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

>>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

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.