8.2.209 Local Ingress Tunnel

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

The Local Ingress Tunnel IE type shall be encoded as shown in Figure 8.2.209-1. It indicates a UDP/IP tunnel.

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1 to 2

Type = 308 (decimal)

3 to 4

Length = n

5

Spare

CH

V6

V4

6-7

UDP Port

m to (m+3)

IPv4 address

p to (p+15)

IPv6 address

k to (n+4)

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

Figure 8.2.209-1: Local Ingress Tunnel

The following flags are coded within Octet 5:

– Bit 1 – V4: If this bit is set to "1" and the CH bit is not set, then the IPv4 address field shall be present, otherwise the IPv4 address field shall not be present.

– Bit 2 – V6: If this bit is set to "1" and the CH bit is not set, then the IPv6 address field shall be present, otherwise the IPv6 address field shall not be present.

– Bit 3 – CH (CHOOSE): If this bit is set to "1", then the UDP Port, IPv4 address and IPv6 address fields shall not be present and the UP function shall assign a UDP Port with an IP4 or an IPv6 address if the V4 or V6 bit is set respectively. This bit shall only be set by the CP function.

– Bit 4 to 8: Spare, for future use and set to "0".

Only one of the V4 and V6 flags shall be set to "1".

Octets "m to (m+3)" and/or "p to (p+15)" (IPv4 address / IPv6 address fields), if present, it shall contain the respective IP address values.