8.8.4 Information flows
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8.8.4.1 General
8.8.4.2 EAS discovery request
Table 8.5.3.2-1 describes information elements for the EAS discovery request from the EAS to the EES and from the S-EES to the T-EES. Table 8.5.3.2-2 provides further detail about the EAS Discovery Filter information element.
8.8.4.3 EAS discovery response
The information elements specified in the Table 8.5.3.3-1 is used for the EAS discovery response sent from the EES to the EAS with the following differences:
– The EAS available resources (e.g. memory) indicates the maximum resources available for the AC(s) connected to the S-EAS.
8.8.4.4 ACR request
Table 8.8.4.4-1 describes information elements for the ACR request sent either from the EEC to the S-EES or T-EES, or by the S-EAS to the S-EES.
Table 8.8.4.4-1: ACR request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Requestor Identifier |
M |
Unique identifier of the requestor (i.e. EECID or EASID). |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials resulting from a successful authorization for the edge computing service. |
EASID |
O |
Identifier of the EAS |
UE identifier |
M |
The identifier of the UE (i.e. GPSI). |
Predicted/Expected UE location or Expected AC Geographical Service Area (NOTE 8) |
O |
The predicted/expected location information of the UE. The UE location is described in clause 7.3.2 or the predicted/expected Expected AC Geographical Service Area as described in clause 7.3.3.3 |
ACID |
O |
The identifier of the AC. |
ACR action (NOTE 3) |
M |
Indicates the ACR action (ACR initiation or ACR determination) |
ACR initiation data (NOTE 2) |
O |
ACR initiation IEs to be included in an ACR request message when ACR action indicates it is ACR initiation request. |
> T-EAS Endpoint |
M |
Endpoint information (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP 3-tuple) of the T-EAS. |
> Previous T-EAS Endpoint (NOTE 7) |
O |
Endpoint information (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP 3-tuple) of the T-EAS of the previous ACR. |
> DNAI of the T-EAS |
O |
DNAI information associated with the T-EAS. |
> N6 Traffic Routing requirements |
O |
The N6 traffic routing information and/or routing profile ID corresponding to the T-EAS DNAI. |
> EAS notification indication |
M |
Indicates whether to notify the EAS about the need of ACR. |
> Previous EAS notification indication (NOTE 7) |
O |
Indicates whether to notify the EAS about the cancellation of a previous ACR. |
> S-EAS endpoint (NOTE 1) |
O |
Endpoint information of the S-EAS |
> Prediction expiration time (NOTE 9) |
O |
The estimated time the UE may reach the Predicted/Expected UE location or EAS service area at the latest |
> EEC context relocation details |
O |
Information required for EEC context relocation using the EEC context push or EEC context pull mechanisms. |
>> EEC Context ID (NOTE 5) |
O |
Identifier of the EEC Context |
>> S-EES ID (NOTE 5) |
O |
Identifier of the EES that provided EEC context ID. |
>> S-EES endpoint (NOTE 5) |
O |
The endpoint address (e.g. URI, IP address) of the EES that provided EEC context ID. |
>> T-EES ID (NOTE 6) |
O |
Identifier of the T-EES. |
>> T-EES endpoint (NOTE 6) |
O |
The endpoint address (e.g. URI, IP address) of the T-EES. |
ACR determination data (NOTE 2) |
O |
ACR determination IEs to be included in an ACR request message when ACR action indicates it is ACR determination request. |
> S-EAS endpoint |
M |
Endpoint information of the S-EAS |
NOTE 1: This IE shall be present if the EAS notification indication or previous EAS notification indication indicates that the EAS needs to be informed. NOTE 2: Either ACR initiation or ACR determination shall be included corresponding to the ACR action. NOTE 3: This IE shall indicate ACR determination if the request originates from the S‑EAS. NOTE 4: Void. NOTE 5: This IE may be present only if the request originates from the EEC towards the T-EES. NOTE 6: This IE may be present only if the request originates from the EEC towards the S-EES. NOTE 7: These IEs shall be present when the EEC re-sends the ACR request as described in clause 8.8.1.3 to indicate a previous ACR is to be cancelled. NOTE 8: This IE may be present if the ACR procedure is for service continuity planning. NOTE 9: This IE may be included when the ACR is decided and executed for service continuity planning for a predicted/expected UE location. |
8.8.4.5 ACR response
Table 8.8.4.5-1 describes the information elements for the ACR response sent either from the S-EES to the EEC or S-EAS, or by the T-EES to the EEC.
Table 8.8.4.5-1: ACR response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the ACR request was successful. |
Failure response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the ACR request failed. |
> Cause |
O |
Indicates the cause of ACR request failure |
NOTE: One of these IEs shall be present in the message. |
8.8.4.6 Retrieve EES request
Table 8.8.4.6-1 describes the information elements to retrieve T-EES information from the ECS.
Table 8.8.4.6-1: Retrieve EES request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
EESID |
M |
Unique identifier of the EES. |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials resulting from a successful authorization for the edge computing service. |
EASID |
M |
The EASID. |
Target DNAI |
O |
The target DNAI information which can be associated with potential T-EES(s) and/or T-EAS(s). |
UE Identifier |
O |
The identifier of the UE (i.e. GPSI or identity token) |
UE location |
O |
The location information of the UE. The UE location is described in clause 7.3.2. |
8.8.4.7 Retrieve EES response
The information elements specified in the Table 8.3.3.3.3-1 is used as response for T-EES information retrieval.
8.8.4.8 ACR information subscription request
Table 8.8.4.8-1 describes the information elements for ACR information subscription request from the EEC to the EES.
Table 8.8.4.8-1: ACR information subscription request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
EECID |
M |
Unique identifier of the EEC. |
UE Identifier |
O |
The identifier of the UE (i.e. GPSI or identity token) |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials resulting from a successful authorization for the edge computing service. |
EASID(s) |
M |
The identifier of the EAS(s) |
ACID(s) |
O (NOTE) |
The identifier of the AC(s) |
Event ID(s) |
M |
Event ID: – Target information notification – ACR complete |
Notification target address |
M |
Notification target address |
Proposed expiration time |
O |
Proposed expiration time for the subscription |
NOTE: If ACID(s) IE is not included, it implies that the subscription corresponds to all ACs that can be served by the EAS(s) included the this message. |
8.8.4.9 ACR information subscription response
Table 8.8.4.9-1 describes the information elements for ACR information subscription response from the EES to the EEC.
Table 8.8.4.9-1: ACR information subscription response
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 |
8.8.4.10 ACR information notification
Table 8.8.4.10-1 describes the information elements for ACR information notification from the EES to the EEC.
Table 8.8.4.10-1: ACR information notification
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID |
M |
Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription stored in the EES for the request |
EASID |
M |
The identifier of the EAS |
ACID |
O |
The identifier of the AC corresponding to the Selected target EAS |
Event ID |
M |
Either Target information notification or ACR complete |
Target information (NOTE 1) |
O |
Details of the selected T-EAS and the T-EES. |
> T-EAS information |
M |
Details of the selected T-EAS as described in ‘Discovered EAS’ IE of Table 8.5.3.3-1. |
> T-EES information (NOTE 4) |
O |
Details of the selected T-EES as described in ‘EDN configuration information’ IE of Table 8.3.3.3.3-1. |
ACR complete event information (NOTE 2) |
O |
Details of a completed ACR and its result. |
Result of ACR (NOTE 2) |
M |
Indicates whether the ACR is successful or failure |
> T-EAS endpoint |
M |
Endpoint address of the T-EAS to which an ACR has been performed. |
EEC Context Relocation status (NOTE 5) |
O |
Indicates whether the EEC context relocation was successful or not. |
> Registration Id (see NOTE 6) |
O |
Identifier of the registration for the EEC. |
> Expiration Time (see NOTE 6) |
O |
Indicates the expiration time of the registration. |
Cause information (see NOTE 3) |
O |
Indicates the cause information for the failure |
NOTE 1: This IE shall be included when Event ID indicates ‘Target information notification’ event NOTE 2: This IE shall be included when Event ID indicates ‘ACR complete’ event NOTE 3: This IE shall be included when the Result of ACR indicates failure. NOTE 4: This IE shall be included if the selected T-EES is different from the S-EES. Otherwise, it may be skipped. NOTE 5: This IE shall be included when Event ID indicates ‘ACR complete’ event and EEC context relocation was attempted. NOTE 6: This IE shall be included if S-EES has received it in EEC Context Push response. |
8.8.4.11 ACR information subscription update request
Table 8.8.4.11-1 describes the information elements for ACR information subscription update request from the EEC to the EES.
Table 8.8.4.11-1: ACR information subscription update request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID |
M |
Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be updated |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials resulting from a successful authorization for the edge computing service. |
EASID(s) |
O |
The identifier of the EAS(s) |
Event ID(s) |
O |
Event ID: – Target information notification – ACR complete |
Notification target address |
O |
Notification target address |
Proposed expiration time |
O |
Proposed expiration time for the subscription |
8.8.4.12 ACR information subscription update response
Table 8.8.4.12-1 describes the information elements for ACR information subscription update response from the EES to the EEC.
Table 8.8.4.12-1: ACR information subscription response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response |
O |
Indicates that the subscription request was successful. |
> 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 |
8.8.4.13 ACR information unsubscribe request
Table 8.8.4.13-1 describes the information elements for ACR information subscription unsubscribe request from the EEC to the EES.
Table 8.8.4.13-1: ACR information unsubscribe request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID |
M |
Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be updated |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials resulting from a successful authorization for the edge computing service. |
8.8.4.14 ACR information unsubscribe response
Table 8.8.4.14-1 describes the information elements for ACR information unsubscribe response from the EES to the EEC.
Table 8.8.4.14-1: ACR information unsubscribe response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response |
O |
Indicates that the subscription request was successful. |
> 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 |
8.8.4.15 EELManagedACR service request
Table 8.8.4.15-1 describes information elements for the EELManagedACR service request from the Edge Application Server to the Edge Enabler Server.
Table 8.8.4.15-1: EELManagedACR service request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
UE identifier |
M |
Identifies the UE for which ACR is requested |
EAS characteristics for ACR |
M |
Set of characteristics to determine required Edge Application Servers, as detailed in Table 8.5.3.2-2. |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials of the source Edge Application Server |
Address for Application Context storage |
O |
The address information from where the Application Context can be accessed for ACT. |
8.8.4.16 EELManagedACR service response
Table 8.8.4.16-1 describes information elements for the EELManagedACR service response from the Edge Enabler Server to the Edge Application Server.
Table 8.8.4.16-1: EELManagedACR service response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response |
O |
Indicates that the ACR request was successful. |
> Address for Application Context storage (NOTE) |
O |
The address information from where the Application Context can be accessed for ACT. |
Failure response |
O |
Indicates that the EELManagedACR request failed. |
> Cause |
O |
Indicates the cause of request failure |
NOTE: This IE is included if "Address for Application Context storage" IE as specified in Table 8.8.4.15-1 is not included in ACR service request. |
8.8.4.17 Selected target EAS declaration request
Table 8.8.4.17-1 describes information elements for the selected target EAS declaration request sent from the S-EAS to the S-EES.
Table 8.8.4.17-1: Selected target EAS declaration request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
UE ID |
M |
The identifier of the UE. |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials. |
Selected EAS ID |
M |
Selected EAS identifier. |
ACID |
O |
The identifier of the AC |
Selected EAS Endpoint |
M |
Endpoint of the selected EAS. |
Predicted/Expected UE location or Expected AC Geographical Service Area |
O |
The predicted/expected location information of the UE. The UE location is described in clause 7.3.2 or the predicted/expected Expected AC Geographical Service Area as described in clause 7.3.3.3 |
8.8.4.18 Selected target EAS declaration response
Table 8.8.4.18-1 describes information elements for the Selected target EAS declaration response sent from the S-EES to the S-EAS.
Table 8.8.4.18-1: Selected target EAS declaration response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the request was successful. |
Failure response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the request failed. |
> Cause |
O |
Indicates the failure cause. |
NOTE: One of these IEs shall be present in the message. |
8.8.4.19 ACR status update request
Table 8.8.4.19-1 describes the information elements for the ACR status update request from EAS to EES.
Table 8.8.4.19-1: ACR status update request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
EASID |
M |
The identifier of the EAS providing the update |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials of the EAS |
ACID |
O |
The identifier of the AC |
ACT result (NOTE 1, NOTE 3) |
O |
Indicates whether the ACT was successful or failed. |
> UEID |
M |
The identifier of the UE |
> EAS endpoint |
M |
Endpoint address of the other EAS to or from which the ACT has been performed. |
List of EDGE-3 subscription ID(s) (NOTE 2, NOTE 3) |
O |
A list of the EDGE-3 subscription identifiers. |
Notification Target Address for EDGE-3 subscription (NOTE 2, NOTE 3) |
O |
Notification Target Address of the EAS where the notification is to be sent by the EES for EDGE-3 subscription. |
NOTE 1: This IE may be included by the S-EAS and T-EAS. In case of EELManagedACR, this IE is not included by the T-EAS. NOTE 2: This IE may be included only by the T-EAS. NOTE 3: At least one of these IEs shall be present in the message. |
8.8.4.20 ACR status update response
Table 8.8.4.20-1 describes the information elements for the ACR status update response from EES to EAS.
Table 8.8.4.20-1: ACR status update response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the request was successful. |
> EDGE-3 subscription initialization result |
O |
The IE indicates if the EDGE-3 subscriptions were initialized successfully or if initialization failed. |
> List of updated EDGE-3 subscription ID(s) |
O |
If the EDGE-3 subscription initialization result is successful, the EES provides the updated subscription identifier(s). The absence of an identifier implies no change for the subscription identifier. |
Failure response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the request failed |
> Cause |
O |
Indicates the cause of request failure |
NOTE: One of these IEs shall be present in the message. |
8.8.4.21 ACT status subscription request
Table 8.8.4.21-1 describes the information elements for the ACT status subscription request from EAS to EES.
Table 8.8.4.21-1: ACT status subscription request
Information element |
Status |
Description |
EASID |
M |
The identifier of the EAS providing the update |
Security credentials |
M |
Security credentials of the EAS |
Notification Target Address |
M |
Notification Target Address of the EAS where the notification is to be sent by the EES |
8.8.4.22 ACT status subscription response
Table 8.8.4.22-1 describes the information elements for the ACT status subscription response from EES to EAS.
Table 8.8.4.22-1: ACT status subscription response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response |
O |
Indicates that the request was successful. |
> Subscription ID |
O |
Identifier of the subscription |
Failure response |
O |
Indicates that the request failed |
> Cause |
O |
Indicates the cause of request failure |
8.8.4.23 ACT status notification
Table 8.8.4.23-1 describes the information elements for an ACT status notification from the EES to the EAS.
Table 8.8.4.23-1: ACT status notification
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID |
M |
Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription stored in the EES for the request |
ACT status |
M |
Status of the ACT between S-EES and the T-EES |
8.8.4.24 ACR paramete information
Table 8.8.4.24-1 describes information elements for the ACR parameter information sent from the S-EES to the T-EES.
Table 8.8.4.24-1: ACR parameter information
Information element |
Status |
Description |
EES ID |
M |
Unique identifier of the requesting S-EES. |
EECID (NOTE 1) |
M |
Unique identifier of the EEC. |
ACID (NOTE 1) |
M |
The identifier of the AC. |
S-EAS Endpoint (NOTE 1) |
M |
Endpoint information (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP 3-tuple) of the S-EAS. |
T-EAS Endpoint (NOTE 1) |
M |
Endpoint information (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP 3-tuple) of the T-EAS. |
ACR parameters |
M |
ACR parameters |
> Prediction expiration time |
O |
The estimated time the UE may reach the Predicted/Expected UE location or EAS service area at the latest |
NOTE 1: These IEs are used to identify the ACR. |
Editor’s note: Additional ACR parameters, if required, are FFS.
8.8.4.25 ACR parameter information response
Table 8.8.4.25-1 describes information elements for the ACR parameter information response sent from the T-EES to the S-EES. Table 8.8.4.25-1: ACR parameter information response
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the ACR parameter information was successful. |
Failure response (NOTE) |
O |
Indicates that the ACR parameter information failed. |
> Cause |
O |
Indicates the cause of ACR parameter information failure |
NOTE: One of these IEs shall be present in the message. |