7.3 Message Types

29.2443GPPInterface between the Control Plane and the User Plane nodesRelease 17TS

The PFCP message types to be used over the Sxa, Sxb, Sxc, N4 and N4mb reference points are defined in Table 7.3-1.

Table 7.3-1: Message Types

Message Type value (Decimal)

Message

Applicability

Sxa

Sxb

Sxc

N4

N4mb

0

Reserved

PFCP Node related messages

1

PFCP Heartbeat Request

X

X

X

X

X

2

PFCP Heartbeat Response

X

X

X

X

X

3

PFCP PFD Management Request

X

X

X

4

PFCP PFD Management Response

X

X

X

5

PFCP Association Setup Request

X

X

X

X

X

6

PFCP Association Setup Response

X

X

X

X

X

7

PFCP Association Update Request

X

X

X

X

X

8

PFCP Association Update Response

X

X

X

X

X

9

PFCP Association Release Request

X

X

X

X

X

10

PFCP Association Release Response

X

X

X

X

X

11

PFCP Version Not Supported Response

X

X

X

X

X

12

PFCP Node Report Request

X

X

X

X

X

13

PFCP Node Report Response

X

X

X

X

X

14

PFCP Session Set Deletion Request

X

X

X

15

PFCP Session Set Deletion Response

X

X

X

16

PFCP Session Set Modification Request

X

X

17

PFCP Session Set Modifcation Response

X

X

18 to 49

For future use

PFCP Session related messages

50

PFCP Session Establishment Request

X

X

X

X

X

51

PFCP Session Establishment Response

X

X

X

X

X

52

PFCP Session Modification Request

X

X

X

X

X

53

PFCP Session Modification Response

X

X

X

X

X

54

PFCP Session Deletion Request

X

X

X

X

X

55

PFCP Session Deletion Response

X

X

X

X

X

56

PFCP Session Report Request

X

X

X

X

X

57

PFCP Session Report Response

X

X

X

X

X

58 to 99

For future use

Other messages

100 to 255

For future use