9.1.3 Messages for Global Procedures

38.4233GPPNG-RANRelease 17TSXn Application Protocol (XnAP)

9.1.3.1 XN SETUP REQUEST

This message is sent by a NG-RAN node to a neighbouring NG-RAN node to transfer application data for an Xn-C interface instance.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

YES

reject

TAI Support List

M

9.2.3.20

List of supported TAs and associated characteristics.

YES

reject

AMF Region Information

M

9.2.3.83

Contains a list of all the AMF Regions to which the NG-RAN node belongs.

YES

reject

List of Served Cells NR

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node>

Contains a list of cells served by the gNB. If a partial list of cells is signalled, it contains at least one cell per carrier configured at the gNB

YES

reject

>Served Cell Information NR

M

9.2.2.11

>Neighbour Information NR

O

9.2.2.13

>Neighbour Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.14

>Served Cell Specific Info Request

O

9.2.2.102

YES

ignore

List of Served Cells E-UTRA

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node>

Contains a list of cells served by the ng-eNB. If a partial list of cells is signalled, it contains at least one cell per carrier configured at the ng-eNB

YES

reject

>Served Cell Information E-UTRA

M

9.2.2.12

>Neighbour Information NR

O

9.2.2.13

>Neighbour Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.14

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

TNL Configuration Info

O

9.2.3.96

YES

ignore

Partial List Indicator NR

O

Partial List Indicator

9.2.2.46

Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the List of Served Cells NR IE.

YES

ignore

Cell and Capacity Assistance Information NR

O

9.2.2.41

Contains NR cell related assistance information.

YES

ignore

Partial List Indicator E-UTRA

O

Partial List Indicator

9.2.2.46

Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the List of Served Cells E-UTRA.

YES

ignore

Cell and Capacity Assistance Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.42

Contains E-UTRA cell related assistance information.

YES

ignore

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

O

9.2.2.101

YES

ignore

Neighbour NG-RAN Node List

0..<maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes>

YES

ignore

>Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

>Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

M

9.2.2.101

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node

Maximum no. cells that can be served by a NG-RAN node. Value is 16384.

maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes

Maximum no. of neighbour NG-RAN nodes. Value is 256.

9.1.3.2 XN SETUP RESPONSE

This message is sent by a NG-RAN node to a neighbouring NG-RAN node to transfer application data for an Xn-C interface instance.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

YES

reject

TAI Support List

M

9.2.3.20

List of supported TAs and associated characteristics.

YES

reject

List of Served Cells NR

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node>

Contains a list of cells served by the gNB. If a partial list of cells is signalled, it contains at least one cell per carrier configured at the gNB

YES

reject

>Served Cell Information NR

M

9.2.2.11

>Neighbour Information NR

O

9.2.2.13

>Neighbour Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.14

List of Served Cells E-UTRA

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node>

Contains a list of cells served by the ng-eNB. If a partial list of cells is signalled, it contains at least one cell per carrier configured at the gNB

YES

reject

>Served Cell Information E-UTRA

M

9.2.2.12

>Neighbour Information NR

O

9.2.2.13

>Neighbour Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.14

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

AMF Region Information

O

9.2.3.83

Contains a list of all the AMF Regions to which the NG-RAN node belongs.

YES

reject

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

TNL Configuration Info

O

9.2.3.96

YES

ignore

Partial List Indicator NR

O

Partial List Indicator

9.2.2.46

Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the List of Served Cells NR IE.

YES

ignore

Cell and Capacity Assistance Information NR

O

9.2.2.41

Contains NR cell related assistance information.

YES

ignore

Partial List Indicator E-UTRA

O

Partial List Indicator

9.2.2.46

Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the List of Served Cells E-UTRA.

YES

ignore

Cell and Capacity Assistance Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.42

Contains E-UTRA cell related assistance information.

YES

ignore

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

O

9.2.2.101

YES

ignore

Neighbour NG-RAN Node List

0..<maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes>

YES

ignore

>Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

>Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

M

9.2.2.101

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node

Maximum no. cells that can be served by a NG-RAN node. Value is 16384.

maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes

Maximum no. of neighbour NG-RAN nodes. Value is 256.

9.1.3.3 XN SETUP FAILURE

This message is sent by the neighbouring NG-RAN node to indicate Xn Setup failure.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Time To Wait

O

9.2.3.56

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

Message Oversize Notification

O

9.2.2.45

YES

ignore

9.1.3.4 NG-RAN NODE CONFIGURATION UPDATE

This message is sent by a NG-RAN node to a neighbouring NG-RAN node to transfer updated information for an Xn-C interface instance.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

TAI Support List

O

9.2.3.20

List of supported TAs and associated characteristics.

GLOBAL

reject

CHOICE Initiating NodeType

M

YES

ignore

>gNB

>>Served Cells To Update NR

O

9.2.2.15

YES

ignore

>>Cell Assistance Information NR

O

9.2.2.17

YES

ignore

>>Cell Assistance Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.43

YES

ignore

>>Served Cell Specific Info Request

O

9.2.2.102

YES

ignore

>ng-eNB

>>Served Cells to Update E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.16

YES

ignore

>>Cell Assistance Information NR

O

9.2.2.17

YES

ignore

>>Cell Assistance Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.43

YES

ignore

TNLA To Add List

0..1

YES

ignore

>TNLA To Add Item

1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations>

>>TNLA Transport Layer Information

M

CP Transport Layer Information

9.2.3.31

CP Transport Layer Information of NG-RAN node1

>> TNL Association Usage

M

9.2.3.84

TNLA To Update List

0..1

YES

ignore

>TNLA To Update Item

1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations>

>>TNLA Transport Layer Information

M

CP Transport Layer Information

9.2.3.31

CP Transport Layer Information of NG-RAN node1

>> TNL Association Usage

O

9.2.3.84

TNLA To Remove List

0..1

YES

ignore

>TNLA To Remove Item

1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations>

>>TNLA Transport Layer Information

M

CP Transport Layer Information

9.2.3.31

CP Transport Layer Information of NG-RAN node1

Global NG-RAN Node ID

O

9.2.2.3

YES

reject

AMF Region Information To Add

O

AMF Region Information 9.2.3.83

List of all added AMF Regions to which the NG-RAN node belongs.

YES

reject

AMF Region Information To Delete

O

AMF Region Information 9.2.3.83

List of all deleted AMF Regions to which the NG-RAN node belongs.

YES

reject

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

TNL Configuration Info

O

9.2.3.96

YES

ignore

Coverage Modification List

0 .. 1

List of cells with modified coverage.

GLOBAL

reject

>Coverage Modification Item

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node>

>>Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

NG-RAN Cell Global Identifier of the cell to be modified.

>>Cell Coverage State

M

INTEGER (0..63, …)

Value ‘0’ indicates that the cell is inactive. Other values Indicates that the cell is active and also indicates the coverage configuration of the concerned cell.

>>Cell Deployment Status Indicator

O

ENUMERATED(pre-change-notification, …)

Indicates the Cell Coverage State is planned to be used at the next reconfiguration.

>>Cell Replacing Info

C-ifCellDeploymentStatusIndicatorPresent

>>>Replacing Cells

0 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node>

>>>>Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

NG-RAN Cell Global Identifier of a cell that may replace all or part of the coverage of the cell to be modified.

>>SSB Coverage Modification List

0.. 1

List of SSB beams with modified coverage.

>>>SSB Coverage Modification Item

0..<maxnoofSSBAreas>

>>>>SSB Index

M

INTEGER (0..63)

Identifier of the SSB beam to be modified.

>>>>SSB Coverage State

M

INTEGER (0..15, …)

Value ‘0’ indicates that the SSB beam is inactive. Other values Indicates that the SSB beam is active and also indicates the coverage configuration of the concerned SSB beam.

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

O

9.2.2.101

YES

ignore

Neighbour NG-RAN Node List

0..<maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes>

YES

ignore

>Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

>Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

M

9.2.2.101

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier Removal

O

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

9.2.2.101

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofTNLAssociations

Maximum numbers of TNL Associations between the NG RAN nodes. Value is 32.

maxnoofCellsinNG-RAN node

Maximum no. cells that can be served by a NG-RAN node. Value is 16384.

maxnoofSSBAreas

Maximum no. SSB Areas that can be served by a cell. Value is 64.

maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes

Maximum no. of neighbour NG-RAN nodes. Value is 256.

Condition

Explanation

ifCellDeploymentStatusIndicatorPresent

This IE shall be present if the Cell Deployment Status Indicator IE is present.

9.1.3.5 NG-RAN NODE CONFIGURATION UPDATE ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by a neighbouring NG-RAN node to a peer node to acknowledge update of information for a TNL association.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

CHOICE Responding NodeType

M

YES

ignore

>ng-eNB

>>Served E-UTRA Cells

0 .. < maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode>

Complete or limited list of cells served by an ng-eNB, if requested by NG-RAN node1.

YES

ignore

>>>Served Cell Information E-UTRA

M

9.2.2.12

>>>Neighbour Information NR

O

9.2.2.13

NR neighbours.

>>>Neighbour Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.14

E-UTRA neighbours

>>Partial List Indicator E-UTRA

O

Partial List Indicator

9.2.2.46

Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the Served E-UTRA Cells IE

YES

ignore

>>Cell and Capacity Assistance Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.42

Contains E-UTRA cell related assistance information.

YES

ignore

>gNB

>>Served NR Cells

0 .. < maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode>

Complete or limited list of cells served by a gNB, if requested by NG-RAN node1.

>>>Served Cell Information NR

M

9.2.2.11

>>>Neighbour Information NR

O

9.2.2.13

NR neighbours.

>>>Neighbour Information E-UTRA

O

9.2.2.14

E-UTRA neighbours

>>Partial List Indicator NR

O

Partial List Indicator

9.2.2.46

Value "partial" indicates that a partial list of cells is included in the Served NR Cells IE

YES

ignore

>>Cell and Capacity Assistance Information NR

O

9.2.2.41

Contains NR cell related assistance information.

YES

ignore

TNLA Setup List

0..1

YES

ignore

>TNLA Setup Item

1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations>

>>TNLA Transport Layer Address

M

CP Transport Layer Information

9.2.3.31

CP Transport Layer Information as received from NG-RAN node1

TNLA Failed to Setup Lis

0..1

YES

ignore

>TNLA Failed To Setup Item

1..<maxnoofTNLAssociations>

>>TNLA Transport Layer Address

M

CP Transport Layer Information

9.2.3.31

CP Transport Layer Information as received from NG-RAN node1

>>Cause

M

9.2.3.2

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

TNL Configuration Info

O

9.2.3.96

YES

ignore

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

O

9.2.2.101

YES

ignore

Neighbour NG-RAN Node List

0..<maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes>

YES

ignore

>Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

>Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

M

9.2.2.101

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier Removal

Local NG-RAN Node Identifier

9.2.2.101

YES

ignore

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNGRANnode

Maximum no. cells that can be served by an NG-RAN node.

Value is 16384.

maxnoofTNLAssociations

Maximum numbers of TNL Associations between NG-RAN nodes. Value is 32.

maxnoofNeighbourNG-RAN nodes

Maximum no. of neighbour NG-RAN nodes. Value is 256.

9.1.3.6 NG-RAN NODE CONFIGURATION UPDATE FAILURE

This message is sent by the neighbouring NG-RAN node to indicate NG-RAN node Configuration Update failure.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Time To Wait

O

9.2.3.56

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

9.1.3.7 CELL ACTIVATION REQUEST

This message is sent by the NG-RAN node1 to the peer NG-RAN node2 to request a previously switched-off cell/s to be re-activated.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

CHOICE Served Cells To Activate

M

YES

reject

>NR Cells

>>NR Cells List

1

>>>NR Cells item

1 .. < maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode>

>>>>NR CGI

M

9.2.2.7

>E-UTRA Cells

>>E-UTRA Cells List

1

>>>E-UTRA Cells item

1 .. < maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode>

>>>>E-UTRA CGI

M

9.2.2.8

Activation ID

M

INTEGER (0..255)

Allocated by the NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode

Maximum no. cells that can be served by an NG-RAN node.

Value is 16384.

9.1.3.8 CELL ACTIVATION RESPONSE

This message is sent by an NG-RAN node2 to a peer NG-RAN node1 to indicate that one or more cell(s) previously switched-off has (have) been activated.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

CHOICE Activated Served Cells

M

YES

reject

>NR Cells

>>NR Cells List

1

>>>NR Cells Item

1 .. < maxnoffCellsinNG-RANnode>

>>>>NR CGI

M

9.2.2.7

>E-UTRA Cells

>>E-UTRA Cells List

1

>>>E-UTRA Cells Item

1 .. < maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode>

>>>>E-UTRA CGI

M

9.2.2.8

Activation ID

M

INTEGER (0..255)

Allocated by the NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode

Maximum no. cells that can be served by an NG-RAN node. Value is 16384.

9.1.3.9 CELL ACTIVATION FAILURE

This message is sent by an NG-RAN node2 to a peer NG-RAN node1 to indicate cell activation failure.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Activation ID

M

INTEGER (0..255)

Allocated by the NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

9.1.3.10 RESET REQUEST

This message is sent from one NG-RAN node to another NG-RAN node and is used to request the Xn interface to be reset.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

CHOICE Reset Request TypeInfo

M

YES

reject

>Full Reset

>Partial Reset

>>UE contexts to be released List

1

>>>UE Contexts to be released Item

1 .. <maxnoof UEcontexts>

>>>>NG-RAN node1 UE XnAP ID

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

Allocated at the NG-RAN node1

>>>>NG-RAN node2 UE XnAP ID

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

Allocated at the NG-RAN node2

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofUEContexts

Maximum no. of UE Contexts. Value is 8192.

9.1.3.11 RESET RESPONSE

This message is sent by an NG-RAN node as a response to a RESET REQUEST message.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

CHOICE Reset Response Type Info

M

YES

ignore

>Full Reset

>Partial Reset

>>Admitted UE contexts to be released List

1

>>>Admitted UE Contexts to be released Item

1 .. <maxnoof UEcontexts>

>>>>NG-RAN node1 UE XnAP ID

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

Allocated at the NG-RAN node1

>>>>NG-RAN node2 UE XnAP ID

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

Allocated at the NG-RAN node2

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofUEContexts

Maximum no. of UE Contexts. Value is 8192.

9.1.3.12 ERROR INDICATION

This message is used to indicate that some error has been detected in the NG-RAN node.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Old NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

Allocated for handover at the source NG-RAN node and for dual connectivity at the S-NG-RAN node or for an SN Status Transfer procedure at the NG-RAN node from which a DRB is offloaded.

YES

ignore

New NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

Allocated for handover at the target NG-RAN node and for dual connectivity at the M-NG-RAN node or for an SN Status Transfer procedure at the NG-RAN node to which a DRB is offloaded.

YES

ignore

Cause

O

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

9.1.3.13 XN REMOVAL REQUEST

This message is sent by a NG-RAN node to a neighbouring NG-RAN node to initiate the removal of the interface instance.

Direction: NG-RAN node 1  NG-RAN node 2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

YES

reject

Xn Removal Threshold

O

Xn Benefit Value 9.2.3.54

YES

reject

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

9.1.3.14 XN REMOVAL RESPONSE

This message is sent by a NG-RAN node to a neighbouring NG-RAN node to acknowledge the initiation of removal of the interface instance.

Direction: NG-RAN node 2  NG-RAN node 1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Global NG-RAN Node ID

M

9.2.2.3

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

9.1.3.15 XN REMOVAL FAILURE

This message is sent by the NG-RAN node to indicate that removing the interface instance cannot be accepted.

Direction: NG-RAN node 2  NG-RAN node 1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

Interface Instance Indication

O

9.2.2.39

YES

reject

9.1.3.16 FAILURE INDICATION

This message is sent by NG-RAN node2 to indicate an RRC re-establishment attempt or a reception of an RLF Report from a UE that suffered a connection failure at NG-RAN node1.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

CHOICE Initiating condition

M

YES

reject

>RRC Reestab

>>CHOICE RRC Reestab Initiated Reporting

M

>>>RRC Reestab Reporting without RLF Report

>>>>Failure cell PCI

M

9.2.2.10

Physical Cell Identifier

>>>>Re-establishment cell CGI

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

>>>>C-RNTI

M

BIT STRING (SIZE (16))

C-RNTI contained in the RRCRe-establishment

Request message (TS 38.331 [10]) or in the RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequest message (TS 36.331 [14])

>>>>ShortMAC-I

M

BIT STRING (SIZE (16))

ShortMAC-I contained in the RRCRe-establishment Request message (TS 38.331 [10]) or in the RRCConnectionReestablishmentRequest message (TS 36.331 [14])

>>>>RRC Conn Reestab Indicator

O

ENUMERATED

(reconfigurationFailure, handoverFailure, otherFailure, …)

YES

ignore

>>>RRC Reestab Reporting with RLF Report

>>>>UE RLF Report Container

M

9.2.2.59

nr-RLF-Report-r16 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 38.331 [10]) or RLF-Report-r9 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 36.331 [14])

>RRC Setup

>>CHOICE RRC Setup Initiated Reporting

M

>>>RRC Setup Reporting with RLF Report

>>>>UE RLF Report Container

M

9.2.2.59

nr-RLF-Report-r16 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 38.331 [10]) or RLF-Report-r9 IE contained in the UEInformationResponse message (TS 36.331 [14])

9.1.3.17 HANDOVER REPORT

This message is sent by NG-RAN node1 to NG-RAN node2 to report a handover failure event, or other critical mobility problem.

Direction: NG-RAN node 1  NG-RAN node 2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

Handover Report Type

M

ENUMERATED (HO too early, HO to wrong cell, Inter-system ping-pong. …)

YES

ignore

Handover Cause

M

Cause

9.2.3.2

Indicates handover cause employed for handover from NG-RAN node 2

YES

ignore

Source cell CGI

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

NG-RAN CGI of source cell for handover procedure (in NG-RAN node 2)

YES

ignore

Target cell CGI

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

NG-RAN CGI of target cell for handover procedure (in NG-RAN node 1).

If the Handover Report Type is set to "Inter-system ping-pong", it contains the target cell of the inter system handover from the other system to NG-RAN node 1 cell

YES

ignore

Re-establishment cell CGI

C-

ifHandoverReportType HoToWrongCell

Global Cell Identity

9.2.2.73

CGI of cell where UE attempted re-establishment or where UE successfully re- connected after the failure

YES

ignore

Target cell in E-UTRAN

C-

ifHandoverReportType Intersystempingpong

OCTET STRING

Encoded according to Global Cell ID in the Last Visited E-UTRAN Cell Information IE, as defined in in TS 36.413 [31]

YES

ignore

Source cell C-RNTI

O

BIT STRING (SIZE (16))

C-RNTI allocated at the source NG-RAN node (in NG-RAN node 2)

YES

ignore

Mobility Information

O

BIT STRING (SIZE (32))

Information provided in the HANDOVER REQUEST message or in the SN STATUS TRANSFER message from NG-RAN node 2.

YES

ignore

UE RLF Report Container

O

9.2.2.59

The UE RLF Report Container IE received in the FAILURE INDICATION message.

YES

ignore

CHO Configuration

O

9.2.2.76

YES

ignore

Condition

Explanation

ifHandoverReportType HoToWrongCell

This IE shall be present if the Handover Report Type IE is set to the value "HO to wrong cell"

ifHandoverReportType Intersystempingpong

This IE shall be present if the Handover Report Type IE is set to the value "Inter-system ping-pong"

9.1.3.18 RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST

This message is sent by NG-RAN node1 to NG-RAN node2 to initiate the requested measurement according to the parameters given in the message.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node2 Measurement ID

C-ifRegistrationRequestStoporAdd

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node2

YES

ignore

Registration Request

M

ENUMERATED(start, stop,

add, …)

Type of request for which the resource status is required.

YES

reject

Report Characteristics

C-ifRegistrationRequestStart

BITSTRING

(SIZE(32))

Each position in the bitmap indicates measurement object the NG-RAN node2 is requested to report.

First Bit = PRB Periodic,

Second Bit = TNL Capacity Ind Periodic,

Third Bit =

Composite Available Capacity Periodic, Fourth Bit =Number of Active UEs Periodic,

Fifth Bit =RRC connections Periodic,

Sixth Bit = NR-U Channel List Periodic.

Other bits shall be ignored by the NG-RAN node2.

YES

reject

Cell To Report List

0..1

Cell ID list to which the request applies.

YES

ignore

>Cell To Report Item

1 .. <maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode>

>>Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

>>SSB To Report List

0..1

SSB list to which the request applies.

>>>SSB To Report Item

1 .. < maxnoofSSBAreas>

>>>>SSB-Index

M

INTEGER (0..,63..)

>>Slice To Report List

0..1

S-NSSAI list to which the request applies.

>>>Slice To Report Item

1 .. < maxnoofBPLMNs >

>>>>PLMN Identity

M

9.2.2.4

Broadcast PLMN

>>>>S-NSSAI List

1

>>>>>S-NSSAI Item

1 .. < maxnoofSliceItems>

>>>>>>S-NSSAI

M

S-NSSAI

9.2.3.21

Reporting Periodicity

O

ENUMERATED(500ms, 1000ms, 2000ms, 5000ms, 10000ms, …)

Periodicity that can be used for reporting ofindicated measurements. Also used as the averaging window length for all measurement object if supported.

YES

ignore

Condition

Explanation

ifRegistrationRequestStoporAdd

This IE shall be present if the Registration Request IE is set to the value "stop" or "add".

ifRegistrationRequestStart

This IE shall be present if the Registration Request IE is set to the value "start".

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode

Maximum no. cells that can be served by a NG-RAN node. Value is 16384.

maxnoofSSBAreas

Maximum no. SSB Areas that can be served by a NG-RAN node cell. Value is 64.

maxnoofSliceItems

Maximum no. of signalled slice support items. Value is 1024.

9.1.3.19 RESOURCE STATUS RESPONSE

This message is sent by NG-RAN node2 to NG-RAN node1 to indicate that the requested measurement, for all of the measurement objects included in the measurement is successfully initiated.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node2 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node2

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

9.1.3.20 RESOURCE STATUS FAILURE

This message is sent by the NG-RAN node2 to NG-RAN node1 to indicate that for any of the requested measurement objects the measurement cannot be initiated.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node2 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node2

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.3

YES

ignore

9.1.3.21 RESOURCE STATUS UPDATE

This message is sent by NG-RAN node2 to NG-RAN node1 to report the results of the requested measurements.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

NG-RAN node1 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node2 Measurement ID

M

INTEGER (1..4095,…)

Allocated by NG-RAN node2

YES

reject

Cell Measurement Result

1

YES

ignore

>Cell Measurement Result Item

1 .. < maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode >

YES

ignore

>>Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

>>Radio Resource Status

O

9.2.2.50

>>TNL Capacity Indicator

O

9.2.2.49

>>Composite Available Capacity Group

O

9.2.2.51

>>Slice Available Capacity

O

9.2.2.55

>>Number of Active UEs

O

9.2.2.62

–-

>>RRC Connections

O

9.2.2.56

>>NR-U Channel List

0..1

YES

ignore

>>>NR-U Channel Item

1..<maxnoofNR-UChannelIDs>

>>>>NR-U Channel ID

M

INTEGER (1.. maxnoofNR-UChannelIDs, …)

The NR-U channel utilised in the last reporting period

>>>>Channel occupancy time percentage DL

M

INTEGER (0..100)

The percentage of time for which the channel resources have been utilised for DL traffic served by the corresponding NR-U Channel of the serving cell. Value 100 corresponds to the duration between consecutive reporting.

>>>>Energy Detection Threshold DL

M

INTEGER (-100..-50,…)

Average ED Threshold used for DL channel sensing at the gNB. Value is in dBm.

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofCellsinNG-RANnode

Maximum no. cells that can be served by a NG-RAN node. Value is 16384.

maxnoofNR-UChannelIDs

Maximum no. NR-U channel IDs in a cell. Value is 16.

9.1.3.22 MOBILITY CHANGE REQUEST

This message is sent by NG-RAN node1 to NG-RAN node2 to initiate adaptation of mobility parameters.

Direction: NG-RAN node1  NG-RAN node2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

YES

reject

NG-RAN node2 Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Mobility Parameters

O

Mobility Parameters Information 9.2.2.60

Configuration change in NG-RAN node1 cell

YES

ignore

NG-RAN node2 Proposed Mobility Parameters

M

Mobility Parameters Information 9.2.2.60

Proposed configuration change in NG-RAN node2 cell

YES

reject

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

reject

SSB Offsets List

0..1

YES

ignore

>SSB Offsets Item

1 .. < maxnoofSSBAreas>

>>NG-RAN node1 SSB Offset Information

O

SSB Offset Information

9.2.2.77

Configuration change in NG-RAN node 1 SSB

>>NG-RAN node2 SSB Offset Information

M

SSB Offset Information

9.2.2.77

Proposed configuration change in NG-RAN node2 SSB

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofSSBAreas

Maximum no. SSB Areas that can be served by a NG-RAN node cell. Value is 64.

9.1.3.23 MOBILITY CHANGE ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by NG-RAN node2 to indicate to NG-RAN node1 that Proposed Mobility Parameters proposed by NG-RAN node1 were accepted.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

YES

reject

NG-RAN node2 Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

YES

reject

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

9.1.3.24 MOBILITY CHANGE FAILURE

This message is sent by the NG-RAN node2 to indicate to NG-RAN node1 that Proposed Mobility Parameters proposed by NG-RAN node1 were refused.

Direction: NG-RAN node2  NG-RAN node1.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

reject

NG-RAN node1 Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

YES

ignore

NG-RAN node2 Cell ID

M

Global NG-RAN Cell Identity

9.2.2.27

YES

ignore

Cause

M

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

Mobility Parameters Modification Range

O

9.2.2.61

YES

ignore

Criticality Diagnostics

O

9.2.3.2

YES

ignore

NG-RAN node2 SSB Offsets Modification Range

0 .. < maxnoofSSBAreas>

YES

ignore

>SSB Offset Modification Range

M

9.2.2.78

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofSSBAreas

Maximum no. SSB Areas that can be served by a NG-RAN node cell. Value is 64.

9.1.3.25 ACCESS AND MOBILITY INDICATION

This message is sent by NG-RAN node1 to transfer access and mobility related information to NG-RAN node2.

Direction: NG-RAN node 1  NG-RAN node 2.

IE/Group Name

Presence

Range

IE type and reference

Semantics description

Criticality

Assigned Criticality

Message Type

M

9.2.3.1

YES

ignore

RACH Report List

0..1

YES

ignore

>RACH Report List Item

1 .. <maxnoofRACHReports>

EACH

ignore

>>RACH Report Container

O

OCTET STRING

RA-ReportList-r16 IE as defined in subclause 6.2.2 in TS 38.331 [10].

YES

ignore

>>UE Assistant Identifier

O

NG-RAN node UE XnAP ID

9.2.3.16

YES

ignore

Successful HO Report List

0..1

YES

ignore

>Successful HO Report List Item

1 .. <maxnoofSuccessfulHOReports>

>>Successful HO Report Container

O

OCTET STRING

SuccessHO-Report-r17 IE as defined in subclause 6.2.2 in TS 38.331 [10].

Range bound

Explanation

maxnoofRACHReports

Maximum no. of RACH Reports, the maximum value is 64.

maxnoofSuccessfulHOReports

Maximum no. of Successful HO Reports, the maximum value is 64.