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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
3GPP Evolved Packet System (EPS);
Evolved General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Tunnelling Protocol for Control plane (GTPv2-C);
Stage 3
(3GPP TS 29.274 version 15.6.0 Release 15)
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RTS/TSGC-0429274vf60
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LTE,UMTS
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 References . 12
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 16
3.1 Definitions . 16
3.2 Symbols . 16
3.3 Abbreviations . 16
4 General . 18
4.1 GTP Tunnel . 18
4.2 Protocol stack . 18
4.2.0 General . 18
4.2.1 UDP header and port numbers . 19
4.2.1.0 General . 19
4.2.1.1 Initial Messages . 19
4.2.1.2 Triggered Messages . 20
4.2.1.3 Piggybacked Messages . 20
4.2.2 IP header and IP addresses . 20
4.2.2.1 Initial Messages . 20
4.2.2.2 Triggered Messages . 21
4.2.2.3 Piggybacked Messages . 21
4.2.3 Layer 2 . 21
4.2.4 Layer 1 . 21
4.2.5 Messages with GTPv2 defined replies: Classification of Initial and Triggered Messages . 21
4.3 Transmission Order and Bit Definitions . 22
5 GTP Header for Control Plane . 22
5.1 General format . 22
5.2 Control Plane GTP Extension Header . 23
5.3 GTP-C header for Echo and Version Not Supported Indication messages . 23
5.4 EPC specific GTP-C header . 23
5.5 Usage of the GTPv2-C Header . 24
5.5.1 General . 24
5.5.2 Conditions for sending TEID=0 in GTPv2-C header . 25
5.6 Format of the GTPv2-C Message . 26
6 GTP-C Message Types and Message Formats . 27
6.0 General . 27
6.1 Message Format and Type values . 27
6.1.0 Message Type . 27
6.1.1 Presence requirements of Information Elements . 31
6.1.2 Grouped Information Elements . 32
6.1.3 Information Element instance . 33
6.2 Message Granularity. 33
7 GTP-C messages . 34
7.1 Path Management Messages. 34
7.1.0 General . 34
7.1.1 Echo Request . 34
7.1.2 Echo Response . 35
7.1.3 Version Not Supported Indication . 35
7.2 Tunnel Management Messages . 35
7.2.0 General . 35
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7.2.1 Create Session Request . 35
7.2.2 Create Session Response . 56
7.2.3 Create Bearer Request . 67
7.2.4 Create Bearer Response . 71
7.2.5 Bearer Resource Command . 76
7.2.6 Bearer Resource Failure Indication . 79
7.2.7 Modify Bearer Request . 82
7.2.8 Modify Bearer Response . 102
7.2.9 Delete Session Request and Delete Bearer Request . 108
7.2.9.1 Delete Session Request . 108
7.2.9.2 Delete Bearer Request . 114
7.2.10 Delete Session Response and Delete Bearer Response . 120
7.2.10.1 Delete Session Response . 120
7.2.10.2 Delete Bearer Response . 124
7.2.11 Downlink Data Notification messages . 128
7.2.11.1 Downlink Data Notification . 128
7.2.11.2 Downlink Data Notification Acknowledge . 132
7.2.11.3 Downlink Data Notification Failure Indication . 134
7.2.12 Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request . 134
7.2.13 Delete Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response . 135
7.2.14 Modify Bearer Command and Failure Indication . 136
7.2.14.1 Modify Bearer Command . 136
7.2.14.2 Modify Bearer Failure Indication . 138
7.2.15 Update Bearer Request . 140
7.2.16 Update Bearer Response . 145
7.2.17 Delete Bearer Command and Failure Indication . 150
7.2.17.1 Delete Bearer Command . 150
7.2.17.2 Delete Bearer Failure Indication . 152
7.2.18 Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Request . 155
7.2.19 Create Indirect Data Forwarding Tunnel Response . 158
7.2.20 Void . 159
7.2.21 Release Access Bearers Request . 159
7.2.22 Release Access Bearers Response . 161
7.2.23 Stop Paging Indication . 162
7.2.24 Modify Access Bearers Request . 162
7.2.25 Modify Access Bearers Response . 166
7.2.26 Remote UE Report Notification. 169
7.2.27 Remote UE Report Acknowledge . 170
7.3 Mobility Management Messages . 170
7.3.1 Forward Relocation Request . 170
7.3.2 Forward Relocation Response . 181
7.3.3 Forward Relocation Complete Notification . 184
7.3.4 Forward Relocation Complete Acknowledge . 185
7.3.5 Context Request . 185
7.3.6 Context Response . 188
7.3.7 Context Acknowledge. 198
7.3.8 Identification Request . 200
7.3.9 Identification Response . 201
7.3.10 Forward Access Context Notification . 202
7.3.11 Forward Access Context Acknowledge . 203
7.3.12 Detach Notification . 203
7.3.13 Detach Acknowledge . 204
7.3.14 Change Notification Request . 204
7.3.15 Change Notification Response . 207
7.3.16 Relocation Cancel Request . 208
7.3.17 Relocation Cancel Response . 209
7.3.18 Configuration Transfer Tunnel . 209
7.3.19 RAN Information Relay . 210
7.3.20 ISR Status Indication . 210
7.3.21 UE Registration Query Request . 211
7.3.22 UE Registration Query Response . 211
7.4 CS Fallback and SRVCC related messages . 212
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7.4.1 Suspend Notification. 212
7.4.2 Suspend Acknowledge . 213
7.4.3 Resume Notification . 214
7.4.4 Resume Acknowledge . 215
7.4.5 CS Paging Indication . 215
7.4.6 Alert MME Notification . 216
7.4.7 Alert MME Acknowledge . 216
7.4.8 UE Activity Notification . 216
7.4.9 UE Activity Acknowledge . 217
7.5 Non-3GPP access related messages . 217
7.5.1 Create Forwarding Tunnel Request . 217
7.5.2 Create Forwarding Tunnel Response . 217
7.6 Reliable Delivery of Signalling Messages . 218
7.7 Error Handling . 219
7.7.0 Handling Piggybacked Messages . 219
7.7.1 Protocol Errors . 219
7.7.2 Different GTP Versions . 220
7.7.3 GTP Message of Invalid Length . 220
7.7.4 Unknown GTP Message . 220
7.7.5 Unexpected GTP Message . 220
7.7.6 Missing Information Elements . 221
7.7.7 Invalid Length Information Element . 221
7.7.8 Semantically incorrect Information Element . 222
7.7.9 Unknown or unexpected Information Element . 222
7.7.10 Repeated Information Elements . 222
7.7.11 TFT Error Handling . 222
7.8 Path Failure . 223
7.9 Restoration and Recovery . 223
7.9.0 General . 223
7.9.1 Delete PDN Connection Set Request . 223
7.9.2 Delete PDN Connection Set Response . 223
7.9.3 Update PDN Connection Set Request . 224
7.9.4 Update PDN Connection Set Response . 224
7.9.5 PGW Restart Notification . 225
7.9.6 PGW Restart Notification Acknowledge . 225
7.9.7 PGW Downlink Triggering Notification . 225
7.9.8 PGW Downlink Triggering Acknowledge . 226
7.10 Fallback to GTPv1 mechanism . 226
7.11 Fallback to GTPv0. 227
7.12 Trace Management Messages . 227
7.12.1 Trace Session Activation . 227
7.12.2 Trace Session Deactivation . 228
7.13 MBMS Messages . 229
7.13.1 MBMS Session Start Request .
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