8.2.23 Forwarding Policy

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

The Forwarding Policy IE type shall be encoded as shown in Figure 8.2.23-1. It indicates a specific forwarding policy to apply to packets.

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1 to 2

Type = 41 (decimal)

3 to 4

Length = n

5

Forwarding Policy Identifier Length

j to k

Forwarding Policy Identifier

m to (n+4)

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

Figure 8.2.23-1: Forwarding Policy

The Forwarding Policy Identifier Length shall indicate the length of the Forwarding Policy Identifier.

The Forwarding Policy Identifier shall be encoded as an Octet String containing a reference to a pre-configured Forwarding Policy in the UP function, with a maximum length of 255 octets.