8.2.59 Usage Information

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

The Usage Information IE shall be encoded as shown in Figure 8.2.59-1. It provides additional information on the Usage Report.

		Bits
	Octets	8	7	6	5	4		3		2	1
	1 to 2	Type = 90 (decimal)
	3 to 4	Length = n
	5	Spare					UBE		UAE	AFT	BEF
	6 to (n+4)	These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified

Figure 8.2.59-1: Usage Information

Octet 5 shall be encoded as follows:

– Bit 1 – BEF (Before): when set to "1", this indicates usage before a monitoring time.

– Bit 2 – AFT (After): when set to "1", this indicates a usage after a monitoring time.

– Bit 3 – UAE (Usage After Enforcement): when set to "1", this indicates a usage after QoS enforcement.

– Bit 4 – UBE (Usage Before Enforcement): when set to "1", this indicates a usage before QoS enforcement.

– Bits 5 to 8: Spare, for future use and set to "0".