School of Specs 24.501v20.0.0

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

9.11.4.3 Always-on PDU session indication

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 Always-on PDU session indication information element is to indicate whether a PDU session is established as an always-on PDU session.

The Always-on PDU session indication information element is coded as shown in figure 9.11.4.3.1 and table 9.11.4.3.1.

The Always-on PDU session indication is a type 1 information element.

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Always-on PDU session indication IEI0Spare0Spare0SpareAPSIoctet 1

Figure 9.11.4.3.1: Always-on PDU session indication

Table 9.11.4.3.1: Always-on PDU session indication

Always-on PDU session indication (APSI) (octet 1)
Bit
1
0Always-on PDU session not allowed
1Always-on PDU session required
Bits 2, 3 and 4 are spare and shall be coded as zero,