Content for  TS 23.502  Word version:  18.5.0

NF Service Consumer, e.g. AMF, can create and manage an AM Policy Association in the PCF through which the NF Service Consumer receives access and mobility related policy information for a UE identified by a SUPI.

Npcf_AMPolicyControl_Create

NF Service Consumer can request the creation of an AM Policy Association and by providing relevant parameters about the UE context to the PCF.

SUPI.

Information provided by the AMF, such as Access Type, Permanent Equipment Identifier, GPSI, User Location Information, UE Time Zone, Serving Network identifier (PLMN ID, or PLMN ID and NID, see clause 5.34 of TS 23.501), RAT type, List of subscribed Service Area Restrictions, subscribed RFSP Index, the Allowed NSSAI, Partially Allowed NSSAI, S-NSSAI(s) rejected partially in the RA, Rejected S-NSSAI(s) for the RA, Pending NSSAI, Target NSSAI, GUAMI, Subscribed UE-AMBR, Network Slice Replacement supported for the UE (see clause 5.15.19 of TS 23.501), Internal Group (see clause 5.9.7 of TS 23.501), subscription notification indication, backup AMF(s) (if NF Type is AMF). Backup AMF(s) are sent only once by the AMF to the PCF in its first interaction with the PCF, list of NWDAF instance Ids and corresponding Analytics ID(s).

AM Policy Association ID.

The requested access and mobility related policy information as defined in clause 6.5 of TS 23.503 and Policy Control Request Trigger(s) of AM Policy Association as defined in clause 6.1.2.5 of TS 23.503.

Npcf_AMPolicyControl_UpdateNotify

Provides to the NF Service Consumer, e.g. AMF, updated AM related Policy information for the AM Policy Association as defined in clause 6.5 of TS 23.503.

AM Policy Association ID.

Access and Mobility related information or indication of AM Policy Association termination.

Success or failure.

None.

Npcf_AMPolicyControl_Delete

Provides means for the NF Consumer to delete the AM Policy Association.

AM Policy Association ID.

None.

Success or Failure.

None.

Npcf_AMPolicyControl_Update.

NF Service Consumer, e.g. AMF can request the update of the AM Policy Association to receive updated access and mobility related policy information for the UE context when the Policy Control Request Trigger is met or the AMF is relocated due to the UE mobility and the old PCF is selected.

AM Policy Association ID.

Information on the Policy Control Request Trigger condition that has been met as defined in clause 6.1.2.5 of TS 23.503, GUAMI(s) (if NF Type is AMF), list of NWDAF instance Ids and corresponding Analytics ID(s), Target NSSAI.

Success or not.

Access and mobility related policy information for the UE context as defined in clause 6.5 of TS 23.503 and Policy Control Request Trigger(s) of AM Policy Association as defined in clause 6.1.2.5 of TS 23.503.

Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Create

Authorize the request and optionally determines and installs SM Policy Control Data according to the information provided by the NF Consumer or provides Port Management Information Container for ports on DS-TT or NW-TT, or User plane node Management Information Container.

UE (IP or MAC) address, identification of the application session context.

GPSI(s) or SUPI(s) if available, Internal Group Identifier, DNN if available, S-NSSAI if available, Media type, Media format, bandwidth requirements, sponsored data connectivity information if applicable, flow description information as described in clause 6.1.3.6 of TS 23.503, AF Application Identifier, AF Communication Service Identifier, AF Record Identifier, Flow status, Priority indicator, emergency indicator, ASP Identifier, resource allocation outcome, AF Application Event Identifier, a list of DNAI(s) and corresponding routing profile ID(s) or N6 traffic routing information, AF Transaction Id, Early and/or late notifications about UP path management events, temporal validity condition, spatial validity condition, Information for EAS IP Replacement in 5GC, Indication for EAS Relocation, AF indication for simultaneous connectivity over source and target PSA at edge relocation, EAS Correlation indication, Common EAS IP address, Traffic Correlation ID, FQDN(s) as described in clause 5.6.7 of TS 23.501, Background Data Transfer Reference ID, priority sharing indicator as described in clause 6.1.3.15 of TS 23.503, pre-emption control information as described in clause 6.1.3.15 of TS 23.503, Port Management Information Container and related port number, User plane node Management Information Container, TSN AF parameters provided by the TSN AF to the PCF as described in clause 6.1.3.23 of TS 23.503, TSCTSF parameters provided by the TSCTSF to the PCF as described in clause 6.1.3.23a and clause 6.1.3.23b of TS 23.503, QoS Monitoring parameter(s) as defined in clause 5.45 of TS 23.501, Reporting frequency, Target of reporting and optional an indication of direct event notification as described in clause 6.1.3.21 of TS 23.503, QoS Reference or individual QoS parameters as described in clause 6.1.3.22 of TS 23.503, RT Latency Indication as described in clause 6.1.3.22 of TS 23.503, Alternative Service Requirements (containing one or more QoS Reference parameters or Requested Alternative QoS Parameter Sets in a prioritized order), TSC Assistance Container, MPS for Data Transport Service indicator as described in clause 6.1.3.11 of TS 23.503, Packet Delay Variation requirements as described in clause 6.1.3.26 of TS 23.503, SFC Identifier(s), Metadata, Periodicity as described clauses 6.1.3.22 and 6.3.1 of TS 23.503, PDU Set QoS Parameters as described in clause 5.7.7 of TS 23.501, Protocol Description as described in clause 5.37.5 or 5.37.8.3 of TS 23.501, Data Burst Handing Information as described in clause 6.3.1 of TS 23.503, Indication of ECN marking for L4S as described in clause 6.1.3.22 of TS 23.503, Notification Target Address for PMIC/UMIC UPF event, Correlation ID for PMIC/UMIC UPF event, Multi-Modal Service ID together with Multi-modal Service Requirements information for each data flow as described in clause 6.1.3.27.3 of TS 23.503, QoS duration, QoS inactivity interval as described in clause 6.1.3.22 of TS 23.503.

Success or Failure (reason for failure, e.g. as defined in clauses 6.1.3.16 and clause 6.1.3.10 of TS 23.503).

The service information that can be accepted by the PCF.

Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Update

Provides updated information to the PCF.

Identification of the application session context.

Media type, Media format, bandwidth requirements, sponsored data connectivity information if applicable, flow description information as described in clause 6.1.3.6 of TS 23.503, AF Application Identifier, AF Communication Service Identifier, AF Record Identifier, Flow status, Priority indicator, resource allocation outcome, AF Application Event Identifier, a list of DNAI(s) and corresponding routing profile ID(s) or N6 traffic routing information, AF Transaction Id, Early and/or late notifications about UP path management events, temporal validity condition, spatial validity condition, Information for EAS IP Replacement in 5GC, Indication for EAS Relocation, AF indication for simultaneous connectivity over source and target PSA at edge relocation as described in clause 5.6.7 of TS 23.501, Background Data Transfer Reference ID, priority sharing indicator as described in clause 6.1.3.15 of TS 23.503, pre-emption control information as described in clause 6.1.3.15 of TS 23.503, Port Management Information Container and related port number, User plane node Management Information Container, TSN AF parameters provided by the TSN AF to the PCF as described in clause 6.1.3.23 of TS 23.503, TSCTSF parameters provided by the TSCTSF to the PCF as described in clause 6.1.3.23a and clause 6.1.3.23b of TS 23.503, QoS Reference or individual QoS parameters as described in clause 6.1.3.22 of TS 23.503, Alternative Service Requirements (containing one or more QoS Reference parameters or Requested Alternative QoS Parameter Sets in a prioritized order), TSC Assistance Container, QoS Monitoring parameter(s) as defined in clause 5.45 of TS 23.501, Reporting frequency, Target of reporting and optional an indication of direct event notification as described in clause 6.1.3.21 of TS 23.503, MPS for Data Transport Service indicator as described in clause 6.1.3.11 of TS 23.503, Packet Delay Variation requirements as described in clause 6.1.3.26 of TS 23.503, SFC Identifier(s), Metadata, Periodicity as described clauses 6.1.3.22 and 6.3.1 of TS 23.503, PDU Set QoS Parameters as described in clause 5.7.7 of TS 23.501, Protocol Description as described in clause 5.37.5 or 5.37.8.3 of TS 23.501, Data Burst Handing Information as described in clause 6.3.1 of TS 23.503, Notification Target Address for PMIC/UMIC UPF event, Correlation ID for PMIC/UMIC UPF event, updated information for Multi-modal Service Requirements as described in clause 6.1.3.27.3 of TS 23.503.

Success or Failure (reason for failure, e.g. as defined in clause 6.1.3.16 of TS 23.503).

The service information that can be accepted by the PCF.

Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Delete

Provides means for the NF Consumer to delete the context of application level session information.

Identification of the application session context.

None.

None.

None.

Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Notify

provided by the PCF to notify NF consumers of the subscribed events.

Event ID.

Event information (defined on a per Event ID basis) are defined in clause 6.1.3.18 of TS 23.503, Notification Correlation Information (information to identify the application session), DNN, S-NSSAI. Notification Correlation Information is mandatory except in the case of the new 5GS Bridge/Router information detected event if no AF session exists between the PCF and the AF. DNN and S-NSSAI are required in the case of private IPv4 address being used for the IP type PDU Session that are potentially impacted by time sensitive communication and time synchronization service.

Operation execution result indication.

None.

Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Subscribe

provided by the PCF for NF consumers to explicitly subscribe the notification of events.

(Set of) Event ID(s) as specified in Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Notify service operation, target of PCF event reporting (defined below), NF ID, Event Reporting Information defined in Table 4.15.1-1 (only the Event Reporting mode and the immediate reporting flag when applicable), Notification Target Address (+ Notification Correlation ID). The target of PCF event reporting the subscription for an individual AF session: An UE IP address (IPv4 address or IPv6 prefix) optionally together with a (DNN, S-NSSAI) or with a UE ID (SUPI or GPSI).

Event Filter, Subscription Correlation ID (in the case of modification of the event subscription), Notification Target Address for PMIC/UMIC UPF event, Correlation ID for PMIC/UMIC UPF event.

When the subscription is accepted: Subscription Correlation ID.

None.

Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Unsubscribe

Enable NF consumers to explicitly unsubscribe the notification of PCF events related to Npcf_PolicyAuthorization_Subscribe operation.

Subscription Correlation.

None.

Success or Failure.

None.

NF Service Consumer, e.g. SMF, can create and manage a SM Policy Association in the PCF through which the NF Service Consumer receives policy information for a PDU Session.

Npcf_SMPolicyControl_Create.

The NF Service Consumer can request the creation of a SM Policy Association and provides relevant parameters about the PDU Session to the PCF.

SUPI (or PEI in the case of emergency PDU Session without SUPI), PDU Session id, DNN, S-NSSAI and RAT Type.

Information provided by the SMF, such as PDU Session Type, Request Type, Access Type, the IPv4 address and/or IPv6 prefix, PEI, GPSI, User Location Information, UE Time Zone, Serving Network identifier (PLMN ID, or PLMN ID and NID, see clause 5.34 of TS 23.501), Charging Characteristics information, Session-AMBR, subscribed default QoS information (5QI, 5QI Priority Level, ARP), UE support of reflective QoS (see clause 5.7.5.1 of TS 23.501), Number of supported packet filters for signalled QoS rules for the PDU Session (see clause 5.7.1.4 of TS 23.501), 3GPP PS Data Off status, Trace Requirements and Internal Group Identifier (see clause 5.9.7 of TS 23.501), DN Authorization Profile Index, DN authorized Session AMBR, Framed Route information (as defined in Table 5.2.3.3.1-1), MA PDU Request indication, MA PDU Network-Upgrade Allowed indication, ATSSS capabilities of the MA PDU Session, QoS constraints from the VPLMN (as defined in clause 5.7.1.11 of TS 23.501), Satellite backhaul category, list of NWDAF instance Ids (used by AMF, SMF, UPF) and corresponding Analytics ID(s), PVS IP address(es) and/or PVS FQDN(s) and Onboarding Indication in the case of ON-SNPN (see clause 5.30.2.10.4.2 of TS 23.501), URSP rule enforcement that including Connection Capability, PCF binding information (address(es) of PCF for UE, instance id of PCF for UE), HR-SBO support indication (see clause 6.2.1.2 of TS 23.503), Alternative S-NSSAI (see clause 5.15.19 of TS 23.501), URSP delivery in EPS support indication.

W-5GAN specific PDU Session information provided by the SMF is specified in TS 23.316.

SM Policy Association ID defined in TS 29.512. Success or Failure.

Policy information for the PDU Session as defined in TS 23.503 and Policy Control Request Trigger(s) of SM Policy Association as defined in clause 6.1.3.5 of TS 23.503.

Npcf_SMPolicyControl_UpdateNotify

Provides to the NF Service Consumer, e.g. SMF, updated Policy information for the PDU Session.

SM Policy Association ID.

Policy information for the PDU Session as defined in TS 23.503 and Policy Control Request Trigger(s) of SM Policy Association as defined in clause 6.1.3.5 of TS 23.503.

Success or Failure.

None.

Npcf_SMPolicyControl_Delete

The NF Service Consumer can request the deletion of the SM Policy Association and of the associated resources.

SM Policy Association ID.

5G SRVCC indication.

Success or Failure.

None.

Npcf_SMPolicyControl_Update.

The NF Service Consumer can request the update of the SM Policy Association to receive updated Policy information for the PDU Session.

SM Policy Association ID.

Information on the Policy Control Request Trigger condition that has been met, as defined in clause 6.1.3.5 of TS 23.503. W-5GAN specific PDU Session information provided by the SMF is specified in TS 23.316.

Success or not.

Policy information for the PDU Session as defined in TS 23.503 and Policy Control Request Trigger(s) of SM Policy Association as defined in clause 6.1.3.5 of TS 23.503 and UE Policy Container.

Npcf_BDTPolicyControl_Create

This service is to create the background data transfer policy.

ASP identifier, Volume per UE, Number of UEs, Desired time window.

S-NSSAI, DNN, Internal Group Identifier, Network Area Information, Request for notification, MAC address or IP 3-tuple of Application server.

one or more background data transfer policies, Background Data Transfer Reference ID.

None.

Npcf_BDTPolicyControl_Update

This service is to update the background data transfer policy to the PCF.

ASP identifier, background data transfer policy, Background Data Transfer Reference ID.

Stop notification.

None

None.

Npcf_BDTPolicyControl_Notify

This service operation sends the BDT warning notification to the NF consumer.

Background data transfer reference ID.

Network Area Information, Time window, list of candidate Background Data Transfer policies.

None.

None.

NF Service Consumer, e.g. AMF, or the PCF serving the PDU Session when a UE attaches in EPS, may create and manage a UE Policy Association in the PCF through which the NF Service Consumer receives Policy Control Request Trigger of UE Policy Association.

Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Create

NF Service Consumer can request the creation of a UE Policy Association by providing relevant parameters about the UE context to the PCF.

Notification endpoint, SUPI.

H-PCF ID (if the NF service producer is V-PCF and AMF is NF service consumer), information provided by the AMF as define in clause 6.2.1.2 of TS 23.503, such as Access Type, Permanent Equipment Identifier, GPSI, User Location Information, UE Time Zone, Serving Network (PLMN ID, or PLMN ID and NID, see clause 5.34 of TS 23.501), RAT type, LBO Information (see clause 6.1.2.2.4 of TS 23.503), UE policy container including the list of PSIs, OS id, the indication of UE support for ANDSP, UE capability of reporting URSP rule enforcement to network (see clause 6.6.2.4 of TS 23.503), UE indication of support of URSP delivery in EPS and Internal Group (see TS 23.501), Satellite backhaul category (see clause 5.43 of TS 23.501), "5GS to EPS Mobility" indication, request to update the UE policies, request to be notified when updated UE policies have been provided to the UE.

Success or Failure, UE Policy Association ID.

Policy Control Request Trigger of UE Policy Association. In the case of H-PCF is producer, UE policy information (see clause 5.2.5.6.1).

Npcf_UEPolicyControl_UpdateNotify

Provides to the NF Service Consumer updated Policy information for the UE context evaluated based on the information previously provided by the PCF.

Notification endpoint, UE Policy Association ID.

Policy Control Request Trigger of UE Policy Association. In the case of H-PCF is producer, UE Access and PDU session related information as defined in clause 5.2.5.1, indication of successful delivery of UE policies.

Success or failure.

None.

Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Delete

Provides means for the NF Consumer to delete the UE policy control association.

UE Policy Association ID.

None.

Success or Failure.

None.

Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Update

NF Service Consumer, e.g. AMF can request the update of the UE Policy Association to receive updated Policy information for the UE context.

UE Policy Association ID.

Information on the UE policy related Policy Control Request Trigger condition that has been met, as defined in Table 6.1.2.5-1 of TS 23.503.

Success or Failure.

Policy Control Request Trigger of UE Policy Association. In the case of H-PCF is producer, UE related policy information.

Npcf_EventExposure_Subscribe.

The consumer NF uses this service operation to subscribe to or modify event reporting for a group of UE(s) or any UE accessing a combination of (DNN, S-NSSAI).

NEF.

NF ID, Target of Event Reporting (Internal Group Identifier or indication that any UE accessing a combination of (DNN, S-NSSAI)is targeted, (set of) Event ID(s) defined in clause 5.2.5.7.1, Notification Target Address (+ Notification Correlation ID) and Event Reporting Information defined in Table 4.15.1-1.

Event Filter (s) associated with each Event ID, Expiry time.

Operation execution result indication. When the subscription is accepted: Subscription Correlation ID, Expiry time (required if the subscription can be expired based on the operator's policy).

First corresponding event report is included, if corresponding information is available (see clause 4.15.1).

Npcf_EventExposure_Unsubscribe.

The NF consumer uses this service operation to unsubscribe for a specific event for a group of UE(s) or any UE accessing a combination of (DNN, S-NSSAI).

Subscription Correlation ID.

None.

Operation execution result indication.

None.

Npcf_EventExposure_Notify.

This service operation reports the event to the consumer that has previously subscribed either using Npcf_EventExposure_Subscribe service operation or provided as part of the Data Set Application Data and Data Subset Service Parameters stored in UDR.

Event ID, corresponding UE IDs (GPSI(s), SUPI), Notification Correlation Information, time stamp. The PCF reports the SUPI and if available GPSI(s) for each of the events. The PCF may report the reports multiple events when those happen at the same time and as indicated in the time stamp.

Internal-Group-Id, Event specific information.

None.

This service is to authorise an AF request and potentially create or change access and mobility management policies of a UE based on the request of the authorized AF or TSCTSF. This service allows the NF consumer to subscribe/unsubscribe the notification of events for related to a user (i.e. a SUPI) that has an AM or UE Policy Association established, or both, the list of events are defined in clause 6.1.3.18 of TS 23.503. The description of the Throughput requirements, service coverage requirements and policy duration are defined in clause 6.1.2.6.1 of TS 23.503.

Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Create

Authorizes the request and optionally determines and installs AM influence data according to the information provided by the NF Consumer.

SUPI.

GPSI, Throughput requirements, service coverage requirements, policy duration, subscribed events(s), 5G access stratum time distribution indication (enable, disable), Uu time synchronization error budget, clock quality detail level, clock quality acceptance criteria. The subscribed event includes Event ID as specified in Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Notify service operation, Event Reporting Information defined in Table 4.15.1-1 (only the Event Reporting mode and the immediate reporting flag when applicable), Notification Target Address.

Success or Failure.

Identification of the created application context, the inputs that can be accepted by the PCF.

Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Update

Provides updated information to the PCF.

Identification of the application context.

Throughput requirements, service coverage requirements, policy duration, 5G access stratum time distribution indication (enable, disable), Uu time synchronization error budget, clock quality detail level, clock quality acceptance criteria.

Success or Failure.

The inputs that can be accepted by the PCF.

Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Delete

Provides means for the NF Consumer to delete an application context.

Identification of the application context.

None.

Success or Failure.

None.

Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Notify

provided by the PCF to notify NF consumers of the subscribed events.

Subscription Correlation ID, Event ID. The event that can be subscribed is the event for request for allocation of service area coverage defined in clause 6.1.3.18 of TS 23.503.

Event information as defined in clause 6.1.3.18 of TS 23.503.

Operation execution result indication.

None.

Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Subscribe

provided by the PCF for NF consumers to explicitly subscribe the notification of events.

Event ID as specified in Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Notify service operation, Event Reporting Information defined in Table 4.15.1-1 (only the Event Reporting mode and the immediate reporting flag when applicable), Notification Target Address.

target of PCF event reporting (SUPI or GPSI) in the case of initial event subscription, Subscription Correlation ID (in the case of modification of the event subscription).

When the subscription is accepted: Subscription Correlation ID.

None.

Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Unsubscribe

Enable NF consumers to explicitly unsubscribe the notification of PCF events related to Npcf_AMPolicyAuthorization_Subscribe operation.

Subscription Correlation ID.

None.

Success or Failure.

None.

This service provides functionality for negotiation and management of planned data transfer with QoS requirements policies (PDTQ policies), which includes the following functionalities:

Npcf_PDTQPolicyControl_Create

This service is to create the PDTQ policy.

ASP identifier, Number of UEs, list of Desired time windows, QoS reference or individual QoS parameters as described in clause 6.1.3.22 of TS 23.503.

S-NSSAI, DNN, Network Area Information, Request for notification, Alternative Service Requirements.

One or more PDTQ policies, PDTQ Reference ID.

None.

Npcf_PDTQPolicyControl_Update

This service is to update the PDTQ policy to the PCF.

PDTQ Reference ID.

Stop notification, one PDTQ policy.

None

None.

Npcf_PDTQPolicyControl_Notify

This service operation sends the PDTQ policy warning notification to the NF consumer.

PDTQ reference ID, list of candidate PDTQ policies.

None.

None.

None.