9.1.2 Messages for global procedures
36.4233GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)Release 17TSX2 Application Protocol (X2AP)
9.1.2.1 LOAD INFORMATION
This message is sent by an eNB to neighbouring eNBs to transfer load and interference co-ordination information.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Cell Information |
M |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>Cell Information Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
Id of the source cell |
– |
||
>>UL Interference Overload Indication |
O |
9.2.17 |
– |
|||
>>UL High Interference Information |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
– |
||||
>>>Target Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
Id of the cell for which the HII is meant |
– |
||
>>>UL High Interference Indication |
M |
9.2.18 |
– |
|||
>>Relative Narrowband Tx Power (RNTP) |
O |
9.2.19 |
– |
|||
>>ABS Information |
O |
9.2.54 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Invoke Indication |
O |
9.2.55 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Intended UL-DL Configuration |
O |
ENUMERATED(sa0, sa1, sa2, sa3, sa4, sa5, sa6,…) |
One of the UL-DL configurations defined in TS 36.211 [10]. The UL subframe(s) in the indicated configuration is subset of those in SIB1 UL-DL configuration. This IE applies to TDD only. |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>Extended UL Interference Overload Info |
O |
9.2.67 |
This IE applies to TDD only. |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>CoMP Information |
O |
9.2.74 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Dynamic DL transmission information |
O |
9.2.77 |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
9.1.2.2 ERROR INDICATION
This message is used to indicate that some error has been detected in the eNB/en-gNB.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2 or eNB → en-gNB or en-gNB → 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 |
O |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity at the SeNB or for a SN Status Transfer procedure at the eNB from which the E-RAB context is transferred. |
YES |
ignore |
|
New eNB UE X2AP ID |
O |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated for handover at the target eNB and for dual connectivity/EN-DC at the MeNB or for a SN Status Transfer procedure at the eNB to which the E-RAB context is transferred. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Cause |
O |
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 for handover at the source eNB and for dual connectivity at the SeNB or for a SN Status Transfer procedure at the eNB from which the E-RAB context is transferred. |
YES |
ignore |
|
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 MeNB or for a SN Status Transfer procedure at the eNB to which the E-RAB context is transferred. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Old en-gNB UE X2AP ID |
O |
en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100 |
Allocated for EN-DC at the en-gNB. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.3 X2 SETUP REQUEST
This message is sent by an eNB to a neighbouring eNB to transfer the initialization information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB1 🡪 eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
Served Cells |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of cells served by the eNB |
YES |
reject |
||
>Served Cell Information |
M |
9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>Neighbour Information |
0 .. <maxnoofNeighbours> |
– |
||||
>>ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>PCI |
M |
INTEGER (0..503, …) |
Physical Cell Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>EARFCN |
M |
9.2.26 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD |
– |
||
>>TAC |
O |
OCTET STRING (2) |
Tracking Area Code |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>EARFCN Extension |
O |
9.2.65 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD. If this IE is present, the value signalled in the EARFCN IE is ignored. |
YES |
reject |
|
>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbour, capable of performing EN-DC with the served E-UTRA cell |
YES |
ignore |
|
>Served Cell Specific Info Request |
O |
9.2.180 |
YES |
ignore |
||
GU Group Id List |
0 .. <maxfPools> |
List of all the pools to which the eNB belongs |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>GU Group Id |
M |
9.2.20 |
– |
|||
LHN ID |
O |
9.2.83 |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxnoofNeighbours |
Maximum no. of neighbour cells associated to a given served cell. Value is 512. |
maxPools |
Maximum no. of pools an eNB can belong to. Value is 16. |
9.1.2.4 X2 SETUP RESPONSE
This message is sent by an eNB to a neighbouring eNB to transfer the initialization information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
Served Cells |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of cells served by the eNB |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>Served Cell Information |
M |
9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>Neighbour Information |
0 .. <maxnoofNeighbours> |
– |
||||
>>ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>PCI |
M |
INTEGER (0..503, …) |
Physical Cell Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>EARFCN |
M |
9.2.26 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD |
– |
||
>>TAC |
O |
OCTET STRING (2) |
Tracking Area Code |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>EARFCN Extension |
O |
9.2.65 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD. If this IE is present, the value signalled in the EARFCN IE is ignored. |
YES |
reject |
|
>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbour, capable of performing EN-DC with the served E-UTRA cell |
YES |
ignore |
|
GU Group Id List |
0 .. <maxPools> |
List of all the pools to which the eNB belongs |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>GU Group Id |
M |
9.2.20 |
– |
|||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
LHN ID |
O |
9.2.83 |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxnoofNeighbours |
Maximum no. of neighbour cells associated to a given served cell. Value is 512. |
maxPools |
Maximum no. of pools an eNB can belong to. Value is 16. |
9.1.2.5 X2 SETUP FAILURE
This message is sent by the eNB to indicate X2 Setup failure.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Time To Wait |
O |
9.2.32 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.6 RESET REQUEST
This message is sent from one eNB to another eNB/en-gNB or from en-gNB to an eNB and is used to request the X2 interface between the two eNB or between an eNB and an en-gNB to be reset.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2, eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.7 RESET RESPONSE
This message is sent by a eNB/en-gNB as a response to a RESET REQUEST message.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1, eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.8 ENB CONFIGURATION UPDATE
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer eNB to transfer updated information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Served Cells To Add |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of added cells served by the eNB |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>Served Cell Information |
M |
9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>Neighbour Information |
0 .. <maxnoofNeighbours> |
– |
||||
>>ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>PCI |
M |
INTEGER (0..503, …) |
Physical Cell Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>EARFCN |
M |
9.2.26 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD |
– |
||
>>TAC |
O |
OCTET STRING (2) |
Tracking Area Code |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>EARFCN Extension |
O |
9.2.65 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD. If this IE is present, the value signalled in the EARFCN IE is ignored. |
YES |
reject |
|
>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbour, capable of performing EN-DC with the served E-UTRA cell |
YES |
ignore |
|
Served Cells To Modify |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of modified cells served by the eNB |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>Old ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
Old E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier |
– |
||
>Served Cell Information |
M |
9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>Neighbour Information |
0 .. <maxnoofNeighbours> |
– |
||||
>>ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>PCI |
M |
INTEGER (0..503, …) |
Physical Cell Identifier of the neighbour cell |
– |
||
>>EARFCN |
M |
9.2.26 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD |
– |
||
>>TAC |
O |
OCTET STRING (2) |
Tracking Area Code |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>EARFCN Extension |
O |
9.2.65 |
DL EARFCN for FDD or EARFCN for TDD. If this IE is present, the value signalled in the EARFCN IE is ignored. |
YES |
reject |
|
>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbour, capable of performing EN-DC with the served E-UTRA cell |
YES |
ignore |
|
>Deactivation Indication |
O |
ENUMERATED(deactivated, …) |
Indicates that the concerned cell is switched off for energy saving reasons |
YES |
ignore |
|
Served Cells To Delete |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of deleted cells served by the eNB |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>Old ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
Old E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the cell to be deleted |
– |
||
GU Group Id To Add List |
0 .. <maxPools> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>GU Group Id |
M |
9.2.20 |
– |
|||
GU Group Id To Delete List |
0 .. <maxPools> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>GU Group Id |
M |
9.2.20 |
– |
|||
Coverage Modification List |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
List of cells with modified coverage |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the cell to be modified |
– |
||
>Cell Coverage State |
M |
INTEGER (0..15, …) |
Value ‘0’ indicates that the cell is inactive. Other values Indicates that the cell is active and also indicates the coverage configuration of the concerned cell |
– |
||
>Cell Deployment Status Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED(pre-change-notification, …) |
Indicates the Cell Coverage State is planned to be used at the next reconfiguration |
|||
>Cell Replacing Info |
C-ifCellDeploymentStatusIndicatorPresent |
|||||
>>Replacing Cells |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
|||||
>>>ECGI |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of a cell that may replace all or part of the coverage of the cell to be modified |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxnoofNeighbours |
Maximum no. of neighbour cells associated to a given served cell. Value is 512. |
maxPools |
Maximum no. of pools an eNB can belong to. Value is 16. |
Condition |
Explanation |
ifCellDeploymentStatusIndicatorPresent |
This IE shall be present if the Cell Deployment Status Indicator IE is present. |
9.1.2.9 ENB CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer eNB to acknowledge update of information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.10 ENB CONFIGURATION UPDATE FAILURE
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer eNB to indicate eNB Configuration Update Failure.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Time To Wait |
O |
9.2.32 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.11 RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST
This message is sent by an eNB1 to neighbouring eNB2 to initiate the requested measurement according to the parameters given in the message.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB1 |
YES |
reject |
|
eNB2 Measurement ID |
C-ifRegistrationRequestStoporPartialStoporAdd |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB2 |
YES |
ignore |
|
Registration Request |
M |
ENUMERATED(start, stop, …, partial stop, add) |
Type of request for which the resource status is required. |
YES |
reject |
|
Report Characteristics |
O |
BITSTRING (SIZE(32)) |
Each position in the bitmap indicates measurement object the eNB2 is requested to report. First Bit = PRB Periodic, Second Bit = TNL load Ind Periodic, Third Bit = HW Load Ind Periodic, Fourth Bit = Composite Available Capacity Periodic, this bit should be set to 1 if at least one of the First, Second or Third bits is set to 1, Fifth Bit = ABS Status Periodic, Sixth Bit = RSRP Measurement Report Periodic, Seventh Bit = CSI Report Periodic, Eighth Bit = CAC for Possibly Aggregated Cells Periodic. Other bits shall be ignored by the eNB2. |
YES |
reject |
|
Cell To Report |
1 |
Cell ID list to which the request applies. |
YES |
ignore |
||
>Cell To Report Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
– |
|||
Reporting Periodicity |
O |
ENUMERATED(1000ms, 2000ms, 5000ms,10000ms, …) |
Periodicity that can be used for reporting of PRB Periodic, TNL Load Ind Periodic, HW Load Ind Periodic, Composite Available Capacity Periodic or ABS Status Periodic. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Partial Success Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED(partial success allowed, …) |
Included if partial success is allowed |
YES |
ignore |
|
Reporting Periodicity of RSRP Measurement Report |
O |
ENUMERATED(120ms, 240ms, 480ms, 640ms, …) |
Periodicity that can be used for the reporting of RSRP Measurement Report Periodic. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Reporting Periodicity of CSI Report |
O |
ENUMERATED(5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms, …) |
Periodicity that can be used for the reporting of CSI Report Periodic. |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
Condition |
Explanation |
ifRegistrationRequestStoporPartialStoporAdd |
This IE shall be present if the Registration Request IE is set to the value "stop", "partial stop" or "add". |
9.1.2.12 RESOURCE STATUS RESPONSE
This message is sent by the eNB2 to indicate that the requested measurement, for all or for a subset of the measurement objects included in the measurement is successfully initiated.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB1 |
YES |
reject |
|
eNB2 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB2 |
YES |
reject |
|
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Measurement Initiation Result |
0..1 |
List of all cells in which measurement objects were requested, included when indicating partial success |
YES |
ignore |
||
>Measurement Initiation Result Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
– |
|||
>>Measurement Failure Cause List |
0..1 |
Indicates that eNB2 could not initiate the measurement for at least one of the requested measurement objects in the cell |
– |
|||
>>>Measurement Failure Cause Item |
1 .. <maxFailedMeasObjects> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>>>Measurement Failed Report Characteristics |
M |
BITSTRING (SIZE(32)) |
Each position in the bitmap indicates measurement object that failed to be initiated in the eNB2. First Bit = PRB Periodic, Second Bit = TNL load Ind Periodic, Third Bit = HW Load Ind Periodic, Fourth Bit = Composite Available Capacity Periodic, Fifth Bit = ABS Status Periodic, Sixth Bit = RSRP Measurement Report Periodic, Seventh Bit = CSI Report Periodic, Eighth Bit = CAC for Possibly Aggregated Cells Periodic. Other bits shall be ignored by the eNB1. |
– |
||
>>>>Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
Failure cause for measurement objects for which the measurement cannot be initiated |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxFailedMeasObjects |
Maximum number of measurement objects that can fail per measurement. Value is 32. |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
9.1.2.13 RESOURCE STATUS FAILURE
This message is sent by the eNB2 to indicate that for none of the requested measurement objects the measurement can be initiated.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
|
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
|||
eNB1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB1 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB2 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB2 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
Ignored by the receiver when the Complete Failure Cause Information IE is included |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
Complete Failure Cause Information |
0..1 |
Complete list of failure causes for all requested cells |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>Complete Failure Cause Information Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
||||
>>Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
– |
||||
>>Measurement Failure Cause List |
1 |
– |
|||||
>>>Measurement Failure Cause Item |
1 .. <maxFailedMeasObjects> |
EACH |
ignore |
||||
>>>>Measurement Failed Report Characteristics |
M |
BITSTRING (SIZE(32)) |
Each position in the bitmap indicates measurement object that failed to be initiated in the eNB2. First Bit = PRB Periodic, Second Bit = TNL load Ind Periodic, Third Bit = HW Load Ind Periodic, Fourth Bit = Composite Available Capacity Periodic, Fifth Bit = ABS Status Periodic, Sixth Bit = RSRP Measurement Report Periodic, Seventh Bit = CSI Report Periodic, Eighth Bit = CAC for Possibly Aggregated Cells Periodic. Other bits shall be ignored by the eNB1. |
– |
|||
>>>>Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
Failure cause for measurements that cannot be initiated |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxFailedMeasObjects |
Max number of measurement objects that can fail per measurement. Value is 32. |
9.1.2.14 RESOURCE STATUS UPDATE
This message is sent by eNB2 to neighbouring eNB1 to report the results of the requested measurements.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
eNB1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB1 |
YES |
reject |
|
eNB2 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095,…) |
Allocated by eNB2 |
YES |
reject |
|
Cell Measurement Result |
1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>Cell Measurement Result Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
– |
|||
>>Hardware Load Indicator |
O |
9.2.34 |
– |
|||
>>S1 TNL Load Indicator |
O |
9.2.35 |
– |
|||
>>Radio Resource Status |
O |
9.2.37 |
– |
|||
>>Composite Available Capacity Group |
O |
9.2.44 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>ABS Status |
O |
9.2.58 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>RSRP Measurement Report List |
O |
9.2.76 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>CSI Report |
O |
9.2.79 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Cell Reporting Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED(stop request, …) |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Measurement Result for NR Cells Possibly Aggregated |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>>>Measurement Result for NR Cells Possibly Aggregated Item |
1 .. < maxnoofReportedNRCellsPossiblyAggregated > |
– |
||||
>>>>Cell ID |
M |
NR CGI 9.2.111 |
– |
|||
>>>>NR Composite Available Capacity Group |
O |
9.2.163 |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxnoofReportedNRCellsPossiblyAggregated |
Maximum no. of reported NR cells that may be aggregated with the serving cell. Value is 16. |
9.1.2.15 MOBILITY CHANGE REQUEST
This message is sent by an eNB1 to neighbouring eNB2 to initiate adaptation of mobility parameters.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB1 Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB2 Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB1 Mobility Parameters |
O |
Mobility Parameters Information 9.2.48 |
Configuration change in eNB1 cell |
YES |
ignore |
|
eNB2 Proposed Mobility Parameters |
M |
Mobility Parameters Information 9.2.48 |
Proposed configuration change in eNB2 cell |
YES |
reject |
|
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.16 MOBILITY CHANGE ACKNOWLEDGE
This message is sent by the eNB2 to indicate that the eNB2 Proposed Mobility Parameter proposed by eNB1 was accepted.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB1 Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB2 Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
reject |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.17 MOBILITY CHANGE FAILURE
This message is sent by the eNB2 to indicate that the eNB2 Proposed Mobility Parameter proposed by eNB1 was refused.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
eNB1 Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
ignore |
||
eNB2 Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Mobility Parameters Modification Range |
O |
9.2.49 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.18 RLF INDICATION
This message is sent by the eNB2 to indicate an RRC re-establishment attempt or a reception of an RLF Report from a UE that suffered a connection failure at eNB1.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Failure cell PCI |
M |
INTEGER (0..503, …) |
Physical Cell Identifier |
YES |
ignore |
|
Re-establishment cell ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
YES |
ignore |
||
C-RNTI |
M |
BIT STRING (SIZE (16)) |
C-RNTI contained in the RRC Re-establishment Request message (TS 36.331 [9]) |
YES |
ignore |
|
ShortMAC-I |
O |
BIT STRING (SIZE (16)) |
ShortMAC-I contained in the RRC Re-establishment Request message (TS 36.331 [9]) |
YES |
ignore |
|
UE RLF Report Container |
O |
OCTET STRING |
RLF -Report-r9 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 36.331 [9]) |
YES |
ignore |
|
RRC Conn Setup Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED(RRC Conn Setup, …) |
Included if the RLF Report within the UE RLF Report Container IE is retrieved after an RRC connection setup or an incoming successful handover |
YES |
reject |
|
RRC Conn Reestab Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED(reconfigurationFailure, handoverFailure, otherFailure, …) |
The Reestablishment Cause in RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequest message(TS 36.331 [9]) |
YES |
ignore |
|
UE RLF Report Container for extended bands |
O |
OCTET STRING |
RLF-Report-v9e0 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 36.331 [9]) |
YES |
ignore |
|
NB-IoT RLF Report Container |
O |
OCTET STRING |
RLF-Report-NB-r16 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse-NB message (TS 36.331 [9]) |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.19 HANDOVER REPORT
This message is sent by the eNB1 to report a handover failure event or other critical mobility problem.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Handover Report Type |
M |
ENUMERATED (HO too early, HO to wrong cell, …, InterRAT ping-pong, Inter System ping-pong) |
YES |
ignore |
||
Handover Cause |
M |
Cause 9.2.6 |
Indicates handover cause employed for handover from eNB2 |
YES |
ignore |
|
Source cell ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
ECGI of source cell for handover procedure (in eNB2) |
YES |
ignore |
|
Failure cell ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
ECGI of target cell for handover procedure (in eNB1) |
YES |
ignore |
|
Re-establishment cell ECGI |
C- ifHandoverReportType HoToWrongCell |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
ECGI of cell where UE attempted re-establishment |
YES |
ignore |
|
Target cell in UTRAN |
C- ifHandoverReportType InterRATpingpong |
OCTET STRING |
Encoded according to UTRAN Cell ID in the Last Visited UTRAN Cell Information IE, as defined in in TS 25.413 [24] |
YES |
ignore |
|
Source cell C-RNTI |
O |
BIT STRING (SIZE (16)) |
C-RNTI allocated at the source eNB (in eNB2) contained in the AS-config (TS 36.331 [9]). |
YES |
ignore |
|
Mobility Information |
O |
BIT STRING (SIZE (32)) |
Information provided in the HANDOVER REQUEST message from eNB2. |
YES |
ignore |
|
UE RLF Report Container |
O |
OCTET STRING |
The UE RLF Report Container IE received in the RLF INDICATION message. |
YES |
ignore |
|
UE RLF Report Container for extended bands |
O |
OCTET STRING |
The UE RLF Report Container for extended bands IE received in the RLF INDICATION message. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Target cell in NG-RAN |
C- ifHandoverReportType Inter-system pingpong |
OCTET STRING |
Encoded according to NG-RAN CGI IE in TS 38.413 [39]. |
YES |
ignore |
Condition |
Explanation |
ifHandoverReportType HoToWrongCell |
This IE shall be present if the Handover Report Type IE is set to the value "HO to wrong cell" |
ifHandoverReportType InterRATpingpong |
This IE shall be present if the Handover Report Type IE is set to the value "InterRAT ping-pong" |
ifHandoverReportType Inter-system pingpong |
This IE shall be present if the Handover Report Type IE is set to the value "Inter-system ping-pong" |
9.1.2.20 CELL ACTIVATION REQUEST
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer eNB to request a previously switched-off cell(s) to be re-activated.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Served Cells To Activate |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>ECGI |
M |
9.2.14 |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
9.1.2.21 CELL ACTIVATION RESPONSE
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer eNB to indicate that one or more cell(s) previously switched-off has(have) been activated.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Activated Cell List |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
GLOBAL |
ignore |
|||
>ECGI |
M |
9.2.14 |
– |
|||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
9.1.2.22 CELL ACTIVATION FAILURE
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer eNB to indicate cell activation failure.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.23 X2 RELEASE
This message is used to indicate that the signalling connection to an eNB is unavailable.
Direction: eNB1 🡪 eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.24 X2AP MESSAGE TRANSFER
This message is used for indirect transport of an X2AP message (except the X2AP MESSAGE TRANSFER message) between two eNBs, and to allow an eNB to perform registration.
Direction: eNB1 → eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
RNL Header |
M |
9.2.68 |
YES |
reject |
||
X2AP Message |
O |
OCTET STRING |
Includes any X2AP message except the X2AP MESSAGE TRANSFER message |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.25 X2 REMOVAL REQUEST
This message is sent by an eNB to a neighbouring eNB to initiate the removal of the signaling connection.
Direction: eNB1 🡪 eNB2.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
X2 Removal Threshold |
O |
X2 Benefit Value 9.2.90 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.26 X2 REMOVAL RESPONSE
This message is sent by an eNB to a neighbouring eNB to acknowledge the initiation of removal of the signaling connection.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.27 X2 REMOVAL FAILURE
This message is sent by the eNB to indicate that removing the signaling connection cannot be accepted.
Direction: eNB2 → eNB1.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.28 RETRIEVE UE CONTEXT REQUEST
This message is sent by the new eNB to request the old eNB to transfer the UE Context to the new eNB.
Direction: new eNB → old eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
New eNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
reject |
|
New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the new eNB See Note 1) |
YES |
reject |
|
Resume ID |
M |
9.2.91 |
YES |
reject |
||
ShortMAC-I |
M |
BIT STRING (SIZE (16)) |
RRC Resume: Corresponds to the ShortResumeMAC-I in the RRCConnection ResumeRequest message as defined in TS 36.331 [9] RRC Reestablishment: Corresponds to the ShortMAC-I in the RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequestmessage as defined in TS 36.331 [9]. |
YES |
reject |
|
New E-UTRAN Cell Identifier |
M |
BIT STRING (SIZE (28)) |
RRC Resume: Corresponds to the cellIdentity within the VarShortResumeMAC-Input as specified in TS 36.331 [9]. RRC Reestablishment: Corresponds to the cellIdentity within the VarShortMAC-Input as specified in TS 36.331 [9]. |
YES |
reject |
|
C-RNTI |
O |
BIT STRING (SIZE (16)) |
C-RNTI contained in the RRC Re-establishment Request message (TS 36.331 [9]). If this IE is present, the Resume ID IE is ignored |
YES |
reject |
|
Failure cell PCI |
O |
INTEGER (0..503, …) |
Physical Cell Identifier |
YES |
reject |
NOTE 1: The ASN.1 definition of the RETRIEVE UE CONTEXT REQUEST message contains the a wrong IE-Id, which references the SeNB UE X2AP ID Extension IE instead of the New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension IE. The old eNB interprets the content of this IE as the Extended eNB UE X2AP ID, which, together with the New eNB UE X2AP ID IE represents the eNB UE X2AP ID allocated at the new eNB.
9.1.2.29 RETRIEVE UE CONTEXT RESPONSE
This message is sent by the old eNB to transfer the UE context to the new eNB.
Direction: old eNB → new eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
New eNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
Old eNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the old eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the old eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
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 |
– |
||
>>>Bearer Type |
O |
9.2.92 |
– |
|||
>>>UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint |
M |
GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1 |
SGW endpoint of the S1 transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDUs. |
YES |
reject |
|
>>>DL Forwarding |
O |
9.2.5 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>>Ethernet Type |
O |
9.2.157 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>>Security Indication |
O |
9.2.181 |
YES |
reject |
||
>RRC Context |
M |
OCTET STRING |
Includes either the RRC Handover Preparation Information message as defined in subclause 10.2.2 of TS 36.331 [9], or the HandoverPreparationInformation-NB message as defined in subclause 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 |
– |
|||
>Management Based MDT PLMN List |
O |
MDT PLMN List 9.2.64 |
– |
|||
>UE Sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate |
O |
9.2.97 |
This IE applies only if the UE is authorized for V2X services. |
YES |
ignore |
|
>Additional RRM Policy Index |
O |
9.2.25a |
YES |
ignore |
||
>EPC Handover Restriction List Container |
O |
9.2.153 |
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 |
||
Trace Activation |
O |
9.2.2 |
YES |
ignore |
||
SRVCC Operation Possible |
O |
9.2.33 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Masked IMEISV |
O |
9.2.69 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Expected UE Behaviour |
O |
9.2.70 |
YES |
ignore |
||
ProSe Authorized |
O |
9.2.78 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
V2X Services Authorized |
O |
9.2.93 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Aerial UE subscription information |
O |
9.2.129 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Subscription Based UE Differentiation Information |
O |
9.2.136 |
YES |
ignore |
||
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 |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxnoofBearers |
Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256 |
9.1.2.30 RETRIEVE UE CONTEXT FAILURE
This message is sent by the old eNB to inform the new eNB that the Retrieve UE Context procedure has failed.
Direction: old eNB → new eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
New eNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.31 EN-DC X2 SETUP REQUEST
This message is sent by an initiating node to a neighbouring node, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to transfer the initialization information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
CHOICE Initiating NodeType |
M |
YES |
reject |
|||
>eNB |
||||||
>>Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
>>List of Served E-UTRA Cells |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of cells served by the eNB |
YES |
reject |
||
>>>Served E-UTRA Cell Information |
M |
Served Cell Information 9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
NOTE: In the current version of this specification this IE is not included in the Initiating Node Type IE. |
YES |
reject |
|
>>Cell and Capacity Assistance Information |
O |
9.2.146 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>en-gNB |
||||||
>>Global en-gNB ID |
M |
9.2.112 |
YES |
reject |
||
>>List of Served NR Cells |
1 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
List of cells served by the en-gNB. If a partial list of cells is signalled, it contains at least one cell per carrier configured at the gNB. |
YES |
reject |
||
>>>Served NR Cell Information |
M |
9.2.110 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours. |
– |
||
>>>Served Cell Specific Info Request |
O |
9.2.180 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Partial List Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED (partial, …) |
Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the List of Served NR Cells IE |
YES |
ignore |
|
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
TNL Transport Layer Address info |
O |
9.2.149 |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
9.1.2.32 EN-DC X2 SETUP RESPONSE
This message is sent by a neighbouring node to an initiating node, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to transfer the initialization information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
CHOICE Responding NodeType |
M |
YES |
reject |
|||
>eNB |
||||||
>>Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
>>List of Served E-UTRA Cells |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of cells served by the eNB |
YES |
reject |
||
>>>Served E-UTRA Cell Information |
M |
Served Cell Information 9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>Cell and Capacity Assistance Information |
O |
9.2.146 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>en-gNB |
||||||
>>Global en-gNB ID |
M |
9.2.112 |
YES |
reject |
||
>>List of Served NR Cells |
1 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
List of cells served by the en-gNB. If a partial list of cells is signalled, it contains at least one cell per carrier configured at the gNB. |
YES |
reject |
||
>>>Served NR Cell Information |
M |
9.2.110 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>Partial List Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED (partial, …) |
Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the List of Served NR Cells IE |
YES |
ignore |
|
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
TNL Transport Layer Address info |
O |
9.2.149 |
YES |
ignore |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
9.1.2.33 EN-DC X2 SETUP FAILURE
This message is sent by the neighbouring node to indicate EN-DC X2 Setup failure.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Time To Wait |
O |
9.2.32 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
Message Oversize Notification |
O |
9.2.148 |
YES |
ignore |
9.1.2.34 EN-DC CONFIGURATION UPDATE
This message is sent by an initiating node to a peer neighbouring node, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to transfer updated information for a TNL association.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
CHOICE Initiating NodeType |
M |
YES |
reject |
|||
>eNB |
||||||
>>Cell Assistance Information |
O |
9.2.115 |
YES |
reject |
||
>>Served E-UTRA Cells To Add |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>>>Served E-UTRA Cell Information |
M |
Served Cell Information 9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>Served E-UTRA Cells To Modify |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of modified cells served by the eNB |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>>>Old ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
Old E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier |
– |
||
>>>Served E-UTRA Cell Information |
M |
Served Cell Information 9.2.8 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>Served E-UTRA Cells To Delete |
0 .. <maxCellineNB> |
Complete list of deleted cells served by the eNB |
GLOBAL |
reject |
||
>>>Old ECGI |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
Old E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier of the cell to be deleted |
– |
||
>en-gNB |
||||||
>>Served NR Cells To Add |
0 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>>>Served NR Cell Information |
M |
9.2.110 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>>Served Cell Specific Info Request |
O |
9.2.180 |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>Served NR Cells To Modify |
0 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>>>Old NR-CGI |
M |
NR CGI 9.2.111 |
– |
|||
>>>Served NR Cell Information |
M |
9.2.110 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours |
– |
||
>>>NR Deactivation Indication |
O |
ENUMERATED(deactivated, …) |
Indicates that the concerned NR cell is switched off for energy saving reasons. If this IE is not included, indicates that the concerned cell is activated. |
YES |
ignore |
|
>>Served NR Cells To Delete |
0 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>>>Old NR-CGI |
M |
NR CGI 9.2.111 |
– |
|||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
TNL Transport Layer Address info |
O |
9.2.149 |
YES |
ignore |
||
TNLA To Add List |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>TNLA To Add Item IEs |
1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations> |
– |
||||
>>TNLA Transport Layer Information |
M |
9.2.150 |
CP Transport Layer Information of the en-gNB |
– |
– |
|
>>TNLA Usage |
M |
9.2.151 |
– |
– |
||
TNLA To Update List |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>TNLA To Update Item IEs |
1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations> |
– |
||||
>>TNLA Transport Layer Information |
M |
9.2.150 |
CP Transport Layer Information of the en-gNB |
– |
– |
|
>>TNLA Usage |
O |
9.2.151 |
– |
– |
||
TNLA To Remove List |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>TNLA To Remove Item IEs |
1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations> |
– |
||||
>>TNLA Transport Layer Information |
M |
9.2.150 |
CP Transport Layer Information of the en-gNB |
– |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
maxnoofTNLAssociations |
Maximum numbers of TNL Associations between the eNB and the en-gNB. Value is 32. |
9.1.2.35 EN-DC CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE
This message is sent by a neighbouring node to a peer node, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to acknowledge update of information for a TNL association.
Direction: en-gNB → eNB, eNB → en-gNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
CHOICE Responding NodeType |
M |
YES |
reject |
|||
>eNB |
||||||
>en-gNB |
||||||
>>List of Served NR Cells |
0 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
Complete or limited list of cells served by the en-gNB, if requested by the eNB. |
– |
|||
>>>Served NR Cell Information |
M |
9.2.110 |
– |
|||
>>>NR Neighbour Information |
O |
9.2.98 |
NR neighbours. |
– |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
TNL Transport Layer Address info |
O |
9.2.149 |
YES |
ignore |
||
TNLA Setup List |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>TNLA Setup Item |
1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations> |
– |
||||
>>TNLA Transport Layer Address |
M |
9.2.150 |
CP Transport Layer Information of the en-gNB |
– |
||
TNLA Failed to Setup List |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>TNLA Failed To Setup Item |
1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations> |
– |
||||
>>TNLA Transport Layer Address |
M |
9.2.150 |
CP Transport Layer Information of the en-gNB |
– |
||
>>Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
maxnoofTNLAssociations |
Maximum numbers of TNL Associations between the eNB and the en-gNB. Value is 32. |
9.1.2.36 EN-DC CONFIGURATION UPDATE FAILURE
This message is sent by a neighbouring node to a peer node to indicate EN-DC eNB Configuration Update Failure.
Direction: en-gNB → eNB, eNB → en-gNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Time To Wait |
O |
9.2.32 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.37 EN-DC CELL ACTIVATION REQUEST
This message is sent by an eNB to a peer en-gNB to request a previously switched-off cell(s) to be re-activated.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Served NR Cells To Activate |
1 |
GLOBAL |
reject |
|||
>Served NR Cells To Activate Item |
1 .. < maxCellinengNB > |
|||||
>>NR CGI |
M |
9.2.111 |
– |
|||
Activation ID |
M |
INTEGER (0..255) |
Allocated by the eNB |
YES |
reject |
|
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
9.1.2.38 EN-DC CELL ACTIVATION RESPONSE
This message is sent by an en-gNB to a peer eNB to indicate that one or more cell(s) previously switched-off has (have) been activated.
Direction: en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Activated NR Cell List |
1 |
GLOBAL |
ignore |
|||
>Activated NR Cell Item |
1 .. < maxCellinengNB > |
|||||
>>NR CGI |
M |
9.2.111 |
– |
|||
Activation ID |
M |
INTEGER (0..255) |
Allocated by the eNB |
YES |
reject |
|
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
9.1.2.39 EN-DC CELL ACTIVATION FAILURE
This message is sent by an en-gNB to a peer eNB to indicate cell activation failure.
Direction: en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Activation ID |
M |
INTEGER (0..255) |
Allocated by the eNB |
YES |
reject |
|
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.40 EN-DC X2 REMOVAL REQUEST
This message is sent by an initiating node to a neighbouring node to initiate the removal of the interface instance.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
CHOICE Initiating Node Type |
M |
|||||
>eNB |
||||||
>>Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
>en-gNB |
||||||
>>Global en-gNB ID |
M |
9.2.112 |
||||
X2 Removal Threshold |
O |
X2 Benefit Value 9.2.90 |
YES |
reject |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.41 EN-DC X2 REMOVAL RESPONSE
This message is sent by an initiating node to a neighbouring node to acknowledge the initiation of removal of the interface instance.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
CHOICE Initiating Node Type |
M |
|||||
>eNB |
||||||
>>Global eNB ID |
M |
9.2.22 |
YES |
reject |
||
>en-gNB |
||||||
>>Global en-gNB ID |
M |
9.2.112 |
YES |
reject |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.42 EN-DC X2 REMOVAL FAILURE
This message is sent by the initiating node to indicate that removing the interface instance cannot be accepted.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
reject |
||
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.43 DATA FORWARDING ADDRESS INDICATION
This message is sent by the new eNB to indicate to the old eNB forwarding addresses for each E-RAB for which it admits data forwarding.
During a Conditional Handover with EN-DC or Dual Connectivity or Conditional PSCell Change, this message is also used to provide data forwarding related information. In case of EN-DC, the data forwarding related information is transferred from the eNB to the en-gNB, while in case of Dual Connectivity, the data forwarding related information is transferred from the MeNB to the SeNB.
Direction: new eNB → old eNB.
Direction: MeNB → en-gNB (Conditional Handover with EN-DC, Conditional PSCell Change), MeNB → SeNB (Conditional Handover with Dual Connectivity)
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
New eNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
New eNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the new eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
Old eNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the old eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
Old eNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the old eNB |
YES |
ignore |
|
E-RABs Data Forwarding Address List |
1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
> E-RABs Data Forwarding Address Item |
1 .. <maxnoofBearers> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>E-RAB ID |
M |
9.2.23 |
– |
|||
>>DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint |
M |
GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1 |
Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs |
– |
||
CHO DC Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED (true, …) |
Indicating that the DATA FORWARDING ADDRESS INDICATION message is for a Conditional Handover. |
YES |
reject |
|
CHO DC Early Data Forwarding Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED (stop, …) |
YES |
ignore |
||
SgNB UE X2AP ID |
O |
en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100 |
Allocated for EN-DC at the en-gNB. |
YES |
ignore |
|
CPC Data Forwarding Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED (triggered, early data transmission stop, …) |
Indicates that the DATA FORWARDING ADDRESS INDICATION message is for a Conditional PSCell Change. |
YES |
reject |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxnoofBearers |
Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256 |
9.1.2.44 EN-DC CONFIGURATION TRANSFER
This message is sent by an eNB in order to transfer the EN-DC SON Configuration container to an en-gNB, or it is sent by an en-gNB in order to transfer the EN-DC SON Configuration container to an eNB.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB or en-gNB → eNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.13 |
YES |
ignore |
||
EN-DC SON Configuration Transfer |
O |
OCTET STRING |
Contains the EN-DC SON Configuration Transfer IE as defined in TS 36.413 [4]. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.45 EN-DC RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST
This message is sent by the eNB to the en-gNB or by the en-gNB to the eNB to initiate the requested measurement according to the parameters given in the message.
Direction: E-UTRAN node1 → E-UTRAN node2 (eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB).
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.3.1 |
YES |
reject |
||
E-UTRAN node1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node1. |
YES |
reject |
|
E-UTRAN node2 Measurement ID |
C-ifRegistrationRequestStoporAdd |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node2. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Registration Request EN-DC |
M |
ENUMERATED (start, stop, add, …) |
Type of request for which the resource status is required. |
YES |
reject |
|
Reporting Periodicity EN-DC |
O |
ENUMERATED (500ms, 1000ms, 2000ms, 5000ms,10000ms, …) |
Periodicity that can be used for reporting of PRB Periodic, TNL Capacity Ind Periodic, Composite Available Capacity Periodic. Also used as the averaging window length for all measurement object if supported. |
YES |
ignore |
|
Report Characteristics EN-DC |
C-ifRegistrationRequestStart |
BITSTRING (SIZE(32)) |
When sent by the eNB, each position in the bitmap indicates measurement object the en-gNB is requested to report. First Bit = PRB Periodic, Second Bit = TNL Capacity Ind Periodic, Third Bit = Composite Available Capacity Periodic, Fourth Bit = Number of Active UEs. Other bits shall be ignored by the en-gNB. When sent by the en-gNB, each position in the bitmap indicates measurement object the eNB is requested to report. First Bit = PRB Periodic, Second Bit = TNL load Ind Periodic, Third Bit = HW Load Ind Periodic, Fourth Bit = Composite Available Capacity Periodic, this bit should be set to 1 if at least one of the First, Second or Third bits is set to 1. Other bits shall be ignored by the eNB. |
YES |
ignore |
|
NR Cell To Report EN-DC List |
0..1 |
NR cell ID list to which the request applies. |
YES |
ignore |
||
>NR Cell To Report EN-DC Item |
1 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>NR Cell ID |
M |
NR CGI 9.2.111 |
– |
|||
>>SSB To Report List |
0..1 |
SSB list to which the request applies. |
YES |
ignore |
||
>>>SSB To Report Item |
1 .. <maxnoofSSBAreas> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>>>SSB Index |
M |
9.2.167 |
– |
|||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
E-UTRA Cell To Report EN-DC List |
0..1 |
E-UTRA cell ID list to which the request applies. |
YES |
ignore |
||
>E-UTRA Cell To Report EN-DC Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>E-UTRA Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
– |
Condition |
Explanation |
ifRegistrationRequestStoporAdd |
This IE shall be present if the Registration Request EN-DC IE is set to the value "stop", or "add". |
ifRegistrationRequestStart |
This IE shall be present if the Registration Request EN-DC IE is set to the value "start". |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
maxnoofSSBAreas |
Maximum no. SSB Areas that can be served by a NG-RAN node cell. Value is 64. |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
9.1.2.46 EN-DC RESOURCE STATUS RESPONSE
This message is sent by the en-gNB or by the eNB to indicate that the requested measurement, for all of the measurement objects included in the measurement is successfully initiated.
Direction: E-UTRAN node2 → E-UTRAN node1 (en-gNB → eNB, eNB → en-gNB).
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.3.1 |
YES |
reject |
||
E-UTRAN node1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node1. |
YES |
reject |
|
E-UTRAN node2 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node2. |
YES |
reject |
|
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.47 EN-DC RESOURCE STATUS FAILURE
This message is sent by the en-gNB or by the eNB to indicate that for any of the requested measurement objects the measurement cannot be initiated.
Direction: E-UTRAN node2 → E-UTRAN node1 (en-gNB → eNB, eNB → en-gNB).
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.3.1 |
YES |
reject |
||
E-UTRAN node1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node1. |
YES |
reject |
|
E-UTRAN node2 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node2. |
YES |
reject |
|
Cause |
M |
9.2.6 |
Ignored by the receiver when the Complete Failure Cause Information IE is included |
YES |
ignore |
|
Criticality Diagnostics |
O |
9.2.7 |
YES |
ignore |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.48 EN-DC RESOURCE STATUS UPDATE
This message is sent by the en-gNB or by the eNB to the en-gNB to the eNB to report the results of the requested measurements.
Direction: E-UTRAN node2 → E-UTRAN node1 (en-gNB → eNB, eNB → en-gNB).
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.3.1 |
YES |
ignore |
||
E-UTRAN node1 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node1. |
YES |
reject |
|
E-UTRAN node2 Measurement ID |
M |
INTEGER (1..4095, …) |
Allocated by the E-UTRAN node2. |
YES |
reject |
|
NR Cell Measurement Result |
0..1 |
Concerned NR cells in the en-gNB. |
YES |
ignore |
||
>NR Cell Measurement Result Item |
1 .. <maxCellinengNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>NR Cell ID |
M |
NR CGI 9.2.111 |
– |
|||
>>NR Radio Resource Status |
O |
9.2.162 |
– |
|||
>>TNL Capacity Indicator |
O |
9.2.161 |
– |
|||
>>NR Composite Available Capacity Group |
O |
9.2.163 |
– |
|||
>>Number of Active UEs |
O |
INTEGER (0..16777215, …) |
As defined in TS 38.314 [45]. Value "1" is equivalent to 0.1 Active UEs, value "2" is equivalent to 0.2 Active UEs, value n is equivalent to n/10 Active UEs. |
– |
||
Interface Instance Indication |
O |
9.2.143 |
YES |
reject |
||
E-UTRA Cell Measurement Result |
0..1 |
Concerned E-UTRA cells in the eNB. |
YES |
ignore |
||
>E-UTRA Cell Measurement Result Item |
1 .. <maxCellineNB> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>E-UTRA Cell ID |
M |
ECGI 9.2.14 |
– |
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>>Hardware Load Indicator |
O |
9.2.34 |
– |
|||
>>S1 TNL Load Indicator |
O |
9.2.35 |
– |
|||
>>Radio Resource Status |
O |
9.2.37 |
– |
|||
>>Composite Available Capacity Group |
O |
9.2.44 |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxCellinengNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an en-gNB. Value is 16384. |
maxCellineNB |
Maximum no. cells that can be served by an eNB. Value is 256. |
9.1.2.49 CELL TRAFFIC TRACE
This message is sent by en-gNB to transfer the trace information to the MeNB.
Direction: en-gNB → MeNB
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
|
Message Type |
M |
9.2.1.1 |
YES |
ignore |
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MeNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.24 |
Allocated at the MeNB. |
YES |
reject |
||
SgNB UE X2AP ID |
M |
en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100 |
Allocated at the en-gNB. |
YES |
reject |
||
E-UTRAN Trace ID |
M |
OCTET STRING (SIZE(8)) |
As per E-UTRAN Trace ID in Trace Activation IE |
YES |
ignore |
||
Trace Collection Entity IP Address |
M |
BIT STRING (1..160,…) |
Defined in TS 32.422 [6] |
YES |
ignore |
||
Privacy Indicator |
O |
ENUMERATED (Immediate MDT, …) |
YES |
ignore |
|||
MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension |
O |
Extended eNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.86 |
Allocated at the MeNB. |
YES |
reject |
9.1.2.50 ACCESS AND MOBILITY INDICATION
This message is sent by the eNB to the en-gNB to transfer access and mobility related information.
Direction: eNB → en-gNB.
IE/Group Name |
Presence |
Range |
IE type and reference |
Semantics description |
Criticality |
Assigned Criticality |
Message Type |
M |
9.2.3.1 |
YES |
reject |
||
NR RACH Report List |
0..1 |
YES |
ignore |
|||
>NR RACH Report List Item |
1 .. <maxnoofRACHReports> |
EACH |
ignore |
|||
>>NR RACH Report Container |
M |
OCTET STRING |
RACH-ReportList-r16 IE as defined in subclause 6.2.2 in TS 38.331 [10]. |
– |
||
>>UE Assistant Identifier |
O |
en-gNB UE X2AP ID 9.2.100 |
– |
Range bound |
Explanation |
maxnoofRACHReports |
Maximum no. of RACH Reports, the maximum value is 64. |