8.43 Hop Counter
29.2743GPP3GPP Evolved Packet System (EPS)Evolved General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunnelling Protocol for Control plane (GTPv2-C)Release 18Stage 3TS
Where Intra Domain Connection of RAN Nodes to Multiple CN Node is applied, the Hop Counter may be used to prevent endless loops when relaying Identification Request messages and Context Request messages. The maximum value is operator specific and shall not be lower than 1.
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Bits |
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Octets |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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1 |
Type = 113 (decimal) |
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2 to 3 |
Length = n |
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4 |
Spare |
Instance |
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5 |
Hop Counter |
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6 to (n+4) |
These octet(s) is/are present only if explicitly specified |
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Figure 8.43-1: Hop Counter