8.2.125 Steering Mode

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

The Steering Mode IE type shall be encoded as shown in Figure 8.2.125-1. It indicates the steering mode to be used in a MAR.

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1 to 2

Type = 172 (decimal)

3 to 4

Length = n

5

Spare

Steering Mode Value

6 to (n+4)

These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.2.125-1: Steering Mode

The Steering Mode value shall be encoded as a 4 bits binary integer as specified in Table 8.2.125-1.

Table 8.2.125-1: Steering Mode value

Steering Mode Value

Values (Decimal)

Active-Standby

0

Smallest Delay

1

Load Balancing

2

Priority-based

3

Spare

4 to 15