Following information flows are specified for support of federation and roaming:
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ECS registration request and response;
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ECS registration update request and response;
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ECS registration de-registration request and response;
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ECS discovery request and response;
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ECS discovery subscription request and response;
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ECS discovery subscription update request and response;
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ECS discovery unsubscribe request and response;
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Service provisioning information retrieval request and response;
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Service provisioning information subscription request and response;
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Service provisioning information subscription update request and response; and
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Service provisioning information unsubscribe request and response.
Table 8.17.3.2-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS profile | M | Profile of the ECS as specified in clause 8.2.12. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the registration. |
Table 8.17.3.3-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the registration request was successful. |
> Registration ID | M | Identifier of the registration. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the registration. To maintain an active registration status, a registration update is required before the expiration time.
If the Expiration time IE is not included, it indicates that the registration never expires. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the registration request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of registration request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.4-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration update request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Updated ECS profile | O | Profile of the ECS as specified in clause 8.2.12. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Registration ID | M | Identifier of the registration to be updated. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the registration. |
Table 8.17.3.5-1 describes the information elements for ECS registration update response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the registration update request was successful. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the updated registration. To maintain an active registration status, a registration update is required before the expiration time.
If the Expiration time IE is not included, it indicates that the updated registration never expires. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the registration update request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of registration update request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.6-1 describes the information elements for ECS de-registration request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Registration ID | M | Identifier of the registration. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the EES. |
Table 8.17.3.7-1 describes the information elements for ECS de-registration response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the de-registration request was successful. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the de-registration request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of de-registration request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.8-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery request; from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Application Group ID | O | Application group identifier as defined in clause 7.2.11. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Table 8.17.3.9-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the ECS discovery request was successful. |
> List of ECS profiles | M | List of ECS profiles as described in clause 8.2.12. |
> Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the ECS profiles are valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the ECS discovery request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of ECS discovery request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.10-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription request; from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.11-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription request was successful. |
> Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.12-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery notification request from the ECS-ER to the ECSR.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription stored in the ECS-ER. |
List of ECS profiles | M | List of ECS profiles as described in clause 8.2.12. |
Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the ECS profiles are valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.13-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription update request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be updated. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.14-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery subscription update response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request was successful. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the updated subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription update request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.15-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery unsubscribe request from the ECS to the ECS-ER.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be unsubscribed. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.16-1 describes the information elements for ECS discovery unsubscribe response from the ECS-ER to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request was successful. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of unsubscribe request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.17-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information retrieval request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> Federation identifier | O | Identifier of the federation. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
Application information | O | List of information about services the EEC wants to connect to, including the option to provide application group profile information. |
> AC Profile | M |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
> Application group profile (NOTE) | O |
Application group profile associated with the AC Profile, as defined in Table 8.2.11-1 |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location (NOTE) | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
NOTE:
If application group profile IE is present, the expected group geographic service area IE present in the application group profile is preferentially used. If there is no ECS satisfied the expected group geographic service area, then the UE location is considered.
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Table 8.17.3.18-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information retrieval response from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the Service provisioning information retrieval request was successful. |
> List of EDN configuration information | M |
List of EDN configuration information as defined in Table 8.3.3.3.3-2. |
> Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the EDN configuration information is valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the Service provisioning information retrieval request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of Service provisioning information retrieval request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.19-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
ECS address | M | Endpoint information of ECS (e.g. URI, FQDN, IP address). |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> Federation identifier | O | Identifier of the federation. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.20-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription response from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription request was successful. |
> Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.21-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information notification from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription stored in the ECS-ER. |
List of EDN configuration information | M |
List of EDN configuration information as defined in Table 8.3.3.3.3-2. |
Lifetime | O | Time duration for which the EDN configuration is valid and supposed to be cached by the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.22-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription update request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be updated. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Notification Target Address | O | The Notification Target Address (e.g. URL) where the notifications destined for the ECS should be sent to. |
Federation information | O | List of information for different federation agreements related to the ECS. |
> Federation identifier | O | Identifier of the federation. |
> ECSP identifiers | O | The list of ECSPs preferred by the ECS. This information is used by the ECS-ER to filter the discovered partner ECS information. |
AC Profile(s) | O |
Filter information about required services as described in Table 8.2.2-1. |
Connectivity information | O | Connectivity information such as serving PLMN information where the services are required. |
UE location | O | Location of the UE for which the services are required. |
Proposed expiration time | O | Proposed expiration time for the subscription. |
Table 8.17.3.23-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information subscription update response from the partner ECS to the ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request was successful. |
> Expiration time | O | Indicates the expiration time of the updated subscription. To maintain an active subscription, a subscription update is required before the expiration time. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the subscription update request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of subscription update request failure. |
Table 8.17.3.24-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information unsubscribe request from the ECS to a partner ECS.
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Subscription ID | M | Subscription identifier corresponding to the subscription to be unsubscribed. |
Security credentials | M | Security credentials of the ECS. |
Table 8.17.3.25-1 describes the information elements for Service provisioning information unsubscribe response from the partner ECS to the ECS
Information element |
Status |
Description |
Successful response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request was successful. |
Failure response | O | Indicates that the unsubscribe request failed. |
> Cause | O | Indicates the cause of unsubscribe request failure. |