8.2.127 Priority

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

The Priority IE type shall be encoded as shown in Figure 8.2.127-1. It indicates whether it is active or standby or no standby for a given access when the Steering Mode is set to Active-Standby, or whether it is high or low priority for a given access when the Steering Mode is set to Priority-based.

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1 to 2

Type = 174 (decimal)

3 to 4

Length = n

5

Spare

Priority Value

6 to (n+4)

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

Figure 8.2.127-1: Priority

The Priority Value shall be encoded as a 4 bits binary integer as specified in Table 8.2.127-1.

Table 8.2.127-1: Priority value

Priority Value

Values (Decimal)

Active

0

Standby

1

No Standby

2

High

3

Low

4

Spare

5 to 15

The "No Standby" Priority value may be used when the network determines to not define a Standby access.