3GPP TS 25.419

3rd Generation Partnership Project;
Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network;

3GPP TS 25.419 V16.0.0 Protocol
UTRAN Iu-BC Interface: Service Area Broadcast (2020-07)
Technical (SABP)
Specification
(Release 16)
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Contents
Foreword...................................................................................................................................................6
1 Scope..............................................................................................................................................7
2 References......................................................................................................................................7
3 Definitions and abbreviations.........................................................................................................7
3.1 Definitions...................................................................................................................................................7
3.2 Abbreviations..............................................................................................................................................8
4 General............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Procedure Specification Principles.............................................................................................................8
4.2 Forwards and Backwards Compatibility.....................................................................................................9
4.3 Specification Notations...............................................................................................................................9
5 Services provided by SABP............................................................................................................9
6 Services expected from the Transport layer....................................................................................9
7 Functions of SABP.......................................................................................................................10
8 SABP Procedures..........................................................................................................................10
8.1 Elementary Procedures..............................................................................................................................10
8.2 Write-Replace...........................................................................................................................................10
8.2.1 General................................................................................................................................................10
8.2.2 Successful Operation...........................................................................................................................11
8.2.3 Unsuccessful Operation.......................................................................................................................12
8.2.4 Abnormal Conditions..........................................................................................................................13
8.3 Kill.............................................................................................................................................................13
8.3.1 General................................................................................................................................................13
8.4 Load Status Enquiry..................................................................................................................................14
8.4.1 General................................................................................................................................................14
8.5 Message Status Query...............................................................................................................................15
8.5.1 General................................................................................................................................................15
8.6 Reset..........................................................................................................................................................17
8.6.1 General................................................................................................................................................17
8.7 Restart Indication......................................................................................................................................18
8.7.1 General................................................................................................................................................18
8.8 Failure Indication......................................................................................................................................18
8.8.1 General................................................................................................................................................18
8.9 Error Indication.........................................................................................................................................19
8.9.1 General................................................................................................................................................19
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9 Elements for SABP Communication.............................................................................................20

9.1 Message Functional Definition and Content.............................................................................................20
9.1.1 General................................................................................................................................................20
9.1.2 Message Contents................................................................................................................................20
9.1.2.1 Presence.........................................................................................................................................20
9.1.2.2 Criticality.......................................................................................................................................20
9.1.2.3 Range.............................................................................................................................................20
9.1.2.4 Assigned Criticality.......................................................................................................................21
9.1.3 WRITE-REPLACE.............................................................................................................................21
9.1.4 WRITE-REPLACE COMPLETE.......................................................................................................21
9.1.5 WRITE-REPLACE FAILURE...........................................................................................................21
9.1.6 KILL....................................................................................................................................................22
9.1.7 KILL COMPLETE..............................................................................................................................22
9.1.8 KILL FAILURE..................................................................................................................................22
9.1.9 LOAD QUERY...................................................................................................................................22
9.1.10 LOAD QUERY COMPLETE.............................................................................................................23
9.1.11 LOAD QUERY FAILURE.................................................................................................................23
9.1.12 MESSAGE STATUS QUERY............................................................................................................23
9.1.13 MESSAGE STATUS QUERY COMPLETE.....................................................................................23
9.1.14 MESSAGE STATUS QUERY FAILURE..........................................................................................24
9.1.15 RESET.................................................................................................................................................24
9.1.16 RESET COMPLETE...........................................................................................................................24
9.1.17 RESET FAILURE...............................................................................................................................24
9.1.18 RESTART...........................................................................................................................................25
9.1.19 FAILURE............................................................................................................................................25
9.1.20 ERROR INDICATION.......................................................................................................................25
9.2 Information Element Definitions..............................................................................................................25
9.2.0 General................................................................................................................................................25
9.2.1 MessageType.......................................................................................................................................26
9.2.2 Broadcast Message Content................................................................................................................26
9.2.3 Serial Number......................................................................................................................................26
9.2.4 Old Serial Number...............................................................................................................................26
9.2.5 New Serial Number.............................................................................................................................27
9.2.6 Service Areas List................................................................................................................................27
9.2.7 Category..............................................................................................................................................27
9.2.8 Repetition Period.................................................................................................................................27
9.2.9 Number of Broadcasts Requested.......................................................................................................27
9.2.10 Number of Broadcasts Completed List...............................................................................................28
9.2.11 Service Area Identifier........................................................................................................................29
9.2.12 Failure List...........................................................................................................................................29
9.2.13 Radio Resource Loading List..............................................................................................................29
9.2.14 Cause...................................................................................................................................................30
9.2.15 Data Coding Scheme...........................................................................................................................32
9.2.16 Recovery Indication.............................................................................................................................32
9.2.17 Criticality Diagnostics.........................................................................................................................32
9.2.18 Available Bandwidth...........................................................................................................................34
9.2.19 Message Identifier...............................................................................................................................34
9.2.20 Message Structure...............................................................................................................................34
9.2.21 Paging ETWS Indicator.......................................................................................................................35
9.2.22 Warning Type......................................................................................................................................35
9.2.23 Warning Security Information.............................................................................................................36
9.2.24 Broadcast Message Content Validity Indicator...................................................................................36
9.3 Message and Information Element Abstract Syntax (with ASN.1)..........................................................36
9.3.0 General................................................................................................................................................36
9.3.1 Usage of protocol extension mechanism for non-standard use...........................................................36
9.3.2 Elementary Procedure Definitions......................................................................................................38
9.3.3 PDU Definitions..................................................................................................................................41
9.3.4 Information Element Definitions.........................................................................................................51
9.3.5 Common Definitions...........................................................................................................................56
9.3.6 Constant Definitions............................................................................................................................57
9.3.7 Container Definitions..........................................................................................................................58
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9.4 Message Transfer Syntax..........................................................................................................................61

10 Handling of Unknown, Unforeseen or Erroneous Protocol Data..................................................61
10.1 General......................................................................................................................................................61
10.2 Transfer Syntax Error................................................................................................................................61
10.3 Abstract Syntax Error................................................................................................................................61
10.3.1 General................................................................................................................................................61
10.3.2 Criticality Information.........................................................................................................................62
10.3.3 Presence Information...........................................................................................................................62
10.3.4 Not comprehended IE/IE group...........................................................................................................63
10.3.4.1 Procedure Code..............................................................................................................................63
10.3.4.1A Type of Message............................................................................................................................63
10.3.4.2 IEs other than the Procedure Code and Type of Message.............................................................63
10.3.5 Missing IE or IE group........................................................................................................................64
10.3.6 IEs or IE groups received in wrong order or with too many occurrences or erroneously present......65
10.4 Logical Error.............................................................................................................................................66
10.5 Exceptions.................................................................................................................................................66
Annex A (informative): Guidelines for Usage of the Criticality Diagnostics IE.......................67

A.1 EXAMPLE MESSAGE Layout................................................................................................................67
A.2 Example on a Received EXAMPLE MESSAGE.....................................................................................68
A.3 Content of Criticality Diagnostics.............................................................................................................69
A.3.1 Example 1............................................................................................................................................69
A.3.2 Example 2............................................................................................................................................70
A.3.3 Example 3............................................................................................................................................71
A.3.4 Example 4............................................................................................................................................72
A.3.5 Example 5............................................................................................................................................73
A.4 ASN.1 of EXAMPLE MESSAGE............................................................................................................74
Annex B (informative): Change history........................................................................................77
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the Service Area Broadcast Protocol (SABP) between the Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC)
and the Radio Network Controller (RNC). It fulfils the CBC - RNC communication requirements specified in TS
23.041 [5] and is defined over the Iu-BC – reference point.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
 References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
 For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
 For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document
(including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in
the same Release as the present document.
[1] Void
[2] Void
[3] Void
[4] 3GPP TR 25.931: "UTRAN Functions: Examples on Signalling Procedures".
[5] 3GPP TS 23.041: "Technical realization of Cell Broadcast Service (CBS)".
[6] 3GPP TS 25.414: "UTRAN Iu Interface Data Transport and Transport Signalling".
[7] ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (2002-07): "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation
One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation".
[8] ITU-T Recommendation X.681 (2002-07): "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation
One (ASN.1): Information object specification".
[9] ITU-T Recommendation X.691 (2002-07): "Information Technology - ASN.1 encoding rules -
Specification of Packed Encoding Rules (PER)".
[10] 3GPP TR 25.921 (Version 7.0.0): "Guidelines and Principles for Protocol Description and Error
Handling".
[11] 3GPP TS 25.324: "Broadcast/Multicast Control BMC".
[12] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
Elementary Procedure: SABP consists of Elementary Procedures (EPs). An Elementary Procedure is a unit of
interaction between the CN (CBC) and the RNC. These EPs are defined separately and are intended to be used to build
up complete sequences in a flexible manner. If the independence between some EPs is restricted, it is described under
the relevant EP description. Unless otherwise stated by the restrictions, the EPs may be invoked independently of each
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other as stand alone procedures, which can be active in parallel. Examples on using several SABP EPs together with
each other and EPs from other interfaces can be found in reference TR 25.931 [4].
An EP consists of an initiating message and possibly a response message. Two kinds of EPs are used:
- Class 1: Elementary Procedures with response (success or failure).
- Class 2: Elementary Procedures without response.
For Class 1 EPs, the types of responses can be as follows:
Successful
- A signalling message explicitly indicates that the elementary procedure successfully completed with the
receipt of the response.
Unsuccessful
- A signalling message explicitly indicates that the EP failed.
- On time supervision expiry (i.e. absence of expected response).
Class 2 EPs are considered always successful.
Message Reference: This is defined as consisting of the following parameters: Message Identifier, Serial Number, and
SAI (Service Area Identifier).
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
CBC Cell Broadcast Centre

CBS Cell Broadcast Service
CN Core Network
EP Elementary Procedure
FP Frame Protocol
PDU Protocol Data Unit
RNC Radio Network Controller
SA Service Area
SABP Service Area Broadcast Protocol
4 General
The protocol described in the present document is the protocol between CN (CBC) and RNC needed for the CBC
Application. The CBC Application is described in TS 23.041 [5].
4.1 Procedure Specification Principles

The principle for specifying the procedure logic is to specify the functional behaviour of the RNC exactly and
completely. The CN functional behaviour is left unspecified.
The following specification principles have been applied for the procedure text in clause 8:
- The procedure text discriminates between:
1) Functionality which "shall" be executed:
- The procedure text indicates that the receiving node "shall" perform a certain function Y under a certain
condition. If the receiving node supports procedure X but cannot perform functionality Y requested in the
REQUEST message of a Class 1 EP, the receiving node shall respond with the message used to report
unsuccessful outcome for this procedure, containing an appropriate cause value.
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2) Functionality which "shall, if supported" be executed:
- The procedure text indicates that the receiving node "shall, if supported," perform a certain function Y
under a certain condition. If the receiving node supports procedure X, but does not support functionality
Y, the receiving node shall proceed with the execution of the EP, possibly informing the requesting node
about the not supported functionality.
- Any required inclusion of an optional IE in a response message is explicitly indicated in the procedure text. If the
procedure text does not explicitly indicate that an optional IE shall be included in a response message, the
optional IE shall not be included.
4.2 Forwards and Backwards Compatibility

The forwards and backwards compatibility of the protocol is assured by mechanism where all current and future
messages, and IEs or groups of related IEs, include Id and criticality fields that are coded in a standard format that will
not be changed in the future. These parts can always be decoded regardless of the standard version.
4.3 Specification Notations

For the purposes of the present document, the following notations apply:
Procedure When referring to an elementary procedure in the specification the Procedure Name is written with
the first letters in each word in upper case characters followed by the word "procedure", e.g.
Write-Replace procedure.
Message When referring to a message in the specification the MESSAGE NAME is written with all letters
in upper case characters followed by the word "message", e.g. WRITE-REPLACE message.
IE When referring to an information element (IE) in the specification the Information Element Name
is written with the first letters in each word in upper case characters and all letters in Italic font
followed by the abbreviation "IE", e.g. Old Serial Number IE.
Value of an IE When referring to the value of an information element (IE) in the specification the "Value" is
written as it is specified in subclause 9.2 enclosed by quotation marks, e.g. "Abstract Syntax Error
(Reject)" or "Background ".
5 Services provided by SABP

 During normal operation the CN (CBC) initiates all message transfer and query operations. The RNC responds
to the message transfer and query operations initiated by the CBC.
 The RNC will open the connection only in case an error (Failure Indication Procedure) or recovery (Restart
Indication Procedure) is to be reported.
 The initiator of a connection is responsible for the termination of the connection.
6 Services expected from the Transport layer

Following service is expected from the transport layer:
- in sequence delivery of Signalling data TS 25.414 [6].
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7 Functions of SABP
The SABP has the following functions:
 Message Handling. This function is responsible for the broadcast of new messages, amend existing broadcasted
messages and to stop the broadcasting of specific messages.
 Load Handling. This function is responsible for determining the loading of the broadcast channels at any
particular point in time.
 Reset. This function permits the CBC to end broadcasting in one or more Service Areas.
 Error Handling. This function allows the reporting of general error situations, for which function specific error
messages have not been defined.
These functions are implemented by one or several SABP elementary procedures described in the following clauses.
8 SABP Procedures
8.1 Elementary Procedures

In the following tables, all EPs are divided into Class 1 and Class 2 Procedures.
Table 1: Class 1
Elementary Initiating Message Successful Outcome Unsuccessful Outcome

Procedure Response message Response message
Write-Replace WRITE-REPLACE WRITE-REPLACE WRITE-REPLACE FAILURE
COMPLETE
Kill KILL KILL COMPLETE KILL FAILURE
Load Status Enquiry LOAD QUERY LOAD QUERY COMPLETE LOAD QUERY FAILURE
Message Status MESSAGE QUERY MESSAGE QUERY MESSAGE QUERY FAILURE
Query COMPLETE
Reset RESET RESET COMPLETE RESET FAILURE
Table 2: Class 2
Elementary Procedure Message

Restart Indication RESTART
Failure Indication FAILURE
Error Indication ERROR INDICATION
8.2 Write-Replace
8.2.1 General
The purpose of this Write-Replace procedure is to broadcast new information or replace a message already broadcast to
a chosen Service Area(s).
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8.2.2 Successful Operation
RNC CN
WRITE-REPLACE
WRITE-REPLACE
COMPLETE
Figure 1: Write-Replace Procedure: Successful Operation
The CN shall initiate the procedure by sending a WRITE-REPLACE message to the RNC.
The presence of a New Serial Number IE will indicate that this is a new broadcast. The presence of both the Old Serial
Number IE and a New Serial Number IE will indicate that this message is a replacement of an existing broadcast.
The RNC will initiate broadcasting of a new message or replace a message already broadcast as requested to the service
areas as indicated in the Service Areas List IE.
The RNC shall uniquely identify the CBS message by the Message Identifier IE together with the twelve leftmost bits
of the serial number in the New Serial Number IE and the Service Area Identifier IE.
The RNC shall perform the broadcast according to the value of the Category IE as follows:
- The Category IE, if given in the WRITE-REPLACE message, shall be treated as follows:
1. If the value of Category IE is indicated as "High Priority", the RNC shall perform the broadcast immediately;
2. If the value of Category IE is indicated as "Background", the RNC shall perform the broadcast when no other
broadcast message indicated as "High Priority" or "Normal";
3. If the value of Category IE is indicated as "Normal", the RNC shall perform the broadcast according to the
Repetition Period IE.
- If the Category IE is not given in the WRITE-REPLACE message, the RNC shall perform the broadcast as the
same category indicated as "Normal".
The RNC shall pass the Data Coding Scheme IE transparently to the radio interface protocol.
The RNC shall pass the Broadcast Message Content IE Transparently to the radio interface protocol.
The RNC shall broadcast the message frequently according to the value of the Number of Broadcasts Requested IE. If
the value is set to "0", the RNC shall broadcast the message until the CN requests otherwise. If the value is different
than “0”, the RNC shall broadcast the message as many times as indicated in the Number of Broadcasts Requested IE,
and after the completion of the broadcast, the RNC shall release the involved messages and their status stored for each
service area.
Upon receipt of the WRITE-REPLACE message the RNC shall respond using the WRITE-REPLACE COMPLETE
message containing a New Serial Number IE indicating that resources are available as requested for the Service Area(s)
specified and a Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE to indicate the number of times the version of the old CBS
message identified by the Message Identifier IE and the Old Serial Number IE, has been successfully broadcast to the
particular Service Area(s). If the version corresponding to the Old Serial Number IE value is not recognized for a
particular service area, the number of broadcast completed shall be reported as ‘0’ and the Number of Broadcasts Compl
Info IE set to ‘unknown’.
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If the WRITE-REPLACE message sent from the CN:
- contained a New Serial Number IE but not an Old Serial Number IE, the Number of Broadcasts IE within the
Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE is set to "0" for each included Service Area in the corresponding
WRITE-REPLACE COMPLETE message.
- contained both the New Serial Number IE and the Old Serial Number IE, an entry is made in the Number of
Broadcasts IE in the Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE for each included Service Area in the
corresponding WRITE-REPLACE COMPLETE message. The RNC shall also release the involved old messages
and their status stored for each service area.
If Paging ETWS Indicator IE is included in the WRITE-REPLACE message, the RNC shall construct and send paging
message towards the UE. The paging message contains warning information based on Warning Type IE. If the
Broadcast Message Content Validity Indicator IE is included in the WRITE-REPLACE message then the RNC shall
ignore the contents of the Broadcast Message Content IE, Repetition Period IE and Number of Broadcasts Requested
IE.
If the Warning Security Information IE is included in the WRITE-REPLACE message sent from the CN, the RNC shall
send the Warning Security Information IE together with the paging message.
8.2.3 Unsuccessful Operation
RNC CN
WRITE-REPLACE
WRITE-REPLACE
FAILURE
Figure 2: Write-Replace Procedure: Un-Successful Operation
If there is at least one Service Area specified in the WRITE-REPLACE message for which the RNC cannot allocate all
the resources requested or for which the RNC cannot complete as requested, then the RNC shall return a WRITE-
REPLACE FAILURE message to the CN as an outcome of the procedure. A list of Service Area(s) where the requested
resources are unavailable or for which the RNC cannot complete as requested and appropriate cause value shall be
provided in this WRITE-REPLACE FAILURE message in the Failure List IE.
This WRITE-REPLACE FAILURE message may also include those Service Area(s) where the requested resources
were available and shall indicate in the Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE those Service Area(s) which
completed the request successfully.
If the WRITE-REPLACE message sent from the CN:
- contained a New Serial Number IE but not an Old Serial Number IE, the Number of Broadcasts IE within the
Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE is set to ‘0’ for each included Service Area in the corresponding WRITE-
REPLACE FAILURE message.
- contained a New Serial Number IE but not an Old Serial Number IE, and the CBS message is already used by the
RNC, it shall consider the Write Replace procedure as failed for this Service Area and return a WRITE-REPLACE-
FAILURE message with the Service Area Identifier of this particular Service Area included in the Failure List IE
together with the cause value “Message-reference already-used”.
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- contained both the New Serial Number IE and the Old Serial Number IE, an entry is made in Number of Broadcasts
IE in the Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE for each included Service Area in the corresponding WRITE-
REPLACE FAILURE message.
- contained both the New Serial Number IE and the Old Serial Number IE, but if the old CBS message is unknown to
the RNC (i.e. it can not execute the kill request) for a particular Service Area, it shall consider the Write Replace
procedure as failed for this Service Area. When the procedure is completed, the RNC shall return a WRITE-
REPLACE-FAILURE message which includes the Service Area Identifier of this particular Service Area in the
Failure List IE together with the cause value “Valid-CN-message-not-identified”.
8.2.4 Abnormal Conditions
8.3 Kill
8.3.1 General
The purpose of the Kill procedure is to stop the broadcast of the indicated message.
RNC CN
KILL
KILL COMPLETE
Figure 3: Kill Procedure: Successful Operation
The CN shall initiate the procedure by sending a KILL message to the RNC.
Upon receipt of the KILL message the RNC shall stop broadcasting the CBS message, which is indicated in the
Message Identifier IE and the twelve leftmost bits of the Old Serial Number IE, in the indicated Service Area(s) as
indicated in the Service Areas List IE.
The RNC shall respond using the KILL COMPLETE message, containing the Old Serial Number IE copied from the
request and the Number of Broadcast Completed List IE when all Service Areas successfully stopped the broadcast. It
shall indicate in the Number of Broadcast Completed List IE for each of these Service Area(s), the number of times the
version of the CBS message identified by the Message Identifier IE and the Old Serial Number IE received has been
sent to this particular Service Area(s) for broadcast. The RNC shall also release the involved messages and their status
stored for each service area. If the version corresponding to the Old Serial Number IE value is not recognized for a
particular service area, the number of broadcast completed shall be reported as ‘0’ and the Number of Broadcasts Compl
Info IE set to ‘unknown’.
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RNC CN
KILL
KILL FAILURE
Figure 4: Kill Procedure: Un-Successful Operation
If the RNC fails to stop broadcasting the CBS message as indicated in the KILL message in at least one service area, the
RNC shall return the KILL FAILURE message to the CN. A Failure List IE indicating the list of Service Area(s) where
the CBS message was not recognized or the broadcast could not be stopped together with the appropriate cause value
shall be provided in the KILL FAILURE message. This response message may also – if applicable - indicate in the
Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE those Service Area(s) where the KILL message successfully stopped the
broadcast.
8.4 Load Status Enquiry

8.4.1 General
The purpose of this Load Status Enquiry procedure is to obtain the current permissible bandwidth available for
broadcast within particular Service Area(s).
RNC CN
LOAD QUERY
LOAD QUERY COMPLETE
Figure 5: Load Status Enquiry Procedure: Successful Operation
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The CN shall initiate the procedure by sending a LOAD QUERY message to the RNC. The message shall include a
Service Areas List IE. Upon reception of the LOAD QUERY message the RNC shall respond with a LOAD QUERY
COMPLETE message containing the Radio Resource Loading List IE indicating the available bandwidth of the Service
Area(s).
RNC CN
LOAD QUERY
LOAD QUERY FAILURE
Figure 6: Load Status Enquiry Procedure: Un-Successful Operation
If the RNC contains Service Area(s) for which the RNC was not able to respond to, it shall respond with a LOAD
QUERY FAILURE message which includes the Failure List IE.
The LOAD QUERY FAILURE response message may – if applicable - also contain a Radio Resource Loading List IE
for which the LOAD STATUS QUERY reporting was successful.
8.5 Message Status Query

8.5.1 General
The Message Status Query procedure is used by the CN to obtain the message status of a broadcast message.
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RNC CN
MESSAGE STATUS QUERY

COMPLETE
Figure 7: Message Status Query Procedure: Successful Operation
The CN shall initiate the procedure by sending a MESSAGE STATUS QUERY message to the RNC. The message
shall contain the Old Serial Number IE along with the Service Areas List IE containing the Service Area Identifiers the
status query is intended for. The status is requested for the version of the CBS message identified by the Message
Identifier IE and the full value of the Old Version Number IE.
Upon receipt of the MESSAGE STATUS QUERY message the RNC shall respond using the MESSAGE STATUS
QUERY COMPLETE message.
Within this message the Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE contains each Service Area which successfully
performed the requested operation and for each of these Service Area(s), the number of times the version of this CBS
message has been sent to this particular Service Area(s) for broadcast. If the version corresponding to the Old Serial
Number IE value is not recognized for a particular service area, the number of broadcast completed shall be reported as
‘0’ and the Number of Broadcasts Compl Info IE set to ‘unknown’.
RNC CN

FAILURE
Figure 8: Message Status Query Procedure: Un-Successful Operation
If the requested operation fails (e.g. because the CBS message is unknown, or when the RNC cannot send the status for
a known CBS message) the RNC shall send a MESSAGE STATUS QUERY FAILURE message to the CN containing
a Failure List IE for Service Area(s) for which the requested operation failed.
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The MESSAGE STATUS QUERY FAILURE message may – if applicable - also include the Number of Broadcasts
Completed List IE indicating those Service Area(s) for which the MESSAGE STATUS QUERY message was
successful.
8.6 Reset
8.6.1 General
The purpose of the Reset procedure is to end broadcasting in one or more Service Areas in the RNC.
RNC CN
RESET
RESET COMPLETE
Figure 9: Reset Procedure: Successful Operation
The CN shall initiate the procedure by sending a RESET message to the RNC, in order to end broadcasting in one or
more Service Areas of the RNC.
Upon receipt of this message the RNC shall end broadcasting in the indicated Service Area(s) and shall respond using a
RESET COMPLETE message.
RNC CN
RESET
RESET FAILURE
Figure 10: Reset Procedure: Un-Successful Operation
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If upon receipt of this message the RNC can not end broadcasting in the indicated Service Area(s), it shall respond
using a RESET FAILURE message. The RESET FAILURE message may contain the Service Areas List IE and shall
contain the Failure List IE indicating the relevant Service Area(s) in which the RESET message was successful and
unsuccessful respectively, along with the appropriate cause value.
The sum of the Service Area(s) included in the Service Areas List and Failure List IEs shall be the same as indicated in
the Service Areas List IE of the initiating RESET message.
8.7 Restart Indication

8.7.1 General
The purpose of the Restart Indication procedure is for the RNC to indicate to the CN that a Service Area broadcasting
related restart situation has occurred in one or more of its Service Areas e.g. when a Service Area becomes operational
or when the RNC is initialised.
RNC CN
RESTART
Figure 11: Restart Indication Procedure: Successful Operation
The RNC shall initiate the procedure by sending a RESTART message to the CN. This message shall contain a Service
Areas List IE for reference and may also include the Recovery Indication IE to indicate whether the previous broadcast
information needs to be loaded. In the absence of the Recovery Indication IE, the CN shall interpret it as "lost".
8.8 Failure Indication

8.8.1 General
The purpose of the Failure Indication procedure is to indicate to the CN from the RNC that a Service Area broadcasting
related problem is occurring in one or more of its Service Areas.
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RNC CN
FAILURE
Figure 12: Failure Indication Procedure: Successful Operation
The RNC shall initiate the procedure by sending a FAILURE message to the CN. The FAILURE message shall contain
the Service Areas List IE to indicate which Service Area(s) has a Service Area broadcasting related problem.
Upon receipt of this FAILURE message, the CN will not generate further WRITE or REPLACE messages for these
Service Area(s) until the CN is informed by a RESTART message that the Service Area can resume normal Service
Area broadcasting operation.
8.9 Error Indication

8.9.1 General
The Error Indication procedure is initiated by the RNC to report detected errors in one incoming message, provided they
cannot be reported by an appropriate failure message.
RNC CN
ERROR INDICATION
Figure 13: Error Indication Procedure: Successful Operation
When the conditions defined in chapter 10 are fulfilled, the Error Indication procedure is initiated by an ERROR
INDICATION message sent from the receiving node.
The ERROR INDICATION message shall contain at least either the Cause IE or the Criticality Diagnostics IE.
Examples for possible cause values for protocol error indications are:
- "Transfer Syntax Error".
- "Abstract Syntax Error (reject)".
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9 Elements for SABP Communication
9.1 Message Functional Definition and Content

9.1.1 General
Section 9.1 presents the contents of SABP messages in tabular format. The corresponding ASN.1 definition is presented
in section 9.3. In case there is contradiction between the tabular format in section 9.1 and the ASN.1 definition, the
ASN.1 shall take precedence, except for the definition of conditions for the presence of conditional IEs, where the
tabular format shall take precedence.
NOTE: The messages have been defined in accordance to the guidelines specified in TR 25.921 [10].
For each message there is, a table listing the signalling elements in their order of appearance in the transmitted message.
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 3
Table 3: Meaning of abbreviations used in SABP messages
Abbreviation Meaning
M IE's marked as Mandatory (M) will always be included in the
message.
O IE's marked as Optional (O) may or may not be included in the
message.
C IE's marked as Conditional (C) will be included in a message only if
the condition is satisfied. Otherwise the IE is not included.
9.1.2.2 Criticality
Each Information Element or Group of Information Elements may have a criticality information applied to it.
Following cases are possible.
Table 4: 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.
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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 WRITE-REPLACE
This message is sent by the CN to the RNC.
Direction: CN  RNC
PARAMETER PRESENCE RANGE IE Type and Semantics Criticality Assigned

Reference Description Criticality
Message Type M 9.2.1 yes reject
Message Identifier M 9.2.19 yes reject
New Serial Number M 9.2.5 yes reject
Old Serial Number O 9.2.4 yes ignore
Service Areas List M 9.2.6 yes reject
Category O 9.2.7 yes ignore
Repetition Period M 9.2.8 yes reject
Number of Broadcasts M 9.2.9 yes reject
Requested
Data Coding Scheme M 9.2.15 yes reject
Broadcast Message Content M 9.2.2 yes reject
Warning Security Information O 9.2.23 See TS 23.041 yes ignore
[5].
Paging ETWS Indicator O 9.2.21 yes ignore
Warning Type O 9.2.22 yes ignore
Broadcast Message Content O 9.2.24 yes ignore
Validity Indicator
9.1.4 WRITE-REPLACE COMPLETE

This message will be sent by the RNC to the CN in a successful response to a WRITE-REPLACE message.
Direction: RNC  CN

Number of Broadcasts M 9.210 yes reject
Completed List
Criticality Diagnostics O 9.2.17 yes ignore
9.1.5 WRITE-REPLACE FAILURE

This message will be sent by the RNC to the CN as an unsuccessful response to a WRITE-REPLACE message.

Failure List M 9.2.12 yes reject
Number of Broadcasts O 9.2.10 yes ignore
Completed List
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9.1.6 KILL
This message is sent by the CN to the RNC to stop broadcasting of a specific message.

Old Serial Number M 9.2.4 yes reject
9.1.7 KILL COMPLETE

This message is sent by the RNC to the CN as a successful response to a KILL message.

Completed List
9.1.8 KILL FAILURE

This message is sent by the RNC to the CN as unsuccessful response to a KILL message.

Completed List
9.1.9 LOAD QUERY

This message is sent by the CN to the RNC to gain an indication of broadcast resources available.

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9.1.10 LOAD QUERY COMPLETE

This message will be sent by the RNC as a successful response to the LOAD QUERY message.

Radio Resource Loading List M 9.2.13 yes reject
9.1.11 LOAD QUERY FAILURE

This message is sent by the RNC to the CN as an unsuccessful response to a LOAD QUERY message.

Radio Resource Loading List O 9.2.13 yes ignore
9.1.12 MESSAGE STATUS QUERY

This message is sent by the CN to the RNC to obtain the current status of a Service Area broadcasting message.

9.1.13 MESSAGE STATUS QUERY COMPLETE

This message is sent by the RNC to the CN as a successful response to a MESSAGE QUERY message.

Completed List
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9.1.14 MESSAGE STATUS QUERY FAILURE

This message is sent by the RNC to the CN in an unsuccessful response to a MESSAGE QUERY message.


Completed List
9.1.15 RESET
The message is sent by the CN to the RNC to request that the RNC end broadcasting in one or more Service Areas.

9.1.16 RESET COMPLETE

This message is sent from the RNC to the CN as a successful response to a RESET message where indicated Service-
Area(s) are now not broadcasting any messages.

9.1.17 RESET FAILURE

This message is sent from the RNC to the CN as an unsuccessful response to a RESET message to indicate that a
Service Area broadcasting related problem exists in one or more of its Service Areas.

Service Areas List O 9.2.6 yes ignore
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9.1.18 RESTART
This message is sent from the RNC to the CN to indicate a Service Area broadcasting related restart situation in one or
more of its Service-Areas.

Message Type M 9.2.1 yes ignore
Service Areas List M 9.2.6 yes ignore
Recovery Indication O 9.2.16 yes ignore
9.1.19 FAILURE
This message is sent from the RNC to the CN to indicate that a Service Area broadcasting related problem exists in one
or more of its Service-Areas.

Service Areas List M 9.2.6 yes ignore
9.1.20 ERROR INDICATION

This message is sent by the RNC to CN and is used to indicate that some errors have been detected in the node.

Message Identifier O 9.2.19 yes ignore
Serial Number O 9.2.3 yes ignore
Cause O 9.2.14 yes ignore
9.2 Information Element Definitions

9.2.0 General
Section 9.2 presents the SABP IE definitions in tabular format. The corresponding ASN.1 definition is presented in
section 9.3. In case there is contradiction between the tabular format in section 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;
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9.2.1 MessageType
Message Type IE uniquely identifies the message being sent. It is mandatory for all messages.
IE/GROUP NAME PRESENCE RANGE IE Type and Semantics Description

Message Type Reference
>Procedure Code M ENUMERATED (Write-

Replace,
Kill,
Load Status Enquiry,
Message Status Query,
Reset,
Restart Indication,
Failure Indication,
Error Indication
,…)
>Type of Message M ENUMERATED

(Initiating Message,
Successful Outcome,
Unsuccessful Outcome,
Outcome)
9.2.2 Broadcast Message Content

Broadcast Message Content IE is sent from the CN to the RNC containing user information i.e. the message, and will
be broadcast over the radio interface.

Broadcast Message Content M Reference
BIT STRING (1..9968) The size of the received
bitstring shall be
multiple of 8.
9.2.3 Serial Number

Serial Number IE is a 16-bit integer which identifies a particular message from the source and type indicated by the
Message Identifier and is altered every time the message with a given Message Identifier is changed.

Serial Number O Reference
BIT STRING(16)
9.2.4 Old Serial Number

Old Serial Number IE enables identification of an existing message to be identified. The format of this IE is defined in
subclause 9.2.3.
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Old Serial Number M 9.2.3 Reference
9.2.5 New Serial Number

New Serial Number IE enables identification of a new message for broadcast to be identified, and is altered every time
the message is changes. The format of this IE is defined in subclause 9.2.3.

New Serial Number O 9.2.3 Reference
9.2.6 Service Areas List

The Service Areas List IE identifies a sequence of one or more Service Areas to which the message(s) apply. The
Service Areas List IE must include at least one Service Area.

Service Areas List 1 to Reference
<maxno
of SAI>
>Service Area Identifier M 9.2.11
Range bound Explanation

MaxnoofSAI Maximum no. of SAI in Service Areas List. Value is 65535
9.2.7 Category
Category IE is sent from the CN to the RNC, and is used to indicate the priority of the message.

Category O Reference
Enumerated (High This IE contains the
Priority, Background, broadcast priority of the
Normal, Default) message.
The value “Default” shall
not be used
9.2.8 Repetition Period

Repetition Period IE is sent from the CN to the RNC and indicates the periodicity of message broadcasts.

Repetition Period M Reference
INTEGER (1..4096) Range is 1 to 4096
where each unit will
represent a repetition of
one second to a
maximum of once per ~1
hour
9.2.9 Number of Broadcasts Requested

Number of Broadcasts Requested IE is sent from the CN to the RNC and indicates the number of times a message is to
be broadcast.
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Number of Broadcasts Requested M 0 to Reference
INTEGER (0..65535) This specifies the
65535 number of times the
message is to be
broadcast.
"0" indicates the
message shall be
broadcasted until CN
request otherwise.
9.2.10 Number of Broadcasts Completed List

Number of Broadcasts Completed List IE is sent from the RNC to the CN, and indicates the number of times that a CN
message (all pages) has been sent to each Service Area specified in the Service Areas List IE of the request message for
broadcast over the radio interface.

Number of-Broadcasts 1 to Reference
Completed List <maxnoof
SAI>
>Service Area Identifier M OCTET STRING (7)

>Number of Broadcasts M INTEGER (0.. 65535 )
Completedof Broadcasts Compl
>Number O ENUMERATED Overflow indicates that
Info (overflow, unknown) the number of times that
CN message sent to the
radio interface has been
overflow.
Unknown indicates that
no information regarding
the number of times that
CN message sent to the
radio interface.

MaxnoofSAI Maximum no. of SAI in Service Areas List Value is 65535
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9.2.11 Service Area Identifier

Service Area Identifier IE in BC domain is used to identify an area consisting of one cell TS 23.003 [12]. Such an area
is called a Service Area. For this protocol, only a Service Area that is defined to be applicable to the BC domain shall be
used.
IE/Group Name Presence Range IE type and Semantics description

Reference
SAI
>PLMN identity M OCTET - digits 0 to 9, two digits per
STRING octet,
(SIZE (3)) - each digit encoded 0000 to
1001,
- 1111 used as filler
- bit 4 to 1 of octet n encoding
digit 2n-1
- bit 8 to 5 of octet n encoding
digit 2n
-The PLMN identity consists of

3 digits from MCC followed by
either
-a filler plus 2 digits from MNC
(in case of 2 digit MNC) or
-3 digits from MNC (in case of
a 3 digit MNC).
>LAC M OCTET 0000 and FFFE not allowed.
STRING (2)
>SAC M OCTET
STRING (2)
9.2.12 Failure List

Failure List IE identifies the list of Service-Area(s) for which the RNC could not complete as requested.

Failure List 1 to Reference
<maxnoof
SAI>

>Cause M 9.2.14

MaxnoofSAI Maximum no. of SAI in Service-Area-List. Value is 65535
9.2.13 Radio Resource Loading List

Radio Resource Loading List IE presents the available bandwidth available for Broadcast purposes of a specific Service
Area.

Radio Resource Loading List 1 to Reference
<maxnoof
SAI>

>Available Bandwidth M 9.2.18

MaxnoofSAI Maximum no. of SAI in Service Area List. Value is 65535
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9.2.14 Cause
Cause IE indicates the reason for a particular error event for the SABP protocol.
IE/GROUP NAME PRESENCE RANGE IE Type and Semantics

Reference Description
>Cause M INTEGER ( Range is 0-255
Parameter-not- Sent when the

recognised(0), recipient (CN or
RNC) was unable
to act upon the
message received
due to an
unrecognised
parameter. A
message should
not be rejected
only because a
parameter is not
recognised as this
would prevent
extensions to the
service
Parameter-value Sent when a

invalid(1), failure occurred
due to the value of
a parameter being
invalid, e.g. out of
range, or in Write-
Replace, the
parameter "no of
pages" does not
equal the number
of pages received
Valid-CN- Sent when the

message-not- RNC does not
identified(2), recognise the CN
message
reference
Service-Area- Sent when the

identity-not- RNC does not
valid(3), recognise a
Service-Area
Identity
Unrecognised- Sent when the

message(4) RNC did not
recognise the
message at all
Missing- Sent when a

mandatory- mandatory
element(5), element is missing
from the message
RNC-capacity- Sent when a

exceeded(6), write-replace fails
because the RNC
cannot meet the
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requested
repetition period
because of the
cell loading
RNC-memory-
exceeded(7), Sent when the
RNC is unable to
store a CBS
message as the
RNC memory has
been exceeded.
Service-Area-
broadcast-not- Sent when the
supported(8), SABCH/CN
related Radio
Resource is not
configured for a
Service-Area
Service-Area-
broadcast-not- Sent when the
operational(9), SABCH/CN
related radio
resource is not
available because
of error conditions
or due to
maintenance
activities
Message-
reference already- Sent when the
used(10), recipient was
unable to act upon
the Write-Replace
message received
due to a previous
Write-Replace
received with the
same message
reference.
Unspecified- Sent when none

error(11), of the above
cause values
apply.
(Transfer Syntax Sent to indicate

Error(12), transfer syntax
error in any
message
Semantic Error Sent to indicate

(12), semantic error
any message
Message not Sent to indicate

compatible with that received
receiver state message is not
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(14), compatible with
the receiver state
Abstract Syntax Sent to indicate

Error (Reject) rejection due to
(15), Abstract Syntax
Error

Error (Ignore and Abstract Syntax
Notify) (16), Error in some IE
that has been
ignored

Error (Falsely Abstract Syntax
Constructed Error due to false
Message) (17)) message
construction
9.2.15 Data Coding Scheme

Data Coding Scheme IE is sent from the RNC to the CN and identifies the alphabet or coding employed for the message
characters and message handling at the UE (it is passed transparently from the CN to the UE).

Data Coding Scheme M Reference
BIT STRING(8)
9.2.16 Recovery Indication

Recovery Indication IE is used to indicate whether the CN related data was lost or is still available.

Recovery Indication O Reference
ENUMERATED (Lost,
Available)
9.2.17 Criticality Diagnostics

For further details on how to use the Criticality Diagnostics IE, see annex A.
The Criticality Diagnostics IE is sent by the RNC or the CN 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 that were not comprehended or were missing.
IE/Group Name Presence Range IE type and reference Semantics description

Criticality Diagnostics
>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(initiati The Triggering
ng message, Message is used only if
successful outcome, the Criticality
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IE/Group Name Presence Range IE type and reference Semantics description

Criticality Diagnostics
unsuccessful outcome, Diagnostics is part of
outcome) Error Indication
procedure.
>Procedure Criticality O ENUMERATED(reject, This Procedure
ignore, notify) Criticality is used for
reporting the Criticality
of the Triggering
message (Procedure).
Information Element Criticality 0 to
Diagnostics <maxnoo
f errors>
>IE Criticality M ENUMERATED(reject, The IE Criticality is used
ignore, notify) 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
>Repetition Number O INTEGER (0..255) The Repetition Number
IE gives
● in case of a not
understood IE:
The number of
occurrences of the
reported IE up to and
including the not
understood
occurrence
● in case of a missing
IE:
The number of
occurrences up to but
not including the
missing occurrence.
Note: All the counted

occurrences of the
reported IE must have
the same topdown
hierachical message
structure of IEs with
assigned criticality
above them.
>Message Structure O 9.2.20 The Message Structure
IE describes the
structure where the not
understood or missing
IE was detected.
This IE is included if the
not understood IE is not
the top level of the
message.
>Type of Error M ENUMERATED(not
understood, missing,
…)

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

Available Bandwidth IE is used to indicate the Bandwidth available for the broadcast of messages.

Available Bandwidth O Reference
INTEGER (0..20480) The unit is: bit/second
9.2.19 Message Identifier

Message Identifier IE is set by the CN, transfer to the UE by the RNC.

Reference
Message Identifier M BIT STRING(16) This IE is set by the CN,
transfer to the UE by the
RNC, the RNC needs
not to understand what
is the meaning of the
value but shall treat it as
a identifier of a
message.
The Message Identifier
is defined in TS 25.324
[11].
9.2.20 Message Structure

The Message Structure IE gives information for each level with assigned criticality in an hierachical message structure
from top level down to the lowest level above the reported level for the occured error (reported in the Information
Element Criticality Diagnostics IE).
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IE/Group Name Presence Range IE type Semantics Criticality Assigned

and description Criticality
reference
Message 1 to The first repetition of GLOBAL ignore
structure <maxnoofle the Message
vels> Structure IE
corresponds to the
top level of the
message. The last
repetition of the
Message Structure
IE corresponds to
the level above the
reported level for the
occured error of the
message.
>IE ID M INTEGER The IE ID of this -
(0..65535) level’s IE containing
the not understood
or missing IE.
>Repetition O INTEGER The Repetition -
Number (1..256) Number IE gives, if
applicable, the
number of
occurrences of this
level’s reported IE
up to and including
the occurrence
containing the not
understood or
missing IE.
Note: All the counted

occurrences of the
reported IE must
have the same
topdown hierachical
message structure
of IEs with assigned
criticality above
them.

maxnooflevels Maximum no. of message levels to report. The value for
maxnooflevels is 256.
9.2.21 Paging ETWS Indicator

Paging ETWS Indicator IE is used to indicate to the RNC that the received SABP message contains ETWS contents that
need to be sent via paging message towards the UE.

Paging ETWS Indicator M Reference
ENUMERATED
(Paging, …)
9.2.22 Warning Type

Warning Type IE indicates the types of the disaster. This IE can be used by the UE to differentiate tye type of alert
according to the type of disaster.

Warning Type M OCTETReference
STRING (2)
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9.2.23 Warning Security Information

Warning Security Information IE is set by the CN, transferred to the UE by the RNC.

Reference
Warning Security Information M OCTET STRING(50)
9.2.24 Broadcast Message Content Validity Indicator

The Broadcast Message Content Validity Indicator IE indicates that the Broadcast Message Content IE does not
contain any valid information.

Reference
Broadcast Message Content M ENUMERATED
Validity Indicator (Broadcast Message
Content not valid)
9.3 Message and Information Element Abstract Syntax (with

ASN.1)
9.3.0 General
SABP ASN.1 definition conforms with ITU-T Rec. X.680 [7] and ITU-T Rec. X.681 [8].
The ASN.1 definition specifies the structure and content of SABP messages. SABP 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 SABP 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 where 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 SABP 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 subclause 10.3.6.
9.3.1 Usage of protocol extension mechanism for non-standard use

The protocol extension 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
interoperability.
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- by vendors for research purposes, e.g. to implement and evaluate new algorithms/features before such features
are proposed for standardisation.
The extension mechanism shall not be used for basic functionality. Such functionality shall be standardised.
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9.3.2 Elementary Procedure Definitions
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Elementary Procedure definitions
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-PDU-Descriptions {
itu-t (0) identified-organization (4) etsi (0) mobileDomain (0)
umts-Access (20) modules (3) sabp (3) version1 (1) sabp-PDU-Descriptions (0)}
DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=
BEGIN
-- **************************************************************
--
-- IE parameter types from other modules.
--
-- **************************************************************
IMPORTS
Criticality,
ProcedureCode
FROM SABP-CommonDataTypes
Error-Indication,
Failure,
Kill,
Kill-Complete,
Kill-Failure,
Load-Query,
Load-Query-Complete,
Load-Query-Failure,
Reset,
Reset-Complete,
Reset-Failure,
Restart,
Message-Status-Query,
Message-Status-Query-Complete,
Message-Status-Query-Failure,
Write-Replace,
Write-Replace-Complete,
Write-Replace-Failure
FROM SABP-PDU-Contents
id-Error-Indication,
id-Failure-Indication,
id-Kill,
id-Reset,
id-Restart-Indication,
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id-Load-Status-Enquiry,
id-Message-Status-Query,
id-Write-Replace
FROM SABP-Constants;
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Interface Elementary Procedure Class
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-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
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-PDU ::= CHOICE {

initiatingMessage InitiatingMessage,
successfulOutcome SuccessfulOutcome,
unsuccessfulOutcome UnsuccessfulOutcome,
...
}
InitiatingMessage ::= SEQUENCE {

procedureCode SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&procedureCode ({SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}),
criticality SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&criticality ({SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode}),
value SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&InitiatingMessage ({SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode})
}
SuccessfulOutcome ::= SEQUENCE {

value SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE.&SuccessfulOutcome ({SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES}{@procedureCode})
}
UnsuccessfulOutcome ::= SEQUENCE {

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}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Interface Elementary Procedure List
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-1 |
SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-2 ,
...
}
SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-1 SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

write-Replace |
kill |
load-Status-Enquiry |
message-Status-Query |
reset ,
...
}
SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURES-CLASS-2 SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

restart-Indication |
failure-Indication |
error-Indication ,
...
}
write-Replace SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Write-Replace
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Write-Replace-Complete
UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Write-Replace-Failure
PROCEDURE CODE id-Write-Replace
CRITICALITY reject
}
kill SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Kill
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Kill-Complete
UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Kill-Failure
PROCEDURE CODE id-Kill
CRITICALITY reject
}
load-Status-Enquiry SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Load-Query
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Load-Query-Complete
UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Load-Query-Failure
PROCEDURE CODE id-Load-Status-Enquiry
CRITICALITY reject
}
message-Status-Query SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

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INITIATING MESSAGE Message-Status-Query

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Message-Status-Query-Complete
UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Message-Status-Query-Failure
PROCEDURE CODE id-Message-Status-Query
CRITICALITY reject
}
reset SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Reset
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Reset-Complete
UNSUCCESSFUL OUTCOME Reset-Failure
PROCEDURE CODE id-Reset
CRITICALITY reject
}
restart-Indication SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Restart
PROCEDURE CODE id-Restart-Indication
CRITICALITY ignore
}
failure-Indication SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Failure
PROCEDURE CODE id-Failure-Indication
CRITICALITY ignore
}
error-Indication SABP-ELEMENTARY-PROCEDURE ::= {

INITIATING MESSAGE Error-Indication
PROCEDURE CODE id-Error-Indication
CRITICALITY ignore
}
END
9.3.3 PDU Definitions

-- **************************************************************
--
-- PDU definitions for SABP.
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-PDU-Contents {
umts-Access (20) modules (3) sabp (3) version1 (1) sabp-PDU-Contents (1) }
BEGIN
-- **************************************************************
--
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--
-- **************************************************************
IMPORTS
Broadcast-Message-Content,
Category,
Cause,
Criticality-Diagnostics,
Data-Coding-Scheme,
Failure-List,
Message-Identifier,
New-Serial-Number,
Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List,
Number-of-Broadcasts-Requested,
Old-Serial-Number,
Paging-ETWS-Indicator,
Radio-Resource-Loading-List,
Recovery-Indication,
Repetition-Period,
Serial-Number,
Service-Areas-List,
WarningSecurityInfo,
Warning-Type,
Broadcast-Message-Content-Validity-Indicator
FROM SABP-IEs
ProtocolExtensionContainer{},
ProtocolIE-Container{},
SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION,
SABP-PROTOCOL-IES
FROM SABP-Containers
id-Broadcast-Message-Content,
id-Category,
id-Criticality-Diagnostics,
id-Cause,
id-Data-Coding-Scheme,
id-Failure-List,
id-Message-Identifier,
id-New-Serial-Number,
id-Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List,
id-Number-of-Broadcasts-Requested,
id-Old-Serial-Number,
id-Paging-ETWS-Indicator,
id-Radio-Resource-Loading-List,
id-Recovery-Indication,
id-Repetition-Period,
id-Serial-Number,
id-Service-Areas-List,
id-WarningSecurityInfo,
id-Warning-Type,
id-Broadcast-Message-Content-Validity-Indicator
-- **************************************************************
--
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-- Write-Replace
--
-- **************************************************************
Write-Replace ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {Write-Replace-IEs} },
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {Write-Replace-Extensions} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
Write-Replace-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Message-Identifier CRITICALITY reject TYPE Message-Identifier PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-New-Serial-Number CRITICALITY reject TYPE New-Serial-Number PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Old-Serial-Number CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Old-Serial-Number PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Service-Areas-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE Service-Areas-List PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Category CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Category PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Repetition-Period CRITICALITY reject TYPE Repetition-Period PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Number-of-Broadcasts-Requested
CRITICALITY reject TYPE Number-of-Broadcasts-Requested PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Data-Coding-Scheme CRITICALITY reject TYPE Data-Coding-Scheme PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Broadcast-Message-Content
CRITICALITY reject TYPE Broadcast-Message-Content PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
Write-Replace-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

{ ID id-WarningSecurityInfo CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION WarningSecurityInfo PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Paging-ETWS-Indicator CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION Paging-ETWS-Indicator PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Warning-Type CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION Warning-Type PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Broadcast-Message-Content-Validity-Indicator CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION Broadcast-Message-Content-Validity-Indicator PRESENCE optional },
...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Write-Replace-Complete
--
-- **************************************************************
Write-Replace-Complete ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {Write-Replace-Complete-IEs} },
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {Write-Replace-Complete-Extensions} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
Write-Replace-Complete-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List
CRITICALITY reject TYPE Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List
PRESENCE mandatory }|
{ ID id-Criticality-Diagnostics
CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Criticality-Diagnostics PRESENCE optional },
...
}
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Write-Replace-Complete-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Write-Replace-Failure
--
-- **************************************************************
Write-Replace-Failure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container { {Write-Replace-Failure-IEs} },
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {Write-Replace-Failure-Extensions} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
Write-Replace-Failure-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Failure-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE Failure-List PRESENCE mandatory } |
CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List
PRESENCE optional } |
...
}
Write-Replace-Failure-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {
...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Kill
--
-- **************************************************************
Kill ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Kill-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Kill-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Kill-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Old-Serial-Number CRITICALITY reject TYPE Old-Serial-Number PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Service-Areas-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE Service-Areas-List PRESENCE mandatory } ,
...
}
Kill-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
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-- Kill-Complete
--
-- **************************************************************
Kill-Complete ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Kill-Complete-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Kill-Complete-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Kill-Complete-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

PRESENCE mandatory }|
...
}
Kill-Complete-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Kill-Failure
--
-- **************************************************************
Kill-Failure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Kill-Failure-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Kill-Failure-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Kill-Failure-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

...
}
Kill-Failure-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Load-Query
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--
-- **************************************************************
Load-Query ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Load-Query-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Load-Query-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Load-Query-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

...
}
Load-Query-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Load-Query-Complete
--
-- **************************************************************
Load-Query-Complete ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Load-Query-Complete-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Load-Query-Complete-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Load-Query-Complete-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Radio-Resource-Loading-List
CRITICALITY reject TYPE Radio-Resource-Loading-List
PRESENCE mandatory } |
...
}
Load-Query-Complete-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Load-Query-Failure
--
-- **************************************************************
Load-Query-Failure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Load-Query-Failure-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Load-Query-Failure-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Load-Query-Failure-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

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{ ID id-Radio-Resource-Loading-List
CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Radio-Resource-Loading-List
...
}
Load-Query-Failure-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Message-Status-Query
--
-- **************************************************************
Message-Status-Query ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Message-Status-Query-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Message-Status-Query-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Message-Status-Query-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

...
}
Message-Status-Query-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Message-Status-Query-Complete
--
-- **************************************************************
Message-Status-Query-Complete ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Message-Status-Query-Complete-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Message-Status-Query-Complete-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Message-Status-Query-Complete-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

PRESENCE mandatory } |
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...
}
Message-Status-Query-Complete-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Message-Status-Query-Failure
--
-- **************************************************************
Message-Status-Query-Failure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Message-Status-Query-Failure-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Message-Status-Query-Failure-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Message-Status-Query-Failure-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

...
}
Message-Status-Query-Failure-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Reset
--
-- **************************************************************
Reset ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Reset-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Reset-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Reset-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

...
}
Reset-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
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-- **************************************************************
--
-- Reset-Complete
--
-- **************************************************************
Reset-Complete ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Reset-Complete-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Reset-Complete-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Reset-Complete-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Service-Areas-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE Service-Areas-List PRESENCE mandatory } |
...
}
Reset-Complete-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Reset-Failure
--
-- **************************************************************
Reset-Failure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Reset-Failure-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Reset-Failure-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Reset-Failure-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Service-Areas-List CRITICALITY reject TYPE Service-Areas-List PRESENCE optional } |
CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Criticality-Diagnostics PRESENCE optional } ,
...
}
Reset-Failure-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Restart
--
-- **************************************************************
Restart ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Restart-IEs}},
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protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Restart-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,

...
}
Restart-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Service-Areas-List CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Service-Areas-List PRESENCE mandatory } |
{ ID id-Recovery-Indication CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Recovery-Indication PRESENCE optional } ,
...
}
Restart-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Failure
--
-- **************************************************************
Failure ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Failure-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Failure-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Failure-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Service-Areas-List CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Service-Areas-List PRESENCE mandatory } ,
...
}
Failure-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Error-Indication
--
-- **************************************************************
Error-Indication ::= SEQUENCE {

protocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{Error-Indication-IEs}},
protocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{Error-Indication-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
Error-Indication-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-Message-Identifier CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Message-Identifier PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Serial-Number CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Serial-Number PRESENCE optional } |
{ ID id-Cause CRITICALITY ignore TYPE Cause PRESENCE optional } |
...
}
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Error-Indication-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
END
9.3.4 Information Element Definitions

-- **************************************************************
--
-- Information Element Definitions
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-IEs {
umts-Access (20) modules (3) sabp (3) version1 (1) sabp-IEs (2) }
BEGIN
IMPORTS
maxNrOfErrors,
maxnoofSAI,
maxNrOfLevels,
id-MessageStructure,
id-TypeOfError
FROM SABP-Constants
Criticality,
ProcedureCode,
TriggeringMessage,
ProtocolIE-ID
ProtocolExtensionContainer{},
SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION
FROM SABP-Containers;
-- A
Available-Bandwidth ::= INTEGER (0..20480)

-- bits/sec
-- B
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Broadcast-Message-Content ::= BIT STRING (SIZE (1..9968))-- This IE is sent from the CN to the RNC containing user information i.e.
-- the message.
Broadcast-Message-Content-Validity-Indicator ::= ENUMERATED {

broadcast-Message-Content-not-valid,
...
}
-- C
Category ::= ENUMERATED {

high-priority,
background-priority,
normal-priority,
default-priority,
...
}
Cause ::= INTEGER {

parameter-not-recognised (0),
parameter-value-invalid (1),
valid-CN-message-not-identified (2),
service-area-identity-not-valid (3),
unrecognised-message (4),
missing-mandatory-element (5),
rNC-capacity-exceeded (6),
rNC-memory-exceeded (7),
service-area-broadcast-not-supported (8),
service-area-broadcast-not-operational (9),
message-reference-already-used (10),
unspecifed-error (11),
transfer-syntax-error (12),
semantic-error (13),
message-not-compatible-with-receiver-state (14),
abstract-syntax-error-reject (15),
abstract-syntax-error-ignore-and-notify (16),
abstract-syntax-error-falsely-constructed-message (17)
} (0..255)
Criticality-Diagnostics ::= SEQUENCE {

procedureCode ProcedureCode OPTIONAL,
triggeringMessage TriggeringMessage OPTIONAL,
procedureCriticality Criticality OPTIONAL,
iEsCriticalityDiagnostics CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {CriticalityDiagnostics-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
CriticalityDiagnostics-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

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

SEQUENCE {
iECriticality Criticality,
iE-ID ProtocolIE-ID,
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repetitionNumber RepetitionNumber0 OPTIONAL,

iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
CriticalityDiagnostics-IE-List-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

{ ID id-MessageStructure CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION MessageStructure PRESENCE optional }|
{ ID id-TypeOfError CRITICALITY ignore EXTENSION TypeOfError PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
MessageStructure ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxNrOfLevels)) OF

SEQUENCE {
iE-ID ProtocolIE-ID,
repetitionNumber RepetitionNumber1 OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {MessageStructure-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
MessageStructure-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- D
Data-Coding-Scheme ::= BIT STRING (SIZE (8))
-- E
-- F
Failure-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxnoofSAI)) OF Failure-List-Item
Failure-List-Item ::= SEQUENCE {

service-area-identifier Service-Area-Identifier,
cause Cause,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {FailureListItemIE-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
FailureListItemIE-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
-- G
-- H
-- I
-- J
-- K
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-- L
-- M
Message-Identifier ::= BIT STRING (SIZE (16))
-- N
New-Serial-Number ::= Serial-Number
Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxnoofSAI)) OF

Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List-Item
Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List-Item ::= SEQUENCE {

number-of-broadcasts-completed INTEGER (0..65535),
number-of-broadcasts-completed-info Number-Of-Broadcasts-Completed-Info OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {NoOfBroadcastsCompletedListItemIE-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
NoOfBroadcastsCompletedListItemIE-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
Number-Of-Broadcasts-Completed-Info ::= ENUMERATED {

overflow,
unknown,
...
}
Number-of-Broadcasts-Requested ::= INTEGER {

broadcast-indefinitely (0)
} (0..65535)
-- O
Old-Serial-Number ::= Serial-Number
-- P
Paging-ETWS-Indicator ::= ENUMERATED {

paging,
...
}
-- Q
-- R
Radio-Resource-Loading-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxnoofSAI)) OF

Radio-Resource-Loading-List-Item
Radio-Resource-Loading-List-Item ::= SEQUENCE {

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available-bandwidth Available-Bandwidth,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {RadioResourceLoadingListItemIE-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
RadioResourceLoadingListItemIE-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
Recovery-Indication ::= ENUMERATED {

data-lost,
data-available
}
RepetitionNumber0 ::= INTEGER(0..255)
RepetitionNumber1 ::= INTEGER(1..256)
Repetition-Period ::= INTEGER (1..4096)

-- Each unit represents a repetition of one second to a maximum of
-- once per 4096 seconds (~1 hour).
-- S
Serial-Number ::= BIT STRING (SIZE (16))
Service-Area-Identifier ::= SEQUENCE {

pLMNidentity OCTET STRING (SIZE (3))
-- Digits 0 to 9, two digits per octet. --
-- Each octet encoded 0000 to 1001. --
-- 1111 used as filler --
-- Bit 4 to 1 of octet n encoding digit 2n-1. --
-- Bit 8 to 5 of octet n encoding digit 2n. --
-- The PLMN identity consists of 3 digits from MCC --
-- followed by either a filler plus 2 digits --
-- from MNC (in case of 2 digit MNC) or 3 digits --
-- from MNC (in case of 3 digit MNC). -- ,
lac OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))
-- 0000 and FFFE not allowed -- ,
sac OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))
}
-- **TODO** The IE type for these parameters is not known as yet

Service-Areas-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxnoofSAI)) OF Service-Area-Identifier
-- T
TypeOfError ::= ENUMERATED {

not-understood,
missing,
...
}
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-- U
-- V
-- W
WarningSecurityInfo ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (50))
Warning-Type ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE(2))
-- X
-- Y
END
9.3.5 Common Definitions

-- **************************************************************
--
-- Common definitions
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-CommonDataTypes {
umts-Access (20) modules (3) sabp (3) version1 (1) sabp-CommonDataTypes (3) }
BEGIN
Criticality ::= ENUMERATED { reject, ignore, notify }
Presence ::= ENUMERATED { optional, conditional, mandatory }
ProcedureCode ::= INTEGER (0..255)
ProtocolExtensionID ::= INTEGER (0..65535)
ProtocolIE-ID ::= INTEGER (0..65535)
TriggeringMessage ::= ENUMERATED {initiating-message, successful-outcome, unsuccessful-outcome, outcome}
END
9.3.6 Constant Definitions

-- **************************************************************
--
-- Constant definitions
--
-- **************************************************************
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SABP-Constants {
umts-Access (20) modules (3) sabp (3) version1 (1) sabp-Constants (4) }
BEGIN
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Elementary Procedures
--
-- **************************************************************
id-Write-Replace INTEGER ::= 0

id-Kill INTEGER ::= 1
id-Load-Status-Enquiry INTEGER ::= 2
id-Message-Status-Query INTEGER ::= 3
id-Restart-Indication INTEGER ::= 4
id-Reset INTEGER ::= 5
id-Failure-Indication INTEGER ::= 6
id-Error-Indication INTEGER ::= 7
-- **************************************************************
--
-- IEs
--
-- **************************************************************
id-Broadcast-Message-Content INTEGER ::= 0

id-Category INTEGER ::= 1
id-Cause INTEGER ::= 2
id-Criticality-Diagnostics INTEGER ::=3
id-Data-Coding-Scheme INTEGER ::= 4
id-Failure-List INTEGER ::= 5
id-Message-Identifier INTEGER ::= 6
id-New-Serial-Number INTEGER ::= 7
id-Number-of-Broadcasts-Completed-List INTEGER ::= 8
id-Number-of-Broadcasts-Requested INTEGER ::= 9
id-Old-Serial-Number INTEGER ::= 10
id-Radio-Resource-Loading-List INTEGER ::= 11
id-Recovery-Indication INTEGER ::= 12
id-Repetition-Period INTEGER ::= 13
id-Serial-Number INTEGER ::= 14
id-Service-Areas-List INTEGER ::= 15
id-MessageStructure INTEGER ::= 16
id-TypeOfError INTEGER ::= 17
id-Paging-ETWS-Indicator INTEGER ::= 18
id-Warning-Type INTEGER ::= 19
id-WarningSecurityInfo INTEGER ::= 20
id-Broadcast-Message-Content-Validity-Indicator INTEGER ::= 21
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Extension constants
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--
-- **************************************************************
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Lists
--
-- **************************************************************
maxNrOfErrors INTEGER ::= 256

maxnoofSAI INTEGER ::= 65535
maxProtocolExtensions INTEGER ::= 65535

maxProtocolIEs INTEGER ::= 65535
maxNrOfLevels INTEGER ::= 256
END
9.3.7 Container Definitions

-- **************************************************************
--
-- Container definitions
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-Containers {
umts-Access (20) modules (3) sabp (3) version1 (1) sabp-Containers (5) }
BEGIN
-- **************************************************************
--
--
-- **************************************************************
IMPORTS
Criticality,
Presence,
ProtocolExtensionID,
ProtocolIE-ID
maxProtocolExtensions,
maxProtocolIEs
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Class Definition for Protocol IEs
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--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= CLASS {

&id ProtocolIE-ID UNIQUE,
&criticality Criticality DEFAULT ignore,
&Value,
&presence Presence
}
WITH SYNTAX {
ID &id
CRITICALITY &criticality
TYPE &Value
PRESENCE &presence
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Class Definition for Protocol Extensions
--
-- **************************************************************
SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= CLASS {

&id ProtocolExtensionID UNIQUE,
&criticality Criticality DEFAULT ignore,
&Extension,
&presence Presence
}
WITH SYNTAX {
ID &id
CRITICALITY &criticality
EXTENSION &Extension
PRESENCE &presence
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Container for Protocol IEs
--
-- **************************************************************
ProtocolIE-Container {SABP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (0..maxProtocolIEs)) OF
ProtocolIE-Field {{IEsSetParam}}
ProtocolIE-Field {SABP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::= SEQUENCE {

id SABP-PROTOCOL-IES.&id ({IEsSetParam}),
criticality SABP-PROTOCOL-IES.&criticality ({IEsSetParam}{@id}),
value SABP-PROTOCOL-IES.&Value ({IEsSetParam}{@id})
}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Container Lists for Protocol IE Containers
--
-- **************************************************************
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ProtocolIE-ContainerList {INTEGER : lowerBound, INTEGER : upperBound, SABP-PROTOCOL-IES : IEsSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (lowerBound..upperBound)) OF
ProtocolIE-Container {{IEsSetParam}}
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Container for Protocol Extensions
--
-- **************************************************************
ProtocolExtensionContainer {SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION : ExtensionSetParam} ::=

SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxProtocolExtensions)) OF
ProtocolExtensionField {{ExtensionSetParam}}
ProtocolExtensionField {SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION : ExtensionSetParam} ::= SEQUENCE {

id SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION.&id ({ExtensionSetParam}),
criticality SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION.&criticality ({ExtensionSetParam}{@id}),
extensionValue SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION.&Extension ({ExtensionSetParam}{@id})
}
END
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9.4 Message Transfer Syntax

SABP 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 [9].
10 Handling of Unknown, Unforeseen or Erroneous

Protocol Data
10.1 General
Protocol Error cases can be divided into three classes:
 Transfer Syntax Error;
 Abstract Syntax Error;
 Logical Error.
Protocol errors can occur in the following functions within a receiving node:
Figure 14: Protocol Errors in SABP
The information stated in subclauses 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, to be included in the message used when reporting an error, is
what at minimum shall be included. Other optional information elements within the message may also be included, if
available. This is also valid for the case when the reporting is done with a response message. The latter is an exception
to what is stated in subclause 4.1.
10.2 Transfer Syntax Error

A Transfer Syntax Error occurs when the receiver is not able to decode the received physical message Transfer syntax
errors are always detected in the process of ASN.1 decoding. If a Transfer Syntax Error occurs, the receiver should
initiate Error Indication procedure with appropriate cause value for the Transfer Syntax protocol error.
10.3 Abstract Syntax Error

10.3.1 General
An Abstract Syntax Error occurs when the receiving functional SABP entity:
1. receives IEs or IE groups that cannot be understood (unknown IE id);
2. receives IEs for which the logical range is violated (e.g.: ASN.1 definition: 0 to 15, the logical range is 0 to 10
(values 11 to 15 are undefined), and 12 will be received; this case will be handled as an abstract syntax error
using criticality information sent by the originator of the message);
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3. does not receive IEs or IE groups but according to the specified presence of the concerning object, the IEs or IE
groups should have been present in the received message;
4. receives IEs or IE groups that are defined to be part of that message in wrong order or with too many
occurrences of the same IE or IE group;
5. receives IEs or IE groups but according to the conditional presence of the concerning object and the specified
condition, the IEs or IE groups should not have been present in the received message.
Cases 1 and 2 (not comprehended IE/IE group) are handled based on received Criticality information. Case 3 (missing
IE/IE group) is handled based on Criticality information and Presence information for the missing IE/IE group specified
in the version of the specification used by the receiver. Case 4 (IEs or IE groups in wrong order or with too many
occurrences) and Case 5 (erroneously present conditional IEs or IE groups) result in rejecting the procedure.
If an Abstract Syntax Error occurs, the receiver shall read the remaining message and shall then for each detected
Abstract Syntax Error act according to the Criticality Information and Presence Information for the IE/IE group due to
which Abstract Syntax Error occurred in accordance with subclauses 10.3.4 and 10.3.5. The handling of cases 4 and 5 is
specified in subclause 10.3.6.
10.3.2 Criticality Information

In the SABP messages there is criticality information set for individual IEs and/or IE groups. This criticality
information instructs the receiver how to act when receiving an IE or an IE group that is not comprehended i.e. the
entire item (IE or IE group) which is not (fully or partially) comprehended shall be treated in accordance with its own
criticality information as specified in subclause 10.3.4.
In addition, the criticality information is used in case of the missing IE/IE group abstract syntax error (see subclause
10.3.5).
The receiving node shall take different actions depending on the value of the Criticality Information. The three possible
values of the Criticality Information for an IE/IE group are:
- Reject IE;
- Ignore IE and Notify Sender;
- Ignore IE.
The following rules restrict when a receiving entity may consider an IE, an IE group or an EP not comprehended (not
implemented), and when action based on criticality information is applicable:
1. IE or IE group: When one new or modified IE or IE group is implemented for one EP from a standard version,
then other new or modified IEs or IE groups specified for that EP in that standard version shall be considered
comprehended by the receiving entity (some may still remain unsupported).
2. EP: The comprehension of different EPs within a standard version or between different standard versions is not
mandated. Any EP that is not supported may be considered not comprehended, even if another EP from that
standard version is comprehended, and action based on criticality shall be applied.
10.3.3 Presence Information

For many IEs/IE groups which are optional according to the ASN.1 transfer syntax, SABP specifies separately if the
presence of these IEs/IE groups is optional or mandatory with respect to RNS application by means of the presence field
of the concerning object of class SABP-PROTOCOL-IES, SABP-PROTOCOL-IES-PAIR, SABP-PROTOCOL-
EXTENSION or SABP-PRIVATE-IES.
The presence field of the indicated classes supports three values:
1. Optional;
2. Conditional;
3. Mandatory.
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If an IE/IE group is not included in a received message and the presence of the IE/IE group is mandatory or the
presence is conditional and the condition is true according to the version of the specification used by the receiver, an
abstract syntax error occurs due to a missing IE/IE group.
10.3.4 Not comprehended IE/IE group
10.3.4.1 Procedure Code

The receiving node shall treat the different types of received criticality information of the Procedure Code according to
the following:
Reject IE:
- If a message is received with a Procedure Code marked with "Reject IE" which the receiving node does not
comprehend, the receiving node shall reject the procedure using the Error Indication procedure.
Ignore IE and Notify Sender:
- If a message is received with a Procedure Code marked with "Ignore IE and Notify Sender" which the receiving
node does not comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the procedure and initiate the Error Indication
procedure.
Ignore IE:
- If a message is received with a Procedure Code marked with "Ignore IE" which the receiving node does not
comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the procedure.
When using the Error Indication procedure to reject a procedure or to report an ignored procedure it shall include the
Procedure Code IE, the Triggering Message IE, and the Procedure Criticality IE in the Criticality Diagnostics IE.
10.3.4.1A Type of Message

When the receiving node cannot decode the Type of Message IE, the Error Indication procedure shall be initiated with
an appropriate cause value.
10.3.4.2 IEs other than the Procedure Code and Type of Message
The receiving node shall treat the different types of received criticality information of an IE/IE group other than the
Procedure Code IE and Type of Message IE according to the following:
Reject IE:
- If a message initiating a procedure is received containing one or more IEs/IE groups marked with "Reject IE"
which the receiving node does not comprehend; none of the functional requests of the message shall be executed.
The receiving node shall reject the procedure and report the rejection of one or more IEs/IE groups using the
message normally used to report unsuccessful outcome of the procedure. In case the information received in the
initiating message was insufficient to determine a value for all IEs that are required to be present in the message
used to report the unsuccessful outcome of the procedure, the receiving node shall instead terminate the
procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
- If a message initiating a procedure that does not have a message to report unsuccessful outcome is received
containing one or more IEs/IE groups marked with "Reject IE" which the receiving node does not comprehend,
the receiving node shall terminate the procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
- If a response message is received containing one or more IEs marked with "Reject IE" which the receiving node
does no comprehend, the receiving node shall consider the procedure as unsuccessfully terminated and initiate
local error handling.
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- If a message initiating a procedure is received containing one or more Ies/IE groups marked with "Ignore IE and
Notify Sender" which the receiving node does not comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the content of the
not comprehended IEs/IE groups, continue with the procedure as if the not comprehended IEs/IE groups were
not received (except for the reporting) using the understood IEs/IE groups, and report in the response message of
the procedure that one or more IEs/IE groups have been ignored. In case the information received in the
initiating message was insufficient to determine a value for all IEs that are required to be present in the response
message, the receiving node shall instead terminate the procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
- if a message initiating a procedure that does not have a message to report the outcome of the procedure is
received containing one or more IEs/IE groups marked with "Ignore IE and Notify Sender" which the receiving
node does not comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the content of the not comprehended IEs/IE groups,
continue with the procedure as if the not comprehended IEs/IE groups were not received (except for the
reporting) using the understood IEs/IE groups, and initiate the Error Indication procedure to report that one or
more IEs/IE groups have been ignored.
- If a response message is received containing one or more IEs/IE groups marked with "Ignore IE and Notify
Sender" which the receiving node does not comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the content of the not
comprehended IE/IE groups, continue with the procedure as if the not comprehended IEs/IE groups were not
received (except for the reporting) using the understood IEs/IE groups and initiate the Error Indication
procedure.
Ignore IE:
- If a message initiating a procedure is received containing one or more IEs/IE groups marked with "Ignore IE"
which the receiving node does not comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the content of the not
comprehended IEs/IE groups and continue with the procedure as if the not comprehended IEs/IE groups were
not received using only the understood IEs/IE groups.
- If a response message is received containing one or more IEs/IE groups marked with "Ignore IE" which the
receiving node does not comprehend, the receiving node shall ignore the content of the not comprehended IEs/IE
groups and continue with the procedure as if the not comprehended IEs/IE groups were not received using the
understood IEs/IE groups.
When reporting not comprehended IEs/IE groups marked with "Reject IE" or "Ignore IE and Notify Sender" using a
response message defined for the procedure, the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE shall be included in the
Criticality Diagnostics IE for each reported IE/IE group. In the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE the
Repetition Number IE shall be included and in addition, if the not comprehended IE/IE group is not at message
hierarchy level 1 (top level; see annex A) also the Message Structure IE shall be included.
When reporting not comprehended IEs/IE groups marked with "Reject IE" or "Ignore IE and Notify Sender" using the
Error Indication procedure, the Procedure Code IE, the Triggering Message IE, Procedure Criticality IE, and the
Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE shall be included in the Criticality Diagnostics IE for each reported
IE/IE group. In the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE the Repetition Number IE shall be included and in
addition, if the not comprehended IE/IE group is not at message hierarchy level 1 (top level; see annex A) also the
Message Structure IE shall be included.
10.3.5 Missing IE or IE group

The receiving node shall treat the missing IE/IE group according to the criticality information for the missing IE/IE
group in the received message specified in the version of the present document used by the receiver:
Reject IE:
- if a received message initiating a procedure is missing one or more IEs/IE groups with specified criticality
"Reject IE"; none of the functional requests of the message shall be executed. The receiving node shall reject the
procedure and report the missing IEs/IE groups using the message normally used to report unsuccessful outcome
of the procedure. In case the information received in the initiating message was insufficient to determine a value
for all IEs that are required to be present in the message used to report the unsuccessful outcome of the
procedure, the receiving node shall instead terminate the procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
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- if a received message initiating a procedure that does not have a message to report unsuccessful outcome is
missing one or more IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Reject IE", the receiving node shall terminate the
procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
- if a received response message is missing one or more IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Reject IE, the
receiving node shall consider the procedure as unsuccessfully terminated and initiate local error handling.
"Ignore IE and Notify Sender", the receiving node shall ignore that those IEs are missing and continue with the
procedure based on the other IEs/IE groups present in the message and report in the response message of the
procedure that one or more IEs/IE groups were missing. In case the information received in the initiating
message was insufficient to determine a value for all IEs that are required to be present in the response message,
the receiving node shall instead terminate the procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
- if a received message initiating a procedure that does not have a message to report the outcome of the procedure
is missing one or more IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Ignore IE and Notify Sender", the receiving node
shall ignore that those IEs are missing and continue with the procedure based on the other IEs/IE groups present
in the message and initiate the Error Indication procedure to report that one or more IEs/IE groups were missing.
- if a received response message is missing one or more IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Ignore IE and
Notify Sender", the receiving node shall ignore that those IEs are missing and continue with the procedure based
on the other IEs/IE groups present in the message and initiate the Error Indication procedure to report that one or
more IEs/IE groups were missing.
Ignore IE:
"Ignore IE", the receiving node shall ignore that those IEs are missing and continue with the procedure based on
the other IEs/IE groups present in the message.
- if a received response message is missing one or more IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Ignore IE", the
receiving node shall ignore that those IEs/IE groups are missing and continue with the procedure based on the
other IEs/IE groups present in the message.
When reporting missing IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Reject IE" or "Ignore IE and Notify Sender" using a
response message defined for the procedure, the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE shall be included in the
Criticality Diagnostics IE for each reported IE/IE group. In the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE the
Repetition Number IE shall be included and in addition, if the missing IE/IE group is not at message hierarchy level 1
(top level; see annex A) also the Message Structure IE shall be included.
When reporting missing IEs/IE groups with specified criticality "Reject IE" or "Ignore IE and Notify Sender" using the
Error Indication procedure, the Procedure Code IE, the Triggering Message IE, Procedure Criticality IE, and the
Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE shall be included in the Criticality Diagnostics IE for each reported
IE/IE group. In the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE the Repetition Number IE shall be included and in
addition, if the missing IE/IE group is not at message hierarchy level 1 (top level; see annex A) also the Message
Structure IE shall be included.
10.3.6 IEs or IE groups received in wrong order or with too many occurrences
or erroneously present
If a message with IEs or IE groups in wrong order or with too many occurrences is received or if IEs or IE groups with
a conditional presence are present when the condition is not met (i.e. erroneously present), the receiving node shall
behave according to the following:
- If a message initiating a procedure is received containing IEs or IE groups in wrong order or with too many
occurrences or erroneously present, none of the functional requests of the message shall be executed. The
receiving node shall reject the procedure and report the cause value "Abstract Syntax Error (Falsely Constructed
Message)" using the message normally used to report unsuccessful outcome of the procedure. In case the
information received in the initiating message was insufficient to determine a value for all IEs that are required
to be present in the message used to report the unsuccessful outcome of the procedure, the receiving node shall
instead terminate the procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure.
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- If a message initiating a procedure that does not have a message to report unsuccessful outcome is received
containing IEs or IE groups in wrong order or with too many occurrences or erroneously present, the receiving
node shall terminate the procedure and initiate the Error Indication procedure, and use cause value "Abstract
Syntax Error (Falsely Constructed Message)".
- If a response message is received containing IEs or IE groups in wrong order or with too many occurrences or
erroneously present, the receiving node shall consider the procedure as unsuccessfully terminated and initiate
local error handling.
When determining the correct order only the IEs specified in the specification version used by the receiver shall be
considered.
10.4 Logical Error

Logical error situations occur when a message is comprehended correctly, but the information contained within the
message is not valid (i.e. semantic error), or describes a procedure which is not compatible with the state of the receiver.
In these conditions, the following behaviour shall be performed (unless otherwise specified) as defined by the class of
the elementary procedure, irrespective of the criticality information of the IE's/IE groups containing the erroneous
values.
Class 1:
Where the logical error occurs in a request message of a class 1 procedure, and the procedure has a message to report
this unsuccessful outcome, this message shall be sent with an appropriate cause value. Typical cause values are:
- Semantic Error;
- Message not compatible with receiver state.
Where the logical error is contained in a request message of a class 1 procedure, and the procedure does not have a
message to report this unsuccessful outcome, the procedure shall be terminated and the Error Indication procedure shall
be initiated with an appropriate cause value. The Procedure Code IE and the Triggering Message IE within the
Criticality Diagnostics IE shall then be included in order to identify the message containing the logical error.
Where the logical error exists in a response message of a class 1 procedure, the procedure shall be considered as
unsuccessfully terminated and local error handling shall be initiated.
Class 2:
Where the logical error occurs in a message of a class 2 procedure, the procedure shall be terminated and the Error
Indication procedure shall be initiated with an appropriate cause value. The Procedure Code IE and the Triggering
Message IE within the Criticality Diagnostics IE shall then be included in order to identify the message containing the
logical error.
10.5 Exceptions
The error handling for all the cases described hereafter shall take precedence over any other error handling described in
the other subclauses of clause 10.
- If any type of error (Transfer Syntax Error, Abstract Syntax Error or Logical Error) is detected in the ERROR
INDICATION message, it shall not trigger the Error Indication procedure in the receiving Node but local error
handling.
- In case a response message or Error Indication message needs to be returned, but the information necessary to
determine the receiver of that message is missing, the procedure shall be considered as unsuccessfully terminated
and local error handling shall be initiated.
- If an error that terminates a procedure occurs, the returned cause value shall reflect the error that caused the
termination of the procedure even if one or more abstract syntax errors with criticality “ignore and notify” have
earlier occurred within the same procedure.
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Annex A (informative):
Guidelines for Usage of the Criticality Diagnostics IE
A.1 EXAMPLE MESSAGE Layout

Assume the following message format:
IE/Group Name Presence Range IE type and Semantics Criticality Assigned

reference description Criticality
Message Type M YES reject
A M YES reject
B M YES reject
>E 1..<maxE> EACH ignore
>>F 1..<maxF> -
>>>G 0..3, … EACH ignore
>>H 1..<maxH> EACH ignore
>>>G 0..3, … EACH ignore and
notify
>>G M YES reject
>>J 1..<maxJ> -
>>>G 0..3, … EACH reject
C M YES reject
>K 1..<maxK> EACH ignore and
notify
>>L 1..<maxL> -
>>>M O -
D M YES reject
Note 1. The IEs F, J, and L do not have assigned criticality. The IEs F, J, and L are consequently realised as the
ASN.1 type SEQUENCE OF of "ordinary" ASN.1 type, e.g. INTEGER. On the other hand, the repeatable
IEs with assigned criticality are realised as the ASN.1 type SEQUENCE OF of an IE object, e.g.
ProtocolIE-Container.
For the corresponding ASN.1 layout, see subclause A.4.
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A.2 Example on a Received EXAMPLE MESSAGE

Assume further more that a received message based on the above tabular format is according to figure A.1.
Level 1 A B C D
(top level)
Level 2 E K
Level 3 F H G J L
Level 4 G G G G G G G
Legend: 1st repetition

2nd repetition
Nth repetition
IE based on a protocol container
IE being an "ordinary" ASN.1 type
Figure A.1: Example of content of a received SABP message based on the EXAMPLE MESSAGE
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A.3 Content of Criticality Diagnostics

A.3.1 Example 1
Level 1 A B C D
(top level)
Included in the
Message Structure IE.
Level 2 E K
1
2
3
4
Level 3 F H G J L
5
1 4 6 9 10 13
2 7 11 14
3 8 12
Included in the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE:

a) IE ID IE
b) Repetition Number IE
Figure A.2: Example of a received SABP message containing a not comprehended IE
If there is an error within the instance marked as grey in the IE G in the IE J shown in the figure A.2, this will be
reported within the Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE within the Criticality Diagnostics IE as follows:
IE name Value Comment

IE Criticality reject Criticality for IE on the reported level, i.e. level 4.
IE ID id-G IE ID from the reported level, i.e. level 4.
Repetition 11 Repetition number on the reported level, i.e. level 4.
Number (Since the IE E (level 2) is the lowest level included in the Message Structure IE this is
the eleventh occurrence of IE G within the IE E (level 2).
Type of Error not
underst
ood
Message Structure, first repetition
>IE ID id-B IE ID from level 1.
Message Structure, second repetition
>IE ID id-E IE ID from the lowest level above the reported level, i.e. level 2.
>Repetition 3 Repetition number from the lowest level above the reported level, i.e. level 2.
Number
Note 2. The IE J on level 3 cannot be included in the Message Structure IE since they have no criticality of their
own.
Note 3. The repetition number of the reported IE indicates the number of repetitions of IE G received up to the
detected erroneous repetition, counting all occurrences of the IE G below the same instance of the
previous level with assigned criticality (instance 3 of IE E on level 2).
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A.3.2 Example 2
Level 1 A B C D
(top level)
Included in the
Level 2 E K
1
2
3
Level 3 F H G J L

a) IE ID IE
If there is an error within the second instance (marked as grey) in the sequence (IE L in the tabular format) on level 3
below IE K in the structure shown in the figure A.3, this will be reported within the Information Element Criticality
Diagnostics IE within the Criticality Diagnostics IE as follows:

IE Criticality ignore Criticality for IE on the reported level, i.e. level 2.
and
notify
IE ID id-K IE ID from the reported level, i.e. level 2.
Number
Type of Error not
underst
ood
>IE ID id-C IE ID from the lowest level above the reported level, i.e. level 1.
Note 4. The IE L on level 3 cannot be reported individually included in the Message Structure IE since it has no
criticality of its own.
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A.3.3 Example 3
Level 1 A B C D
(top level)
Included in the
Level 2 E K
1
2
3
4
Level 3 F H G J L
1
2
1
2
3

a) IE ID IE
If there is an error within the instance marked as grey in the IE G in the IE H shown in the figure A.4, this will be

IE Criticality ignore Criticality for IE on the reported level, i.e. level 4.
and
notify
Number
Type of Error not
underst
ood
>IE ID id-E IE ID from level 2.
>Repetition 3 Repetition number from level 2.
Number
Message Structure, third repetition
>IE ID id-H IE ID from the lowest level above the reported level, i.e. level 3.
Number
Note 5. The repetition number of level 4 indicates the number of repetitions of IE G received up to the detected
erroneous repetition, counted below the same instance of the previous level with assigned criticality
(instance 1 of IE H on level 3).
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A.3.4 Example 4
Level 1 A B C D
(top level)
Included in the
Level 2 E K
1
2
3
4
Level 3 F H G J L
5
1 4 6 9 10 13
2 7 11 14
3 8 12

a) IE ID IE
If there is an error within the instance marked as grey in the IE G in the IE E shown in the figure A.5, this will be

Number (Since the IE E (level 2) is the lowest level included in the Message Structure IE this is
the fifth occurrence of IE G within the IE E (level 2).
Type of Error not
underst
ood
Number
Note 6. The repetition number of the reported IE indicates the number of repetitions of IE G received up to the
detected erroneous repetition, counting all occurrences of the IE G below the same instance of the previous level with
assigned criticality (instance 3 of IE E on level 2).
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A.3.5 Example 5
Level 1 A B C D
(top level)
Included in the
Level 2 E K
1
2
3
4
Level 3 F H G J L
1 4 5 8 9 12
2 6 10 13
3 7 11

a) IE ID IE
Figure A.6: Example of a received SABP message with a missing IE
If the instance marked as grey in the IE G in the IE E shown in the figure A.6, is missing this will be reported within the
Information Element Criticality Diagnostics IE within the Criticality Diagnostics IE as follows:

Repetition 4 Repetition number up to the missing IE on the reported level, i.e. level 3.
Number (Since the IE E (level 2) is the lowest level included in the Message Structure IE there
have been four occurrences of IE G within the IE E (level 2) up to the missing
occurrence.
Type of Error missing
Number
Note 7. The repetition number of the reported IE indicates the number of repetitions of IE G received up to but
not including the missing occurrence, counting all occurrences of the IE G below the same instance of the
previous level with assigned criticality (instance 3 of IE E on level 2).
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A.4 ASN.1 of EXAMPLE MESSAGE

ExampleMessage ::= SEQUENCE {
ProtocolIEs ProtocolIE-Container {{ExampleMessage-IEs}},
ProtocolExtensions ProtocolExtensionContainer {{ExampleMessage-Extensions}} OPTIONAL,
...
}
ExampleMessage-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-A CRITICALITY reject TYPE A PRESENCE mandatory} |
{ ID id-B CRITICALITY reject TYPE B PRESENCE mandatory} |
{ ID id-C CRITICALITY reject TYPE C PRESENCE mandatory} |
{ ID id-D CRITICALITY reject TYPE D PRESENCE mandatory} ,
...
}
B ::= SEQUENCE {
e E-List,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {B-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
B-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
E-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxE)) OF ProtocolIE-Container { {E-IEs} }
E-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-E CRITICALITY ignore TYPE E PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
E ::= SEQUENCE {
f F-List,
h H-List,
g G-List1,
j J-List,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {E-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
E-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
F-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxF)) OF F
F ::= SEQUENCE {
g G-List2 OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {F-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
F-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
G-List2 ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..3, ...)) OF ProtocolIE-Container { {G2-IEs} }
G2-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-G CRITICALITY ignore TYPE G PRESENCE mandatory }
...
}
H-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxH)) OF ProtocolIE-Container { {H-IEs} }
H-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-H CRITICALITY ignore TYPE H PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
H ::= SEQUENCE {
g G-List3 OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {H-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
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H-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}

{ ID id-G CRITICALITY notify TYPE G PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
G-List1 ::= ProtocolIE-Container { {G1-IEs} }

{ ID id-G CRITICALITY reject TYPE G PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
J-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxJ)) OF J
J ::= SEQUENCE {
g G-List4 OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {J-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
J-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}

{ ID id-G CRITICALITY reject TYPE G PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
C ::= SEQUENCE {
k K-List,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {C-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
C-ExtIEsA -PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
K-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxK)) OF ProtocolIE-Container { {K-IEs} }
K-IEs SABP-PROTOCOL-IES ::= {

{ ID id-K CRITICALITY notify TYPE K PRESENCE mandatory },
...
}
K ::= SEQUENCE {
l L-List,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {K-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
K-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
L-List ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxL)) OF L
L ::= SEQUENCE {
m M OPTIONAL,
iE-Extensions ProtocolExtensionContainer { {L-ExtIEs} } OPTIONAL,
...
}
L-ExtIEs SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
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ExampleMessage-Extensions SABP-PROTOCOL-EXTENSION ::= {

...
}
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Annex B (informative):
Change history
Change history
TSG RAN# Version CR Tdoc RAN New Subject/Comment
Version
RAN_07 - - - 3.0.0 Approved at TSG RAN #7 and placed under Change Control
RAN_08 3.0.0 - RP-000239 3.1.0 Approved at TSG RAN #8
RAN_09 3.1.0 011 RP-000377 3.2.0 Approved at TSG RAN #9
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020
021
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Change history
Date TSG # TSG Doc. CR Rev Subject/Comment Old New
March 01 11 - - Approved at TSG RAN #11 and placed under Change Control - 4.0.0
06/2001 12 RP-010377 036,0 Approved at TSG RAN #12 4.0.0 4.1.0
38,04
0,042
,043,
044,0
48,05
0
09/2001 13 RP-010582 051 1 SABP criticality 4.1.0 4.2.0
09/2001 13 RP-010582 052 1 Correction to the Error handling of the ERROR INDICATION 4.1.0 4.2.0
message
09/2001 13 RP-010582 056 1 Error handling of the Erroneously Present Conditional Ies 4.1.0 4.2.0
09/2001 13 RP-010582 058 1 Clarification of chapter 10 4.1.0 4.2.0
09/2001 13 RP-010582 060 1 SABP General Corrections 4.1.0 4.2.0
09/2001 13 RP-010582 062 2 Clarification of the usage of the Number of Broadcasts Requested 4.1.0 4.2.0
IE
09/2001 13 RP-010582 064 1 Clarification of the usage of the SABP Reset Procedure 4.1.0 4.2.0
09/2001 13 RP-010582 066 2 Clarification of the usage of the Service Areas List IE within the 4.1.0 4.2.0
Reset Procedure
12/2001 14 RP-010852 068 1 SAI Clarification 4.2.0 4.3.0
12/2001 14 RP-010852 070 Bitstrings ordering 4.2.0 4.3.0
12/2001 14 RP-010852 072 Procedure Code Criticality in Error Indication 4.2.0 4.3.0
12/2001 14 RP-010852 074 2 Addition of amendment to clarify the PER encoding of bitstrings 4.2.0 4.3.0
12/2001 14 RP-010852 076 Section 9.2.0 missing 4.2.0 4.3.0
12/2001 14 RP-010852 078 2 CR on 25.419 (R4) Usage of ''Number of Broadcasts Completed 4.2.0 4.3.0
List' IE
12/2001 14 RP-010852 080 Correction the Clause 10 Error Handling 4.2.0 4.3.0
03/2002 15 RP-020167 082 Correction of the value Default in Category IE 4.3.0 4.4.0
03/2002 15 RP-020167 084 1 Correction of the wording of maximum value 4.3.0 4.4.0
03/2002 15 RP-020167 086 Service expected from the transport layer 4.3.0 4.4.0
03/2002 15 RP-020167 088 1 ASN.1 take precedence if contradiction between ASN.1 and tabular 4.3.0 4.4.0
03/2002 15 RP-020167 090 1 Mismatch the type of some IE between 24.419 and 25.324 4.3.0 4.4.0
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03/2002 15 RP-020167 092 Correction of the usage of Write-Replace Failure message 4.3.0 4.4.0
03/2002 15 RP-020167 094 Error Indication correction 4.3.0 4.4.0
03/2002 15 - - Approved at TSG RAN #15 and placed under Change Control - 5.0.0
06/2002 16 RP-020404 097 Criticality Information Decoding Failure Handling 5.0.0 5.1.0
06/2002 16 RP-020404 100 1 Clarification for the usage of the cause value 5.0.0 5.1.0
06/2002 16 RP-020404 103 SABP: WRITE-REPLACE Procedure Clarification 5.0.0 5.1.0
09/2002 17 RP-020602 106 1 Correction to ASN.1 coding: criticality information missing 5.1.0 5.2.0
03/2003 19 RP-030057 108 1 Correction of Write and Replace functions 5.2.0 5.3.0
06/2003 20 RP-030315 112 1 Correction of Kill Unsuccessful Outcome 5.3.0 5.4.0
06/2003 20 RP-030326 117 Correction of Failure message used for logical errors 5.3.0 5.4.0
09/2003 21 RP-030445 118 Alignment of title and sub-clause text of chapter 10.3.4.2 5.4.0 5.5.0
09/2003 21 RP-030446 119 1 Removal of the note in chapter 10 5.4.0 5.5.0
09/2003 21 RP-030438 124 2 Correction of number of broadcast to be reported 5.4.0 5.5.0
12/2003 22 RP-030673 130 Correction of finite number of broadcast 5.5.0 5.6.0
12/2003 22 - - - Introduction of Release 6 specification 5.6.0 6.0.0
03/2004 23 RP-040063 132 1 Correction to 25.419 for Broadcast Message Content IE 6.0.0 6.1.0
12/2004 26 RP-040441 133 outdated ITU-T reference 6.1.0 6.2.0
03/2006 31 - - - Introduction of Release 7 specification 6.2.0 7.0.0
12/2008 42 RP-080857 135 2 CR on ETWS support in UTRAN SABP 7.0.0 8.0.0
12/2008 42 RP-080857 136 1 CR on Security Information for Primary Notification 7.0.0 8.0.0
12/2009 46 RP-091179 138 1 Correction of ETWS for Rel8 HSPA 8.0.0 8.1.0
12/2009 - - - - Creation of Rel-9 version based on v8.1.0 8.1.0 9.0.0
03/2011 SP-49 SP-100629 Clarification on the use of References (TS 21.801 CR#0030) 9.0.0 9.0.1
03/2011 Creation of Rel-10 version based on v9.0.1 9.0.1 10.0.0
06/2011 52 RP-110685 140 - Removal of unused references 10.0.0 10.1.0
09/2011 53 RP-111223 141 1 Correction of a typo in ASN.1 code 10.1.0 10.2.0
09/2012 Update to Rel-11 version (MCC) 10.2.0 11.0.0
03/2013 59 RP-130212 151 2 Invalidation of ETWS with security feature 11.0.0 11.1.0
01/2014 66 RP-142094 152 3 Adding a new reference of TS 25.921 12.0.0 12.1.0
Change history
Date Meeting TDoc CR Rev Cat Subject/Comment New
version
2017-03 SA#75 Promotion to Release 14 without technical change 14.0.0
2018-07 SA#80 - - - - Promotion to Release 15 without technical change 15.0.0
2020-07 SA#88-e - - - - Update to Rel-16 version (MCC) 16.0.0
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9 Elements for SABP Communication.............................................................................................20

9.4 Message Transfer Syntax..........................................................................................................................61

Annex A (informative): Guidelines for Usage of the Criticality Diagnostics IE.......................67

Annex B (informative): Change history........................................................................................77

x the first digit:

1 presented to TSG for information;

2 presented to TSG for approval;

3 or greater indicates TSG approved document under change control.

 For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.

[4] 3GPP TR 25.931: "UTRAN Functions: Examples on Signalling Procedures".

[5] 3GPP TS 23.041: "Technical realization of Cell Broadcast Service (CBS)".

[11] 3GPP TS 25.324: "Broadcast/Multicast Control BMC".

[12] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".

3 Definitions and abbreviations

- Class 1: Elementary Procedures with response (success or failure).

- Class 2: Elementary Procedures without response.

For Class 1 EPs, the types of responses can be as follows:

- A signalling message explicitly indicates that the EP failed.

- On time supervision expiry (i.e. absence of expected response).

Class 2 EPs are considered always successful.

CBC Cell Broadcast Centre

4.1 Procedure Specification Principles

- The procedure text discriminates between:

1) Functionality which "shall" be executed:

2) Functionality which "shall, if supported" be executed:

4.2 Forwards and Backwards Compatibility

4.3 Specification Notations

5 Services provided by SABP

 The initiator of a connection is responsible for the termination of the connection.

6 Services expected from the Transport layer

- in sequence delivery of Signalling data TS 25.414 [6].

8.1 Elementary Procedures

Elementary Initiating Message Successful Outcome Unsuccessful Outcome

Elementary Procedure Message

8.2.2 Successful Operation

Figure 1: Write-Replace Procedure: Successful Operation

If the WRITE-REPLACE message sent from the CN:

8.2.3 Unsuccessful Operation

Figure 2: Write-Replace Procedure: Un-Successful Operation

If the WRITE-REPLACE message sent from the CN:

8.2.4 Abnormal Conditions

8.3.2 Successful Operation

Figure 3: Kill Procedure: Successful Operation

8.3.3 Unsuccessful Operation

Figure 4: Kill Procedure: Un-Successful Operation

8.3.4 Abnormal Conditions

8.4 Load Status Enquiry

8.4.2 Successful Operation

LOAD QUERY COMPLETE

Figure 5: Load Status Enquiry Procedure: Successful Operation

8.4.3 Unsuccessful Operation

LOAD QUERY FAILURE

Figure 6: Load Status Enquiry Procedure: Un-Successful Operation