SIST ES 283 035 V2.5.1:2009

Final draft ETSI ES 283 035 V2.5.0 (2008-06)
ETSI Standard


Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN);
Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS);
e2 interface based on the DIAMETER protocol

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Reference
RES/TISPAN-03116-NGN-R2
Keywords
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.5
Foreword.5
1 Scope.6
2 References.6
2.1 Normative references.6
2.2 Informative references.7
3 Definitions and abbreviations.7
3.1 Definitions.7
3.2 Abbreviations.8
4 Overview.8
5 Procedure descriptions .9
5.1 General.9
5.2 Procedures on the CLF - AF interface.10
5.2.1 Information query.10
5.2.1.1 Overview.10
5.2.1.2 Procedure at the AF side .11
5.2.1.3 Procedure at the CLF side .11
5.2.2 Event Registration/Deregistration.12
5.2.2.1 Overview.12
5.2.2.2 Procedure at the AF side .13
5.2.2.3 Procedure at the CLF side .13
5.2.3 Notification Events .14
5.2.3.1 Overview.14
5.2.3.2 Procedure at the CLF side .15
5.2.3.3 Procedure at the AF side .15
6 Use of the Diameter base protocol .16
6.1 Securing Diameter messages.16
6.2 Accounting functionality.16
6.3 Use of sessions .16
6.4 Transport protocol.16
6.5 Routing considerations.16
6.6 Advertising application support .17
7 DIAMETER application.17
7.1 Commands.17
7.1.1 User-Data-Request command.18
7.1.2 User-Data-Answer command.18
7.1.3 Subscribe-Notifications-Request (SNR) Command .19
7.1.4 Subscribe-Notifications-Answer (SNA) Command.19
7.1.5 Push-Notification-Request (PNR) Command.19
7.1.6 Push-Notifications-Answer (PNA) Command.20
7.2 Result-Code AVP values.20
7.2.1 Success.20
7.2.2 Permanent failures.21
7.2.3 Transient failures.21
7.3 AVPs.21
7.3.1 Location-Information AVP.22
7.3.1A Civic-Location AVP.22
7.3.1B Geospatial-Location AVP.23
7.3.2 RACS-Contact-Point AVP.23
7.3.3 Terminal-Type AVP.23
7.3.4 Requested-Information AVP.23
7.3.5 Line-Identifier AVP.23
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7.3.6 Event-Type AVP.24
7.4 Use of namespaces .24
7.4.1 AVP codes.24
7.4.2 Experimental-Result-Code AVP values.25
7.4.3 Command Code values .25
7.4.4 Application-ID value.25
Annex A (informative): Mapping of e2 operations and terminology to Diameter.26
Annex B (informative): Change history .27
History .28

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Telecommunications and Internet
converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN), and is now submitted for the ETSI standards
Membership Approval Procedure.
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1 Scope
The present document defines a protocol for use between the TISPAN NGN Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS)
and service control subsystems or applications of the TISPAN NGN architecture, based on Diameter.
The present document is applicable to the e2 interface between the Connectivity session Location and repository
Function (CLF) and an Application Function (AF).
Whenever it is possible the present document specifies the requirements for this protocol by reference to specifications
produced by the IETF within the scope of Diameter. Where this is not possible, extensions to Diameter are defined
within the present document.
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
For online referenced documents, information sufficient to identify and locate the source shall be provided. Preferably,
the primary source of the referenced document should be cited, in order to ensure traceability. Furthermore, the
reference should, as far as possible, remain valid for the expected life of the document. The reference shall include the
method of access to the referenced document and the full network address, with the same punctuation and use of upper
case and lower case letters.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
[1] ETSI ES 282 001: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); NGN Functional Architecture Release 2".
[2] ETSI ES 282 004: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); NGN Functional Architecture; Network Attachment
Sub-System (NASS)".
[3] ETSI ES 282 003: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Resource and Admission Control Sub-System (RACS);
Functional Architecture".
[4] ETSI ES 282 007: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Functional architecture".
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[5] ETSI ES 283 034: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS); e4 interface based
on the DIAMETER protocol".
[6] ETSI TS 129 229: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); Cx and Dx interfaces based on the Diameter protocol;
Protocol details (3GPP TS 29.229)".
[7] ETSI TS 129 329: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); Sh interface based on the Diameter protocol; Protocol
details (3GPP TS 29.329)".
[8] ETSI TS 129 209: "Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Policy control over
Gq interface (3GPP TS 29.209)".
[9] IETF RFC 2960: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol".
[10] IETF RFC 3588: "Diameter Base Protocol".
[11] IETF RFC 3309: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Checksum Change".
[12] IETF RFC 3554: "On the use of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) with IPSec".
[13] ETSI TS 182 008: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Presence Service; Architecture and functional description
(Endorsement of 3GPP TS 23.141 and OMA-AD-Presence-SIMPLE-V1-0)".
[14] void.
[15] IETF RFC 4776: "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4 and DHCPv6) Option for
Civic Addresses Configuration Information" .
[16] IETF RFC 3825: "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Option for Coordinate-based Location
Configuration Information".
[17] IETF RFC 4234: "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF".
[18] ITU-T Recommendation M.1400: "Designations for interconnections among operators' networks".
[19] ISO 3166-1: "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -
Part 1: Country codes".
2.2 Informative references
The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with
regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
Not applicable.
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
access record: the set of information stored in the CLF in relation to an IP address
Application Function (AF): element of the network architecture offering - or providing access to - applications that
require information about the characteristics of the IP-connectivity session used to access such applications
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Attribute-Value Pair (AVP): corresponds to an Information Element in a Diameter message
NOTE: See RFC 3588 [10].
NASS User: See definition in [2].
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ABNF Augmented Backus-Naur Form
AF Application Function
A-RACF Access-Resource and Admission Control Function
ASF Application Server Function
AVP Attribute-Value Pair
CLF Connectivity session Location and repository Function
CSCF Call Session Control Function
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBCF Interconnection Border Control Function
ICC ITU Carrier Code
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IP Internet Protocol
LAC Location-Area-Code
LCI Location Configuration Information
NASS Network Attachment Sub-System
NOC Network-Operator-Code
P-CSCF Proxy Call Session Control Function
PDBF Profile Data Base Function
PNA Presence Network Agent
PNR Push-Notification-Request
RACF Resource and Admission Control Function
RACS Resource and Admission Control Subsystem
RFC Request For Comments
SCTP Stream Control Transport Protocol
SNA Subscribe-Notifications-Answer
SNR Subscribe-Notifications-Request
SPDF Service-based Policy Decision Function
UAAF User Authentication and Authorization Function
UDA User-Data-Answer
UDR User-Data-Request
4 Overview
The Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS) defined in ES 282 004 [2] maintains information about IP-connectivity
access sessions associated with NASS Users connected to the TISPAN network. This information is stored in the
Connectivity session Location and repository Function (CLF) in the form of access records and made accessible to other
subsystems and applications through the following two interfaces (see figure 1):
• The e2 interface enables Application Functions (AF) to retrieve IP-connectivity related session data.
• The e4 interface enables the IP-connectivity related session data to be exchanged between the NASS and the
Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) defined in ES 282 003 [3].
The present document specifies the protocol for the e2 interface.
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In the context of the present document, an Application Function (AF) is a generic term representing any element of the
network architecture offering - or providing access to - applications that require information about the characteristics of
the IP-connectivity session used to access such applications. Examples of such Application Functions are the P-CSCF
and the IBCF in the IMS (ES 282 007 [4]), certain categories of Application Server Functions (ASF) (ES 282 001 [1])
or a Presence Network Agent (PNA) as defined in TS 182 008 [13]. In the later case, the Pn reference point of the
presence architecture is mapped to the e2 interface.
Scope of the present
document
Service Control
Subsystems and
Applications
AF
e2
CLF
NASS
e4
A-RACF
RACS
Transfer Functions

Figure 1: NASS external interfaces
5 Procedure descriptions
5.1 General
The following clauses describe the realization of the functional procedures defined in the NASS (ES 282 004 [2]) and
RACS specifications (ES 282 003 [3]) using Diameter commands described in clause 7. This involves describing a
mapping between the Information Elements defined in the NASS specification (ES 282 004 [2]) and Diameter AVPs.
In the tables that describe this mapping, each Information Element is marked as (M) Mandatory, (C) Conditional or (O)
Optional.
• A mandatory Information Element (marked as (M) in the table) shall always be present in the command. If this
Information Element is absent, an application error occurs at the receiver and an answer message shall be sent
back to the originator of the request with the Result-Code set to DIAMETER_MISSING_AVP. This message
shall also include a Failed-AVP AVP containing the missing Information Element i.e. the corresponding
Diameter AVP defined by the AVP Code and the other fields set as expected for this Information Element.
• A conditional Information Element (marked as (C) in tables 1 and 2) shall be present in the command if certain
conditions are fulfilled:
- If the receiver detects that those conditions are fulfilled and the Information Element is absent, an
application error occurs and an answer message shall be sent back to the originator of the request with
the Result-Code set to DIAMETER_MISSING_AVP. This message shall also include a Failed-AVP
AVP containing the missing Information Element i.e. the corresponding Diameter AVP defined by the
AVP Code and the other fields set as expected for this Information Element. If multiple Information
Elements are missing, all corresponding AVP codes shall be included in the Failed-AVP AVP.
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- If those conditions are not fulfilled, the Information Element shall be absent. If however this Information
Element appears in the message, it shall not cause an application error and it may be ignored by the
receiver if this is not explicitly defined as an error case. Otherwise, an application error occurs at the
receiver and an answer message with the Result-Code set to DIAMETER_AVP_NOT_ALLOWED shall
be sent back to the originator of the request. A Failed-AVP AVP containing a copy of the corresponding
Diameter AVP shall be included in this message.
• An optional Information Element (marked as (O) in tables 1 and 2) may be present or absent in the command,
at the discretion of the application at the sending entity. Absence or presence of this Information Element shall
not cause an application error and may be ignored by the receiver.
5.2 Procedures on the CLF - AF interface
5.2.1 Information query
5.2.1.1 Overview
This procedure is used by an AF to retrieve from the CLF location information and other data related to an access
session.
This procedure is mapped to the commands User-Data-Request/Answer in the Diameter application specified in
TS 129 329 [7].
Tables 1 and 2 detail the involved information elements as defined in the NASS specification ES 282 004 [2] and their
mapping to Diameter AVPs.
Table 1: Information query request
Information Mapping to diameter Cat. Description
element name AVP
Globally unique Globally-Unique- C This information element contains:
IP Address Address -The IP address of the NASS User for which profile information is
being pushed.
-The addressing domain in which the IP address is significant.
NASS User ID User-Name C The identity of the NASS User that is attached to the network.
AF Identity AF-Application-Identifier M Identifies the AF originating the request.
Requested-Items Requested-Information O The list of items requested by the AF.
NOTE: Either the Globally-Unique-IP-Address or the NASS User ID shall be included.

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Table 2: Information query response
Information Mapping to diameter Cat. Description
element name AVP
Result Result-Code / M Result of the request.
Experimental_
Result Result-Code AVP shall be used for errors defined in the Diameter
Base Protocol.

Experimental-Result AVP shall be used for other errors. This is a
grouped AVP which contains the 3GPP Vendor ID in the Vendor-Id
AVP, and the error code in the Experimental-Result-Code AVP.
NASS User ID User-Name O The identity of the NASS User that is attached to the network.
Location Location-Information O Location information (or a pointer to such information) in a form that
Information is suitable for the requesting application.
RACS contact RACS-Contact- O The FQDN or IP address of the RACS entity where resource request
point Point shall be sent (i.e. SPDF address).
Access Network Access-Network- O The type of access network over which IP connectivity is provided to
Type Type the user equipment.
Terminal Type Terminal-Type O The type of user equipment to which the IP address was allocated.
Logical Access ID Logical-Access-Id O The identity of the logical access where the user equipment is
connected.
Physical Access ID Physical-Access-Id O The identity of the physical access where the user equipment is
connected.

5.2.1.2 Procedure at the AF side
The AF shall populate the Information Query as follows:
1) Insert either a Globally-Unique-Address or a User-Name AVP. The Globally-Unique-Address AVP shall
contain a Frame-IP-Address or Frame-IPv6-Prefix AVP value, and an Address-Realm AVP. The Address-
Realm AVP shall be included and set either using configuration data (in which case all terminal equipment
served by the AF belong to the same addressing domain) or from the physical or logical interface over which
was received the resource request that triggered the pull procedure.
2) The AF-Application-Identifier AVP shall be present.
3) The Requested-Information AVP shall be present if specific information is requested and shall be absent if all
available information is requested.
5.2.1.3 Procedure at the CLF side
Upon reception of the Information Query, the CLF shall, in the following order:
1) If the Globally-Unique-Address AVP is present, use this information as a key to retrieve the requested session
information.
2) If the Globally-Unique-Address AVP is absent but the User-Name AVP is present, use the latter information as
a key to retrieve the requested session information.
3) If both the Globally-Unique-Address AVP and the User-Name AVP are absent, return an Information Query
response with Result-Code set to DIAMETER_MISSING_AVP.
4) If more than one record include the same NASS User ID matching the value of the User-Name AVP and no
Globally-Unique-Address AVP is included, return an Information Query response with Result-Code set to
DIAMETER_UNABLE_TO_COMPLY.
5) If no session record is stored for the Globally-Unique-Address AVP or the User-Name AVP, return an
Information Query with the Experimental-Result-Code AVP shall be set to
DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN.
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If a unique NASS user record can be retrieved, the CLF shall:
1) Check which session data can be returned to the AF, based on the contents of the Requested-Information AVP,
local policy rules and per-NASS user privacy information previously received from the UAAF/PDBF and
stored in the CLF.
NOTE 1: If the Requested-Information AVP is not received, the list of requested information is inferred from the
AF identity.
2) Check whether the session data to be retrieved is currently being updated by another entity. If there is an
up
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ICS:
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na splošno in general
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integriranimi storitvami Network (ISDN)
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ETSI ES 283 035 V2.5.1 (2008-08)
ETSI Standard


Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN);
Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS);
e2 interface based on the DIAMETER protocol

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Reference
RES/TISPAN-03116-NGN-R2
Keywords
interface, network, system
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88

Important notice
Individual copies of the present document can be downloaded from:
http://www.etsi.org
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Users of the present document should be aware that the document may be subject to revision or change of status.
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.5
Foreword.5
1 Scope.6
2 References.6
2.1 Normative references.6
2.2 Informative references.7
3 Definitions and abbreviations.7
3.1 Definitions.7
3.2 Abbreviations.8
4 Overview.8
5 Procedure descriptions .9
5.1 General.9
5.2 Procedures on the CLF - AF interface.10
5.2.1 Information query.10
5.2.1.1 Overview.10
5.2.1.2 Procedure at the AF side .11
5.2.1.3 Procedure at the CLF side .11
5.2.2 Event Registration/Deregistration.12
5.2.2.1 Overview.12
5.2.2.2 Procedure at the AF side .13
5.2.2.3 Procedure at the CLF side .13
5.2.3 Notification Events .14
5.2.3.1 Overview.14
5.2.3.2 Procedure at the CLF side .15
5.2.3.3 Procedure at the AF side .15
6 Use of the Diameter base protocol .16
6.1 Securing Diameter messages.16
6.2 Accounting functionality.16
6.3 Use of sessions .16
6.4 Transport protocol.16
6.5 Routing considerations.16
6.6 Advertising application support .17
7 DIAMETER application.17
7.1 Commands.17
7.1.1 User-Data-Request command.18
7.1.2 User-Data-Answer command.18
7.1.3 Subscribe-Notifications-Request (SNR) Command .19
7.1.4 Subscribe-Notifications-Answer (SNA) Command.19
7.1.5 Push-Notification-Request (PNR) Command.19
7.1.6 Push-Notifications-Answer (PNA) Command.20
7.2 Result-Code AVP values.20
7.2.1 Success.20
7.2.2 Permanent failures.21
7.2.3 Transient failures.21
7.3 AVPs.21
7.3.1 Location-Information AVP.22
7.3.1A Civic-Location AVP.22
7.3.1B Geospatial-Location AVP.23
7.3.2 RACS-Contact-Point AVP.23
7.3.3 Terminal-Type AVP.23
7.3.4 Requested-Information AVP.23
7.3.5 Line-Identifier AVP.23
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7.3.6 Event-Type AVP.24
7.4 Use of namespaces .24
7.4.1 AVP codes.24
7.4.2 Experimental-Result-Code AVP values.25
7.4.3 Command Code values .25
7.4.4 Application-ID value.25
Annex A (informative): Mapping of e2 operations and terminology to Diameter.26
Annex B (informative): Change history .27
History .28

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Telecommunications and Internet
converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN).
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1 Scope
The present document defines a protocol for use between the TISPAN NGN Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS)
and service control subsystems or applications of the TISPAN NGN architecture, based on Diameter.
The present document is applicable to the e2 interface between the Connectivity session Location and repository
Function (CLF) and an Application Function (AF).
Whenever it is possible the present document specifies the requirements for this protocol by reference to specifications
produced by the IETF within the scope of Diameter. Where this is not possible, extensions to Diameter are defined
within the present document.
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
For online referenced documents, information sufficient to identify and locate the source shall be provided. Preferably,
the primary source of the referenced document should be cited, in order to ensure traceability. Furthermore, the
reference should, as far as possible, remain valid for the expected life of the document. The reference shall include the
method of access to the referenced document and the full network address, with the same punctuation and use of upper
case and lower case letters.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
[1] ETSI ES 282 001: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); NGN Functional Architecture Release 2".
[2] ETSI ES 282 004: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); NGN Functional Architecture; Network Attachment
Sub-System (NASS)".
[3] ETSI ES 282 003: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Resource and Admission Control Sub-System (RACS);
Functional Architecture".
[4] ETSI ES 282 007: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Functional architecture".
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[5] ETSI ES 283 034: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS); e4 interface based
on the DIAMETER protocol".
[6] ETSI TS 129 229: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); Cx and Dx interfaces based on the Diameter protocol;
Protocol details (3GPP TS 29.229)".
[7] ETSI TS 129 329: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); Sh interface based on the Diameter protocol; Protocol
details (3GPP TS 29.329)".
[8] ETSI TS 129 209: "Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Policy control over
Gq interface (3GPP TS 29.209)".
[9] IETF RFC 2960: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol".
[10] IETF RFC 3588: "Diameter Base Protocol".
[11] IETF RFC 3309: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Checksum Change".
[12] IETF RFC 3554: "On the use of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) with IPSec".
[13] ETSI TS 182 008: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Presence Service; Architecture and functional description
(Endorsement of 3GPP TS 23.141 and OMA-AD-Presence-SIMPLE-V1-0)".
[14] Void.
[15] IETF RFC 4776: "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4 and DHCPv6) Option for
Civic Addresses Configuration Information" .
[16] IETF RFC 3825: "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Option for Coordinate-based Location
Configuration Information".
[17] IETF RFC 4234: "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF".
[18] ITU-T Recommendation M.1400: "Designations for interconnections among operators' networks".
[19] ISO 3166-1: "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1:
Country codes".
2.2 Informative references
The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with
regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
Not applicable.
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
access record: the set of information stored in the CLF in relation to an IP address
Application Function (AF): element of the network architecture offering - or providing access to - applications that
require information about the characteristics of the IP-connectivity session used to access such applications
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Attribute-Value Pair (AVP): corresponds to an Information Element in a Diameter message
NOTE: See RFC 3588 [10].
NASS User: See definition in [2].
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ABNF Augmented Backus-Naur Form
AF Application Function
A-RACF Access-Resource and Admission Control Function
ASF Application Server Function
AVP Attribute-Value Pair
CLF Connectivity session Location and repository Function
CSCF Call Session Control Function
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBCF Interconnection Border Control Function
ICC ITU Carrier Code
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IP Internet Protocol
LAC Location-Area-Code
LCI Location Configuration Information
NASS Network Attachment Sub-System
NOC Network-Operator-Code
P-CSCF Proxy Call Session Control Function
PDBF Profile Data Base Function
PNA Presence Network Agent
PNR Push-Notification-Request
RACF Resource and Admission Control Function
RACS Resource and Admission Control Subsystem
RFC Request For Comments
SCTP Stream Control Transport Protocol
SNA Subscribe-Notifications-Answer
SNR Subscribe-Notifications-Request
SPDF Service-based Policy Decision Function
UAAF User Authentication and Authorization Function
UDA User-Data-Answer
UDR User-Data-Request
4 Overview
The Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS) defined in ES 282 004 [2] maintains information about IP-connectivity
access sessions associated with NASS Users connected to the TISPAN network. This information is stored in the
Connectivity session Location and repository Function (CLF) in the form of access records and made accessible to other
subsystems and applications through the following two interfaces (see figure 1):
• The e2 interface enables Application Functions (AF) to retrieve IP-connectivity related session data.
• The e4 interface enables the IP-connectivity related session data to be exchanged between the NASS and the
Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) defined in ES 282 003 [3].
The present document specifies the protocol for the e2 interface.
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In the context of the present document, an Application Function (AF) is a generic term representing any element of the
network architecture offering - or providing access to - applications that require information about the characteristics of
the IP-connectivity session used to access such applications. Examples of such Application Functions are the P-CSCF
and the IBCF in the IMS (ES 282 007 [4]), certain categories of Application Server Functions (ASF) (ES 282 001 [1])
or a Presence Network Agent (PNA) as defined in TS 182 008 [13]. In the later case, the Pn reference point of the
presence architecture is mapped to the e2 interface.
Scope of the present
document
Service Control
Subsystems and
Applications
AF
e2
CLF
NASS
e4
A-RACF
RACS
Transfer Functions

Figure 1: NASS external interfaces
5 Procedure descriptions
5.1 General
The following clauses describe the realization of the functional procedures defined in the NASS (ES 282 004 [2]) and
RACS specifications (ES 282 003 [3]) using Diameter commands described in clause 7. This involves describing a
mapping between the Information Elements defined in the NASS specification (ES 282 004 [2]) and Diameter AVPs.
In the tables that describe this mapping, each Information Element is marked as (M) Mandatory, (C) Conditional or (O)
Optional.
• A mandatory Information Element (marked as (M) in the table) shall always be present in the command. If this
Information Element is absent, an application error occurs at the receiver and an answer message shall be sent
back to the originator of the request with the Result-Code set to DIAMETER_MISSING_AVP. This message
shall also include a Failed-AVP AVP containing the missing Information Element i.e. the corresponding
Diameter AVP defined by the AVP Code and the other fields set as expected for this Information Element.
• A conditional Information Element (marked as (C) in tables 1 and 2) shall be present in the command if certain
conditions are fulfilled:
- If the receiver detects that those conditions are fulfilled and the Information Element is absent, an
application error occurs and an answer message shall be sent back to the originator of the request with
the Result-Code set to DIAMETER_MISSING_AVP. This message shall also include a Failed-AVP
AVP containing the missing Information Element i.e. the corresponding Diameter AVP defined by the
AVP Code and the other fields set as expected for this Information Element. If multiple Information
Elements are missing, all corresponding AVP codes shall be included in the Failed-AVP AVP.
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- If those conditions are not fulfilled, the Information Element shall be absent. If however this Information
Element appears in the message, it shall not cause an application error and it may be ignored by the
receiver if this is not explicitly defined as an error case. Otherwise, an application error occurs at the
receiver and an answer message with the Result-Code set to DIAMETER_AVP_NOT_ALLOWED shall
be sent back to the originator of the request. A Failed-AVP AVP containing a copy of the corresponding
Diameter AVP shall be included in this message.
• An optional Information Element (marked as (O) in tables 1 and 2) may be present or absent in the command,
at the discretion of the application at the sending entity. Absence or presence of this Information Element shall
not cause an application error and may be ignored by the receiver.
5.2 Procedures on the CLF - AF interface
5.2.1 Information query
5.2.1.1 Overview
This procedure is used by an AF to retrieve from the CLF location information and other data related to an access
session.
This procedure is mapped to the commands User-Data-Request/Answer in the Diameter application specified in
TS 129 329 [7].
Tables 1 and 2 detail the involved information elements as defined in the NASS specification ES 282 004 [2] and their
mapping to Diameter AVPs.
Table 1: Information query request
Information Mapping to diameter Cat. Description
element name AVP
Globally unique Globally-Unique- C This information element contains:
IP Address Address -The IP address of the NASS User for which profile information is
being pushed.
-The addressing domain in which the IP address is significant.
NASS User ID User-Name C The identity of the NASS User that is attached to the network.
AF Identity AF-Application-Identifier M Identifies the AF originating the request.
Requested-Items Requested-Information O The list of items requested by the AF.
NOTE: Either the Globally-Unique-IP-Address or the NASS User ID shall be included.

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Table 2: Information query response
Information Mapping to diameter Cat. Description
element name AVP
Result Result-Code / M Result of the request.
Experimental_
Result Result-Code AVP shall be used for errors defined in the Diameter
Base Protocol.

Experimental-Result AVP shall be used for other errors. This is a
grouped AVP which contains the 3GPP Vendor ID in the Vendor-Id
AVP, and the error code in the Experimental-Result-Code AVP.
NASS User ID User-Name O The identity of the NASS User that is attached to the network.
Location Location-Information O Location information (or a pointer to such information) in a form that
Information is suitable for the requesting application.
RACS contact RACS-Contact- O The FQDN or IP address of the RACS entity where resource request
point Point shall be sent (i.e. SPDF address).
Access Network Access-Network- O The type of access network over which IP connectivity is provided to
Type Type the user equipment.
Terminal Type Terminal-Type O The type of user equipment to which the IP address was allocated.
Logical Access ID Logical-Access-Id O The identity of the logical access where the user equipment is
connected.
Physical Access ID Physical-Access-Id O The identity of the physical access where the user equipment is
connected.

5.2.1.2 Procedure at the AF side
The AF shall populate the Information Query as follows:
1) Insert either a Globally-Unique-Address or a User-Name AVP. The Globally-Unique-Address AVP shall
contain a Frame-IP-Address or Frame-IPv6-Prefix AVP value, and an Address-Realm AVP. The Address-
Realm AVP shall be included and set either using configuration data (in which case all terminal equipment
served by the AF belong to the same addressing domain) or from the physical or logical interface over which
was received the resource request that triggered the pull procedure.
2) The AF-Application-Identifier AVP shall be present.
3) The Requested-Information AVP shall be present if specific information is requested and shall be absent if all
available information is requested.
5.2.1.3 Procedure at the CLF side
Upon reception of the Information Query, the CLF shall, in the following order:
1) If the Globally-Unique-Address AVP is present, use this information as a key to retrieve the requested session
information.
2) If the Globally-Unique-Address AVP is absent but the User-Name AVP is present, use the latter information as
a key to retrieve the requested session information.
3) If both the Globally-Unique-Address AVP and the User-Name AVP are absent, return an Information Query
response with Result-Code set to DIAMETE
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