The HSE may allow the enterprise to manage the BEST service. The service shall allow enable / disable of the BEST service down to an individual UE level. The interface for the management of the BEST service between the enterprise and the HSE is out of scope of this document. However it is expected that such an interface would have the following abilities:
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a mechanism that allows the service to be removed for a specific subscriber at the network end (probably re-using a service provisioning service).
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the ability for the enterprise to enable / disable the E2M security service for one or many of their endpoints through communication with the operators CIoT interface. (This may be because other security mechanisms are being used).
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The ability for the home network to disable the BEST service due to non-payment or security concerns.
If the BEST service parameters in the HSE change as a result of the management of the BEST service for a specific UE and the BEST service is not currently active with that UE then the changes shall take effect the next BEST session.
If the BEST service parameters in the HSE change as a result of the management of the BEST service for a specific UE and the BEST service is currently active with that UE then the HSE shall end the current BEST session and where appropriate start a new BEST session using the new BEST service parameters.
The UE may allow the application connected to it to manage the BEST service if the Local BEST configuration management flag within the protocol configuration options of a ACTIVATE DEDICATED EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST indicates this is allowed.
If the BEST service parameters in the UE change as a result of the management of the BEST service and the BEST service is not currently active then the changes shall take effect the next BEST session.
If the BEST service parameters in the UE change as a result of the management of the BEST service and the BEST service is currently active in that UE then the UE shall end the current BEST session and where appropriate start a new BEST session using the new BEST service parameters.
The UE may choose not to accept data that does not meet the defined security requirements.
When the BEST service is disabled the HSE and UE shall act as though the BEST service is not supported.