This IE uniquely identifies the UE association over the NG interface, as described in
TS 38.401.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
AMF UE NGAP ID | M | | INTEGER (0..240 -1) | |
This IE uniquely identifies the UE association over the NG interface within the NG-RAN node.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
RAN UE NGAP ID | M | | INTEGER (0..232 -1) | |
This IE indicates the AMF identity.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
PLMN Identity | M | |
9.3.3.5 | |
AMF Region ID | M | | BIT STRING (SIZE(8)) | |
AMF Set ID | M | |
9.3.3.12 | |
AMF Pointer | M | |
9.3.3.19 | |
This IE contains a 5GC - UE or UE - 5GC message that is transferred without interpretation in the NG-RAN node.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
NAS-PDU | M | | OCTET STRING | The content is defined in TS 24.501. |
This IE indicates the PLMN Identity.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
PLMN Identity | M | | OCTET STRING (SIZE(3)) | Digits 0 to 9 encoded 0000 to 1001, 1111 used as filler digit.
Two digits per octet:
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bits 4 to 1 of octet n encoding digit 2n-1
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bits 8 to 5 of octet n encoding digit 2n
PLMN Identity consists of 3 digits from MCC followed by either:
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a filler digit plus 2 digits from MNC (in case of 2 digit MNC) or
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3 digits from MNC (in case of 3 digit MNC).
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This IE contains the configuration information, used by e.g., SON functionality, and additionally includes the NG-RAN node identifier of the destination of this configuration information and the NG-RAN node identifier of the source of this information.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Target RAN Node ID SON | | 1 | | | - | |
>Global RAN Node ID | M | |
9.3.1.5 | | - | |
>Selected TAI | M | | TAI
9.3.3.11 | | - | |
>NR CGI | O | |
9.3.1.7 | This IE is ignored if the SON Information IE contains the SON Information Reply IE. | YES | ignore |
Source RAN Node ID | | 1 | | | - | |
>Global RAN Node ID | M | |
9.3.1.5 | | - | |
>Selected TAI | M | | TAI
9.3.3.11 | | - | |
SON Information | M | |
9.3.3.7 | | - | |
Xn TNL Configuration Info | C-ifSONInformationRequest | |
9.3.3.9 | Source NG-RAN node Xn TNL Configuration Info. | - | |
Condition |
Explanation |
ifSONInformationRequest |
This IE shall be present if the SON Information IE contains the SON Information Request IE set to "Xn TNL Configuration Info"
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This IE identifies the nature of the configuration information transferred, i.e., a request, a reply or a report.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
CHOICE SON Information | M | | | | - | |
>SON Information Request | | | | | | |
>>SON Information Request | M | | ENUMERATED (Xn TNL Configuration Info, …) | | - | |
>SON Information Reply | | | | | | |
>>SON Information Reply | M | |
9.3.3.8 | | - | |
>SON Information Report | | | | | | |
>>SON Information Report | M | |
9.3.3.35 | | YES | ignore |
This IE contains the configuration information to be replied to the NG-RAN node.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Xn TNL Configuration Info | O | |
9.3.3.9 | |
This IE is used for signalling Xn TNL Configuration information for automatic Xn SCTP association establishment.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Xn Transport Layer Addresses | | 1..<maxnoofXnTLAs> | | | - | |
>Transport Layer Address | M | |
9.3.2.4 | Transport Layer Addresses for Xn SCTP endpoint. | - | |
Xn Extended Transport Layer Addresses | | 0..<maxnoofXnExtTLAs> | | | - | |
>IP-Sec Transport Layer Address | O | | Transport Layer Address
9.3.2.4 | Transport Layer Addresses for IP-Sec endpoint. | - | |
>Xn GTP Transport Layer Addresses | | 0..<maxnoofXnGTP-TLAs> | | | - | |
>>GTP Transport Layer Address | M | | Transport Layer Address
9.3.2.4 | GTP Transport Layer Addresses for GTP end-points (used for data forwarding over Xn). | - | |
>Xn SCTP Transport Layer Addresses | | 0..<maxnoofXnTLAs> | | | YES | ignore |
>>Transport Layer Address SCTP | M | | Transport Layer Address
9.3.2.4 | Transport Layer Addresses for Xn SCTP endpoint. | - | |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxnoofXnTLAs | Maximum no. of Xn Transport Layer Addresses for an SCTP end-point. Value is 2. |
maxnoofXnExtTLAs | Maximum no. of Xn Extended Transport Layer Addresses in the message. Value is 16. |
maxnoofXnGTP-TLAs | Maximum no. of Xn GTP Transport Layer Addresses for a GTP end-point in the message. Value is 16. |
This IE is used to uniquely identify a Tracking Area Code.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
TAC | M | | OCTET STRING (SIZE(3)) | |
This IE is used to uniquely identify a Tracking Area.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
PLMN Identity | M | |
9.3.3.5 | |
TAC | M | |
9.3.3.10 | |
This IE is used to uniquely identify an AMF Set within the AMF Region.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
AMF Set ID | M | | BIT STRING (SIZE(10)) | |
This IE is used to identify an LMF within the 5GC.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Routing ID | M | | OCTET STRING |
The maximum length is 16 octets, referring to the length of a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) version 4 as specified in Section 4.4 of RFC 4122.
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This IE contains an NG-RAN node - LMF or LMF - NG-RAN node message that is transferred without interpretation in the AMF.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
NRPPa-PDU | M | | OCTET STRING | |
This IE contains the service priority as defined in
TS 23.501.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
RAN Paging Priority | M | | INTEGER (1..256) | Values ordered in decreasing order of priority, i.e. with 1 as the highest priority and 256 as the lowest priority |
This IE is used to uniquely identify an EPS Tracking Area Code.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
EPS TAC | M | | OCTET STRING (SIZE(2)) | |
This IE is used to uniquely identify an EPS Tracking Area.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
PLMN Identity | M | |
9.3.3.5 | |
EPS TAC | M | |
9.3.3.16 | |
This IE represents the Identity with which the UE is paged.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
CHOICE UE Paging Identity | M | | | |
>5G-S-TMSI | | | | |
>>5G-S-TMSI | M | |
9.3.3.20 | |
This IE is used to identify one or more AMF(s) within the AMF Set.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
AMF Pointer | M | | BIT STRING (SIZE(6)) | |
This IE is used for security reasons, to hide the identity of a subscriber.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
AMF Set ID | M | |
9.3.3.12 | |
AMF Pointer | M | |
9.3.3.19 | |
5G-TMSI | M | | OCTET STRING (SIZE(4)) | 5G-TMSI is unique within the AMF that allocated it. |