8.2.176 S-NSSAI

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

The S-NSSAI IE indicates the S-NSSAI of a PDU session. It shall be encoded as shown in Figure 8.2.176-1.

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1 to 2

Type = 257 (decimal)

3 to 4

Length = 4

5

SST

6 to 8

SD

Figure 8.2.176-1: S-NSSAI

The SST (Slice/Service Type) and SD (Slice Differentiator) fields shall be encoded as defined in clause 28.4.2 of 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].