Following information flows are specified for support of federation and roaming:
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ECS registration request and response;
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ECS registration update request and response;
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ECS registration de-registration request and response;
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ECS discovery request and response;
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ECS discovery subscription request and response;
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ECS discovery subscription update request and response;
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ECS discovery unsubscribe request and response;
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Service provisioning information retrieval request and response;
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Service provisioning information subscription request and response;
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Service provisioning information subscription update request and response; and
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Service provisioning information unsubscribe request and response.
Table 8.17.3.2-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS profile | M | Profile of the ECS as specified in clause 8.2.12. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the registration. |
Table 8.17.3.3-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the registration request was successful. |
> Registration ID | M | Identifier of the registration. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the registration. To maintain an active registration status, a registration update is required before the expiration time.
If the Expiration time IE is not included, it indicates that the registration never expires. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the registration request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of registration request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.4-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration update request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Updated ECS profile | O | Profile of the ECS as specified in clause 8.2.12. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Registration ID | M | Identifier of the registration to be updated. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the registration. |
Table 8.17.3.5-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration update response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the registration update request was successful. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the updated registration. To maintain an active registration status, a registration update is required before the expiration time.
If the Expiration time IE is not included, it indicates that the updated registration never expires. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the registration update request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of registration update request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.6-1 describes the information elements for ECS de-registration request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Registration ID | M | Identifier of the registration. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the EES. |
Table 8.17.3.7-1 describes the information elements for ECS de-registration response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the de-registration request was successful. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the de-registration request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of de-registration request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.8-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery request; from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Table 8.17.3.9-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the ECS discovery request was successful. |
> List of ECS profiles | M | List of ECS profiles as described in clause 8.2.12. |
> Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the ECS profiles are valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the ECS discovery request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of ECS discovery request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.10-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription request; from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.11-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription request was successful. |
> Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.12-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery notification request from the ECS-ER to the ECSR.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription stored in the ECS-ER. |
List of ECS profiles | M | List of ECS profiles as described in clause 8.2.12. |
Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the ECS profiles are valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.13-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription update request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be updated. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.14-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription update response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request was successful. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the updated subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription update request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.15-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery unsubscribe request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be unsubscribed. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.16-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery unsubscribe response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request was successful. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of unsubscribe request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.17-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information retrieval request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> Federation identifier | O | Identifier of the federation. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
Application information | O | List of information about services the EEC wants to connect to, including the option to provide application group profile information. |
> AC Profile | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
> Application group profile | O |
Application group profile associated with the AC Profile, as defined in Table 8.2.11-1 |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Table 8.17.3.18-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information retrieval response from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the Service provisioning information retrieval request was successful. |
> List of EDN configuration information | M |
List of EDN configuration information as defined in Table 8.3.3.3.3-2. |
> Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the EDN configuration information is valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the Service provisioning information retrieval request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of Service provisioning information retrieval request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.19-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> Federation identifier | O | Identifier of the federation. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.20-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription response from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription request was successful. |
> Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.21-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information notification from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription stored in the ECS-ER. |
List of EDN configuration information | M |
List of EDN configuration information as defined in Table 8.3.3.3.3-2. |
Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the EDN configuration is valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.22-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription update request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be updated. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> Federation identifier | O | Identifier of the federation. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.23-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription update response from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request was successful. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the updated subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription update request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.24-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information unsubscribe request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be unsubscribed. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.25-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information unsubscribe response from the partner ECS to the ECS
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request was successful. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of unsubscribe request failure. |