7.7.60 MBMS Service Area

29.0603GPPGeneral Packet Radio Service (GPRS)GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) across the Gn and Gp interfaceRelease 17TS

The MBMS Service Area is defined in 3GPP TS 23.246 [26]. The MBMS Service Area information element indicates the area over which the Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service is to be distributed. The payload shall be encoded as per the MBMS‑Service‑Area AVP defined in 3GPP TS 29.061 [27], excluding the AVP Header fields (as defined in IETF RFC 3588 [36], clause 4.1).

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1

Type = 160 (Decimal)

2-3

Length

4-m

MBMS Service Area

Figure 7.7.60.1: MBMS Service Area Information Element