ETSI TS 129 215 V15.2.0 (2019-10)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Policy and Charging Control (PCC) over S9 reference point; Stage 3 (3GPP TS 29.215 version 15.2.0 Release 15)

RTS/TSGC-0329215vf20

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2019
• Technical Committee: 3GPP CT 3 - Interworking with external networks (formely CN3)
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 10-Oct-2019

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ETSI TS 129 215 V15.2.0 (2019-10)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Policy and Charging Control (PCC) over S9 reference point;
Stage 3
(3GPP TS 29.215 version 15.2.0 Release 15)

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Reference
RTS/TSGC-0329215vf20
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviations . 10
4 S9 Reference Point . 11
4.1 Overview . 11
4.2 Reference model . 11
4.3 Functional ele me nts . 12
4.3.1 H-PCRF . 12
4.3.1.0 General . 12
4.3.1.1 Home routed access . 12
4.3.1.2 Visited Access . 13
4.3.2 V-PCRF . 13
4.3.2.0 General . 13
4.3.2.1 Home routed access. 13
4.3.2.2 Visited access . 13
4.4 PCC, QoS, and IP flow mobility routing Rules and NBIFOM routing Rules . 14
4.4.1 PCC Rule definition . 14
4.4.2 QoS Rule definition . 15
4.4.2a IP flow mobility routing Rule definition. 15
4.4.2b Void . 15
4.4.2c NBIFOM routing Rule definition . 15
4.4.3 Operations on PCC rules . 15
4.4.4 Operations on QoS Rules . 15
4.4.5 Operations on IP flow mobility routing Rules . 15
4.4.6 Void . 16
4.4.7 Operations on NBIFOM routing Rules . 16
4.5 PCC procedures over S9 Reference Point . 16
4.5.1 General . 16
4.5.1.1 S9 Session Establishment . 16
4.5.1.2 S9 Session Termination . 17
4.5.1.3 Event Triggers . 17
4.5.1.3.1 Provisioning of Event Triggers . 17
4.5.1.3.2 Reporting of deployed Event Triggers . 18
4.5.1.4 Multiple BBERF scenarios . 18
4.5.1.5 Provisioning and validation of Default EPS Bearer authorized QoS . 18
4.5.1.6 Provisioning of Authorized QoS per APN . 19
4.5.1.7 Bearer Control Mode Selection . 20
4.5.1.8 Access Network Information Reporting . 20
4.5.2 Home-Routed access. 20
4.5.2.1 S9 Session/Subsession establishment/modification . 20
4.5.2.2 Provision of QoS Rules by the H-PCRF . 22
4.5.2.3 S9 Session/Subsession Termination Initiated by the V-PCRF . 23
4.5.2.4 S9 Session/Subsession Termination Initiated by the H-PCRF . 23
4.5.2.5 Multiple BBERF Handling . 24
4.5.2.5.1 General . 24
4.5.2.5.2 Handling of multiple BBERFs associated with the same IP-CAN session during handover . 24
4.5.2.5.3 Handling of two BBERFs with flow mobility within the same IP-CAN session . 25
4.5.2.6 Deferred Session Linking Handling . 25
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4.5.2.7 Session Linking Handling When Multiple PDN Connection to a single APN is supported . 26
4.5.3 Visited Access . 26
4.5.3.1 Request PCC and QoS Rules . 26
4.5.3.2 PCC and QoS Rules Provisioning . 29
4.5.3.3 S9 Session/Subsession Termination Initiated by V-PCRF. . 30
4.5.3.4 S9 Session/Subsession Termination Initiated by the H-PCRF. . 31
4.5.3.5 Multiple BBERF Handling . 31
4.5.3.6 Rx Over S9 . 32
4.5.3.6.1 General . 32
4.5.3.6.2 Event Handling . 32
4.5.3.6.2.1 V-AF Subscription to Notification of Signalling Path Status . 32
4.5.3.6.2.2 Reporting of Signalling Path Status . 32
4.5.3.6.2.3 Reporting IP-CAN Type Change Notification . 32
4.5.3.7 Deferred Session Linking Handling . 33
4.5.3.8 Session Linking Handling When Multiple PDN Connection to a single APN is supported . 33
4.5.3.9 IP flow mobility support . 34
4.5.3.10 Application Detection and Control . 34
4.5.3.10.1 General . 34
4.5.3.10.2 Void . 35
4.5.3.10.3. Void . 35
4.5.3.10.4. Application Detection Information . 35
4.5.3.10.5. ADC Rule Derivation . 35
4.5.3.11 NBIFOM support . 36
4.5.4 IMS Emergency services . 36
4.5.5 Extended bandwidth support for EPC supporting Dual Connectivity (E-UTRAN and 5G NR) . 36
5. S9 Protocol . 37
5.1 Protocol Support . 37
5.2 Initialization, maintenance and termination of connection and session. 37
5.3 S9 specific AVPs . 38
5.3.0 General . 38
5.3.1 Subsession-Decision-Info . 38
5.3.2 Subsession-Enforcement-Info . 39
5.3.3 Subsession-Id . 40
5.3.4 Subsession-Operation . 40
5.3.5 Void . 40
5.3.6 Multiple-BBERF-Action . 40
5.3.7 DRA-Deployment . 41
5.3.8 DRA-Binding . 41
5.4 S9 re-used AVPs . 41
5.4.0 General . 41
5.4.1 Use of the Supported-Features AVP on the S9 reference point . 41
5.5 S9 Messages . 44
5.5.1 S9 Application . 44
5.5.2 CC-Request (CCR) Command . 44
5.5.3 CC-Answer (CCA) Command . 45
5.5.4 Re-Auth-Request (RAR) Command . 45
5.5.5 Re-Auth-Answer (RAA) Command . 46
5.5.7 Trigger-Establishment-Request (TER) Command . 46
5.5.8 Trigger-Establishment-Answer (TEA) Command . 47
5.6 S9 specific Experimental-Result-Code AVP values . 47
5.6.1 General . 47
5.6.2 Success . 47
5.6.3 Permanent Failures . 47
5.6.4 Transient Failures . 47
Annex A (normative): Access specific aspects, Fixed Broadband Access interworking with
EPC . 49
A.1 Scope . 49
A.2 Definitions and abbreviations . 49
A.2.1 Definitions . 49
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A.2.2 Abbreviations . 49
A.3 Reference points and Reference model . 49
A.3.0 General . 49
A.3.1 S9a Reference Point . 50
A.3.2 S9 Reference Point . 50
A.3.3 Reference Model . 50
A.4 Functional Elements . 59
A.4.0 PCRF . 59
A.4.1 V-PCRF . 60
A.4.2 H-PCRF . 61
A.4.3 BPCF . 61
A.5 PCC procedures over S9a Reference Point . 62
A.5.1 Session Establishment over S9a . 62
A.5.1.1 EPC-Routed traffic . 62
A.5.1.1.1 S9a Session Establishment Trigger by PCRF . 62
A.5.1.1.2 S9a Session Establishment . 63
A.5.1.2 NSWO traffic . 63
A.5.1.2.1 S9a* Session Establishment . 63
A.5.2 Session Termination over S9a . 63
A.5.2.1 EPC-Routed Traffic . 63
A.5.2.1.1 S9a Session Termination initiated by the (V-) PCRF . 63
A.5.2.2 NSWO Traffic . 64
A.5.2.2.1 S9a* Session Termination initiated by the BPCF . 64
A.5.2.2.2 S9a* Session Termination initiated by the (V-) PCRF . 64
A.5.3 Session Modification over S9a . 65
A.5.3.1 EPC-Routed traffic . 65
A.5.3.1.1 S9a Session Modification initiated by the (V-) PCRF . 65
A.5.3.1.2 S9a Session Modification initiated by the BPCF . 65
A.5.3.2 NSWO traffic . 66
A.5.3.2.1 S9a* Session Modification initiated by the (V-) PCRF . 66
A.5.3.2.2 S9a* Session Modification initiated by the BPCF . 66
A.5.4 Handling of QoS information . 66
A.5.4.1 EPC-routed traffic . 66
A.5.4.2 NSWO traffic . 66
A.6 PCC procedures over S9 Reference Point . 67
A.6.1 Session Establishment over S9 . 67
A.6.1.1 EPC-Routed Traffic . 67
A.6.1.1.1 S9 Session Establishment Triggered by H-PCRF . 67
A.6.1.1.2 S9 Session Establishment . 67
A.6.1.2 NSWO Traffic . 68
A.6.2 Session Termination over S9 . 68
A.6.2.1 EPC-Routed traffic . 68
A.6.2.1.1 S9 Session Termination initiated by the H-PCRF . 68
A.6.2.1.2 S9 Session Termination initiated by the V-PCRF . 68
A.6.2.2 NSWO Traffic . 69
A.6.2.2.1 S9 Session Termination initiated by the V-PCRF . 69
A.6.2.2.2 S9 Session Termination initiated by
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