9 Elements for M3AP Communication

36.4443GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)M3 Application Protocol (M3AP)Release 17TS

9.1 Message Functional Definition and Content

9.1.1 General

Subclauses 9.1 and 9.2 describe the structure of the messages and information elements required for the M3AP protocol in tabular format. Subclause 9.3 provides the corresponding ASN.1 definition.

The following attributes are used for the tabular description of the messages and information elements: Presence, Range Criticality and Assigned Criticality.

9.1.2 Message Contents

9.1.2.1 Presence

All information elements in the message descriptions below are marked mandatory, optional or conditional according to table 4.

Table 9-1: Meaning of abbreviations used in M3AP messages

Abbreviation

Meaning

M

IEs marked as Mandatory (M) shall always be included in the message.

O

IEs marked as Optional (O) may or may not be included in the message.

C

IEs marked as Conditional (C) shall be included in a message only if the condition is satisfied. Otherwise the IE shall not be included.

9.1.2.2 Criticality

Each Information Element or Group of Information Elements may have criticality information applied to it.
Following cases are possible:

Table 9-2: Meaning of content within "Criticality" column

Abbreviation

Meaning

No criticality information is applied explicitly.

YES

Criticality information is applied. This is usable only for non-repeatable IEs

GLOBAL

The IE and all its repetitions together have one common criticality information. This is usable only for repeatable IEs.

EACH

Each repetition of the IE has its own criticality information. It is not allowed to assign different criticality values to the repetitions. This is usable only for repeatable IEs.

9.1.2.3 Range

The Range column indicates the allowed number of copies of repetitive IEs/IE groups.

9.1.2.4 Assigned Criticality

This column provides the actual criticality information as defined in subclause 10.3.2, if applicable.

9.1.3 MBMS SESSION START REQUEST

This message is sent by the MME to establish an MBMS E-RAB and an M3AP signalling connection.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

reject

TMGI

M

9.2.3.3

YES

reject

MBMS Session Identity

O

9.2.3.4

YES

ignore

MBMS E-RAB QoS parameters

M

9.2.1.3

YES

reject

MBMS Session Duration

M

9.2.3.5

YES

reject

MBMS Service Area

M

9.2.3.6

YES

reject

Minimum Time to MBMS Data Transfer

M

9.2.3.8

YES

reject

TNL Information

M

YES

reject

>IP Multicast Address

M

9.2.2.1

>IP Source Address

M

9.2.2.1

>GTP DL TEID

M

GTP TEID

9.2.2.2

Time of MBMS Data Transfer

O

9.2.3.9

YES

ignore

Re-establishment

O

9.2.3.10

YES

ignore

Alternative TNL Information

O

YES

ignore

>Alternative IP Multicast Address

M

9.2.2.1

>Alternative IP Source Address

M

9.2.2.1

>GTP DL TEID

M

GTP TEID

9.2.2.2

Shall be set to same value as the GTP DL TEID IE of the TNL Information IE.

MBMS Cell List

O

9.2.1.11

YES

reject

9.1.4 MBMS SESSION START RESPONSE

This message is sent by the MCE to report the successful outcome of the request from the MBMS SESSION START message.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.5 MBMS SESSION START FAILURE

This message is sent by the MCE to report the unsuccessful outcome of the request from the MBMS SESSION START message.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.1.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.6 MBMS SESSION STOP REQUEST

This message is sent by the MME to release the corresponding MBMS E-RAB and the MBMS service associated logical M3 connection.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

reject

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Time of MBMS Data Stop

O

9.2.3.9

YES

ignore

9.1.7 MBMS SESSION STOP RESPONSE

This message is sent by the MCE to acknowledge the MBMS SESSION STOP message.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.8 ERROR INDICATION

This message is sent by both the MME and the MCE and is used to indicate that some error has been detected in the node

Direction: MCE  MME and MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

ignore

MME MBMS M3AP ID

O

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

O

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Cause

O

9.2.1.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.9 RESET

This message is sent by both the MME and the MCE and is used to request that the M3 interface, or parts of the M3 interface, to be reset.

Direction: MME  MCE and MCE  MME

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.1.2

YES

ignore

CHOICE Reset Type

M

YES

reject

>M3 interface

>>Reset All

M

ENUMERATED (Reset all, …)

>Part of M3 interface

>>MBMS-Service-associated logical M3-connection list

1

>>>MBMS-Service -associated logical M3-connection Item

1 to < maxnoofIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset >

EACH

reject

>>>>MME MBMS M3AP ID

O

9.2.3.2

>>>>MCE MBMS M3AP ID

O

9.2.3.1

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset

Maximum no. of MBMS-Service-associated logical M3-connections allowed to reset in one message. Value is 256.

9.1.10 RESET ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by both the MME and the MCE as a response to a RESET message.

Direction: MCE  MME and MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MBMS-Service-associated logical M3-connection list

0..1

YES

ignore

>MBMS-Service -associated logical M3-connection Item

1 to < maxnoofIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset >

EACH

ignore

>>MME MBMS M3AP ID

O

9.2.3.2

>>MCE MBMS M3AP ID

O

9.2.3.1

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset

Maximum no. of MBMS-Service-ssociated logical M3-connections allowed to reset in one message. Value is 256.

9.1.11 MBMS SESSION UPDATE REQUEST

This message is sent by the MME to inform the MCE of the changed characteristics of an ongoing MBMS service session.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

reject

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

TMGI

M

9.2.3.3

YES

reject

MBMS Session Identity

O

9.2.3.4

YES

ignore

MBMS E-RAB QoS parameters

M

9.2.1.3

YES

reject

MBMS Session Duration

M

9.2.3.5

YES

reject

MBMS Service Area

O

9.2.3.6

YES

ignore

Minimum Time to MBMS Data Transfer

M

9.2.3.8

YES

reject

TNL Information

O

YES

ignore

>IP Multicast Address

M

9.2.2.1

>IP Source Address

M

IP Address

9.2.2.1

>GTP DL TEID

M

GTP TEID

9.2.2.2

Time of MBMS Data Transfer

O

9.2.3.9

YES

ignore

MBMS Cell List

O

9.2.1.11

YES

reject

9.1.12 MBMS SESSION UPDATE RESPONSE

This message is sent by the MCE to report the successful outcome of the request from the MBMS SESSION UPDATE REQUEST message.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.13 MBMS SESSION UPDATE FAILURE

This message is sent by the MCE to report the unsuccessful outcome of the request from the MBMS SESSION UPDATE REQUEST message.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.1.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.14 M3 SETUP REQUEST

This message is sent by the MCE to transfer information for a TNL association.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Global MCE ID

M

9.2.1.10

YES

reject

MCE Name

O

PrintableString(SIZE(1…150,…))

YES

ignore

MBMS Service Area List

1

YES

reject

>MBMS Service Area List Item

1 to <maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE>

Supported MBMS Service Area Identities in the MCE

GLOBAL

reject

>>MBMS Service Area 1

M

OCTET STRING(SIZE(2))

MBMS Service Area Identities as defined in TS 23.003 [13].

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE

Maximum no. of Service Area Identities per MCE. The value for maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentities is 65536.

9.1.15 M3 SETUP RESPONSE

This message is sent by the MME to tranfer information for a TNL association.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.16 M3 SETUP FAILURE

This message is sent by the MME to indicate M3 Setup failure.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.1.2

YES

ignore

Time To Wait

O

9.2.1.9

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.17 MCE CONFIGURATION UPDATE

This message is sent by the MCE transfer updated information for a TNL association.

Direction: MCE  MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Global MCE ID

O

9.2.1.10

YES

reject

MCE Name

O

PrintableString(SIZE(1…150,…))

YES

ignore

MBMS Service Area List

0..1

YES

reject

>MBMS Service Area List Item

1 to <maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE>

Supported MBMS Service Area Identities in the MCE

GLOBAL

reject

>>MBMS Service Area 1

M

OCTET STRING(SIZE(2))

MBMS Service Area Identities as defined in TS 23.003 [13].

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE

Maximum no. of Service Area Identities per MCE. The value for maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentities is 65536.

9.1.18 MCE CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by the MME to acknowledge the MCE updated information for a TNL association.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.1.19 MCE CONFIGURATION UPDATE FAILURE

This message is sent by the MME to indicate MCE configuration failure.

Direction: MME  MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.1.1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.1.2

YES

ignore

Time To Wait

O

9.2.1.9

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.1.7

YES

ignore

9.2 Information Element Definitions

9.2.0 General

Subclause 9.2 presents the M3AP IE definitions in tabular format. The corresponding ASN.1 definition is presented in subclause 9.3. In case there is contradiction between the tabular format in subclause 9.2 and the ASN.1 definition, the ASN.1 shall take precedence, except for the definition of conditions for the presence of conditional elements, where the tabular format shall take precedence.

When specifying information elements which are to be represented by bitstrings, if not otherwise specifically stated in the semantics description of the concerned IE or elsewhere, the following principle applies with regards to the ordering of bits:

– The first bit (leftmost bit) contains the most significant bit (MSB);

– The last bit (rightmost bit) contains the least significant bit (LSB);

– When importing bitstrings from other specifications, the first bit of the bitstring contains the first bit of the concerned information;

9.2.1 Radio Network Layer Related IEs

9.2.1.1 Message Type

The Message Type IE uniquely identifies the message being sent. It is mandatory for all messages.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Message Type

>Procedure Code

M

INTEGER (0..255)

>Type of Message

M

CHOICE (Initiating Message, Successful Outcome, Unsuccessful Outcome, …)

9.2.1.2 Cause

The purpose of the Cause IE is to indicate the reason for a particular event for the M3AP protocol.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE Type and Reference

Semantics Description

CHOICE Cause Group

M

>Radio Network Layer

>>Radio Network Layer Cause

M

ENUMERATED
(Unknown or already allocated MCE MBMS M3AP ID,
Unknown or already allocated MME MBMS M3AP ID,
Unknown or inconsistent pair of MBMS M3AP IDs,
Radio resources not available,
Invalid QoS combination,
Interaction with other procedure,
Not supported QCI value,
Unspecified,
…,

Un-involved MCE)

>Transport Layer

>>Transport Layer Cause

M

ENUMERATED
(Transport Resource Unavailable,
Unspecified,
…)

> NAS

>> NAS Cause

M

ENUMERATED (Unspecified,
…)

>Protocol

>>Protocol Cause

M

ENUMERATED
(Transfer Syntax Error,
Abstract Syntax Error (Reject),
Abstract Syntax Error (Ignore and Notify),
Message not Compatible with Receiver State,
Semantic Error,
Abstract Syntax Error (Falsely Constructed Message),
Unspecified,
…)

>Misc

>>Miscellaneous Cause

M

ENUMERATED
(Control Processing Overload, Not enough User Plane Processing Resources,
Hardware Failure,
O&M Intervention,
Unspecified,
…)

The meaning of the different cause values is described in the following table. In general, "not supported" cause values indicate that the related capability is missing. On the other hand, "not available" cause values indicate that the related capability is present, but insufficient resources were available to perform the requested action.

Radio Network Layer cause

Meaning

Unknown or already allocated MCE MBMS M3AP ID

The action failed because the MCE MBMS M3AP ID is either unknown, or (for a first message received at the MCE) is known and already allocated to an existing MBMS service related context.

Unknown or already allocated MME MBMS M3AP ID

The action failed because the MME MBMS M3AP ID is either unknown, or (for a first message received at the MCE) is known and already allocated to an existing context.

Unknown or inconsistent pair of MBMS M3AP IDs

The action failed because both MBMS M3AP IDs are unknown, or are known but do not define a single MBMS context.

Radio resources not available

No requested radio resources are available.

Invalid QoS combination

The action was failed because of invalid QoS combination.

Interaction with other procedure

The action is due to an ongoing interaction with another procedure.

Not supported QCI Value

The E-RAB setup failed because the requested QCI is not supported.

Unspecified

Sent for radio network layer cause when none of the specified cause values applies.

Un-involved MCE

The action failed because the MCE is not part of the involved MBSFN area when using MBSFN, or of the involved cell when using SC-PTM.

Transport Layer cause

Meaning

Transport Resource Unavailable

The required transport resources are not available.

Unspecified

Sent for transport network layer cause when none of the specified cause values applies.

NAS cause

Meaning

Unspecified

Sent for NAS cause when none of the specified cause values applies.

Protocol cause

Meaning

Transfer Syntax Error

The received message included a transfer syntax error.

Abstract Syntax Error (Reject)

The received message included an abstract syntax error and the concerning criticality indicated "reject".

Abstract Syntax Error (Ignore And Notify)

The received message included an abstract syntax error and the concerning criticality indicated "ignore and notify".

Message Not Compatible With Receiver State

The received message was not compatible with the receiver state.

Semantic Error

The received message included a semantic error.

Abstract Syntax Error (Falsely Constructed Message)

The received message contained IEs or IE groups in wrong order or with too many occurrences.

Unspecified

Sent for protocol cause when none of the specified cause values applies.

Miscellaneous cause

Meaning

Control Processing Overload

Control processing overload.

Not enough User Plane Processing Resources

No requested user plane resources are available.

Hardware Failure

Action related to hardware failure.

O&M Intervention

The action is due to O&M intervention.

Unspecified Failure

Sent when none of the above cause values applies and the cause is not related to any of the categories Radio Network Layer, Transport Network Layer, NAS or Protocol.

9.2.1.3 MBMS E-RAB QoS parameters

This IE defines the QoS to be applied to an MBMS E-RAB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

MBMS E-RAB QoS Parameters

>QCI

M

INTEGER (0..255)

QoS Class Identifier defined in TS 23.246 [6].
Coding is specified in TS 23.203 [7].

>GBR QoS Information

O

9.2.1.5

This IE applies to GBR bearers only and shall be ignored otherwise.

>Allocation and Retention Priority

M

9.2.1.8

YES

ignore

9.2.1.4 Void

9.2.1.5 GBR QoS Information

This IE indicates the maximum and guaranteed bit rates of a GBR bearer for downlink.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MBMS E-RAB Maximum Bit Rate Downlink

M

Bit Rate 9.2.1.6

Desc.: This IE indicates the maximum downlink MBMS E-RAB Bit Rate (i.e. from the EPC to E-UTRAN) for this bearer.

MBMS E-RAB Guaranteed Bit Rate Downlink

M

Bit Rate 9.2.1.6

Desc.: This IE indicates the downlink guaranteed MBMS E-RAB Bit Rate (provided that there is data to deliver) from the EPC to the E-UTRAN for this bearer.

9.2.1.6 Bit Rate

This IE indicates the number of bits delivered by E-UTRAN in DL within a period of time, divided by the duration of the period. It is used, for example, to indicate the maximum or guaranteed bit rate for a GBR bearer, or an aggregated maximum bit rate.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Bit Rate

INTEGER (0..10,000,000,000)

The unit is: bit/s

9.2.1.7 Criticality Diagnostics

The Criticality Diagnostics IE is sent by the MME or the MCE when parts of a received message have not been comprehended or were missing, or if the message contained logical errors. When applicable, it contains information about which IEs were not comprehended or were missing.

For further details on how to use the Criticality Diagnostics IE, (see section 10).

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Procedure Code

O

INTEGER (0..255)

Procedure Code is to be used if Criticality Diagnostics is part of Error Indication procedure, and not within the response message of the same procedure that caused the error

Triggering Message

O

ENUMERATED(initiating message, successful outcome, unsuccessful outcome)

The Triggering Message is used only if the Criticality Diagnostics is part of Error Indication procedure.

Procedure Criticality

O

ENUMERATED(reject, ignore, notify)

This Procedure Criticality is used for reporting the Criticality of the Triggering message (Procedure).

Information Element Criticality Diagnostics

0 to <maxnoof errors>

>IE Criticality

M

ENUMERATED(reject, ignore, notify)

The IE Criticality is used for reporting the criticality of the triggering IE. The value ‘ignore’ shall not be used.

>IE ID

M

INTEGER (0..65535)

The IE ID of the not understood or missing IE

>Type of Error

M

ENUMERATED(not understood, missing, …)

Range bound

Explanation

maxnooferrors

Maximum no. of IE errors allowed to be reported with a single message. The value for maxnooferrors is 256.

9.2.1.8 Allocation and Retention Priority

This IE specifies the relative importance of an MBMS E-RAB compared to other MBMS E-RABs for allocation and retention of the MBMS E-RAB.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Allocation/Retention Priority

>Priority Level

M

INTEGER (0..15)

Desc.: This IE should be understood as the “priority of allocation and retention” (see TS 23.246 [6]).

Usage:

Value 15 means “no priority”.

Values between 1 and 14 are ordered in decreasing order of priority, i.e. 1 is the highest and 14 the lowest.

Value 0 shall be treated as a logical error if received.

>Pre-emption Capability

M

ENUMERATED(shall not trigger pre-emption, may trigger pre-emption)

This IE indicates the pre-emption capability of the request on other MBMS E-RABs

>Pre-emption Vulnerability

M

ENUMERATED(not pre-emptable, pre-emptable)

This IE indicates the vulnerability of the MBMS E-RAB to preemption of other MBMS E-RABs.

9.2.1.9 Time to Wait

This IE defines the minimum allowed waiting time.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Time to Wait

M

ENUMERATED(1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 60s, …)

9.2.1.10 Global MCE ID

This IE is used to globally identify an MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

PLMN Identity

M

9.2.3.7

MCE ID

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE(2))

MCE ID Extension

O

OCTET STRING (SIZE(1))

Extension of the Global MCE ID.

9.2.1.11 MBMS Cell List

This IE consists of a list of cell identities.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MBMS Cell List Item

1 .. < maxnoofCellsforMBMS>

>Cell ID

M

E-UTRAN CGI

9.2.1.12

Global ID of the cell.

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsforMBMS

Maximum no. of cells for the MBMS service. The value for maxnoofCellsforMBMS is 4096.

9.2.1.12 E-UTRAN CGI

This information element is used to globally identify a cell (see TS 36.401 [2]).

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

PLMN Identity

M

9.2.3.7

Cell Identity

M

BIT STRING (28)

The 18, 20 or 21 leftmost bits of the Cell Identity correspond to the eNB ID (Global eNB ID IE defined in TS 36.413 [11]).

9.2.2 Transport Network Layer Related IEs

9.2.2.1 IP Address

This information element is an IP address to be used for the user plane transport.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Transport Layer Address

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE(4..16))

The Radio Network Layer is not supposed to interpret the address information. It should pass it to the transport layer for interpretation.

For details on the Transport Layer Address, see ref. TS 36.445 [9].

9.2.2.2 GTP-TEID

This information element is the GTP Tunnel Endpoint Identifier to be used for the user plane transport between eNB and the MBMS-GW.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

GTP TEID

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE(4))

For details and range, see TS 29.281 [12]

9.2.3 NAS Related IEs

9.2.3.1 MCE MBMS M3AP ID

The MCE MBMS M3AP ID uniquely identifies the MBMS Service association over the M3 interface within the MCE.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MCE MBMS M3AP ID

M

INTEGER (0 .. 65535)

9.2.3.2 MME MBMS M3AP ID

The MME MBMS M3AP ID uniquely identifies the MBMS Service association over the M3 interface within the MME.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MME MBMS M3AP ID

M

INTEGER (0 .. 65535)

9.2.3.3 TMGI

The TMGI uniquely identifies the MBMS Bearer Service.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

TMGI

>PLMN identity

M

9.2.3.7

>Service ID

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE (3))

9.2.3.4 MBMS Session Identity

The MBMS Session Identity identifies the session of a MBMS Bearer Service in E-UTRAN and is used by the UE to recognise repetitions of a session.

This IE is transparent to RAN.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MBMS Session Identity

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE (1))

Coded same way as the MBMS Session Identity IE as defined in TS 29.061 [8].

9.2.3.5 MBMS Session Duration

This IE defines the duration of the MBMS Session.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MBMS Session Duration

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE (3))

Coded as the value part of MBMS-Session-Duration AVP as defined in TS 29.061 [8].

9.2.3.6 MBMS Service Area

The MBMS Service Area IE consists of a list of one or several MBMS Service Area Identities where each MBMS Service Area Identity is frequency agnostic and can be mapped onto one or more cells.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

MBMS Service Area

M

OCTET STRING

Value part coded per MBMS Service Area AVP as defined in TS 29.061 [8].

9.2.3.7 PLMN Identity

This information element indicates the PLMN Identity.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

PLMN identity

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE (3))

– digits 0 to 9, encoded 0000 to 1001,
– 1111 used as filler digit,
two digits per octet,
– bits 4 to 1 of octet n encoding digit 2n-1
– bits 8 to 5 of octet n encoding digit 2n

-The Selected PLMN identity consists of 3 digits from MCC followed by either
-a filler digit plus 2 digits from MNC (in case of 2 digit MNC) or
-3 digits from MNC (in case of a 3 digit MNC).

9.2.3.8 Minimum Time to MBMS Data Transfer

This IE denotes the minimum time occurring between the transmission of the MBMS SESSION START REQUEST message to the MCE and the actual start of the data transfer. The coding of this element is described in TS 48.018 [10].

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Minimum Time to MBMS Data Transfer

M

OCTET STRING (SIZE (1))

Coded as the value part of Time to MBMS Data Transfer IE defined in TS 48.018 [10].

9.2.3.9 Absolute Time of MBMS Data

This IE denotes the absolute time of the actual start or stop of the MBMS data transfer.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Absolute Time of MBMS Data

M

BIT STRING (SIZE(64))

Time in seconds relative to 00:00:00 on 1 January 1900 (calculated as continuous time without leap seconds and traceable to a common time reference) where binary encoding of the integer part is in the first 32 bits and binary encoding of the fraction part in the last 32 bits. The fraction part is expressed with a granularity of 1 /2**32 second.

9.2.3.10 Re-establishment

This IE allows identification of the serving MME during some restoration scenarios. Restoration functions are specified in TS 23.007 [14].

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Re-establishment

M

ENUMERATED(true, …)

9.3 Message and Information Element Abstract Syntax (with ASN.1)

9.3.1 General

M3AP ASN.1 definition conforms with ITU-T Rec. X.691 [4] and ITU-T Rec. X.680 [5].

Sub clause 9.3 presents the Abstract Syntax of the M3AP protocol with ASN.1. In case there is contradiction between the ASN.1 definition in this sub clause and the tabular format in sub clause 9.1 and 9.2, the ASN.1 shall take precedence, except for the definition of conditions for the presence of conditional elements, in which the tabular format shall take precedence.

The ASN.1 definition specifies the structure and content of M3AP messages. M3AP messages can contain any IEs specified in the object set definitions for that message without the order or number of occurrence being restricted by ASN.1. However, for this version of the standard, a sending entity shall construct a M3AP message according to the PDU definitions module and with the following additional rules (Note that in the following IE means an IE in the object set with an explicit id. If one IE needed to appear more than once in one object set, then the different occurrences have different IE ids):

– IEs shall be ordered (in an IE container) in the order they appear in object set definitions.

– Object set definitions specify how many times IEs may appear. An IE shall appear exactly once if the presence field in an object has value "mandatory". An IE may appear at most once if the presence field in an object has value "optional" or "conditional". If in a tabular format there is multiplicity specified for an IE (i.e. an IE list) then in the corresponding ASN.1 definition the list definition is separated into two parts. The first part defines an IE container list in which the list elements reside. The second part defines list elements. The IE container list appears as an IE of its own. For this version of the standard an IE container list may contain only one kind of list elements.

If a M3AP message that is not constructed as defined above is received, this shall be considered as Abstract Syntax Error, and the message shall be handled as defined for Abstract Syntax Error in clause 10.

9.3.2 Usage of Private Message Mechanism for Non-standard Use

The private message mechanism for non-standard use may be used:

– for special operator (and/or vendor) specific features considered not to be part of the basic functionality, i.e. the functionality required for a complete and high-quality specification in order to guarantee multivendor inter-operability.

– by vendors for research purposes, e.g. to implement and evaluate new algorithms/features before such features are proposed for standardisation.

The private message mechanism shall not be used for basic functionality. Such functionality shall be standardised.

9.3.3 Elementary Procedure Definitions

— **************************************************************

— Elementary Procedure definitions

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PDU-Descriptions {

itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)

eps-Access (21) modules (3) m3ap (5) version1 (1) m3ap-PDU-Descriptions (0) }

DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=

BEGIN

— **************************************************************

— IE parameter types from other modules.

— **************************************************************

IMPORTS

Criticality,

ProcedureCode

FROM M3AP-CommonDataTypes

MBMSSessionStartRequest,

MBMSSessionStartResponse,

MBMSSessionStartFailure,

MBMSSessionStopRequest,

MBMSSessionStopResponse,

MBMSSessionUpdateRequest,

MBMSSessionUpdateResponse,

MBMSSessionUpdateFailure,

MCEConfigurationUpdate,

MCEConfigurationUpdateAcknowledge,

MCEConfigurationUpdateFailure,

M3SetupRequest,

M3SetupResponse,

M3SetupFailure,

ErrorIndication,

Reset,

ResetAcknowledge,

PrivateMessage

FROM M3AP-PDU-Contents

id-mBMSsessionStart,

id-mBMSsessionStop,

id-mBMSsessionUpdate,

id-mCEConfigurationUpdate,

id-m3Setup,

id-errorIndication,

id-Reset,

id-privateMessage

FROM M3AP-Constants;

— **************************************************************

— Interface Elementary Procedure Class

— **************************************************************

M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= CLASS {

&InitiatingMessage ,

&SuccessfulOutcome OPTIONAL,

&UnsuccessfulOutcome OPTIONAL,

&procedureCode ProcedureCode UNIQUE,

&criticality Criticality DEFAULT ignore

}

WITH SYNTAX {

INITIATING MESSAGE &InitiatingMessage

[SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME &SuccessfulOutcome]

[UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME &UnsuccessfulOutcome]

PROCEDURE CODE &procedureCode

[CRITICALITY &criticality]

}

— **************************************************************

— Interface PDU Definition

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PDU ::= CHOICE {

initiatingMessage InitiatingMessage,

successfulOutcome SuccessfulOutcome,

unsuccessfulOutcome UnsuccessfulOutcome,

}

InitiatingMessage ::= SEQUENCE {

procedureCode M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&procedureCode ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}),

criticality M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&criticality ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode}),

value M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&InitiatingMessage ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode})

}

SuccessfulOutcome ::= SEQUENCE {

procedureCode M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&procedureCode ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}),

criticality M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&criticality ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode}),

value M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&SuccessfulOutcome ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode})

}

UnsuccessfulOutcome ::= SEQUENCE {

procedureCode M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&procedureCode ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}),

criticality M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&criticality ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode}),

value M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&UnsuccessfulOutcome ({M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode})

}

— **************************************************************

— Interface Elementary Procedure List

— **************************************************************

M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-1 |

M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-2 ,

}

M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-1 M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

mBMSsessionStart |

mBMSsessionStop |

mBMSsessionUpdate |

reset |

m3Setup |

mCEConfigurationUpdate ,

}

M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-2 M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

errorIndication |

privateMessage ,

}

— **************************************************************

— Interface Elementary Procedures

— **************************************************************

mBMSsessionStart M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE MBMSSessionStartRequest

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MBMSSessionStartResponse

UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MBMSSessionStartFailure

PROCEDURE CODE id-mBMSsessionStart

CRITICALITY reject

}

mBMSsessionStop M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE MBMSSessionStopRequest

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MBMSSessionStopResponse

PROCEDURE CODE id-mBMSsessionStop

CRITICALITY reject

}

mBMSsessionUpdate M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE MBMSSessionUpdateRequest

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MBMSSessionUpdateResponse

UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MBMSSessionUpdateFailure

PROCEDURE CODE id-mBMSsessionUpdate

CRITICALITY reject

}

errorIndication M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE ErrorIndication

PROCEDURE CODE id-errorIndication

CRITICALITY ignore

}

reset M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Reset

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME ResetAcknowledge

PROCEDURE CODE id-Reset

CRITICALITY reject

}

privateMessage M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE PrivateMessage

PROCEDURE CODE id-privateMessage

CRITICALITY ignore

}

mCEConfigurationUpdate M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE MCEConfigurationUpdate

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MCEConfigurationUpdateAcknowledge

UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME MCEConfigurationUpdateFailure

PROCEDURE CODE id-mCEConfigurationUpdate

CRITICALITY reject

}

m3Setup M3AP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE M3SetupRequest

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME M3SetupResponse

UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME M3SetupFailure

PROCEDURE CODE id-m3Setup

CRITICALITY reject

}

END

9.3.4 PDU Definitions

— **************************************************************

— PDU definitions for M3AP.

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PDU-Contents {

itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)

eps-Access (21) modules (3) m3ap (5) version1 (1) m3ap-PDU-Contents (1) }

DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=

BEGIN

— **************************************************************

— IE parameter types from other modules.

— **************************************************************

IMPORTS

Absolute-Time-ofMBMS-Data,

Cause,

CriticalityDiagnostics,

Global-MCE-ID,

MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters,

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem,

MBMS-Service-Area,

MBMSServiceArea1,

MBMS-Session-Duration,

MBMS-Session-ID,

MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID,

MCEname,

MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer,

MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID,

TimeToWait,

TMGI,

TNL-Information,

Reestablishment,

MBMS-Cell-List

FROM M3AP-IEs

PrivateIE-Container{},

ProtocolExtensionContainer{},

ProtocolIE-Container{},

ProtocolIE-ContainerList{},

ProtocolIE-ContainerPair{},

ProtocolIE-ContainerPairList{},

ProtocolIE-Single-Container{},

M3AP-PRIVATE-IES,

M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION,

M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES,

M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR

FROM M3AP-Containers

id-AllocationAndRetentionPriority,

id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID,

id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID,

id-TMGI,

id-MBMS-Session-ID,

id-MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters,

id-MBMS-Session-Duration,

id-MBMS-Service-Area,

id-TNL-Information,

id-Alternative-TNL-Information,

id-CriticalityDiagnostics,

id-Cause,

id-MBMS-Service-Area-List,

id-MBMS-Service-Area-List-Item,

id-TimeToWait,

id-ResetType,

id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem,

id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListResAck,

id-MBMSServiceAreaList,

id-MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer,

id-Time-ofMBMS-DataStop,

id-Time-ofMBMS-DataTransfer,

id-Global-MCE-ID,

id-MCEname,

id-Reestablishment,

id-MBMS-Cell-List,

maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE,

maxnooferrors,

maxNrOfIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset

FROM M3AP-Constants;

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION START REQUEST

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionStartRequest ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{MBMSSessionStartRequest-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionStartRequest-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-TMGI CRITICALITY reject TYPE TMGI PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Session-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MBMS-Session-ID PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Session-Duration CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-Session-Duration PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Service-Area CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-Service-Area PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer CRITICALITY reject TYPE MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-TNL-Information CRITICALITY reject TYPE TNL-Information PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-Time-ofMBMS-DataTransfer CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Absolute-Time-ofMBMS-Data PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-Reestablishment CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Reestablishment PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-Alternative-TNL-Information CRITICALITY ignore TYPE TNL-Information PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Cell-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-Cell-List PRESENCE optional},

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION START RESPONSE

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionStartResponse ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ MBMSSessionStartResponse-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionStartResponse-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional },

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION START FAILURE

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionStartFailure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ MBMSSessionStartFailure-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionStartFailure-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional },

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION STOP REQUEST

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionStopRequest ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{MBMSSessionStopRequest-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionStopRequest-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-Time-ofMBMS-DataStop CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Absolute-Time-ofMBMS-Data PRESENCE optional},

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION STOP RESPONSE

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionStopResponse ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ MBMSSessionStopResponse-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionStopResponse-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional } ,

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION UPDATE REQUEST

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionUpdateRequest ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{MBMSSessionUpdateRequest-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionUpdateRequest-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-TMGI CRITICALITY reject TYPE TMGI PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Session-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MBMS-Session-ID PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Session-Duration CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-Session-Duration PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Service-Area CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MBMS-Service-Area PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer CRITICALITY reject TYPE MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-TNL-Information CRITICALITY ignore TYPE TNL-Information PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-Time-ofMBMS-DataTransfer CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Absolute-Time-ofMBMS-Data PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MBMS-Cell-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-Cell-List PRESENCE optional},

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION UPDATE RESPONSE

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionUpdateResponse ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ MBMSSessionUpdateResponse-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionUpdateResponse-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional },

}

— **************************************************************

— MBMS SESSION UPDATE FAILURE

— **************************************************************

MBMSSessionUpdateFailure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ MBMSSessionUpdateFailure-IEs}},

}

MBMSSessionUpdateFailure-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE mandatory } |

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional },

}

— **************************************************************

— ERROR INDICATION

— **************************************************************

ErrorIndication ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ErrorIndication-IEs}},

}

ErrorIndication-IEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE optional } |

{ ID id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID PRESENCE optional } |

{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE optional } |

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional } ,

}

— **************************************************************

— Reset

— **************************************************************

Reset ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {ResetIEs} },

}

ResetIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE mandatory }|

{ ID id-ResetType CRITICALITY reject TYPE ResetType PRESENCE mandatory },

}

ResetType ::= CHOICE {

m3-Interface ResetAll,

partOfM3-Interface MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListRes,

}

ResetAll ::= ENUMERATED {

reset-all,

}

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListRes ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE(1.. maxNrOfIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset)) OF ProtocolIE-Single-Container { { MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItemRes } }

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItemRes M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem PRESENCE mandatory },

}

— **************************************************************

— Reset Acknowledge

— **************************************************************

ResetAcknowledge ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {ResetAcknowledgeIEs} },

}

ResetAcknowledgeIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListResAck CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListResAck PRESENCE optional }|

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional },

}

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListResAck ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE(1.. maxNrOfIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset)) OF ProtocolIE-Single-Container { { MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItemResAck } }

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItemResAck M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem PRESENCE mandatory },

}

— **************************************************************

— PRIVATE MESSAGE

— **************************************************************

PrivateMessage ::= SEQUENCE {

privateIEs PrivateIE-Container {{PrivateMessage-IEs}},

}

PrivateMessage-IEs M3AP-PRIVATE-IES ::= {

}

— **************************************************************

— M3 SETUP ELEMENTARY PROCEDURE

— **************************************************************

— **************************************************************

— M3 Setup Request

— **************************************************************

M3SetupRequest ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {M3SetupRequestIEs} },

}

M3SetupRequestIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Global-MCE-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE Global-MCE-ID PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-MCEname CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCEname PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MBMSServiceAreaList CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMSServiceAreaListItem PRESENCE mandatory},

}

MBMSServiceAreaListItem ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE(1..maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE)) OF MBMSServiceArea1

— **************************************************************

— M3 Setup Response

— **************************************************************

M3SetupResponse ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {M3SetupResponseIEs} },

}

M3SetupResponseIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional},

}

— **************************************************************

— M3 Setup Failure

— **************************************************************

M3SetupFailure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {M3SetupFailureIEs} },

}

M3SetupFailureIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-TimeToWait CRITICALITY ignore TYPE TimeToWait PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional},

}

— **************************************************************

— MCE CONFIGURATION UPDATE ELEMENTARY PROCEDURE

— **************************************************************

— **************************************************************

— MCE Configuration Update

— **************************************************************

MCEConfigurationUpdate ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {MCEConfigurationUpdateIEs} },

}

MCEConfigurationUpdateIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Global-MCE-ID CRITICALITY reject TYPE Global-MCE-ID PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MCEname CRITICALITY ignore TYPE MCEname PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-MBMSServiceAreaList CRITICALITY reject TYPE MBMSServiceAreaListItem PRESENCE optional},

}

— **************************************************************

— MCE Configuration Update Acknowledge

— **************************************************************

MCEConfigurationUpdateAcknowledge ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {MCEConfigurationUpdateAcknowledgeIEs} },

}

MCEConfigurationUpdateAcknowledgeIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional },

}

— **************************************************************

— MCE Configuration Update Failure

— **************************************************************

MCEConfigurationUpdateFailure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {MCEConfigurationUpdateFailureIEs} },

}

MCEConfigurationUpdateFailureIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE mandatory}|

{ ID id-TimeToWait CRITICALITY ignore TYPE TimeToWait PRESENCE optional}|

{ ID id-CriticalityDiagnostics CRITICALITY ignore TYPE CriticalityDiagnostics PRESENCE optional},

}

END

9.3.5 Information Element definitions

— **************************************************************

— Information Element Definitions

— **************************************************************

M3AP-IEs {

itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)

eps-Access (21) modules (3) m3ap (5) version1 (1) m3ap-IEs (2) }

DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=

BEGIN

IMPORTS

id-AllocationAndRetentionPriority,

maxnooferrors,

maxnoofCellsforMBMS

FROM M3AP-Constants

Criticality,

ProcedureCode,

ProtocolIE-ID,

TriggeringMessage

FROM M3AP-CommonDataTypes

ProtocolExtensionContainer{},

ProtocolIE-Single-Container{},

M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION,

M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES

FROM M3AP-Containers;

— A

Absolute-Time-ofMBMS-Data ::= BIT STRING (SIZE (64))

AllocationAndRetentionPriority ::= SEQUENCE {

priorityLevel PriorityLevel,

pre-emptionCapability Pre-emptionCapability,

pre-emptionVulnerability Pre-emptionVulnerability,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {AllocationAndRetentionPriority-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL

}

AllocationAndRetentionPriority-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

— B

BitRate ::= INTEGER (0..10000000000)

— C

Cause ::= CHOICE {

radioNetwork CauseRadioNetwork,

transport CauseTransport,

nAS CauseNAS,

protocol CauseProtocol,

misc CauseMisc,

}

CauseMisc ::= ENUMERATED {

control-processing-overload,

not-enough-user-plane-processing-resources,

hardware-failure,

om-intervention,

unspecified,

}

CauseNAS ::= ENUMERATED {

unspecified,

}

CauseProtocol ::= ENUMERATED {

transfer-syntax-error,

abstract-syntax-error-reject,

abstract-syntax-error-ignore-and-notify,

message-not-compatible-with-receiver-state,

semantic-error,

abstract-syntax-error-falsely-constructed-message,

unspecified,

}

CauseRadioNetwork ::= ENUMERATED {

unknown-or-already-allocated-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID,

unknown-or-already-allocated-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID,

unknown-or-inconsistent-pair-of-MBMS-M3AP-IDs,

radio-resources-not-available,

invalid-QoS-combination,

interaction-with-other-procedure,

not-supported-QCI-value,

unspecified,

…,

uninvolved-MCE

}

CauseTransport ::= ENUMERATED {

transport-resource-unavailable,

unspecified,

}

CriticalityDiagnostics ::= SEQUENCE {

procedureCode ProcedureCode OPTIONAL,

triggeringMessage TriggeringMessage OPTIONAL,

procedureCriticality Criticality OPTIONAL,

iEsCriticalityDiagnostics CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List OPTIONAL,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {CriticalityDiagnostics-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

CriticalityDiagnostics-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxnooferrors)) OF

SEQUENCE {

iECriticality Criticality,

iE-ID ProtocolIE-ID,

typeOfError TypeOfError,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

— D

— E

ECGI ::= SEQUENCE {

pLMN-Identity PLMN-Identity,

eUTRANcellIdentifier EUTRANCellIdentifier,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {ECGI-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

ECGI-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

EUTRANCellIdentifier ::= BIT STRING (SIZE (28))

ExtendedMCE-ID ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE(1))

— F

— G

Global-MCE-ID ::= SEQUENCE {

pLMN-Identity PLMN-Identity,

mCE-ID MCE-ID,

extendedMCE-ID ExtendedMCE-ID OPTIONAL,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {GlobalMCE-ID-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

GlobalMCE-ID-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

GBR-QosInformation ::= SEQUENCE {

mBMS-E-RAB-MaximumBitrateDL BitRate,

mBMS-E-RAB-GuaranteedBitrateDL BitRate,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { { GBR-QosInformation-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

GBR-QosInformation-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

GTP-TEID ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (4))

— H

— I

IPAddress ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE(4..16, …))

— J

— K

— L

— M

MBMS-Cell-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE(1.. maxnoofCellsforMBMS)) OF ECGI

MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters ::= SEQUENCE {

qCI QCI,

gbrQosInformation GBR-QosInformation OPTIONAL,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { { MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

— Extension for Release 10 ARP support —

{ID id-AllocationAndRetentionPriority CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION AllocationAndRetentionPriority PRESENCE mandatory},

}

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem ::= SEQUENCE {

mME-MBMS-M3AP-ID MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID OPTIONAL,

mCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID OPTIONAL,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { { MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItemExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItemExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

MBMSServiceArea1 ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))

MBMS-Service-Area ::= OCTET STRING

MBMS-Session-Duration ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (3))

MBMS-Session-ID ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (1))

MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID ::= INTEGER (0..65535)

MCE-ID ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE(2))

MCEname ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..150,…))

MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (1))

MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID ::= INTEGER (0..65535)

— N

— O

— P

Pre-emptionCapability ::= ENUMERATED {

shall-not-trigger-pre-emption,

may-trigger-pre-emption

}

Pre-emptionVulnerability ::= ENUMERATED {

not-pre-emptable,

pre-emptable

}

PriorityLevel ::= INTEGER { spare (0), highest (1), lowest (14), no-priority (15) } (0..15)

PLMN-Identity ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE(3))

— Q

QCI ::= INTEGER (0..255)

— R

Reestablishment ::= ENUMERATED {true, …}

— S

— T

TimeToWait ::= ENUMERATED {v1s, v2s, v5s, v10s, v20s, v60s, …}

TMGI ::= SEQUENCE {

pLMNidentity PLMN-Identity,

serviceID OCTET STRING (SIZE (3)),

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {TMGI-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL

}

TMGI-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

TNL-Information ::= SEQUENCE {

iPMCAddress IPAddress,

iPSourceAddress IPAddress,

gTP-DLTEID GTP-TEID,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {TNL-Information-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,

}

TNL-Information-ExtIEs M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

}

TypeOfError ::= ENUMERATED {

not-understood,

missing,

}

— U

— V

— W

— X

— Y

— Z

END

9.3.6 Common definitions

— **************************************************************

— Common definitions

— **************************************************************

M3AP-CommonDataTypes {

itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)

eps-Access (21) modules (3) m3ap (5) version1 (1) m3ap-CommonDataTypes (3) }

DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=

BEGIN

— **************************************************************

— Extension constants

— **************************************************************

maxPrivateIEs INTEGER ::= 65535

maxProtocolExtensions INTEGER ::= 65535

maxProtocolIEs INTEGER ::= 65535

— **************************************************************

— Common Data Types

— **************************************************************

Criticality ::= ENUMERATED { reject, ignore, notify }

Presence ::= ENUMERATED { optional, conditional, mandatory }

PrivateIE-ID ::= CHOICE {

local INTEGER (0.. maxPrivateIEs),

global OBJECT IDENTIFIER

}

ProcedureCode ::= INTEGER (0..255)

ProtocolIE-ID ::= INTEGER (0..maxProtocolIEs)

TriggeringMessage ::= ENUMERATED { initiating-message, successful-outcome, unsuccessful-outcome}

END

9.3.7 Constant definitions

— **************************************************************

— Constant definitions

— **************************************************************

M3AP-Constants {

itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)

eps-Access (21) modules (3) m3ap (5) version1 (1) m3ap-Constants (4) }

DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=

BEGIN

IMPORTS

ProcedureCode,

ProtocolIE-ID

FROM M3AP-CommonDataTypes;

— **************************************************************

— Elementary Procedures

— **************************************************************

id-mBMSsessionStart ProcedureCode ::= 0

id-mBMSsessionStop ProcedureCode ::= 1

id-errorIndication ProcedureCode ::= 2

id-privateMessage ProcedureCode ::= 3

id-Reset ProcedureCode ::= 4

id-mBMSsessionUpdate ProcedureCode ::= 5

id-mCEConfigurationUpdate ProcedureCode ::= 6

id-m3Setup ProcedureCode ::= 7

— **************************************************************

— Lists

— **************************************************************

maxnoofMBMSServiceAreaIdentitiesPerMCE INTEGER ::= 65536

maxnooferrors INTEGER ::= 256

maxNrOfIndividualM3ConnectionsToReset INTEGER ::= 256

maxnoofCellsforMBMS INTEGER ::= 4096

— **************************************************************

— IEs

— **************************************************************

id-MME-MBMS-M3AP-ID ProtocolIE-ID ::= 0

id-MCE-MBMS-M3AP-ID ProtocolIE-ID ::= 1

id-TMGI ProtocolIE-ID ::= 2

id-MBMS-Session-ID ProtocolIE-ID ::= 3

id-MBMS-E-RAB-QoS-Parameters ProtocolIE-ID ::= 4

id-MBMS-Session-Duration ProtocolIE-ID ::= 5

id-MBMS-Service-Area ProtocolIE-ID ::= 6

id-TNL-Information ProtocolIE-ID ::= 7

id-CriticalityDiagnostics ProtocolIE-ID ::= 8

id-Cause ProtocolIE-ID ::= 9

id-MBMS-Service-Area-List ProtocolIE-ID ::= 10

id-MBMS-Service-Area-List-Item ProtocolIE-ID ::= 11

id-TimeToWait ProtocolIE-ID ::= 12

id-ResetType ProtocolIE-ID ::= 13

id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionItem ProtocolIE-ID ::= 14

id-MBMS-Service-associatedLogicalM3-ConnectionListResAck ProtocolIE-ID ::= 15

id-MinimumTimeToMBMSDataTransfer ProtocolIE-ID ::= 16

id-AllocationAndRetentionPriority ProtocolIE-ID ::= 17

id-Global-MCE-ID ProtocolIE-ID ::= 18

id-MCEname ProtocolIE-ID ::= 19

id-MBMSServiceAreaList ProtocolIE-ID ::= 20

id-Time-ofMBMS-DataTransfer ProtocolIE-ID ::= 21

id-Time-ofMBMS-DataStop ProtocolIE-ID ::= 22

id-Reestablishment ProtocolIE-ID ::= 23

id-Alternative-TNL-Information ProtocolIE-ID ::= 24

id-MBMS-Cell-List ProtocolIE-ID ::= 25

END

9.3.8 Container definitions

— **************************************************************

— Container definitions

— **************************************************************

M3AP-Containers {

itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)

eps-Access (21) modules (3) m3ap (5) version1 (1) m3ap-Containers (5) }

DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=

BEGIN

— **************************************************************

— IE parameter types from other modules.

— **************************************************************

IMPORTS

maxPrivateIEs,

maxProtocolExtensions,

maxProtocolIEs,

Criticality,

Presence,

PrivateIE-ID,

ProtocolIE-ID

FROM M3AP-CommonDataTypes;

— **************************************************************

— Class Definition for Protocol IEs

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= CLASS {

&id ProtocolIE-ID UNIQUE,

&criticality Criticality,

&Value,

&presence Presence

}

WITH SYNTAX {

ID &id

CRITICALITY &criticality

TYPE &Value

PRESENCE &presence

}

— **************************************************************

— Class Definition for Protocol IEs

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR ::= CLASS {

&id ProtocolIE-ID UNIQUE,

&firstCriticality Criticality,

&FirstValue,

&secondCriticality Criticality,

&SecondValue,

&presence Presence

}

WITH SYNTAX {

ID &id

FIRST CRITICALITY &firstCriticality

FIRST TYPE &FirstValue

SECOND CRITICALITY &secondCriticality

SECOND TYPE &SecondValue

PRESENCE &presence

}

— **************************************************************

— Class Definition for Protocol Extensions

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= CLASS {

&id ProtocolIE-ID UNIQUE,

&criticality Criticality,

&Extension,

&presence Presence

}

WITH SYNTAX {

ID &id

CRITICALITY &criticality

EXTENSION &Extension

PRESENCE &presence

}

— **************************************************************

— Class Definition for Private IEs

— **************************************************************

M3AP-PRIVATE-IES ::= CLASS {

&id PrivateIE-ID,

&criticality Criticality,

&Value,

&presence Presence

}

WITH SYNTAX {

ID &id

CRITICALITY &criticality

TYPE &Value

PRESENCE &presence

}

— **************************************************************

— Container for Protocol IEs

— **************************************************************

ProtocolIE-Container {M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (0..maxProtocolIEs)) OF

ProtocolIE-Field {{IEsSetParam}}

ProtocolIE-Single-Container {M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::=

ProtocolIE-Field {{IEsSetParam}}

ProtocolIE-Field {M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::= SEQUENCE {

id M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES.&id ({IEsSetParam}),

criticality M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES.&criticality ({IEsSetParam}{@id}),

value M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES.&Value ({IEsSetParam}{@id})

}

— **************************************************************

— Container for Protocol IE Pairs

— **************************************************************

ProtocolIE-ContainerPair {M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (0..maxProtocolIEs)) OF

ProtocolIE-FieldPair {{IEsSetParam}}

ProtocolIE-FieldPair {M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR : IEsSetParam} ::= SEQUENCE {

id M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR.&id ({IEsSetParam}),

firstCriticality M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR.&firstCriticality ({IEsSetParam}{@id}),

firstValue M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR.&FirstValue ({IEsSetParam}{@id}),

secondCriticality M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR.&secondCriticality ({IEsSetParam}{@id}),

secondValue M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR.&SecondValue ({IEsSetParam}{@id})

}

— **************************************************************

— Container Lists for Protocol IE Containers

— **************************************************************

ProtocolIE-ContainerList {INTEGER : lowerBound, INTEGER : upperBound, M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (lowerBound..upperBound)) OF

ProtocolIE-Container {{IEsSetParam}}

ProtocolIE-ContainerPairList {INTEGER : lowerBound, INTEGER : upperBound, M3AP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (lowerBound..upperBound)) OF

ProtocolIE-ContainerPair {{IEsSetParam}}

— **************************************************************

— Container for Protocol Extensions

— **************************************************************

ProtocolExtensionContainer {M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION : ExtensionSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxProtocolExtensions)) OF

ProtocolExtensionField {{ExtensionSetParam}}

ProtocolExtensionField {M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION : ExtensionSetParam} ::= SEQUENCE {

id M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION.&id ({ExtensionSetParam}),

criticality M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION.&criticality ({ExtensionSetParam}{@id}),

extensionValue M3AP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION.&Extension ({ExtensionSetParam}{@id})

}

— **************************************************************

— Container for Private IEs

— **************************************************************

PrivateIE-Container {M3AP-PRIVATE-IES : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxPrivateIEs)) OF

PrivateIE-Field {{IEsSetParam}}

PrivateIE-Field {M3AP-PRIVATE-IES : IEsSetParam} ::= SEQUENCE {

id M3AP-PRIVATE-IES.&id ({IEsSetParam}),

criticality M3AP-PRIVATE-IES.&criticality ({IEsSetParam}{@id}),

value M3AP-PRIVATE-IES.&Value ({IEsSetParam}{@id})

}

END

9.4 Message Transfer Syntax

M3AP shall use the ASN.1 Basic Packed Encoding Rules (BASIC-PER) Aligned Variant as transfer syntax as specified in ref. ITU-T Rec. X.691 [4].

9.5 Timers