Table 10.3.2.22-1 describes the information flow subscribe group configuration request from the group management client to the group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Requester Identity | M | The identity of the group management client performing the request. |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the group. |
VAL services requested (see NOTE) | O | Service(s) for which group configuration is requested. |
Notification target URI | M | Target URI where the group management client performing the request will receive the notifications. |
Minimum time between consecutive notifications | O | Defaults to 0 if not provided, otherwise indicates the minimum time interval between consecutive notifications. |
NOTE:
If 'VAL services requested' is not present, group configuration is requested for all services defined for the VAL group
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Table 10.3.2.23-1 describes the information flow subscribe group configuration response from the group management server to the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the group |
Result | M | Indicates the success or failure for the result |
Table 10.3.2.24-1 describes the information flow notify group configuration request from the group management server to the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Requester Identity | M | The identity of the group management server performing the request |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the group |
VAL group information reference (see NOTE) | O | Reference to information stored relating to the VAL group |
Group related key material (see NOTE) | O | Key material for use with the VAL group |
NOTE:
At least one of these information elements shall be present.
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Table 10.3.2.25-1 describes the information flow notify group configuration response from the group management client to the group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the group |
Result | M | Indicates the success or failure for the result |
Table 10.3.2.26-1 describes the information flow for configure VAL group request from a VAL server to a group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Requester Identity | M | The identity of the VAL server performing the request |
VAL group ID | M | The group ID used for the VAL group |
VAL group description (see NOTE 2) | M | Information related to the VAL group e.g. group definition including communication type, policy, group size, group leader. |
VAL service ID list (see NOTE 1) | O | List of VAL services whose service communications are to be enabled on the group |
Geo ID list (see NOTE 1) | O | List of geographical areas to be addressed by the group |
Identity list (see NOTE 1) | O | List of VAL UE IDs who are invited to be member of the group |
Identity list subscription | O | Indicates interest to receive notifications of newly registered or de-registered VAL UE IDs |
NOTE 1:
At least one of these IEs shall be present.
NOTE 2:
Group communication type may indicate 5G LAN-Type communication using either Ethernet or IP (IPv4 and/or IPv6) transport.
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Table 10.3.2.27-1 describes the information flow for configure VAL group response from group management server to a VAL server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Result | M | The result of the configure VAL group operation |
Subscription result | O
(see NOTE) | Indicates whether subscription to receive notifications of newly registered or de-registered VAL UE IDs is successful or not |
NOTE:
Shall be present only if there is a subscription in the configure VAL group request and successful.
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Table 10.3.2.28-1 describes the information flow for a group management server to announce a VAL group to the group management clients.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M | The group ID used for the VAL group |
VAL group description (see NOTE 3) | M | Information related to the VAL group e.g. group definition including communication type and connection parameters, policy, group size, group leader. |
VAL service ID list (see NOTE 1) | O | List of VAL services whose service communications are to be enabled on the group |
Geo ID list (see NOTE 1) | O | List of geographical areas to be addressed by the group. |
Identity list (see NOTE 1, NOTE 2) | O | List of VAL UE IDs who are invited to be member of the group. |
NOTE 1:
At least one of these IEs shall be present.
NOTE 2:
This element is not present if it results in privacy concerns.
NOTE 3:
Group communication type may indicate 5G LAN-Type communication using either Ethernet or IP (IPv4 and/or IPv6) transport. Group connection parameters may include DNN and S-NSSAI.
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Table 10.3.2.29-1 describes the information flow for a group management client to register to a VAL group in response to a group announcement from the group management server. Message filters for throttling messages and notifications is included in this request e.g. for limiting message exchange on a constrained UE, for receiving only improtant group communication.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL UE ID | M | Identity of the VAL UE registering to the VAL group |
VAL Group ID | M | The group ID to be registered by the VAL UE for the VAL group |
Identity list subscription | M | Indicates interest to receive notifications of newly registered or de-registered VAL UE IDs |
Message filters | O |
Group message communication will be sent to the VAL UE after applying message filters as described in Table 10.3.2.29-2.
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Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Identities | O | List of VAL UE identities whose messages will be send to the VAL UE being registered |
Max number of messages (see NOTE 1) | O | Total number of messages allowed to be sent to the VAL UE in a given time frame as defined by the VAL service. |
Time frame | O | Time frame associated to Max number of messages IE |
Message Types (see NOTE 2) | O | List of message types which will be sent to the VAL UE being registered (e.g. high priority messages, or group configuration messages, etc.). |
NOTE 1:
Specifying value for max number of messages is outside the scope of SEAL and up to the implementation of a particular Vertical requirement.
NOTE 2:
Message types are as decided by the specific Vertical.
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Table 10.3.2.30-1 describes the information flow for a group management server to respond for a group registration request from the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Result | M | Result from the VAL server in response to VAL group registration request indicating success or failure |
Subscription result | M | Indicates whether subscription to receive notifications of newly registered or de-registered VAL UE IDs is successful or not |
Table 10.3.2.31-1 describes the information flow identity list notification from the group management server to the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M | Identity of the VAL group |
Identity list | M | List of VAL UE IDs who are newly registered or de-registered members of the group |
Table 10.3.2.31-2 describes the information flow identity list notification from the group management server to the VAL server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M | Identity of the VAL group |
Identity list | M | List of VAL UE IDs who are newly registered or de-registered members of the group |
Message filters list | O | List of Message filters per VAL UE ID who are newly registered. |
Table 10.3.2.32-1 describes the information flow for a group management client to de-register to a VAL group.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL UE ID | M | Identity of the VAL UE de-registering to the VAL group |
VAL Group ID | M | The group ID to be de-registered by the VAL UE for the VAL group |
Table 10.3.2.33-1 describes the information flow for a group management server to respond for a group de-registration request from the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Result | M | Result from the group management server in response to VAL group de-registration request indicating success or failure |
Table 10.3.2.34-1 describes the information flow location-based group creation request from the group management client or VAL server to the group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Requester Identity | M | The identity of the group management client or VAL server performing the request. |
Location criteria | M | Criteria to combine Users or UEs in a location (e.g. geographical area or VAL service area ID). |
VAL service ID list (see NOTE 1) | O | List of VAL services whose service communications are to be enabled on the group. |
VAL service specific information (see NOTE 2) | O | Placeholder for VAL service specific information. |
NOTE 1:
This information element shall be included in the message for creating a group configured for multiple VAL services.
NOTE 2:
The details of this information element are specified in VAL service specific specification and are out of scope of the present document.
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Table 10.3.2.35-1 describes the information flow location-based group creation response from the group management server to the group management client or VAL server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M
(see NOTE) | VAL group ID of the group |
Result | M | Indicates the success or failure for the operation |
NOTE:
If the Result information element indicates failure then the value of VAL group ID information element has no meaning.
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Table 10.3.2.36-1 describes the information flow for Group list fetch request from the group management client to the group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Identity | M | The identity of the VAL UE or VAL User performing the operation. |
Period | O | Indicates to the group management server to provide list of the groups created between specified period. |
Table 10.3.2.37-1 describes the information flow for Group list fetch response from the group management server to the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
Result | M | Result from the group management server in response to group list fetch request indicating success or failure |
VAL group IDs | M | The list of VAL groups for which the VAL User is a member |
Table 10.3.2.38-1 describes the information flow for the temporary group formation request from the group management client to the group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID list | M | List of VAL group IDs to be combined |
VAL service list (see NOTE) | O | A subset of the common VAL service(s) to be applied for the temporary group |
NOTE:
If this information element is not present, all the VAL service(s) that are common to the groups being combined will be applicable for the temporary group.
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Table 10.3.2.39-1 describes the information flow for the temporary group formation response from the group management server to the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | O
(see NOTE) | VAL group ID of the temporary group |
VAL service list | O | List of VAL services whose service communications are to be enabled on this temporary group |
Result | M | Indicates the success or failure of temporary group formation. |
NOTE:
Shall be present if the Result information element indicates that the temporary group formation operation is successful. Otherwise VAL group ID shall not be present.
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Table 10.3.2.40-1 describes the information flow temporary group formation notify from the group management server to the VAL server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID list | M | List of constituent VAL group IDs |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the temporary group |
VAL service list | O | List of VAL services whose service communications are to be enabled on this temporary group. |
Table 10.3.2.41-1 describes the information flow temporary group formation notification from the group management server to the group management client.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID list | M | List of constituent VAL group IDs |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the temporary group |
Table 10.3.2.42-1 describes the information flow temporary group formation notification response from the group management client to the group management server.
Information Element |
Status |
Description |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the temporary group |
Table 10.3.2.43-1 describes the information flow from a group management client to a group management server for unsubscribe group configuration request.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Requester Identity | M | The identity of the group management client performing the request. |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the group. |
Table 10.3.2.44-1 describes the information flow from a group management server to a group management client for unsubscribe group configuration response.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Result | M | Indicates the success or failure of the unsubscribe operation. |
Table 10.3.2.45-1 describes the information flow from the group management client to the group management server for group configuration subscription update request.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Requester Identity | M | The identity of the group management client performing the request. |
VAL group ID | M | VAL group ID of the group. |
VAL services requested
(see NOTE) | O | Service(s) for which group configuration is requested. |
Notification target URI | O | Target URI where the group management client performing the request will receive the notifications. |
Minimum time between consecutive notifications | O | Defaults to 0 if not provided, otherwise indicates the minimum time interval between consecutive notifications. |
NOTE:
If 'VAL services requested' is not present, group configuration is requested for all services defined for the VAL group.
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Table 10.3.2.46-1 describes the information flow from the group management server to the group management client for group configuration subscription update response.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Result | M | Indicates the success or failure of the operation. |