8.72 MBMS Flow Identifier

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

The MBMS Flow Identifier is defined in 3GPP TS 23.246 [37]. In broadcast mode, the MBMS Flow Identifier information element is included in MBMS Session Management messages to differentiate the different sub-sessions of an MBMS user service (identified by the TMGI) providing location-dependent content. The payload shall be encoded as per the MBMS‑Flow-Identifier AVP defined in 3GPP TS 29.061 [38], excluding the AVP Header fields (as defined in IETF RFC 3588 [39], clause 4.1).

Bits

Octets

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

1

Type = 141 (decimal)

2 to 3

Length = n

4

Spare

Instance

5 to 6

MBMS Flow Identifer

7 to (n+4)

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

Figure 8.72-1: MBMS Flow Identifier