-TMSI Signature

8.43

Hop Counter

Where Intra Domain Connection of RAN Nodes to Multiple CN Node is applied, the Hop Counter may be used to prevent endless loops when relaying Identification Request messages and Context Request messages. The maximum value is operator specific and shall not be lower than 1.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 113 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Hop Counter These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.43-1: Hop Counter

8.44

UE Time Zone

UE Time Zone is used to indicate the offset between universal time and local time in steps of 15 minutes of where the UE currently resides. The "Time Zone" field uses the same format as the "Time Zone" IE in 3GPP TS 24.008 [5]. UE Time Zone is coded as this is depicted in Figure 8.44-1. The spare bits indicate unused bits, which shall be set to 0 by the sending side and which shall not be evaluated by the receiving side.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 114 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Time Zone Spare Daylight Saving Time These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.44-1: UE Time Zone Table 8.44-2 Possible values for the "Daylight Saving Time" field and their meanings.
Daylight Saving Time No adjustment for Daylight Saving Time +1 hour adjustment for Daylight Saving Time +2 hours adjustment for Daylight Saving Time Spare Value (binary) Bit 2 Bit 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

8.45

Trace Reference

Trace Reference shall be coded as depicted in Figure 8.45-1. See 3GPP TS 32.422 [18], clause 5.6, for the definition of Trace Reference.

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See 3GPP TS 24.008 [5], clause 10.5.1.4, Mobile Identity, for the coding of MCC and MNC, whose values are obtained from the serving PLMN that the EM/NM is managing. If MNC is 2 digits long, bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111".
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to10 8 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 115 (decimal) Length = 6 Spare Instance MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Trace ID 7 1

Figure 8.45-1: Trace Reference

8.46

Complete Request Message

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 116 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Complete Request Message Type Complete Request Message

The Complete Request Message is coded as depicted in Figure 8.46-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6- to (n+4) 8 7 1

Figure 8.46-1: Complete Request Message Complete Request Message type values are specified in Table 8.46-1. Table 8.46-1: Complete Request Message type values and their meanings
Location Types Complete Attach Request Message Complete TAU Request Message <spare> Values (Decimal) 0 1 2-255

8.47

GUTI
Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 117 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 MME Group ID MME Code M-TMSI 7

The GUTI is coded as depicted in Figure 8.47-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 7 8 to 9 10 11 to (n+4) 8 1

Figure 8.47-1: GUTI If an Administration decides to include only two digits in the MNC, then bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111".

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8.48

Fully Qualified Container (F-Container)

Fully Qualified Container (F-TEID) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.48-1. All Spare bits are set to zeros by the sender and ignored by the receiver. If the F-Container field is constructed from the received container in the message on the Iu-PS or S1-AP interface, the F-Container field shall be encoded as the content part (excluding IE-ID, criticality, pad and length part) of corresponding parameter.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 118 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare Container Type F-Container field 1

Figure 8.48-1: Full Qualified Container (F-Container) The Container Type is coded as below: If this field is set to 1, then the F-Container field present the UTRAN transparent container. If this field is set to 2, then the F-Container field present the BSS container.

- If this field is set to 3, then the F-Container field present the E-UTRAN transparent container. The BSS Container IE in the Bearer Context IE in Forward Relocation Request and Context Response messages is coded as depicted in Figure 8.48-2.
Bits Octets 6 a b c d to n 8 7 6 Spare 4 3 2 1 PHX SAPI RP PFI Packet Flow ID SAPI Spare Radio Priority XiD parameters length XiD parameters 5

Figure 8.48-2: BSS Container The flags PFI, RP, SAPI and PHX in octet 6 indicate the corresponding type of paratemer (Packet FlowID, Radio Priority, SAPI and PS handover XID parameters) shall be present in a respective field or not. If one of these flags is set to "0", the corresponding field shall not be present at all. The Spare bit shall be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver. If PFI flag is set, Packet Flow ID shall be present in Octet a. If RP flag is set, Radio Priority shall be present in Octet b. If SAPI flag is set, SAPI shall be present in Octet b. If PHX flag is set: XiD parameters length is present in Octet c. XiD parameters are present in Octet d to n.

8.49

Fully Qualified Cause (F-Cause)

Fully Qualified Cause (F- Cause) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.49-1.

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Figure 8.49-1: Full Qualified Cause (F-Cause) The value of Instance field of the F-Cause IE in a GTPv2 message shall indicate whether the F-Cause field contains RANAP Cause, BSSGP Cause or RAN Cause. If the F-Cause field contains RAN Cause, the Cause Type field shall contain the RAN cause subcategory as specified in 3GPP TS 36.413 [10] and it shall be encoded as in Table 8.49-1. If the F-Cause field contains BSSGP Cause or RANAP Cause, the Cause Type field shall be ignored by the receiver. All spare bits shall be set to zeros by the sender and ignored by the receiver. F-Cause field is coded as follows: For RANAP Cause, the F-Cause field contains the cause as defined in 3GPP TS 25.413 [33]. The value of FCause field (which has a range of 1..512) is transferred over the Iu interface and encoded into two octet as binary integer. For BSSGP Cause, the F-Cause field contains the cause as defined in 3GPP TS 48.018 [34]. The value of FCause field (which has a range of 1..255) is transferred over the Gb interface and encoded into one octet as binary integer. For RAN Cause, the F-Cause field contains the cause as defined in clause 9.2.1.3 in 3GPP TS 36.413 [10]. The value of F-Cause field (and the associated RAN cause subcategory) is transferred over the S1-AP interface and encoded into one octet as binary integer. Table 8.49-1: Cause Type values and their meanings
Cause Type Radio Network Layer Transport Layer NAS Protocol Miscellaneous <spare> Values (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 5 to15

8.50

Selected PLMN ID

The Selected PLMN ID IE contains the core network operator selected for tne UE in a shared network. Octets 5-7 shall be encoded as the content part of the "Selected PLMN Identity" parameter in 3GPP TS 36.413 [10].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 120 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Selected PLMN ID 1

Figure 8.50-1: Selected PLMN ID

8.51

Target Identification

The Target Identification information element is coded as depicted in Figure 8.51-1.

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Figure 8.51-1: Target Identification Target Type values are specified in Table 8.51-1. The Target Type is RNC ID for SRNS relocation procedure, handover to UTRAN and RAN Information Relay towards UTRAN or GERAN operating in GERAN Iu mode. In this case the Target ID field shall be encoded as the Target RNC-ID part of the "Target ID" parameter in 3GPP TS 25.413 [33]. Therefore, the "Choice Target ID" that indicates "Target RNC-ID" (numerical value of 0x20) shall not be included (value in octet 5 specifies the target type). The Target Type is Macro eNodeB ID for handover to E-UTRAN Macro eNodeB and RAN Information Relay towards E-UTRAN. In this case the coding of the Target ID field shall be coded as depicted in Figure 8.51-2.
Octets 6 7 8 9 10 to 11 12 to 13 8 Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Spare Macro eNodeB ID Macro eNodeB ID Tracking Area Code (TAC)

Figure 8.51-2: Target ID for Type Macro eNodeB The Macro eNodeB ID consists of 20 bits. Bit 4 of Octet 4 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet 6 is the least significant bit. The coding of the Macro eNodeB ID is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used. The Target Type is Home eNodeB ID for handover to E-UTRAN Home eNodeB. In this case the coding of the Target ID field shall be coded as depicted in Figure 8.51-3.
Octets 6 7 8 9 10 to 12 13 to 14 8 Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 Spare Home eNodeB ID Home eNodeB ID Tracking Area Code (TAC)

Figure 8.51-3: Target ID for Type Home eNodeB The Home eNodeB ID consists of 28 bits. See 3GPP TS 36.413 [10]. Bit 4 of Octet 9 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet 12 is the least significant bit. The coding of the Home eNodeB ID is the responsibility of each administration. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used. The Target Type is Cell Identifier for handover to GERAN and RAN Information Relay towards GERAN. In this case the coding of the Target ID field shall be same as the Octets 3 to 10 of the Cell Identifier IEI in 3GPP TS 48.018 [34]. Table 8.51-1: Target Type values and their meanings
Target Types RNC ID Macro eNodeB ID Cell Identifier Home eNodeB ID <spare> Values (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 to 255

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Void Packet Flow ID

The Packet Flow Id information element contains the packet flow identifier assigned to an EPS Bearer context as identified by EPS Bearer ID. The spare bits 8 to 5 in octet 5 indicate unused bits, which shall be set to 0 by the sending side and which shall not be evaluated by the receiving side.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 123 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare EBI Packet Flow ID 1

Figure 8.53-1: Packet Flow ID

8.54

RAB Context
Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 124 (decimal) Length = 9 Spare Instance Spare NSAPI DL GTP-U Sequence Number UL GTP-U Sequence Number DL PDCP Sequence Number UL PDCP Sequence Number

The RAB Context shall be coded as is depicted in Figure 8.54-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to 7 8 to 9 10 to 11 12 to 13 8 7 1

Figure 8.54-1: RAB Context The RAB Context IE may be repeated within a message with exactly the same Type and Instance to represent a list. The RAB context information element contains sequence number status for one RAB in RNC, which corresponds to one PDP context. The RAB contexts are transferred between the RNCs via the SGSNs at inter SGSN hard handover. NSAPI identifies the PDP context and the associated RAB for which the RAB context IE is intended. DL GTP-U Sequence Number is the number for the next downlink GTP-U T-PDU to be sent to the UE. UL GTP-U Sequence Number is the number for the next uplink GTP-U T-PDU to be tunnelled to the SGW. DL PDCP Sequence Number is the number for the next downlink PDCP-PDU to be sent to the UE. UL PDCP Sequence Number is the number for the next uplink PDCP-PDU to be received from the UE.

8.55

Source RNC PDCP context info

The purpose of the Source RNC PDCP context info IE is to transfer RNC PDCP context information from a source RNC to a target RNC during an SRNS relocation.

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Figure 8.55-1: Source RNC PDCP context info

8.56

UDP Source Port Number

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 126 (decimal) Length = 2 Spare Instance UDP Source Port Number These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

UDP Source Port Number is coded as depicted in Figure 8.56-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 6 7 to (n+4)

Figure 8.56-1: UDP Source Port Number

8.57

APN Restriction

The APN Restriction information element contains an unsigned integer value indicating the level of restriction imposed on EPS Bearer Contexts created to the associated APN. The APN Restriction IE is coded as depicted in Figure 8.57-1:
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 127 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Restriction Type value These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.57-1: APN Restriction Type Information Element An APN Restriction value may be configured for each APN in the PGW. It is used to determine, on a per UE basis, whether it is allowed to establish EPS bearers to other APNs. Table 8.57-1: Valid Combinations of APN Restriction
Maximum APN Restriction Value 0 1 2 3 4 Type of APN Application Example APN Restriction Value allowed to be established

No Existing Contexts or Restriction Public-1 Public-2 Private-1 Private-2 MMS Internet Corporate (e.g. who use MMS) Corporate (e.g. who do not use MMS)

All 1, 2, 3 1, 2 1 None

8.58

Selection Mode

The Selection mode information element indicates the origin of the APN in the message.

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Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 128 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare Selec. Mode

Figure 8.58-1: Selection Mode Information Element Table 8.58-1: Selection Mode Values
Selection mode value MS or network provided APN, subscribed verified MS provided APN, subscription not verified Network provided APN, subscription not verified For future use. Shall not be sent. If received, shall be interpreted as the value "2". Value (Decimal) 0 1 2 3

8.59

Source Identification
Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 129 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Target Cell ID Source Type Source ID

The Source Identification information element is coded as depicted in Figure 8.59-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 12 13 14 to (n+4) 8 7 1

Figure 8.59-1: Source Identification The Target Cell ID shall be same as the Octets 3 to 10 of the Cell Identifier IEI in 3GPP TS 48.018 [34]. Source Type values are specified in Table 8.59-1. The Source Type is Cell ID for PS handover from GERAN A/Gb mode. In this case the coding of the Source ID field shall be same as the Octets 3 to 10 of the Cell Identifier IEI in 3GPP TS 48.018 [34]. The Source Type is RNC ID for PS handover from GERAN Iu mode or for inter-RAT handover from UTRAN. In this case the Source ID field shall be encoded as as the Source RNC-ID part of the "Source ID" parameter in 3GPP TS 25.413 [33]. Table 8.59-1: Source Type values and their meanings
Source Types Values (Decimal) Cell ID 0 RNC ID 1 reserved (NOTE) 2 <spare> 3-255 NOTE: This value was allocated in an earlier version of the protocol and shall not be used.

8.60 8.61

Void Change Reporting Action

Change Reporting Action IE is coded as depicted in Figure 8.61-1.

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Figure 8.61-1: Change Reporting Action Table 8.61-1: Action values

Action Stop Reporting Start Reporting CGI/SAI Start Reporting RAI Start Reporting TAI Start Reporting ECGI Start Reporting CGI/SAI and RAI Start Reporting TAI and ECGI <spare> Value (Decimal) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-255

Stop Reporting stops all reporting action types.

8.62

Fully qualified PDN Connection Set Identifier (FQ-CSID)

A fully qualified PDN Connection Set Identifier (FQ-CSID) identifies a set of PDN connections belonging to an arbitrary number of UEs on a MME, SGW or PGW. The FQ-CSID is used on S5, S8 and S11 interfaces. The size of CSID is two octets. The FQ-CSID is coded as follows:
Octets 1 2 to -3 4 5 6 to p (p+1) to (p+2) (p+3) to (p+4) ... q to q+1 (q+2) to (n+4) 8 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 132 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Node-ID Type Number of CSIDs= m Node-ID First PDN Connection Set Identifier (CSID) 7 Second PDN Connection Set Identifier (CSID) ... m-th PDN Connection Set Identifier (CSID) These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.62-1: FQ-CSID Where Node-ID Type values are: 0 indicates that Node-ID is a global unicast IPv4 address and p = 9. 1 indicates that Node-ID is a global unicast IPv6 address and p = 21. 2 indicates that Node-ID is a 4 octets long field with a 32 bit value stored in network order, and p= 9. The coding of the field is specified below: Most significant 20 bits are the binary encoded value of (MCC * 1000 + MNC). Least significant 12 bits is a 12 bit integer assigned by an operator to an MME, SGW or PGW. Other values of Node-ID Type are reserved.

Values of Number of CSID other than 1 are only employed in the Delete PDN Connection Set Request and Response.

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The node that creates the FQ-CSID, (i.e. MME for MME FQ-CSID, SGW for SGW FQ-CSID, and PGW for PGW FQ-CSID), is responsible for making sure the Node-ID is globally unique and the CSID value is unique within that node. When a FQ-CSID is stored by a receiving node, it is stored on a PDN basis even for messages impacting only one bearer (i.e. Create Bearer Request). See 3GPP TS 23.007 [17] for further details on the CSID and what specific requirements are placed on the PGW, SGW and MME.

8.63

Channel needed

The Channel needed shall be coded as depicted in Figure 8.63-1. Channel needed is coded as the IEI part and the value part of the Channel Needed IE defined in 3GPP TS 44.018[28]
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 133 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Channel Needed 1

Figure 8.63-1: Channel needed

8.64

eMLPP Priority

The eMLPP-Priority shall be coded as depicted in Figure 8.64-1. The eMLPP Priority is coded as the value part of the eMLPP-Priority IE defined in 3GPP TS 48.008 [29] (not including 3GPP TS 48.008 IEI and 3GPP TS 48.008 [29] length indicator).
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 134 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance eMLPP-Priority 1

Figure 8.64-1: eMLPP Priority

8.65

Node Type
Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 135 (decimal) Length = 1 (decimal) Spare Instance Node Type These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Node Type is coded as this is depicted in Figure 8.65-1.

Octets 1 2-3 4 5 6-(n+4)

Figure 8.65-1: Node Type Node type values are specified in Table 8.65-1. Table 8. 65-1: Node Type values
Node Types MME SGSN <spare> Values (Decimal) 0 1 2-255

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8.66

Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 136 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.66-1.

Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 1

Figure 8.66-1: Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) The FQDN field encoding shall be identical to the encoding of a FQDN within a DNS message of section 3.1 of IETF RFC 1035 [31] but excluding the trailing zero byte. NOTE 1: The FQDN field in the IE is not encoded as a dotted string as commonly used in DNS master zone files. A "PGW node name" IE in S3/S10/S16 GTP messages shall be a PGW host name as per subclause 4.3.2 of 3GPP TS 29.303 [32] when the PGW FQDN IE is populated from 3GPP TS 29.303 [32] procedures. Specifically, the first DNS label is either "topon" or "topoff", and the canonical node name of the PGW starts at the third label. The same rules apply to "SGW node name" IE on S3/S10/S16. NOTE 2: The constraint of subclause 4.3.2 of 3GPP TS 29.303 format is on populating the IE by 3GPP nodes for 3GPP nodes, the receiver shall not reject an IE that is otherwise correctly formatted since the IE might be populated for a non-3GPP node.

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Private Extension is coded as depicted in Figure 8.Figure 8.67-1. Enterprise ID can be found at IANA web site (http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers).
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 6 7 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 255 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Enterprise ID Proprietary value 1

Figure 8.67-1. Private Extension

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Transaction Identifier (TI)

Transaction Identifier is coded as depicted in Figure 8.68-1. It is defined in 3GPP TS 24.301 [23], clause 9.9.4.17 and is coded as specified in 3GPP TS 24.007 [30], clause 11.2.3.1.3 Transaction identifier.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 137 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Transaction Identifier 1

Figure 8.68-1: Transaction Identifier

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The MBMS Session Duration is defined in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. The MBMS Session Duration information element indicates the estimated session duration of the MBMS service data transmission if available. The payload shall be encoded as per the MBMS-Session-Duration AVP defined in 3GPP TS 29.061 [38], excluding the AVP Header fields (as defined in IETF RFC 3588 [39], section 4.1).
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 7 8 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 138 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MBMS Session Duration These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.69-1: MBMS Session Duration

8.70

MBMS Service Area

The MBMS Service Area is defined in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. The MBMS Service Area information element indicates the area over which the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service is to be distributed. The payload shall be encoded as per the MBMS-Service-Area AVP defined in 3GPP TS 29.061 [38], excluding the AVP Header fields (as defined in IETF RFC 3588 [39], section 4.1).
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to (n+4) 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 139 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MBMS Service Area 1

Figure 8.70-1: MBMS Service Area

8.71

MBMS Session Identifier

The MBMS Session Identifier information element contains a Session Identifier allocated by the BM-SC. The MBMS Session Identifier value part consists of 1 octet. The content and the coding are defined in 3GPP TS 29.061 [38].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to (n+4) Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 140 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MBMS Session Identifier These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.71-1: MBMS Session Identifier

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MBMS Flow Identifier

The MBMS Flow Identifier is defined in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. In broadcast mode, the MBMS Flow Identifier information element is included in MBMS Session Management messages to differentiate the different sub-sessions of an MBMS user service (identified by the TMGI) providing location-dependent content. The payload shall be encoded as per the MBMS-Flow-Identifier AVP defined in 3GPP TS 29.061 [38], excluding the AVP Header fields (as defined in IETF RFC 3588 [39], section 4.1).

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Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 141 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance MBMS Flow Identifer These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.72-1: MBMS Flow Identifier

8.73

MBMS IP Multicast Distribution

The MBMS IP Multicast Distribution IE is sent by the MBMS GW to the MME/SGSN in the MBMS Session Start Request. Source Specific Multicasting is used according to IETF RFC 4607 [40]. The IP Multicast Distribution Address and the IP Multicast Source Address fields contain the IPv4 or IPv6 address as defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2]. The Address Type and Address Length fields from 3GPP TS 23.003 [2] shall be included in each field. MBMS HC Indicator represents an indication if header compression should be used for MBMS user plane data. The values are defined in 3GPP TS 25.413 [33].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 8 9 to k (k+1) to (m+3) m+4 (m+5) to (n+4) 8 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 142 (decimal) Length=n Spare Instance Common Tunnel Endpoint Identifier Data IP Multicast Distribution Address (IPv4 or IPv6) IP Multicast Source Address (IPv4 or IPv6) 7

MBMS HC Indicator These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.73-1: MBMS IP Multicast Distribution

8.74

MBMS Distribution Acknowledge

The MBMS Distribution Acknowledge IE is sent by the SGSN to the MBMS GW in the MBMS Session Start Response and MBMS Session Update Response. It is used by the MBMS GW to decide if an IP Multicast Distribution user plane shall be established, or a normal point-to-point user plane, or both.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to n+4 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 1 Type = 143 (decimal) Length = n Spare Instance Spare Distr Ind These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified 8 7

Figure 8.74-1: MBMS Distribution Acknowledge

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Table 8.74-1: Distribution Indication values

Distribution Indication No RNCs have accepted IP multicast distribution All RNCs have accepted IP multicast distribution Some RNCs have accepted IP multicast distribution Spare. For future use. Value (Decimal) 0 1 2 3

8.75 User CSG Information (UCI)

User CSG Information (UCI) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.75-1. The CSG ID is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].
Bits Octets 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Type = 145 2 to 3 Length = n 4 Spare Instance 5 MCC digit 2 MCC digit 1 6 MNC digit 3 MCC digit 3 7 MNC digit 2 MNC digit 1 8 spare CSG ID 9 to11 CSG ID 12 Access mode spare CMI 13 to (n+4) These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.75-1: User CSG Information For two digits in the MNC, bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111". The CSG ID consists of 4 octets. Bit 3 of Octet 8 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet 11 is the least significant bit. The coding of the CSG ID is the responsibility of the operator that allocates the CSG ID by administrative means. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used. Access mode values are specified in Table 8.75-1. Table 8.75-1: Access mode values and their meanings
Access Mode Closed Mode Hybrid Mode Reserved Values (Decimal) 0 1 2-3

CSG Membership Indication (CMI) values are specified in Table 8.75-2. CMI shall be included in the User CSG Information if the Access mode is Hybrid Mode. For the other values of Access Mode, the CMI shall be set to 0 by the sender and ignored by the receiver. Table 8.75-2: CSG Membership indication (CMI)
CMI Non CSG membership CSG membership Values (Decimal) 0 1

8.76 CSG Information Reporting Action

CSG Information Reporting Action is coded as depicted in Figure 8.76-1.

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Instance UCIU UCIS UCIC HC HC SG These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Spare Spare

Figure 8.76-1: CSG Reporting Action The following bits within Octet 5 shall indicate: Bit 1 UCICSG: When set to "1", shall indicate to start reporting User CSG Info when the UE enters/leaves/access through the CSG Cell. Bit 2 UCISHC: When set to "1", shall indicate to start reporting User CSG Info when the UE enters/leaves/access through Subscribed Hybrid Cell. Bit 3 UCIUHC: When set to "1", shall indicate to start Reporting User CSG Info when the UE enters/leaves/access through Unsubscribed Hybrid Cell.

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RFSP Index

Index to RAT/Frequency Selection Priority (RFSP Index) is coded as depicted in Figure 8.77-1. It is defined in 3GPP TS 36.413 [10] as Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority (SPIRFP). The SPIRFP is an integer between 1 and 256, which requires two octets.
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 to 6 8 7 Bits 6 5 4 3 2 Type = 144 (decimal) Length = 2 Spare Instance RFSP Index 1

Figure 8.77-1. RFSP Index

8.78 CSG ID
CSG ID is coded as depicted in Figure 8.78-1. The CSG ID is defined in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].
Octets 1 2 to 3 4 5 6 to 8 9 to (n+4) 8 7 6 Bits 5 4 Type = 147 Length = n 3 2 1

Spare Spare

Instance CSG ID

CSG ID These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.78-1: CSG ID The CSG ID consists of 4 octets. Bit 3 of Octet 4 is the most significant bit and bit 1 of Octet 7 is the least significant bit. The coding of the CSG ID is the responsibility of the operator that allocates the CSG ID by administrative means. Coding using full hexadecimal representation shall be used.

8.79 CSG Membership Indication (CMI)

CSG Membership Indication is coded as depicted in Figure 8.79-1.

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Instance Spare CMI These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Spare

Figure 8.79-1: CSG Membership Indication CSG Membership Indication (CMI) values are specified in Table 8.79-2. Table 8.79-2: CSG Membership indication (CMI)
CMI CSG membership Non CSG membership Values (Decimal) 0 1

Security

GTPv2-C communications shall be protected according to security mechanisms defined in 3GPP TS 33.401 [12].

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IP Version

GTPv2 entities shall support both versions of the Internet Protocol, version 4 (IPv4) as defined by IETF RFC 791 [6], and version 6 (IPv6) as defined by IETF RFC 2460 [16].

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IP Fragmentation

It is specified here how the fragmentation mechanism shall work with GTP-C. Fragmentation should be avoided if possible. Examples of fragmentation drawbacks are: Fragmentation is inefficient, since the complete IP header is duplicated in each fragment. If one fragment is lost, the complete packet has to be discarded. The reason is that no selective retransmission of fragments is possible.

Path MTU discovery should be used, especially if GTPv2-C message is encapsulated with IPv6 header. The application should find out the path MTU, and thereby utilise more efficient fragmentation mechanisms.

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Annex A (Informative): Backward Compatibility Guidelines for Information Elements

In order to preserve backward compatibility, the following rules should apply when adding or modifying information elements for existing messages. No new mandatory (M) information elements should be added. No new conditional (C) information elements should be added. Any new IEs should be either: optional (O), having no conditions on their presence, or conditional-optional (CO), having conditions that should apply only to the sender and not to the receiver. Such conditions should be worded generally as follows: "This IE shall be sent over the xxx interface <condition>. The receiving entity need not check the IE's presence." If any new conditions are added to a previously specified conditional (C) information element, these new conditions should apply only to the sender and not to the receiver. Such additional conditions should be worded generally as follows: "This IE shall be sent over the xxx interface <condition>. For this optional condition, the receiving entity need not check the IE's presence." Existing conditions for such conditional (C) IEs should be treated as before, and the presence of the IEs should remain conditional (C).

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CP-090534 C4-092105 0269

APN AMBR clarification Delete Bearer Request when ISR activated Clarify the usage of the MS validated IE UDP Source port and IP Source Address Recovery IE APN Information Cause value Cleanup indication Cleanup the usage of some messages Linked EPS Bearer ID PCO parameter PDP Context Activation User Location Info F-Cause IE correction Message granularity Bearer Context in the Modify Bearer Command Sequence Number Extension Bearer Resource Command clarification Piggybacked message clarifications Corrections on handling Charging ID IE and Charging Characteristics IE Usage of GTPv2-C Header Create Session Request and Response Cleanup Editors Note Message format and Type values S16 Influence MM Context F-Container Change Reporting Action Procedure names Changes to Create-Session-Request and Create-Session-Response messages Changes to Modify-Bearer-Response Piggybacking Clarifications Delete Bearer Request Cause value for ISR deactivation Modify Bearer Request Bearer Level QoS Possible reject response Cause values in GTPv2 message descriptions SGW F-TEID for S1-U, S12 and S4 for User Plane Clarification on the usage of Version Not Supported Indication Clarifications on Sender-F-TEID for CP and S3/S10/S16 CP IP Addr and TEID IEs Cause Value in Echo Response Corrections in ULI IE and PDN Connection IE definitions GTPv2 Initial and Triggered Message definition and Sequence Number handling Missing Cause values in some message descriptions Add TAC to Target Identification IE IMSI and Sender F-TEID in Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Messages Indication in Forward Relocation messages Paging cause Correlate the bearers in the Create Bearer Response Cleanup cause values Delete Bearer Failure Indication Cleanup Modify Bearer Request IEs in Response CS Paging Indication Serving Network Service Handover support Fix incorrect interface name, incorrect reference and other misreading texts Clarification on cause value for Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication

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CP-090535 C4-092709 0330 CP-090535 C4-092388 0332 CP-090535 C4-092397 0334 CP-090535 CP-090535 CP-090535 CP-090535 CP-090729 C4-092740 C4-092712 C4-092713 C4-092714 C4-092626 0335 0338 0339 0340 0341

CP-090729 C4-092738 0342 CP-090535 C4-092634 0346 CP-090535 CP-090535 CP-090559 CP-090559 CP-090562 CP-090745 CP-090562 CP-090562 C4-092715 C4-092478 C4-092061 C4-092603 C4-091934 C4-092500 C4-092501 0349 0350 0253 0254 0285 0286 0343 0344

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Clarification on the Authentication Vector handling Clarification on Authentication Vector encoding Clarification on Error indication for EPC and DT Aligning MBR units to kbps Clarification to the PGW's UP address in Create Session Response Modify Bearer procedure for X2 and S1 based handovers Add necessary cause value to the Update Bearer Response Update on Concurrent Running of Security Procedures APN Restriction IE Change Reporting IE ULI Clarification Charging ID Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request/Response SGW F-TEID BCM Charging Gateway Address LBI Clarifications for Gn/Gp Handovers Trace management messages and IE related clarifications Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel clarifications Concurrent Running of Security Procedures Cause value corrections Identification Response NSAPI and EBI in Forward Relocation Response Cause in the CSFB related messages Update Bearer Complete PCO IE Cleanup Trace Management messages Cleanup section 5.3 and 8.12 APN AMBR in the Create Bearer Request UDP Source Port Number Presence Requirments for grouped IE Making PCO conditional for the Attach procedure Echo usage alignment with stage 2 Trace Depth per session Backward compatibility requirements for presence ECGI encoding correction Consistant PDN type setting GTP Cause value usage Partial failure handling alignment with stage 2 Partial failure handling for MME relocation w/o SGW relocation Security Specification for GTPV2-C Avoiding Source Port Overlap between GTPv2-C and GTPv2-C' Delete Bearer Command PCO removal Scope of GTP-C protocol MBMS session management messages IMEI based GTP Changes Unauthenticated IMSI for emergency in GTP IMEI based Id in GTP messages Unauthenticated IMSI in GTP messages Editorial correction. Wrong style was used in Paragraph character 7.1.3. Selection Mode IE PTP bearer fallback Bearer QoS in Modify Bearer Request Release Access Bearer Request Bearer context in Create Session messages ISRAI flag in the Forward Relocation Complete Notification

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CP-090770 C4-092861 0369 CP-090770 C4-093329 0371 CP-090770 CP-090970 CP-090770 CP-090770 CP-090770 C4-093331 C4-093335 C4-093337 C4-093339 0373 0375 0377 0380 0382

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CP-090770 C4-093262 0409 CP-090770 C4-093351 0411 CP-090770 C4-093034 0417 CP-090769 C4-094038 0419 CP-090769 C4-094040 0423 CP-090769 C4-094036 0425 CP-090769 C4-094042 0434

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CP-090769 C4-094044 0438 CP-090769 C4-094184 0442 CP-090777 C4-094094 0448 CP-090975 0450 CP-090769 C4-094049 0452 CP-090786 CP-090769 CP-090769 CP-090769 CP-090769 CP-090769 C4-094071 C4-093647 C4-093649 C4-093651 C4-093668 C4-094059 0453 0455 0457 0459 0461 0471

CP-090769 C4-094059 0475 CP-090770 C4-094074 0484 CP-100021 C4-100767 0493 CP-100022 C4-100972 0495 CP-100021 C4-100142 0497 CP-100021 C4-100276 0504 CP-100021 C4-100788 0506 CP-100049 CP-100035 CP-100019 CP-100021 C4-100836 C4-100970 C4-100318 C4-100793 0508 0510 0512 0514

Mapping between RAI, P-TMSI, P-TMSI signature and GUTI APN IE encoding Correction on the condition for resource release of other CN node APN Restriction Cause value "Invalid reply from remote peer" Indication Flags in Delete Session Request Suspend Removal of forwarding Charging Gateway Address/Name to S4-SGSN Charging ID in S4-SGSN Correction of Message Direction for Create Session Response PPC (Prohibit Payload Compression) alignment with Stage-2 UE TimeZone and ULI included in Bearer Response messages Support for CSG based charging User Location Information PDN type Removal of ULI from Release Access Bearer Req Removal of NSAPI IE Indication IE clarification Addition of uplink, downlink F-TEIDs in Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request and Response messages Clarifications on use of the Sender-F-TEID for CP in HO procedure Clarifications to MSISDN coding Enhanced handling of RFSP index at the SGSN/MME TFT related error handling Essential correction to the Indirect Data Forwarding procedure Correcting misaligned IE presence type statements Correcting PCO conditions in Modify Bearer Response Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel messages SRVCC - voice bearer handling in PS HO / DTM scenarios NAS Count value Charging Characteristics value for active PDN connections eNodeB Cause and RANAP Cause corrections Change the NSAPI to EBI in the PFI IE Enhanced SRNS Relocation Procedure Forward Access Context Acknowledge Correct the message Modify Bearer Request Cleanup Suspend Notification message Forward Relocation Request: Selected PLMN ID Change Reporting Action Essential clarification to MME executed TAU procedure Essential correction to the MM context IE type Resolving ambiguity for Target Identification IE coding PCO RFSP Index Include CSG ID and CSG Membership Indication in S3 and S10 Location change reporting in EPS The encoding of APN IE Indirect Data Forwarding HSS/PGW initiated Bearer QoS Modification procedure

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CP-100021 C4-100800 0516

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CP-100022 C4-100856 0518 CP-100022 C4-100960 0520 CP-100035 C4-100756 0521

CP-100027 C4-100992 0537

APN IE description correction P-TMSI Signature Corrections to the RAN Information Management procedures Source Identification for E-UTRAN to GERAN handover Handovers to HeNB cells Granularity Change Reporting Support Indicator MM Context IE type correction Removal of TEIDs for PS voice bearer UP in Bearer Context for SRVCC Correction on the presence condition of Charging ID IE on S4 Suspend Modify Octets Sequence Number of RAB Context IE Revive the cause value "User Authentication Failed" in the Create Session Response Fix PCO handling by defining it per bearer Fix PDN Connection Grouped Type Correction on the down link notification failure procedure Correction of the presence condtion of IEs Figure number, Information element and message usage 2G related parameters in the Forward Relocation Request and Context Response Essential correction to the Create Bearer Request message Essential correction to FTEID IE Essential correction to Modify Bearer Request for non-3GPP to 3GPP handover Removal of unncessary cause Unexpected repeated IE Removal of indirect uplink data forwarding from Inter RAT handovers Trace alignment with TS 32.422

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