12.26 Extension Bits IE

3GPP44.060General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)Mobile Station (MS) - Base Station System (BSS) interfaceRadio Link Control / Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) protocolRelease 17TS

Tools: ARFCN - Frequency Conversion for 5G NR/LTE/UMTS/GSM

The Extension Bits information element is used to provide a generalized means for possible future extension within a message. This information element is variable length and contains the length indicator and spare bits.

Table 12.26.1: Extension Bits information element

< Extension Bits IE > ::=

< extension length : bit (6) >

< spare bit (val(extension length)+1) > ;