School of Specs 24.501v20.0.0

3GPP 24.501 v20.0.0 — the document's own text

9.11.2.2 EAP message

Taught in 4. Inside TS 24.501, the document at the centre (CT1 — the group that writes what your phone says, overview).

The purpose of the EAP message information element is to transport an EAP message as specified in IETF RFC 3748 [34].

The EAP message information element is coded as shown in figure 9.11.2.2.1 and table 9.11.2.2.1.

The EAP message is a type 6 information element with minimum length of 7 octets and maximum length of 1503 octets.

87654321
EAP message IEIoctet 1
Length of EAP message contentsoctet 2octet 3
EAP messageoctet 4octet n

Figure 9.11.2.2.1: EAP message information element

Table 9.11.2.2.1: EAP message information element

EAP message (octet 4 to n)
An EAP message as specified in IETF RFC 3748 [34].