9.1.5 Messages for IAB Procedures

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

9.1.5.1 F1-C TRAFFIC TRANSFER

This message is sent by the en-gNB to the MeNB or by the MeNB to the en-gNB to transfer the F1-C traffic to and from an IAB-node.

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

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

F1-C Traffic Container

M

OCTET STRING

Contains an F1-C interface SCTP CHUNK and IP header, or an IP packet to protect the traffic on the F1-C interface as defined in TS 33.501 [50]. This IE corresponds to the dedicatedInfoF1c-r16 defined in TS 36.331 [9].

YES

reject

MeNB UE X2AP ID Extension

O

Extended eNB UE X2AP ID

9.2.86

Allocated at the MeNB.

YES

reject