9.1.1 Messages for Basic Mobility Procedures

36.4233GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)Release 17TSX2 Application Protocol (X2AP)

9.1.1.1 HANDOVER REQUEST

This message is sent by the source eNB to the target eNB to request the preparation of resources for a handover.

Direction: source eNB → target eNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Target Cell ID

M

ECGI

9.2.14

YES

reject

GUMMEI

M

9.2.16

YES

reject

UE Context Information

1

YES

reject

>MME UE S1AP ID

M

INTEGER (0..232 -1)

MME UE S1AP ID allocated at the MME

>UE Security Capabilities

M

9.2.29

>AS Security Information

M

9.2.30

>UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

M

9.2.12

>Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority

O

9.2.25

>E-RABs To Be Setup List

1

>>E-RABs To Be Setup Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>>E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

M

9.2.9

Includes necessary QoS parameters

>>>DL Forwarding

O

9.2.5

>>>UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SGW endpoint of the S1 transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDUs.

>>>Bearer Type

O

9.2.92

YES

reject

>>>DAPS Request Information

O

9.2.154

YES

ignore

>>>Ethernet Type

O

9.2.157

YES

ignore

>>>Source DL Forwarding IP Address

O

BIT STRING (1..160, …)

Identifies the TNL address used by the source node for data forwarding.

YES

ignore

>>>Security Indication

O

9.2.181

YES

reject

>RRC Context

M

OCTET STRING

Includes the RRC HandoverPreparationInformation message as defined in subclause 10.2.2 of TS 36.331 [9], or the RRC HandoverPreparationInformation-NB message as defined in 10.6.2 of TS 36.331 [9].

>Handover Restriction List

O

9.2.3

>Location Reporting Information

O

9.2.21

Includes the necessary parameters for location reporting

>Management Based MDT Allowed

O

9.2.59

YES

ignore

>Management Based MDT PLMN List

O

MDT PLMN List

9.2.64

YES

ignore

>UE Sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

O

9.2.97

This IE applies only if the UE is authorized for V2X services.

YES

ignore

>EPC Handover Restriction List Container

O

9.2.153

YES

ignore

>Additional RRM Policy Index

O

9.2.25a

YES

ignore

>NR UE Sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

O

9.2.159

This IE applies only if the UE is authorized for NR V2X services.

YES

ignore

>UE Radio Capability ID

O

9.2.171

YES

reject

>IMS voice EPS fallback from 5G

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

YES

ignore

UE History Information

M

9.2.38

Same definition as in TS 36.413 [4]

YES

ignore

Trace Activation

O

9.2.2

YES

ignore

SRVCC Operation Possible

O

9.2.33

YES

ignore

CSG Membership Status

O

9.2.52

YES

reject

Mobility Information

O

BIT STRING (SIZE (32))

Information related to the handover; the source eNB provides it in order to enable later analysis of the conditions that led to a wrong HO.

YES

ignore

Masked IMEISV

O

9.2.69

YES

ignore

UE History Information from the UE

O

OCTET STRING

VisitedCellInfoList contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 36.331 [9])

YES

ignore

Expected UE Behaviour

O

9.2.70

YES

ignore

ProSe Authorized

O

9.2.78

YES

ignore

UE Context Reference at the SeNB

O

YES

ignore

>Global SeNB ID

M

Global eNB ID

9.2.22

>SeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the SeNB

>SeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the SeNB

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

reject

V2X Services Authorized

O

9.2.93

YES

ignore

UE Context Reference at the WT

O

YES

ignore

>WT ID

M

9.2.95

>WT UE XwAP ID

M

9.2.96

NR UE Security Capabilities

O

9.2.107

YES

ignore

UE Context Reference at the SgNB

O

YES

ignore

>Global en-gNB ID

M

9.2.112

>SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the SgNB.

Aerial UE subscription information

O

9.2.129

YES

ignore

Subscription Based UE Differentiation Information

O

9.2.136

YES

ignore

Conditional Handover Information Request

O

YES

reject

>CHO Trigger

M

ENUMERATED (CHO-initiation, CHO-replace, …)

>New eNB UE X2AP ID

C-ifCHOmod

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the target eNB

>New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the target eNB

>Estimated Arrival Probability

O

INTEGER (1..100)

NR V2X Services Authorized

O

9.2.158

YES

ignore

PC5 QoS Parameters

O

9.2.160

This IE applies only if the UE is authorized for NR V2X services.

YES

ignore

IAB Node Indication

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

maxnoofMDTPLMNs

PLMNs in the Management Based MDT PLMN list. Value is 16.

Condition

Explanation

ifCHOmod

This IE shall be present if the CHO Trigger IE is present and set to "CHO-replace".

9.1.1.2 HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by the target eNB to inform the source eNB about the prepared resources at the target.

Direction: target eNB → source eNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

New eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

ignore

E-RABs Admitted List

1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of UL PDUs

>>DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer. used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>DAPS Response Information

O

9.2.155

YES

reject

E-RABs Not Admitted List

O

E-RAB List

9.2.28

A value for E-RAB ID shall only be present once in E-RABs Admitted List IE and in E-RABs Not Admitted List IE.

YES

ignore

Target eNB To Source eNB Transparent Container

M

OCTET STRING

Includes the RRC E-UTRA Handover Command message as defined in subclause 10.2.2 in TS 36.331 [9]

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

UE Context Kept Indicator

O

9.2.85

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

reject

WT UE Context Kept Indicator

O

UE Context Kept Indicator

9.2.85

Indicates that the WT has acknowledged to keep the UE context

YES

ignore

E-RABs transferred to MeNB

O

E-RAB List

9.2.28

In case of EN-DC, indicates that SN Status is needed for the listed E-RABs from the SgNB..

YES

ignore

Conditional Handover Information Acknowledge

O

YES

reject

>Requested Target Cell ID

M

ECGI

9.2.14

Target cell indicated in the corresponding HANDOVER REQUEST message

>Maximum Number of CHO Preparations

O

9.2.156

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.1.3 HANDOVER PREPARATION FAILURE

This message is sent by the target eNB to inform the source eNB that the Handover Preparation has failed.

Direction: target eNB → source eNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

Requested Target Cell ID

O

ECGI

9.2.14

Target cell indicated in the corresponding HANDOVER REQUEST message

YES

reject

9.1.1.4 SN STATUS TRANSFER

This message is sent by the source eNB to the target eNB to transfer the uplink/downlink PDCP SN and HFN status during a handover or for EN-DC.

Direction: source eNB → target eNB (handover), eNB from which the E-RAB context is transferred → eNB to which the E-RAB context is transferred (RRC connection re-establishment or dual connectivity), MeNB/en-gNB from which the E-RAB context is transferred → en-gNB/MeNB to which the E-RAB context is transferred (EN-DC).

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the eNB from which the E-RAB context is transferred

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated for handover at the target eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the eNB to which the E-RAB context is transferred

YES

reject

E-RABs Subject To Status Transfer List

1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Subject To Status Transfer Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>Receive Status Of UL PDCP SDUs

O

BIT STRING (4096)

PDCP Sequence Number = (First Missing SDU Number + bit position) modulo 4096

0: PDCP SDU has not been received.

1: PDCP SDU has been received correctly.

>>UL COUNT Value

M

COUNT Value

9.2.15

PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number of the first missing UL SDU in case of 12 bit long PDCP-SN

>>DL COUNT Value

M

COUNT Value

9.2.15

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number that the target eNB/en-gNB should assign for the next DL SDU not having an SN yet in case of 12 bit long PDCP-SN

>>Receive Status Of UL PDCP SDUs Extended

O

BIT STRING (1..16384)

The IE is used in case of 15 bit long PDCP-SN in this release.

The first bit indicates the status of the SDU after the First Missing UL PDCP SDU.

The Nth bit indicates the status of the UL PDCP SDU in position (N + First Missing SDU Number) modulo (1 + the maximum value of the PDCP-SN).

0: PDCP SDU has not been received.

1: PDCP SDU has been received correctly.

YES

ignore

>>UL COUNT Value Extended

O

COUNT Value Extended 9.2.66

PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number of the first missing UL SDU in case of 15 bit long PDCP-SN

YES

ignore

>>DL COUNT Value Extended

O

COUNT Value Extended 9.2.66

PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number that the target eNB/en-gNB should assign for the next DL SDU not having an SN yet in case of 15 bit long PDCP-SN

YES

ignore

>>Receive Status Of UL PDCP SDUs for PDCP SN Length 18

O

BIT STRING (1..131072)

The IE is used in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN.

The first bit indicates the status of the SDU after the First Missing UL PDCP SDU.

The Nth bit indicates the status of the UL PDCP SDU in position (N + First Missing SDU Number) modulo (1 + the maximum value of the PDCP-SN).

0: PDCP SDU has not been received.

1: PDCP SDU has been received correctly.

YES

ignore

>>UL COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

O

COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

9.2.82

PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number of the first missing UL SDU in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN

YES

ignore

>>DL COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

O

COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

9.2.82

PDCP-SN and Hyper Frame Number that the target eNB/en-gNB should assign for the next DL SDU not having an SN yet in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the eNB from which the E-RAB context is transferred.

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated for handover at the target eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the eNB to which the E-RAB context is transferred.

YES

reject

SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated for EN-DC at the SgNB.

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256.

9.1.1.5 UE CONTEXT RELEASE

This message is sent by the target eNB to the source eNB to indicate that resources can be released.

Direction: target eNB → source eNB (handover), MeNB → SeNB (dual connectivity), MeNB → en-gNB (EN-DC).

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity at the SeNB.

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated for handover at the target eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the MeNB.

YES

reject

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity at the SeNB.

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the MeNB.

YES

reject

SIPTO Bearer Deactivation Indication

O

ENUMERATED (True, …)

Indicates that SIPTO@LN PDN connection deactivation is needed.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated for EN-DC at the SgNB.

YES

ignore

9.1.1.6 HANDOVER CANCEL

This message is sent by the source eNB to the target eNB to cancel an ongoing handover.

Direction: source eNB → target eNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID

O

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

ignore

Candidate Cells To Be Cancelled List

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinCHO>

YES

reject

>Target Cell ID

M

ECGI

9.2.14

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinCHO

Maximum no. cells that can be prepared for a conditional handover. Value is 8.

9.1.1.7 HANDOVER SUCCESS

This message is sent by the target eNB to the source eNB to indicate the successful access of the UE toward the target eNB.

Direction: target eNB → source eNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

reject

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

ignore

Target Cell ID

M

ECGI

9.2.14

Target cell indicated in the corresponding Handover Preparation procedure

YES

reject

9.1.1.8 CONDITIONAL HANDOVER CANCEL

This message is sent by the target eNB to the source eNB to cancel an ongoing conditional handover.

Direction: target eNB → source eNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

New eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source eNB

YES

ignore

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the target eNB

YES

reject

Candidate Cells To Be Cancelled List

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinCHO>

YES

reject

>Target Cell ID

M

ECGI

9.2.14

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinCHO

Maximum no. cells that can be prepared for a conditional handover. Value is 8.

9.1.1.9 EARLY STATUS TRANSFER

This message is sent by the source eNB to the target eNB to transfer the COUNT value related to the forwarded downlink SDUs during DAPS Handover or Conditional Handover.

During a Conditional Handover with EN-DC or Dual Connectivity, or CPAC in EN-DC, this message is also used to transfer the COUNT value related to the forwarded downlink SDUs. In case of EN-DC, the COUNT value is transferred from the en-gNB to the eNB, while in case of Dual Connectivity, the COUNT value is transferred from the SeNB to the MeNB. In case of Conditional PSCell Addition, the COUNT value is transferred from the eNB to the en-gNB. In case of Conditional PSCell Change, the COUNT value is transferred from the source en-gNB to the eNB, and from eNB to the target en-gNB.

Direction: source eNB → target eNB (DAPS Handover or Conditional Handover).

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB (Conditional Handover with EN-DC), SeNB → MeNB (Conditional Handover with Dual Connectivity)

Direction: eNB → en-gNB (Conditional PSCell Addition)

Direction: source en-gNB → eNB, eNB → target en-gNB (Conditional PSCell Change)

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

Old eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated for DAPS handover or Conditional handover at the source eNB

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated for DAPS handover or Conditional handover at the target eNB

YES

reject

Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated for DAPS handover or Conditional handover at the source eNB

YES

reject

New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated for DAPS handover or Conditional handover at the target eNB

YES

reject

CHOICE Procedure Stage

M

YES

reject

>First DL COUNT

>>E-RABs Subject To Early Status Transfer List

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

>>>E-RABs Subject To Early Status Transfer Item

>>>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>>>FIRST DL COUNT Value

M

COUNT Value

9.2.15

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number of the first DL SDU that the source eNB/SeNB/en-gNB forwards to the target eNB/MeNB in case of 12 bit long PDCP-SN

>>>>FIRST DL COUNT Value Extended

O

COUNT Value Extended 9.2.66

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number of the first DL SDU that the source eNB/SeNB/en-gNB forwards to the target eNB/MeNB in case of 15 bit long PDCP-SN

>>>>FIRST DL COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

O

COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

9.2.82

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number of the first DL SDU that the source eNB/SeNB/en-gNB forwards to the target eNB/MeNB in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN

>DL Discarding

>>E-RABs Subject To DL Discarding List

M

1

>>>E-RABs Subject To DL Discarding Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

>>>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>>>DISCARD DL COUNT Value

M

COUNT Value

9.2.15

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number for which the target eNB/MeNB should discard forwarded DL SDUs associated with lower values in case of 12 bit long PDCP-SN

>>>>DISCARD DL COUNT Value Extended

O

COUNT Value Extended 9.2.66

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number for which the target eNB/MeNB should discard forwarded DL SDUs associated with lower values in case of 15 bit long PDCP-SN

>>>>DISCARD DL COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

O

COUNT Value for PDCP SN Length 18

9.2.82

PDCP-SN and Hyper frame number for which the target eNB/MeNB should discard forwarded DL SDUs associated with lower values in case of 18 bit long PDCP-SN

SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated for EN-DC at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256.