9.1.4 Messages for E-UTRAN-NR Dual Connectivity Procedures

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

9.1.4.1 SGNB ADDITION REQUEST

This message is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB to request the preparation of resources for EN-DC operation for a specific UE

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

reject

NR UE Security Capabilities

M

9.2.107

YES

reject

SgNB Security Key

M

9.2.101

The S-KgNB which is provided by the MeNB, see TS 33.401 [18].

YES

reject

SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

M

UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

9.2.12

The UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate is split into MeNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate and SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate which are enforced by MeNB and en-gNB respectively.

YES

reject

Selected PLMN

O

PLMN Identity

9.2.4

The selected PLMN of the SCG in the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Handover Restriction List

O

9.2.3

YES

ignore

E-RABs To Be Added List

1

YES

reject

>E-RABs To Be Added Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

reject

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>DRB ID

M

9.2.122

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>Full E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

M

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes the E-RAB level QoS parameters as received on S1-MME.

>>>>Maximum MCG admittable E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBR

GBR QoS Information 9.2.10

Includes the GBR QoS Information admittable by the MCG.

>>>>DL Forwarding

O

9.2.5

>>>>MeNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at MCG

C-ifMCGpresent

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at MCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>S1 UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SGW endpoint of the S1-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDUs from the en-gNB.

>>>>RLC Mode

O

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode at the MeNB for PDCP transfer to en-gNB.

YES

ignore

>>>>Bearer Type

O

9.2.92

YES

ignore

>>>>Ethernet Type

O

9.2.157

YES

ignore

>>>>Source DL Forwarding IP Address

O

BIT STRING (1..160, …)

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

YES

ignore

>>>>Source Node DL Forwarding IP Address

O

BIT STRING (1..160, …)

This IE is present only for the case of SA to EN-DC handover and it is used to identify the TNL address allocated by the source NG-RAN node for data forwarding.

YES

ignore

>>>>Security Indication

O

9.2.181

YES

reject

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>Requested SCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

M

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the SCG.

>>>>MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>Secondary MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs in case of PDCP duplication.

>>>>RLC Mode

M

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode to be used in the assisting node.

>>>>UL Configuration

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the en-gNB.

>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the UL.

YES

ignore

>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the DL.

YES

ignore

>>>>Duplication activation

O

9.2.137

Indicated the initial staus of PDCP duplication.

YES

ignore

MeNB to SgNB Container

M

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-ConfigInfo message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

reject

SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

reject

Expected UE Behaviour

O

9.2.70

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

Requested split SRBs

O

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, …)

Indicates that resources for Split SRB are requested.

YES

reject

MeNB Resource Coordination Information

O

9.2.116

Information used to coordinate resources utilisation between MeNB and en-gNB.

YES

ignore

SGNB Addition Trigger Indication

O

ENUMERATED (SN change, inter-eNB HO, intra-eNB HO, …)

This IE indicates the trigger for SGNB Addition procedure.

YES

reject

Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority

O

9.2.25

YES

ignore

MeNB Cell ID

M

ECGI

9.2.14

Indicates the cell ID for PCell in MeNB.

YES

reject

Desired Activity Notification Level

O

9.2.141

YES

ignore

Trace Activation

O

9.2.2

YES

ignore

Location Information at SgNB reporting

O

ENUMERATED (pscell, …)

Indicates that the user’s location information is to be provided.

YES

ignore

Masked IMEISV

O

9.2.69

YES

ignore

Additional RRM Policy Index

O

9.2.25a

YES

ignore

Requested Fast MCG recovery via SRB3

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

Indicates that the resources for fast MCG recovery via SRB3 are requested.

YES

ignore

UE Context Reference at Source NG-RAN

O

RAN UE NGAP ID 9.2.152

YES

ignore

Management Based MDT Allowed

O

9.2.59

YES

ignore

Management Based MDT PLMN List

O

MDT PLMN List

9.2.64

YES

ignore

UE Radio Capability ID

O

9.2.171

YES

reject

IAB Node Indication

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

YES

reject

Source NG-RAN Node ID

O

Global RAN Node ID

9.2.176

YES

ignore

UE History Information

O

9.2.38

YES

ignore

UE History Information from the UE

O

OCTET STRING

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

YES

ignore

PScell Change History

O

ENUMERATED (reporting full history, …)

YES

ignore

CHO Information SN Addition

O

YES

reject

>Source eNB ID

M

Global eNB ID

9.2.22

>Source eNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the source MeNB

>Source eNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the source MeNB

>Estimated Arrival Probability

O

INTEGER (1..100)

SCG Activation Request

O

9.2.179

YES

ignore

Conditional PSCell Addition Information Request

O

YES

reject

>Maximum Number of PSCells To Prepare

M

INTEGER (1..8, …)

Indicates the maximum number of PSCells that the target may prepare.

>Estimated Arrival Probability

O

INTEGER (1..100)

Indicates the arrival probability for the UE towards the candidate target en-gNB.

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

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

Condition

Explanation

ifMCGandSCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB requested to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present".

ifMCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB requested to be added, the MCG resources IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBR

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB requested to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present", and GBR QoS Information IE is present in Full E-RAB Level QoS Parameters IE.

9.1.4.2 SGNB ADDITION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by the en-gNB to confirm the MeNB about the SgNB addition preparation.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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-RABs Admitted To Be Added List

1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted To Be Added Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>S1 DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at the SgNB

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

en-gNB endpoint of the S1 transport bearer. For delivery of DL PDUs.

>>>>SgNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

C-ifMCGpresent

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

en-gNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at PDCP. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>RLC Mode

C-ifMCGpresent

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode.

>>>>DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>>>UL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the transport bearer used for forwarding of UL PDUs

>>>>Requested MCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBRpresent

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the MCG.

>>>>UL Configuration

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the MeNB.

>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the UL.

YES

ignore

>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the DL.

YES

ignore

>>>>Source DL Forwarding IP Address

O

BIT STRING (1..160, …)

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

YES

ignore

>>>>Security Result

O

9.2.182

YES

ignore

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>Secondary SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs in case of PDCP duplication

>>>>LCID

O

9.2.138

LCID for the primary path in case of PDCP duplication

YES

ignore

E-RABs Not Admitted List

O

E-RAB List

9.2.28

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

YES

ignore

SgNB to MeNB Container

M

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-Config message or the CG-CandidateList message, as defined in TS 38.331[31].

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

reject

Admitted split SRBs

O

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, …)

Indicates admitted SRBs

YES

reject

SgNB Resource Coordination Information

O

9.2.117

Information used to coordinate resources utilisation between en-gNB and MeNB.

YES

ignore

RRC config indication

O

9.2.132

Indicates the type of RRC configuration used at the en-gNB.

YES

reject

Location Information at SgNB

O

9.2.142

Contains information to support localisation of the UE

YES

ignore

Available fast MCG recovery via SRB3

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

Indicates the fast MCG recovery via SRB3 is enabled.

YES

ignore

Direct Forwarding Path Availability

O

ENUMERATED (direct path available, …)

Indicates direct forwarding path is available between the target en-gNB and source NG-RAN node for SA to EN-DC handover.

YES

ignore

SCG Activation Status

O

9.2.178

YES

ignore

Conditional PSCell Addition Information Acknowledge

O

YES

ignore

>Candidate PSCell List

1

>>Candidate PSCell Item

1 .. <maxnoofPSCellCandidate>

>>>PSCell ID

M

NR CGI

9.2.111

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

maxnoofPSCellCandidate

Maximum no. of PSCells for CPAC. Value is 8.

Condition

Explanation

ifMCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB admitted to be added, the MCG resources IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

ifMCGandSCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB admitted to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present".

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBRpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB admitted to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present", and the GBR QoS Information IE is present in the Requested MCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters IE.

9.1.4.3 SGNB ADDITION REQUEST REJECT

This message is sent by the en-gNB to inform the MeNB that the SgNB Addition Preparation has failed.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

9.1.4.4 SGNB RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE

This message is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB to indicate whether the configuration requested by the en-gNB was applied by the UE.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

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

Response Information

M

YES

ignore

>CHOICE Response Type

M

>>Configuration successfully applied

>>>MeNB to SgNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the NR RRCReconfigurationComplete message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

>>Configuration rejected

>>>Cause

M

9.2.6

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

reject

9.1.4.5 SGNB MODIFICATION REQUEST

This message is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB to request the preparation to modify en-gNB resources for a specific UE, to query for the current SCG configuration, or to provide the S-RLF-related information to the en-gNB.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Selected PLMN

O

PLMN Identity

9.2.4

The selected PLMN of the SCG in the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Handover Restriction List

O

9.2.3

YES

ignore

SCG Configuration Query

O

9.2.103

YES

ignore

UE Context Information

0..1

YES

reject

>NR UE Security Capabilities

O

9.2.107

>SgNB Security Key

O

9.2.101

>SgNB UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

O

UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate

9.2.12

>Lower Layer presence status change

O

9.2.145

>E-RABs To Be Added List

0..1

>>E-RABs To Be Added Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>>DRB ID

M

9.2.122

>>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>>Full E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

M

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters as received on S1-MME.

>>>>>Maximum MCG admittable E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBR

GBR QoS Information 9.2.10

Includes the GBR QoS Information admittable by the MCG.

>>>>>DL Forwarding

O

9.2.5

>>>>>MeNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at MCG

C-ifMCGpresent

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at MCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>>S1 UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SGW endpoint of the S1-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDUs from the en-gNB.

>>>>>RLC Mode

O

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode at the MeNB for PDCP transfer to en-gNB.

YES

ignore

>>>>>Bearer Type

O

9.2.92

YES

ignore

>>>>>Ethernet Type

O

9.2.157

YES

ignore

>>>>>Security Indication

O

9.2.181

YES

reject

>>>>>Source DL Forwarding IP Address

O

BIT STRING (1..160, …)

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

YES

ignore

>>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>>Requested SCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

M

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes necessary E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the SCG.

>>>>>MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>>Secondary MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs in case of PDCP duplication.

>>>>>RLC Mode

M

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode to be used in the assisting node.

>>>>>UL Configuration

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the en-gNB.

>>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the UL.

YES

ignore

>>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the DL.

YES

ignore

>>>>>Duplication activation

O

9.2.137

Indicated the initial staus of PDCP duplication.

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Modified List

0..1

>>E-RABs To Be Modified Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>>Full E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

O

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters to be modified as received on S1-MME

>>>>>Maximum MCG admittable E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

O

GBR QoS Information 9.2.10

Includes the GBR QoS information admittable by the MCG

>>>>>MeNB GTP Tunnel Endpoint at MCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at MCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>>S1 UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SGW endpoint of the S1-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDUs from the en-gNB.

>>>>>RLC Status

O

9.2.131

Indicates the RLC has been re-established..

>>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>>Requested SCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

O

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the SCG.

>>>>>MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>>UL Configuration

O

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the en-gNB.

>>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the en-gNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the en-gNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>>>Secondary MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs in case of PDCP duplication.

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Released List

0..1

>>E-RABs To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>>DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>>>>UL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

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

>>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>Subscriber Profile ID for RAT/Frequency priority

O

9.2.25

YES

ignore

>Additional RRM Policy Index

O

9.2.25a

YES

ignore

MeNB to SgNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-ConfigInfo message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

reject

MeNB Resource Coordination Information

O

9.2.116

Information used to coordinate resources utilisation between MeNB and en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Requested split SRBs

O

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, …)

Indicates that resources for Split SRB are requested.

YES

ignore

Requested split SRBs release

O

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, …)

Indicates that resources for Split SRB are requested to be released.

YES

ignore

Desired Activity Notification Level

O

9.2.141

YES

ignore

Location Information at SgNB reporting

O

ENUMERATED (pscell, …)

Indicates that the user’s location information is to be provided.

YES

ignore

MeNB Cell ID

O

ECGI

9.2.14

Indicates the cell ID for PCell in MeNB.

YES

ignore

Requested Fast MCG recovery via SRB3

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

Indicates that the resources for fast MCG recovery via SRB3 are requested.

YES

ignore

Requested Fast MCG recovery via SRB3 Release

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

Indicates that the resources for fast MCG recovery via SRB3 are requested to be released.

YES

ignore

SN triggered

O

ENUMERATED (True, …)

YES

ignore

IAB Node Indication

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

YES

reject

PSCell History Information Retrieve

O

ENUMERATED (query, …)

Indicates that the SN UE history information is requested.

YES

ignore

UE History Information from the UE

O

OCTET STRING

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

YES

ignore

CHO Information SN Modification

O

YES

ignore

>Conditional Reconfiguration

M

ENUMERATED (intra-MN-CHO, …)

>Estimated Arrival Probability

O

INTEGER (1..100)

SCG Activation Request

O

9.2.179

YES

ignore

Conditional PSCell Addition Information Modification Request

O

This IE may be sent to the target en-gNB.

YES

ignore

>Maximum Number of PSCells To Prepare

O

INTEGER (1..8, …)

Indicates the maximum number of PSCells that the target en-gNB may prepare.

>Estimated Arrival Probability

O

INTEGER (1..100)

Indicates the arrival probability for the UE towards the candidate target en-gNB.

Conditional PSCell Change Information Update

O

This IE may be sent to the source en-gNB.

YES

ignore

>Multiple Target SgNB Node List

1

>>Multiple Target SgNB Node Item

1 .. <maxnoofTargetSgNBs>

>>>Target SgNB ID

M

Global en-gNB ID

9.2.112

>>>Candidate PSCell List

1

>>>>Candidate PSCell Item

1 .. <maxnoofPSCellCandidate>

>>>>>PSCell ID

M

NR CGI

9.2.111

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

maxnoofPSCellCandidate

Maximum no. of PSCells for CPAC. Value is 8.

maxnoofTargetSgNBs

Maximum no. of the target SgNB nodes. Value is 8

Condition

Explanation

ifMCGandSCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB requested to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present".

ifMCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB requested to be added, the MCG resources IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBR

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB requested to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present", and GBR QoS Information IE is present in Full E-RAB Level QoS Parameters IE.

9.1.4.6 SGNB MODIFICATION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by the en-gNB to confirm the MeNB’s request to modify the en-gNB resources for a specific UE.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

E-RABs Admitted To Be Added List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted To Be Added Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>S1 DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at the SgNB

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the S1 transport bearer. For delivery of DL PDUs.

>>>>SgNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

C-ifMCGpresent

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at PDCP. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>RLC Mode

C-ifMCGpresent

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode to be used at the assisting node.

>>>>DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>>>UL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of UL PDUs

>>>>Requested MCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBRpresent

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the MCG.

>>>>UL Configuration

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the MeNB.

>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the UL.

YES

ignore

>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Indicates the PDCP SN length of the bearer for the DL.

YES

ignore

>>>>Security Result

O

9.2.182

YES

ignore

>>>>Source DL Forwarding IP Address

O

BIT STRING (1..160, …)

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

YES

ignore

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

M

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>Secondary SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs in case of PDCP duplication.

>>>>LCID

O

9.2.138

LCID for the primary path in case of PDCP duplication configured.

YES

ignore

E-RABs Admitted To Be Modified List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted To Be Modified Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>S1 DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the S1 transport bearer. For delivery of DL PDUs.

>>>>SgNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at PDCP. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>Requested MCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

O

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the MCG.

>>>>UL Configuration

O

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the MeNB.

>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the MeNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the MeNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>Secondary SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs in case of PDCP duplication.

YES

ignore

>>>>RLC Status

O

9.2.131

Indicates the RLC has been re-established.

YES

ignore

E-RABs Admitted To Be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

Note: no further information contained in the IE container

E-RABs Not Admitted List

O

E-RAB List

9.2.28

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

YES

ignore

SgNB to MeNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the NR CG-Config message or the CG-CandidateList message, as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

ignore

SgNB Resource Coordination Information

O

9.2.117

Information used to coordinate resources utilisation between en-gNB and MeNB.

YES

ignore

Admitted split SRBs

O

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, …)

Indicates admitted SRBs

YES

ignore

Admitted split SRBs release

O

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, srb1&2, …)

Indicates admitted SRBs release

YES

ignore

RRC config indication

O

9.2.132

Indicates the type of RRC configuration used at the en-gNB.

YES

reject

Location Information at SgNB

O

9.2.142

Contains information to support localisation of the UE

YES

ignore

Available fast MCG recovery via SRB3

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

Indicates the fast MCG recovery via SRB3 isenabled.

YES

ignore

Release fast MCG recovery via SRB3

O

ENUMERATED (true, …)

Indicates the fast MCG recovery via SRB3 is released.

YES

ignore

SCG UE History Information

O

9.2.177

YES

ignore

SCG Activation Status

O

9.2.178

YES

ignore

Conditional PSCell Addition Information Modification Acknowledge

O

This IE may be sent from the target en-gNB.

YES

reject

>Candidate PSCell List

1

>>Candidate PSCell Item

1 .. <maxnoofPSCellCandidate>

>>>PSCell ID

M

NR CGI

9.2.111

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

maxnoofPSCellCandidate

Maximum no. of PSCells for CPAC. Value is 8.

Condition

Explanation

ifMCGandSCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB admitted to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present".

ifMCGpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB admitted to be added, the MCG resources IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

C-ifMCGandSCGpresent_GBRpresent

This IE shall be present if, for the E-RAB admitted to be added, the MCG resources and SCG resources IEs in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE are set to the value "present", and the GBR QoS Information IE is present in the Requested MCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters IE.

9.1.4.7 SGNB MODIFICATION REQUEST REJECT

This message is sent by the en-gNB to inform the MeNB that the MeNB initiated SgNB Modification Preparation has failed.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

9.1.4.8 SGNB MODIFICATION REQUIRED

This message is sent by the en-gNB to the MeNB to request the modification of en-gNB resources for a specific UE.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

PDCP Change Indication

O

9.2.109

YES

ignore

E-RABs To Be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>Cause

M

9.2.6

>>RLC Mode

O

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode at the en-gNB for PDCP transfer to MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB to MeNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the NR CG-Config message or the CG-CandidateList message, as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

reject

E-RABs To Be Modified List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Modified Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>Requested MCG E-RAB Level QoS Parameters

O

E-RAB Level QoS Parameters 9.2.9

Includes E-RAB level QoS parameters requested to be provided by the MCG.

>>>>UL Configuration

O

9.2.118

Information about UL usage in the MeNB.

>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the MeNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the MeNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>>SgNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at PDCP. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>S1 DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at the SgNB

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

en-gNB endpoint of the S1 transport bearer. For delivery of DL PDUs.

>>>>New DRB ID Request

O

ENUMERATED (True, …)

YES

ignore

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs.

>>>>Secondary SgNB DL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at SCG

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

SgNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the SCG. For delivery of DL PDCP PDUs for PDCP duplication.

>>>>RLC Status

O

9.2.131

Indicates the RLC has been re-established..

>>>>LCID

O

9.2.138

Indicate the LCID of the primary path in case of PDCP duplication

YES

ignore

SgNB Resource Coordination Information

O

9.2.117

Information used to coordinate resources utilisation between the en-gNB and the MeNB.

YES

ignore

RRC config indication

O

9.2.132

Indicates the type of RRC configuration used at the en-gNB.

YES

reject

Location Information at SgNB

O

9.2.142

Contains information to support localisation of the UE

YES

ignore

SCG UE History Information

O

9.2.177

YES

ignore

SCG Activation Request

O

9.2.179

YES

ignore

CPAC Information Required

O

This IE may be sent from the target en-gNB.

YES

ignore

>Candidate PSCell List

1

Indicates the full list of candidate PSCells prepared at the target en-gNB.

>>Candidate PSCell Item

1 .. <maxnoofPSCellCandidate>

>>>PSCell ID

M

NR CGI 9.2.111

SCG Reconfiguration Notification

O

ENUMERATED (executed, …)

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

maxnoofPSCellCandidate

Maximum no. of PSCells for CPAC. Value is 8.

9.1.4.9 SGNB MODIFICATION CONFIRM

This message is sent by the MeNB to inform the en-gNB about the successful modification.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

E-RABs Admitted To Be Modified List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted To Be Modified Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

>>>>Secondary MeNB UL GTP Tunnel Endpoint at PDCP

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

MeNB endpoint of the X2-U transport bearer at the PDCP. For delivery of UL PDCP PDUs for PDCP duplication.

>>>>UL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the en-gNB if received.

YES

ignore

>>>>DL PDCP SN Length

O

PDCP SN Length

9.2.133

Shall be ignored by the en-gNB if received.

YES

ignore

MeNB to SgNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the NR RRCReconfigurationComplete message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

MeNB Resource Coordination Information

O

9.2.116

Information used to coordinate resources utilisation between the MeNB and the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.10 SGNB MODIFICATION REFUSE

This message is sent by the MeNB to inform the en-gNB that the SgNB initiated SgNB Modification has failed.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

MeNB to SgNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-ConfigInfo message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

9.1.4.11 SGNB RELEASE REQUEST

This message is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB to request the release of resources.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

E-RABs To Be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>UL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the transport bearer used for forwarding of UL PDUs

>>>>DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

UE Context Kept Indicator

O

9.2.85

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

reject

MeNB to SgNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-ConfigInfo message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

reject

E-RABs transferred to MeNB

O

E-RAB List

9.2.28

Indicates the target MeNB reconfigured the listed E-RABs as MN-terminated bearers.

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.12 SGNB RELEASE REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by the en-gNB to the MeNB to confirme the request to release en-gNB resources.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

E-RABs Admitted To Be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Admitted To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>RLC Mode

M

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode at the en-gNB for PDCP transfer to MeNB.

SCG UE History Information

O

9.2.177

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.13 SGNB RELEASE REQUEST REJECT

This message is sent by the en-gNB to the MeNB to reject the request to release en-gNB resources.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

9.1.4.14 SGNB RELEASE REQUIRED

This message is sent by the en-gNB to request the release of all resources for a specific UE at the en-gNB.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

E-RABs To Be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>RLC Mode

M

RLC Mode

9.2.119

Indicates the RLC mode at the en-gNB for PDCP transfer to MeNB.

SgNB to MeNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the NR CG-Config message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

YES

ignore

SCG UE History Information

O

9.2.177

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.15 SGNB RELEASE CONFIRM

This message is sent by the MeNB to confirm the release of all resources for a specific UE at the en-gNB.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

E-RABs to be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>UL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of UL PDUs

>>>>DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.16 SGNB COUNTER CHECK REQUEST

This message is sent by the en-gNB to request the verification of the value of the PDCP COUNTs associated with the bearers established in the en-gNB.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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-RABs Subject to

Counter Check List

1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs Subject to Counter Check Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>UL COUNT

M

INTEGER(0.. 4294967295)

Indicates the value of uplink COUNT associated to this E-RAB.

>>DL COUNT

M

INTEGER(0.. 4294967295)

Indicates the value of downlink COUNT associated to this E-RAB.

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.17 SGNB CHANGE REQUIRED

This message is sent by the en-gNB to the MeNB to request the change of en-gNB for a specific UE.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

Target SgNB ID Information

M

9.2.102

This IE shall be ignored if the Conditional PSCell Change Information Required IE is present.

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

SgNB to MeNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-Config message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

This IE shall be ignored if the Conditional PSCell Change Information Required IE is present.

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

SCG UE History Information

O

9.2.177

YES

ignore

Conditional PSCell Change Information Required

O

YES

reject

>Multiple Target SgNB Node List

1

>>Multiple Target SgNB Node Item

1 .. <maxnoofTargetSgNBs>

>>>Target SgNB ID Information

M

9.2.102

>>>CPC Indicator

M

ENUMERATED (CPC-initiation, CPC-modification, CPC-cancel,…)

>>>Maximum Number of PSCells To Prepare

M

INTEGER (1..8, …)

Indicates the maximum number of PSCells that the target may prepare.

>>>Estimated Arrival Probability

O

INTEGER (1..100)

Indicates the arrival probability for the UE towards the candidate target en-gNB.

>>>SgNB to MeNB Container

M

OCTET STRING

Includes the CG-Config message as defined in TS 38.331 [31].

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofTargetSgNBs

Maximum no. of the target SgNB nodes. Value is 8

9.1.4.18 SGNB CHANGE CONFIRM

This message is sent by the MeNB to inform the en-gNB about the successful change.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

E-RABs to be Released List

0..1

YES

ignore

>E-RABs To Be Released Item

1 .. <maxnoofBearers>

>>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>>EN-DC Resource Configuration

M

EN-DC Resource Configuration
9.2.108

Indicates the PDCP and Lower Layer MCG/SCG configuration.

>>CHOICE Resource Configuration

M

>>>PDCP present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "present".

>>>>UL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of UL PDUs

>>>>DL Forwarding GTP Tunnel Endpoint

O

GTP Tunnel Endpoint 9.2.1

Identifies the X2 transport bearer used for forwarding of DL PDUs

>>>PDCP not present in SN

This choice tag is used if the PDCP at SgNB IE in the EN-DC Resource Configuration IE is set to the value "not present".

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB

YES

ignore

Conditional PSCell Change Information Confirm

O

YES

ignore

>Multiple Target SgNB Node List

1

>>Multiple Target SgNB Node Item

1 .. <maxnoofTargetSgNBs>

>>>Target SgNB ID

M

Global en-gNB ID

9.2.112

>>>Candidate PSCell List

1

>>>>Candidate PSCell Item

1 .. <maxnoofPSCellCandidate>

>>>>>PSCell ID

M

NR CGI

9.2.111

MeNB to SgNB Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the NR RRCReconfigurationComplete message as defined in subclause 6.2.2 of TS 38.331 [10].

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

maxnoofTargetSgNBs

Maximum no. of the target SgNB nodes. Value is 8

maxnoofPSCellCandidate

Maximum no. of PSCells for CPAC. Value is 8.

9.1.4.19 SGNB CHANGE REFUSE

This message is sent by the MeNB to inform the en-gNB that the SgNB initiated SgNB Change has failed.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

ignore

SgNB UE X2AP ID

M

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

9.1.4.20 SECONDARY RAT DATA USAGE REPORT

This message is sent by the en-gNB to report data volumes for secondary RAT.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

Secondary RAT Usage Report List

M

9.2.120

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

9.1.4.21 RRC TRANSFER

This message is sent by the MeNB to the en-gNB or by the en-gNB to the MeNB to transfer an RRC message.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB or en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

Split SRB

0..1

YES

reject

>RRC Container

O

OCTET STRING

Contains a PDCP-C PDU encapsulating an RRC message as defined in subclause 6.2.1 of TS 36.331 [9] and ciphered with the key of the MeNB

>SRB Type

M

ENUMERATED (srb1, srb2, …)

The SRB type

>Delivery Status

O

9.2.104

DL RRC delivery status of split SRB

NR UE Report

0..1

YES

reject

>RRC Container

M

OCTET STRING

Includes the UL-DCCH-Message as defined in subclause 6.2.1 of TS 38.331 [31] containing the MeasurementReport message, or the FailureInformation message, or the RRCReconfigurationComplete message, or the UEAssistanceInformation message, or the IABOtherInformation message.

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

Fast MCG Recovery via SRB3 from SgNB to MeNB

0..1

YES

ignore

>RRC Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the UL-DCCH-Message as defined in subclause 6.2.1 of TS 36.331 [9] containing MCGFailureInformation message.

Fast MCG Recovery via SRB3 from MeNB to SgNB

0..1

YES

ignore

>RRC Container

O

OCTET STRING

Includes the DL-DCCH-Message as defined in subclause 6.2.1 of TS 36.331 [9] containing the RRCConnectionReconfiguration message, or the RRCConnectionRelease message, or the MobilityfromEUTRACommand message.

9.1.4.22 PARTIAL RESET REQUIRED

This message is sent by an initiating node to a neighbouring node, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to release all the resources for selected UEs.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB, MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

UEs to be Reset List

1

YES

reject

>UEs To Be Reset Item

1 .. <maxnoof UEs>

>>MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

>>SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

>>MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

Cause

M

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.143

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofUEs

Maximum no. of UEs. Value is 8192.

9.1.4.23 PARTIAL RESET CONFIRM

This message is sent by an initiating node to a neighbouring node, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to confirm the release all the resources for selected UEs.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB, MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

UEs Admitted to be Reset List

1

YES

reject

>UEs Admitted To Be Reset Item

1 .. <maxnoof UEsinengNBDU>

>>MeNB UE X2AP ID

M

eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.24

Allocated at the MeNB.

>>SgNB UE X2AP ID

O

en-gNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.100

Allocated at the en-gNB.

>>MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.143

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofUEsinengNBDU

Maximum no. of UEs. Value is 8192.

9.1.4.24 E-UTRA – NR CELL RESOURCE COORDINATION REQUEST

Direction: eNB → en-gNB, en-gNB → eNB.

This message is sent by a neighbouring eNB to a peer en-gNB or by a neighbouring en-gNB to a peer eNB, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, to express the desired resource allocation for data traffic, for the sake of E-UTRA – NR Cell Resource Coordination.

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

>>Data Traffic Resource Indication

M

9.2.126

Indicates resource allocations for data traffic.

YES

reject

>>Spectrum Sharing Group ID

M

INTEGER (1.. maxCellineNB)

Indicates the E-UTRA cells involved in resource coordination with the NR cells affiliated with the same Spectrum Sharing Group ID.

YES

reject

>>List of E-UTRA Cells in E-UTRA Coordination Request

0 .. <maxCellineNB>

List of applicable E-UTRA cells.

YES

reject

>>>EUTRA Cell ID

M

ECGI 9.2.14

>en-gNB

>>Data Traffic Resource Indication

M

9.2.126

Indicates resource allocations for data traffic.

YES

reject

>>List of E-UTRA Cells in NR Coordination Request

1 .. <maxCellineNB>

List of applicable E-UTRA cells

YES

reject

>>>EUTRA Cell ID

M

ECGI 9.2.14

>>Spectrum Sharing Group ID

M

INTEGER (1.. maxCellineNB)

Indicates the NR cells involved in resource coordination with the E-UTRA cells affiliated with the same Spectrum Sharing Group ID.

YES

reject

>>List of NR Cells in NR Coordination Request

0 .. < maxnoNRcellsSpectrumSharingwithE-UTRA >

List of applicable NR cells

YES

reject

>>>NR-Cell ID

M

NR-CGI 9.2.111

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.143

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxCellineNB

Maximum no. of E-UTRA cells in eNB. Value is 256.

maxnoNRcellsSpectrumSharingwithE-UTRA

Maximum no. of NR cells affiliated to a Spectrum Sharing Group ID involved in cell resource coordination with a number of E-UTRA cells affiliated with the same Spectrum Sharing Group ID. Value is 64.

9.1.4.25 E-UTRA – NR CELL RESOURCE COORDINATION RESPONSE

This message is sent by a neighbouring eNB to a peer en-gNB or by a neighbouring en-gNB to a peer eNB, both nodes able to interact for EN-DC, as a response to the E-UTRA – NR CELL RESOURCE COORDINATION REQUEST.

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

>eNB

>>Data Traffic Resource Indication

M

9.2.126

Indicates resource allocations for data traffic.

YES

reject

>>Spectrum Sharing Group ID

M

INTEGER (1.. maxCellineNB)

Indicates the E-UTRA cells involved in resource coordination with the NR cells affiliated with the same Spectrum Sharing Group ID.

YES

reject

>>List of E-UTRA Cells in E-UTRA Coordination Response

0 .. <maxCellineNB>

List of applicable E-UTRA cells

YES

reject

>>>EUTRA Cell ID

M

ECGI 9.2.14

>en-gNB

>>Data Traffic Resource Indication

M

9.2.126

Indicates resource allocations for data traffic.

YES

reject

>>Spectrum Sharing Group ID

M

INTEGER (1.. maxCellineNB)

Indicates the NR cells involved in resource coordination with the E-UTRA cells affiliated with the same Spectrum Sharing Group ID.

YES

reject

>>List of NR Cells in NR Coordination Response

0 .. < maxnoNRcellsSpectrumSharingwithE-UTRA >

List of applicable NR cells

YES

reject

>>>NR Cell ID

M

NR-CGI 9.2.111

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.143

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxCellineNB

Maximum no. of E-UTRA cells in eNB. Value is 256.

maxnoNRcellsSpectrumSharingwithE-UTRA

Maximum no. of NR cells affiliated to a Spectrum Sharing Group ID involved in cell resource coordination with a number of E-UTRA cells affiliated with the same Spectrum Sharing Group ID. Value is 64.

9.1.4.26 SGNB ACTIVITY NOTIFICATION

This message is sent by the en-gNB to inform the MeNB that resources for E-RABs controlled by the en-gNB have not been used or are in use again.

Direction: en-gNB → MeNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

YES

reject

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

UE Context level user plane activity report

O

User plane traffic activity report

9.2.130

YES

ignore

E-RAB Activity Notify Item List

0..<maxnoofBearers>

EACH

ignore

>E-RAB ID

M

9.2.23

>User plane traffic activity report

M

9.2.130

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofBearers

Maximum no. of E-RABs. Value is 256

9.1.4.27 GNB STATUS INDICATION

This message is sent by the en-gNB to indicate to the eNB its status of overload.

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

ignore

gNB Overload Information

M

ENUMERATED (overloaded, not-overloaded, …)

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.143

YES

reject

9.1.4.28 TRACE START

This message is sent by the MeNB to initiate a trace session for a UE.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.3.1.1

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

Trace Activation

M

9.2.2

YES

ignore

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

9.1.4.29 DEACTIVATE TRACE

This message is sent by the MeNB to deactivate a trace session.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.3.1.1

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

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

9.1.4.30 UE Radio Capability ID Mapping Request

This message is sent by the en-gNB and is used to request the UE Radio Capability information that maps to a specific UE Radio Capability ID.

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

UE Radio Capability ID

M

9.2.171

YES

reject

9.1.4.31 UE Radio Capability ID Mapping Response

This message is sent by the eNB and is used to provide the UE Radio Capability information that maps to a specific UE Radio Capability ID indicated in the UE RADIO CAPABILITY ID MAPPING REQUEST message.

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

UE Radio Capability ID

M

9.2.171

YES

reject

UE Radio Capability

M

9.2.173

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.7

YES

ignore

9.1.4.32 CONDITIONAL PSCELL CHANGE CANCEL

This message is sent by the MeNB to the source en-gNB to inform the cancellation of all of the prepared PSCells in the target en-gNB during a Conditional PSCell Change.

Direction: MeNB → en-gNB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.13

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

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject

Cause

O

9.2.6

YES

ignore

Target en-gNB ID Information

M

9.2.102

YES

reject