ACID

M

Identity of the AC.

AC Type

O

The category or type of AC (e.g. V2X). This is an implementation specific value.

Preferred ECSP list

O

When used in a service provisioning request, this IE indicates to the ECS which ECSPs are preferred for the AC. The ECS may use this information in the selection of EESs.

AC Schedule

O

The expected operation schedule of the AC (e.g. time windows)

Expected AC Geographical Service Area

O

The expected location(s) (e.g. route) of the hosting UE during the AC’s operation schedule. This geographic information can express a geographic point, polygon, route, signalling map, or waypoint set.

AC Service Continuity Support

O

Indicates if service continuity support is required or not for the application. The IE also indicates which ACR scenarios are supported by the AC and which of these are preferred by the AC.

Simultaneous EAS connectivity information in service continuity

O

Indicates if simultaneous EAS connectivity is needed and the inactive time guidance for keeping connectivity towards the S-EAS.

List of EASs

O

List of EAS that serve the AC along with the service KPIs required by the AC

> EASID

M

Identifier of the EAS

> Expected AC Service KPIs

O

KPIs expected in order for ACs to receive currently required services from the EAS, as described in Table 8.2.3-1

> Minimum required AC Service KPIs

O

Minimum KPIs required in order for ACs to receive meaningful services from the EAS, as described in Table 8.2.3-1

Connection bandwidth

O

The required connection bandwidth in Kbit/s for the application.

Request rate

O

The request rate to be generated by the AC.

Response time

O

Response time (NOTE) required for the server servicing the requests.

Availability

O

Percentage of time the server is required to be available for the AC’s use.

Compute

O

The compute resources required by the AC.

Graphical Compute

O

The graphical compute resources required by the AC.

Memory

O

The memory resources required by the AC.

Storage

O

The storage resources required by the AC.

NOTE: The response time includes the round-trip time of the request and response packet, the processing time at the server and the time required by the server to consume 3GPP Core Network capabilities, if any.

EASID

M

The identifier of the EAS

EAS Endpoint

M

Endpoint information (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address) used to communicate with the EAS. This information maybe discovered by EEC and exposed to ACs so that ACs can establish contact with the EAS.

ACID(s)

O

Identifies the AC(s) that can be served by the EAS

EAS Provider Identifier

O

The identifier of the ASP that provides the EAS.

EAS Type

O

The category or type of EAS (e.g. V2X)

EAS description

O

Human-readable description of the EAS

EAS Schedule

O

The availability schedule of the EAS (e.g. time windows)

EAS Geographical Service Area

O

The geographical service area that the EAS serves. ACs in UEs that are located outside that area shall not be served.

EAS Topological Service Area

O

The EAS serves UEs that are connected to the Core Network from one of the cells included in this service area. ACs in UEs that are located outside this area shall not be served. See possible formats in Table 8.2.7-1.

EAS Service KPIs

O

Service characteristics provided by EAS, detailed in Table 8.2.5-1

EAS service permission level

O

Level of service permissions e.g. trial, gold-class supported by the EAS

EAS Feature(s)

O

Service features e.g. single vs. multi-player gaming service supported by the EAS

EAS Service continuity support

O

Indicates if the EAS supports service continuity or not. This IE also indicates which ACR scenarios are supported by the EAS.

General context holding time duration (NOTE)

O

The time duration that the EAS holds the context before the AC connects to the EAS in case of ACR for service continuity planning. It is an indication of the time the EAS holds the application context for a UE to move to its service area after receiving an ACR notification from the EES following an ACR request from the EEC.

List of EAS DNAI(s)

O

DNAI(s) associated with the EAS. This IE is used as Potential Locations of Applications in clause 5.6.7 of 3GPP TS 23.501 [2].

It is a subset of the DNAI(s) associated with the EDN where the EAS resides.

List of N6 Traffic Routing requirements

O

The N6 traffic routing information and/or routing profile ID corresponding to each EAS DNAI.

EAS Availability Reporting Period

O

The availability reporting period (i.e. heartbeat period) that indicates to the EES how often it needs to check the EAS’s availability after a successful registration.

EAS Status

O

The status of the EAS (e.g. enabled, disabled, etc.)

NOTE: Since the EASID of the EAS identifies the type of the application (e.g. SA6Video, SA6Game etc) as described in clause 7.2.4, "General context holding time duration" determined by EAS can depend on the EASID (type of the application).

Maximum Request rate

O

Maximum request rate from the AC supported by the server.

Maximum Response time

O

The maximum response time advertised for the AC’s service requests.

Availability

O

Advertised percentage of time the server is available for the AC’s use.

Available Compute

O

The maximum compute resource available for the AC.

Available Graphical Compute

O

The maximum graphical compute resource available for the AC.

Available Memory

O

The maximum memory resource available for the AC.

Available Storage

O

The maximum storage resource available for the AC.

Connection Bandwidth

O

The connection bandwidth in Kbit/s advertised for the AC’s use.

NOTE: The maximum response time includes the round-trip time of the request and response packet, the processing time at the server and the time required by the server to consume 3GPP Core Network capabilities, if any.

EESID

M

The identifier of the EES

EES Endpoint

M

Endpoint information (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address) used to communicate with the EES. This information is provided to the EEC to connect to the EES.

EASIDs

M

List of EASIDs registered with the EES.

instantiable EAS information

O

The EAS instantiation status per EASID (e.g. instantiated, instantiable but not be instantiated yet)

EEC registration configuration

M

Indicates whether the EEC is required to register on the EES to use edge services or not.

EES Provider Identifier

O

The identifier of the ECSP that provides the EES Provider.

EES Topological Service Area

O

The EES serves UEs that are connected to the Core Network from one of the cells included in this service area. EECs in UEs that are located outside this area shall not be served. See possible formats in Table 8.2.7-1.

EES Geographical Service Area

O

The area being served by the EES in Geographical values (as specified in clause 7.3.3.3)

List of EES DNAI(s)

O

DNAI(s) associated with the EES. This IE is used as Potential Locations of Applications in clause 5.6.7 of 3GPP TS 23.501 [2].

It is a subset of the DNAI(s) associated with the EDN, where the EES resides.

EES Service continuity support

O

Indicates if the EES supports service continuity or not. This IE also indicates which ACR scenarios are supported by the EES.

Cell IDs (NOTE)

O

The list of cell IDs defining the Topological Service Area

TAIs (NOTE)

O

The list of Tracking Area IDs defining the Topological Service Area

PLMN IDs (NOTE)

O

The list of PLMN IDs defining the Topological Service Area

NOTE: A combination of these information elements can be used to define the Topological Service Area. Combinations should not have duplicate or overlapping information for the same Topological Service Area.

EEC ID

M

Unique identifier of the EEC.

EEC Context ID

M

Identifier assigned to the EEC Context

Source EES Endpoint

M

The endpoint address (e.g., URI, IP address) of the EES that provided EEC context ID.

UE Identifier

O

The identifier of the hosting UE (i.e., GPSI or identity token)

List of EDGE-1 subscriptions

O

List of subscriptions IDs for capability exposure to the EEC ID (NOTE).

UE location

O

Latest UE location of the UE hosting the EEC which was available at the EES.

List of AC Profiles

O

Information about the ACs as described in Table 8.2.2-1.

List of Service Session Contexts

O

List of associated Service Session Context IEs. Each Service Session Context includes information maintained by the EES for the services (involving UE related resources) received from an EAS registered to the EES.

> Service Session Context

M

Service Session Context is described in Table 8.2.8-2

NOTE: The corresponding EDGE-1 subscription information may include 3GPP CN subscription information such as subscription correlation ID

EAS ID

M

Identifier of the EAS providing the application services

EAS Endpoint

M

Endpoint information of the EAS.

AC ID

O

Identifier of the AC ID for which the service session is provided, if determined.

Geographical Area Description

O

A shape defined in 3GPP TS 23.032 [21]

Civic Location

O

An area identified by a civic location element, e.g. building, park, arena, civic address or ZIP code.