8.47 GUTI

29.2743GPP3GPP Evolved Packet System (EPS)Evolved General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunnelling Protocol for Control plane (GTPv2-C)Release 18Stage 3TS

The GUTI is coded as depicted in Figure 8.47-1.

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1

Type = 117 (decimal)

2 to 3

Length = n

4

Spare

Instance

5

MCC digit 2

MCC digit 1

6

MNC digit 3

MCC digit 3

7

MNC digit 2

MNC digit 1

8 to 9

MME Group ID

10

MME Code

11 to (n+4)

M-TMSI

Figure 8.47-1: GUTI

If an Administration decides to include only two digits in the MNC, then bits 5 to 8 of octet 6 are coded as "1111".

The "MME Group ID", "MME Code" and "M-TMSI" are specified in 3GPP TS 23.003 [2].