TS 29.244 — Interface between the Control Plane and the User Plane Nodes⚓︎
Release: Rel 17 · Version assessed: 17.9.0 · Network: 4G, 5G · Applies to: SMF, UPF · Interfaces: N4
Mandatory items: 94, of which 58 supported and 36 partially supported. Conditional items: 451, of which 60 supported, 58 partially supported and 333 not supported. A further 44 clauses of the specification carry no conformance requirement and are not listed.
Mandatory items⚓︎
| Ref. | Item | Status | Support | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Protocol Stack | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Sxc and N4mb interface |
| 4.1 | Introduction | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.2 | UDP Header and Port Numbers | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.2.2 | Request Message | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.2.3 | Response Message | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.3 | IP Header and IP Addresses | Mandatory | Supported | IPv4 outer and inner headers; F-TEID, UE IP address and outer header creation and removal are modelled. |
| 4.3.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.3.2 | Request Message | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 4.3.3 | Response Message | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 5.2.1A.2A | Provisioning of SDF filters | Mandatory | Partial | Only following source Interfaces are supported ACCESS, CORE and CP-Func |
| 5.5.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 5.5.3 | F-TEID allocation in the UP function | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: FTEID for redundant Gtpu tunnel, PDI Optimization, Traffic Endpoint ID is not supported |
| 5.6.2 | Session Endpoint Identifier Handling | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 5.8.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Association with SMF set is not supported. |
| 5.8.2 | Behaviour with an Established PFCP Association | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Load and Overload feature are not supported |
| 5.8.3 | Behaviour without an Established PFCP Association | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 5.21.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.2.2 | Heartbeat Procedure | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.2.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.2.2.2 | Heartbeat Request | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: MPAS(Optional feature) is not supported. |
| 6.2.2.3 | Heartbeat Response | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.2.6 | PFCP Association Setup Procedure | Mandatory | Partial | Assessed per sub-clause. |
| 6.2.6.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: UPF initiated Association setup is not supported |
| 6.2.8.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.2.8.2 | CP Function Behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | The SMF releases the association with a PFCP Association Release Request. |
| 6.2.8.3 | UP Function behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.2 | PFCP Session Establishment Procedure | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.2.2 | CP Function Behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.2.3 | UP Function Behaviour | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Following not supported: - PSUCC feature |
| 6.3.3 | PFCP Session Modification Procedure | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.3.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.3.2 | CP Function behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.3.3 | UP Function Behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.4.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.4.2 | CP Function Behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.3.4.3 | UP Function Behaviour | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 6.4 | Reliable Delivery of PFCP Messages | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.1 | Transmission Order and Bit Definitions | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.2 | Message Format | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.2.2 | Message Header | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: FO/MP not supported |
| 7.2.2.1 | General Format | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: FO/MP not supported |
| 7.2.2.2 | PFCP Header for Node Related Messages | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.2.2.3 | PFCP Header for Session Related Messages | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: FO/MP not supported |
| 7.2.2.4 | Usage of the PFCP Header | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: FO/MP not supported |
| 7.2.2.4.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: FO/MP not supported |
| 7.2.2.4.2 | Conditions for Sending SEID=0 in PFCP Header | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Following not supported: - When the UP function sends PFCP Session Report Request message over N4 towards another SMF or another PFCP entity in the SMF |
| 7.2.3.2 | Presence Requirements of Information Elements | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.2.3.3 | Grouped Information Elements | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.2.3.4 | Information Element Type | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.3 | Message Types | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Following message types are not supported - PFCP PFD Management Request - PFCP PFD Management Response - PFCP Association Update Request - PFCP Association Update Response - PFCP Session Set Modification Request - PFCP Session Set Modifcation Response |
| 7.4.1 | General | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.4.2 | Heartbeat Messages | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.4.2.1 | Heartbeat Request | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Recovery Time Stamp Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Source IP Address |
| 7.4.2.2 | Heartbeat Response | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.4.4 | PFCP Association messages | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.4.4.1.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Node ID - Recovery Time Stamp Not supported: UPF never initiates PFCP Association Setup Request Following IE's are not supported while handing setup request from CP function - CP Function Features - Alternative SMF IP Address - SMF Set ID - PFCP Session Retention Information - UE IP address Pool Information - GTP-U Path QoS Control Information - Clock Drift Control Information - UPF Instance ID - PFCPASReq-Flags |
| 7.4.4.2 | PFCP Association Setup Response | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Node ID - Cause - Recovery Time Stamp - UP Function Features Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Alternative SMF IP Address - SMF Set ID - PFCPASRsp-Flags - Clock Drift Control Information - UE IP address Pool Information - GTP-U Path QoS Control Information - UPF Instance ID - CP Function Features |
| 7.4.4.5 | PFCP Association Release Request | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.4.4.6 | PFCP Association Release Response | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.4.4.7 | PFCP Version Not Supported Response | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.5.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | See 7.5.2 to 7.5.7. |
| 7.5.2 | PFCP Session Establishment Request | Mandatory | Partial | Not all IE's present in PFCP Session Establishment Request are support. Please refer section 8 "Information Elements" for detailed list of supported IE's. This comment is applicable for all line items of section 7.5.2 |
| 7.5.2.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Node ID - CP F-SEID - Create PDR - Create FAR - Create QER - Create BAR - PDN Type - User Plane Inactivity Timer - APN/DNN - Create URR - User ID - S-NSSAI Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Create Traffic Endpoint - Trace Information - Create MAR - PFCPSEReq-Flags - Create Bridge Info for TSC - Create SRR - Provide ATSSS Control Information - Recovery Time Stamp - Provide RDS configuration information - SGW-C FQ-CSID - MME FQ-CSID - PGW-C FQ-CSID - ePDG FQ-CSID - TWAN FQ-CSID - L2TP Tunnel Information - L2TP Session Information - Group Id - MBS Session N4mb Control Information - MBS Session N4 Control Information - DSCP to PPI Control Information - RAT Type |
| 7.5.2.2 | Create PDR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - PDR ID - Precedence - PDI - PDI->Source Interface - PDI->Local F-TEID - PDI->UE IP address - PDI->SDF Filter - PDI->QFI - PDI->Source Interface Type - FAR ID - QER ID - URR ID - Outer Header Removal Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - PDI->Network Instance - PDI->Redundant Transmission Detection Parameters - PDI->IP Multicast Addressing Info - PDI->Traffic Endpoint ID - PDI->Application ID - PDI->Ethernet PDU Session Information - PDI->Ethernet Packet Filter - PDI->Framed-Route - PDI->Framed-Routing - PDI->Framed-IPv6-Route - PDI->DNS Query Filter - PDI->MBS Session Identifier - PDI->Area Session ID - Activate Predefined Rules - Activation Time - Deactivation Time - MAR ID - Packet Replication and Detection Carry-On Information - IP Multicast Addressing Info - UE IP address Pool Identity - MPTCP Applicable Indication - Transport Delay Reporting - RAT Type |
| 7.5.2.3 | Create FAR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - FAR ID - Apply Action - Forwarding Parameters - Forwarding Parameters->Destination Interface - Forwarding Parameters->Destination Interface Type - Forwarding Parameters->Outer Header Creation - BAR ID - Forwarding Parameters->Transport Level Marking Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - DuplicatingParameters - Forwarding Parameters->Network Instance - Forwarding Parameters->Redirect Information - Forwarding Parameters->Forwarding Policy - Forwarding Parameters->Header Enrichment - Forwarding Parameters->Linked Traffic Endpoint ID - Forwarding Parameters->Proxying - Forwarding Parameters->IP Address and Port Number Replacement - Redundant Transmission Forwarding Parameters - MBS Multicast Parameters - Add MBS Unicast Parameters |
| 7.5.3 | PFCP Session Establishment Response | Mandatory | Partial | Not all IE's present in PFCP Session Establishment Response are supported. Please refer section 8 "Information Elements" for detailed list of supported IE's. This comment is applicable for all line items of section 7.5.3 |
| 7.5.3.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Node ID - Cause - UP F-SEID - Created PDR - Offending IE Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Load Control Information - Failed Rule ID - Overload Control Information - Created Traffic Endpoint - Created Bridge Info for TSC - ATSSS Control Parameters - RDS configuration information - SGW-U FQ-CSID - PGW-U FQ-CSID - Partial Failure Information - Created L2TP Session - MBS Session N4mb Information - MBS Session N4 Information |
| 7.5.4 | PFCP Session Modification Request | Mandatory | Partial | Not all IE's present in PFCP Session Modification Request are support. Please refer section 8 "Information Elements" for detailed list of supported IE's. This comment is applicable for all line items of section 7.5.4 |
| 7.5.4.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Remove PDR - Update FAR - Update QER - Update BAR - Create URR - Update URR - Query URR - Remove URR - PFCPSMReq-Flags - Create PDR - Remove FAR - Remove QER - Create FAR - Create QER - Create BAR - Update PDR - User Plane Inactivity Timer Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - CP F-SEID - Remove BAR - Remove Traffic Endpoint - Create Traffic Endpoint - Update Traffic Endpoint - Trace Information -Remove MAR -Update MAR -Create MAR -Node ID -TSC Management Information -Remove SRR -Create SRR -Update SRR -Provide ATSSS Control Information -Ethernet Context Information -Access Availability Information -Query Packet Rate Status - PGW-C FQ-CSID - SGW-C FQ-CSID - MME FQ-CSID - ePDG FQ-CSID - TWAN FQ-CSID - Query URR Reference - S-NSSAI - RAT Type - Group Id - MBS Session N4 Control Information - DSCP to PPI Control Information |
| 7.5.5 | PFCP Session Modification Response | Mandatory | Partial | Not all IE's present in PFCP Session Modification Response are support. Please refer section 8 "Information Elements" for detailed list of supported IE's. This comment is applicable for all line items of section 7.5.5 |
| 7.5.5.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Cause - Offending IE - Usage Report - Created PDR Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Load Control Information - Overload Control Information - Created/Updated Traffic Endpoint - Additional Usage Reports Information -TSC Management Information -ATSSS Control Parameters -Updated PDR -Packet Rate Status Report - Failed Rule ID - Partial Failure Information - MBS Session N4 Information |
| 7.5.6 | PFCP Session Deletion Request | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.5.7 | PFCP Session Deletion Response | Mandatory | Partial | Not all IE's present in PFCP Session Deletion Response are support. Please refer section 8 "Information Elements" for detailed list of supported IE's. This comment is applicable for all line items of section 7.5.7 |
| 7.5.7.1 | General | Mandatory | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Cause - Usage Report - Offending IE Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Load Control Information - Overload Control Information -Additional Usage Reports Information -Packet Rate Status Report -Session Report - MBS Session N4 Information - PFCPSDRsp-Flags |
| 7.6 | Error Handling | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.1 | Protocol Errors | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.2 | Different PFCP Versions | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.3 | PFCP Message of Invalid Length | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.4 | Unknown PFCP Message | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.5 | Unexpected PFCP Message | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.6 | Missing Information Elements | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.7 | Invalid Length Information Element | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.8 | Semantically incorrect Information Element | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 7.6.9 | Unknown or unexpected Information Element | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 8.1.1 | Information Element Format | Mandatory | Supported | |
| 8.1.2 | Information Element Types | Mandatory | Partial | Not supported: Some of the table IE are not supported. See section 8.2 for more understanding |
| 8.2 | Information Elements | Mandatory | Partial | Assessed per information element below. |
| 8.2.1 | Cause | Mandatory | Partial | Following cause types are supported - Request accepted (success) - Request rejected (reason not specified) - Session context not found - Mandatory IE missing - Invalid length - System failure - No established PFCP Association - No resources available - Service not supported - Mandatory IE incorrect - Invalid F-TEID allocation option - PFCP entity in congestion Not supported: Following cause types are not supported - Invalid Forwarding Policy - Rule creation/modification Failure - Conditional IE missing - More Usage Report to send - Redirection Requested - All dynamic addresses are occupied - Request partially accepted - Unknown Pre-defined Rule - Unknown Application ID - L2TP tunnel Establishment failure - L2TP session Establishment failure - L2TP tunnel release - L2TP session release - PFCP session restoration failure due to requested resource not available |
| 8.2.69 | Node Report Type | Mandatory | Partial | Following are supported - UPFR Not supported: Following are not supported: - UPRR - CKDR - GPQR - PURR - VSR |
Conditional items⚓︎
| Ref. | Item | Status | Support | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Introduction | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Procedure related to charging control and lawfull interceptions are not supported. |
| 5.2.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: MAR, ATSSS, duplication of packet, buffering of UL packet. |
| 5.2.1A.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Following features are not supported - Traffic Endpoint IE for PDI optimization - Ethernet PDU session |
| 5.2.1A.3 | Bidirectional SDF Filters | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.1A.4 | Application detection with PFD | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.2.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Event based URR, periodic reporting are not supported |
| 5.2.2.2.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Below feature are supported Volume Threshold, Volume Quota, Time Threshold, Time Quota are supported Not supported: Dropped DL Traffic Threshold IE, Measurement Before QoS Enforcement, Measurement of Number of Packets,Immediate Start Time Metering, Inactivity Detection Time, Continuous Time Period, Descrete Time Period, Event based URR, Quota Holding Time, Quota validity time, Monitoring Time, Measurement period, User Plane Inactivity Timer are not suported Quota Action feature QUASF feature NSPOC feature NORP feature Inactive Measurement flag of the Measurement Information IE |
| 5.2.2.3.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Below feature are supported Volume Threshold, Volume Quota, Time Threshold, Time Quota are supported Not supported: Event Threshold, PERIO/LIUSA/ENVCL/STOPT, Monitoring time, DROTH, START, MACAR, IPMJL, Measurement Information, Quota Holding Time, PERIO, LIUSA, Envelope Closure, NORP, AURI are not supported. |
| 5.2.2.3.2 | Credit pooling | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.2.3.3 | Traffic Usage Reporting with Redundant Transmission | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.2.4 | Reporting of Linked Usage Reports to the CP function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.2.5 | End Marker Reception Reporting | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.3.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Header Enrichment, duplicate packet forwarding IE is not supported in FAR |
| 5.2.4.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Following features are supported: Downlink Data Notification Delay, DL Buffering Duration, DL Buffering Suggested Packet Count. Not supported: Suggested Buffering Packets Count is not supported. |
| 5.2.4.2 | Provisioning of Buffering Action Rule in the UP function | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Suggested Buffering Packets count is not supported. |
| 5.2.5.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.2.5.2 | Provisioning of QoS Enforcement Rule in the UP function | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: SCI is not supported |
| 5.2.5.3 | Reflective QoS (for 5GC) | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.2.7.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.8.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.8.2.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.8.3.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.2.9 | Handling of Rules that cannot be activated | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Following scenarios are supported - Forwarding of user-plane packets between the UE and the CP function. - Forwarding of packets between the CP function and the external PDN (over SGi) / DN (over N6). Not supported: Forwarding of user data using Control Plane CIoT 5GS Optimisation |
| 5.3.2 | Sending of End Marker Packets | Conditional | Partial | Instruction to send End Marker Packet by UP function is only supported. Not supported: Construction of End Marker Packet procedure applicable for CP function is not supported |
| 5.3.3 | Forwarding of Packets Subject to Buffering in the CP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.3.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.3.2 | Forwarding of Packets from the UP Function to the CP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.3.3 | Forwarding of Packets from the CP Function to the UP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.4 | Data Forwarding between the CP and UP Functions with one PFCP-u Tunnel per UP Function or PDN | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.3.4.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | For exchanging DHCPv4 packets with DHCP server in DN |
| 5.3.4.2 | Forwarding of Packets from the UP Function to the CP Function | Conditional | Supported | For exchanging DHCPv4 packets with DHCP server in DN |
| 5.3.4.3 | Forwarding of Packets from the CP Function to the UP Function | Conditional | Supported | For exchanging DHCPv4 packets with DHCP server in DN |
| 5.3.5 | Forwarding of user data using Control Plane CIoT 5GS Optimisation (for 5GC) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.5.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.5.2 | Forwarding of Packets from the UP Function to the CP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.3.5.3 | Forwarding of Packets from the CP Function to the UP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.4.2 | Service Detection and Bearer/QoS Flow Binding | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Application detection filters are not supported. |
| 5.4.3 | Gating Control | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.4.4 | QoS Control | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Following flavors of QoS control are not supported - Application level |
| 5.4.5 | DL Flow Level Marking for Application Detection | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.6 | Usage Monitoring | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Application level monitoring not supported |
| 5.4.7 | Traffic Redirection | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.8 | Traffic Steering | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.9 | Provisioning of Predefined PCC/ADC Rules | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: ADC rules are not supported |
| 5.4.10 | Charging | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Procedures related to following functionalities are not supported - Offline charging - Creation of URR related to Application Service Provider Id - Redirections on final Quota |
| 5.4.11 | (Un)solicited Application Reporting | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.13 | Transport Level Marking | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.4.14 | Deferred PDR activation and deactivation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.15 | Packet Rate enforcement | Conditional | Not supported | Packet rate enforcement is not supported. |
| 5.4.15.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.15.2 | Packet rate enforcement over Sxb and N4 interfaces | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.4.15.3 | PGW and SMF behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.6.3 | Modifying the Rules of an Existing PFCP Session | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.7 | Support of Lawful Interception | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.7.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.7.3 | Lawful Interception in 5GC | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.9 | Usage of Vendor-specific IE | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.10 | Error Indication Handling | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.11.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.11.2 | User plane inactivity detection and reporting per PDN connection or PDU session | Conditional | Supported | Supported in non VPP based UPF(Slow Path) |
| 5.11.3 | User plane inactivity detection and reporting per PDR | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13 | Ethernet traffic (for 5GC) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.2 | Address Resolution Protocol or IPv6 Neighbour Solicitation Response by SMF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.3 | Address Resolution Protocol or IPv6 Neighbour Solicitation Response by UPF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.3A | Provisioning of MAC addresses and SDF filters in Ethernet Packet Filters | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.4 | Bidirectional Ethernet Filters | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.5 | Reporting of UE MAC addresses to the SMF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.13.6 | Ethernet PDU session anchor relocation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.14 | Support IPv6 Prefix Delegation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.15 | Signalling based Trace (De)Activation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.16 | Framed Routing | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.17 | 5G UPF (for 5GC) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.17.1 | Introduction | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.17.2 | Uplink Classifier and Branching Point | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.17.3 | Data Forwarding during handovers between 5GS and EPS | Conditional | Supported | |
| 5.18.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.18.2 | UP Function Initiated PFCP Session Release | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.19 | Activation and Deactivation of Pre-defined PDRs | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.2 | MPTCP functionality | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.2.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.2.2 | Activate MPTCP functionality and Exchange MPTCP Parameters | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.2.3 | Control of Multipath TCP Connection Establishment by MPTCP Proxy | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.2.4 | Traffic Steering and IP Translation by MPTCP Proxy | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.3.1 | Activate ATSSS-LL functionality and Exchange ATSSS-LL Parameters | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.4.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.4.2 | Access Availability Reporting | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.5 | Access type of a MA PDU session becoming (un)available | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.20.6 | PMFP message handling in UPF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.21.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Following are not supported - More than one UE IP address to a PDU session |
| 5.21.2.2 | UE IP Address/prefix allocation using DHCP or AAA server | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.21.3.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.22 | PFCP sessions successively controlled by different SMFs of an SMF set (for 5GC) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.22.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.22.2 | With one PFCP association per SMF Set and UPF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.22.3 | With one PFCP association per SMF and UPF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.22.4 | Restoration of PFCP Sessions associated with an FQ-CSID, Group ID or PGW-C/SMF IP Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.2 | Redundant Transmission on N3/N9 interfaces | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.2.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.2.2 | GTP-U tunnel setup for redundant transmission | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.2.3 | Duplicating downlink packets for redundant transmission | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.2.4 | Eliminating duplicated uplink packets | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.3 | Redundant Transmission at transport layer | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.4 | Per QoS Flow Per UE QoS Monitoring | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.4.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.4.2 | QoS Monitoring Control | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.4.3 | QoS Monitoring Reporting | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.5 | Per GTP-U Path QoS Monitoring | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.5.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.5.2 | GTP-U path monitoring | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.5.3 | QoS monitoring of a PDU session based on GTP-U path monitoring | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.24.5.4 | QoS Monitoring Reporting | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.26.2 | 5GS Bridge management | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.26.3 | Transfer of 5GS bridge and port management information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.26.4 | Reporting clock drift between TSN and 5GS times from UPF to SMF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.27 | Inter-PLMN User Plane Security | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.28 | Downlink data delivery status with UPF buffering (for 5GC) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.28.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Following is not supported: - Apply Action with BDPN |
| 5.29 | Support Reliable Data Service | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.30 | Notifying Start Pause of Charging | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.31 | Support of L2TP | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.31.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.31.2 | L2TP Tunnel and L2TP Session Setup | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.31.3 | L2TP Session and L2TP Tunnel Release | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.32 | Support of Uplink packets buffering | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.32.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.32.2 | Uplink packets buffering for on-line charging | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.32.3 | Uplink packets buffering during EAS relocation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.33 | Support of enhancement of Edge Computing (for 5GC) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.33.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.33.2 | Uplink packet buffering for low packet loss during EAS relocation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.33.3 | Edge Relocation using EAS IP address and Port number Replacement | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.33.4 | EAS Discovery procedure with Local DNS Server/Resolver | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.33.5 | Direct Reporting of QoS monitoring events to Local NEF or AF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34 | Support of 5G Multicast and Broadcast Service | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.2 | N4mb requirements | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.2.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.2.2 | Instructing the MB-UPF to forward MBS data using multicast and/or unicast transport | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.2.3 | Detecting and reporting user plane (in)activity of an MBS session | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.2.4 | Activation and Deactivation of a Multicast MBS session | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.3 | N4 requirements | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.3.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.3.2 | Instructing the UPF to forward (or stop forwarding) multicast MBS data to associated PDU sessions | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.34.3.3 | Instructing a combined UPF/MBS-UPF to forward multicast MBS data to associated PDU sessions | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.35 | Support of Per Slice UP Resource Allocation and Usage Reporting by the UP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.35.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.36.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 5.36.2 | Enhanced Paging Policy Indicator Provisioning | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.6.2 | PFCP Association Setup Initiated by the CP Function | Conditional | Supported | |
| 6.2.6.2.1 | CP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Supported | The SMF initiates the association. |
| 6.2.6.2.2 | UP Function behaviour | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: Below feature is not supported: UE IP Address pool, NF Instance ID, PFCP Session Retained Indication, UPF configured for IPUPS Indication |
| 6.2.6.3 | PFCP Association Setup Initiated by the UP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.6.3.1 | UP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.7.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.7.2 | PFCP Association Update Procedure Initiated by the CP Function | Conditional | Not supported | The SMF does not initiate association updates. |
| 6.2.7.2.1 | CP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | The SMF does not initiate association updates. |
| 6.2.7.2.2 | UP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.7.3 | PFCP Association Update Procedure Initiated by UP Function | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.7.3.1 | UP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 6.2.7.3.2 | CP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | Association updates from the UPF are not processed. |
| 6.2.9.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | |
| 6.2.9.2 | UP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Supported | |
| 6.2.9.3 | CP Function behaviour | Conditional | Not supported | Node Report Requests are not processed. |
| 6.3.5.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | |
| 6.3.5.2 | UP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Partial | Not supported: EPFAR feature is not supported |
| 6.3.5.3 | CP Function Behaviour | Conditional | Supported | Session Report Requests are processed and answered. |
| 7.2.1A | PFCP messages bundled in one UDP/IP packet | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.2.3 | Information Elements | Conditional | Partial | Complete IE support is not present, supported IE's are captured in subsequent section |
| 7.2.3.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Complete IE support is not present, supported IE's are captured in subsequent section |
| 7.4.4.1.3 | GTP-U Path QoS Control Information IE within PFCP Association Setup Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.4.5.1.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Node ID - Node Report Type - User Plane Path Failure Report Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - User Plane Path Recovery Report - Clock Drift Report - GTP-U Path QoS Report - Peer UP Restart Report - Vendor-Specific Node Report Type |
| 7.4.5.1.2 | User Plane Path Failure Report IE within PFCP Node Report Request | Conditional | Supported | |
| 7.4.5.1.3 | User Plane Path Recovery Report IE within PFCP Node Report Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.4.5.1.4 | Clock Drift Report IE within PFCP Node Report Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.4.5.1.5 | GTP-U Path QoS Report IE within PFCP Node Report Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.4.5.1.6 | QoS Information in GTP-U Path QoS Report IE | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.4.5.1.7 | Peer UP Restart Report IE within PFCP Node Report Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.4.5.2.1 | General | Conditional | Supported | |
| 7.5.2.4 | Create URR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - URR ID - Measurement Method - Reporting Triggers - Volume Threshold - Volume Quota - Time Threshold - Time Quota - FAR ID for Quota Action - Measurement Period Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Event Threshold - Event Quota - Dropped DL Traffic Threshold - Linked URR ID - Measurement Information - Ethernet Inactivity Timer - Additional Monitoring Time - Subsequent Event Threshold - Subsequent Event Quota - Quota Holding Time - Monitoring Time - Subsequent Volume Threshold - Subsequent Time Threshold - Subsequent Volume Quota - Subsequent Time Quota - Inactivity Detection Time - Number of Reports - Quota Validity Time - Time Quota Mechanism - Aggregated URR - Exempted Application ID for Quota Action - Exempted SDF Filter for Quota Action - User Plane Inactivity Timer |
| 7.5.2.5 | Create QER IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - QER ID - Gate Status - Maximum Bitrate - Guaranteed Bitrate - Averaging Window - Reflective QoS Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - QER Correlation ID - Paging Policy Indicator - Packet Rate Status - QER Control Indications - QoS flow identifier - Packet Rate - DL Flow Level Marking |
| 7.5.2.7 | Create Traffic Endpoint IE within Sx Session Establishment Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.2.8 | Create MAR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.2.10 | Provide ATSSS Control Information IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.3.2 | Created PDR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Response | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - PDR ID - Local F-TEID Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Local F-TEID for Redundant Transmission - UE IP Address |
| 7.5.3.5 | Created Traffic Endpoint IE within Sx Session Establishment Response | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.3.6 | Created Bridge Info for TSC IE within PFCP Session Establishment Response | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.3.7 | ATSSS Control Parameters IE within PFCP Session Establishment Response | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.2 | Update PDR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - PDR ID - Precedence - PDI - PDI->Source Interface - PDI->UE IP address - PDI->SDF Filter - PDI->QFI - PDI->Source Interface Type - PDI->Local F-TEID - FAR ID - QER ID - URR ID - Outer Header Removal Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - PDI->Network Instance - PDI->Traffic Endpoint ID - PDI->Application ID - PDI->Ethernet PDU Session Information - PDI->Ethernet Packet Filter - PDI->Framed-Route - PDI->Framed-Routing - PDI->Framed-IPv6-Route -PDI->Redundant Transmission Detection Parameters -PDI->IP Multicast Addressing Info - Activate Predefined Rules - Deactivate Predefined Rules -Activation Time -Deactivation Time -IP Multicast Addressing info -Transport Delay Reporting - RAT Type |
| 7.5.4.3 | Update FAR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - FAR ID - Apply Action - Update Forwarding parameters - Update Forwarding parameters->Outer Header Creation - Update Forwarding parameters->Transport Level Marking - Update Forwarding parameters-> PFCPSMReq-Flags - Update Forwarding parameters->Destination Interface - BAR ID Not supported: Following IE's are not supported -Redundant Transmission Forwarding Parameters - Update Forwarding parameters->Network instance - Update Forwarding parameters->Redirect Information - Update Forwarding parameters->Forwarding Policy - Update Forwarding parameters->Header Enrichment - Update Forwarding parameters->Linked Traffic Endpoint ID - Update Forwarding parameters->Destination Interface Type - Update Duplicating Parameters - Update Forwarding parameters->IP Address and Port Number Replacement |
| 7.5.4.4 | Update URR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - URR ID - Measurement Method - Reporting Triggers - Volume Threshold - Volume Quota - Time Threshold - Time Quota - FAR ID for Quota Action Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Event Threshold - Event Quota - Dropped DL Traffic Threshold - Linked URR ID - Measurement Information - Ethernet Inactivity Timer - Additional Monitoring Time - Subsequent Event Threshold - Subsequent Event Quota - Quota Holding Time - Monitoring Time - Subsequent Volume Threshold - Subsequent Time Threshold - Subsequent Volume Quota - Subsequent Time Quota - Inactivity Detection Time - Measurement Period -Quota Validity Time -Number of Reports - Time Quota Mechanism - Aggregated URRs - Exempted Application ID for Quota Action - Exempted SDF Filter for Quota Action - User Plane Inactivity Timer |
| 7.5.4.5 | Update QER IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - QER ID - Maximum Bitrate - Guaranteed Bitrate - Averaging Window - Reflective QoS Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - QER Correlation ID - Gate Status - QoS flow identifier - Paging Policy Indicator - QER Control Indications - Packet Rate - DL Flow Level Marking |
| 7.5.4.6 | Remove PDR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - PDR ID |
| 7.5.4.7 | Remove FAR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - FAR ID |
| 7.5.4.8 | Remove URR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - URR ID |
| 7.5.4.9 | Remove QER IE PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - QER ID |
| 7.5.4.10 | Query URR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - URR ID |
| 7.5.4.11 | Update BAR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - BAR ID - Downlink Data Notification Delay Not supported: Following IE is not supported: - MT-EDT Control Information - Suggested Buffering Packets Count - DL Buffering Duration - DL Buffering Suggested Packet Count |
| 7.5.4.12 | Remove BAR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.13 | Update Traffic Endpoint IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.14 | Remove Traffic Endpoint IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.15 | Remove MAR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.16 | Update MAR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.17 | Create PDR/FAR/URR/QER/BAR/MAR IEs within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Create PDR/FAR/URR/QER/BAR Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Create MAR |
| 7.5.4.18 | TSC Management Information IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.19 | Remove SRR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.20 | Update SRR IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.21 | Ethernet Context Information within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.4.22 | Query Packet Rate Status IE within PFCP Session Modification Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.5.2 | Usage Report IE within PFCP Session Modification Response | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - URR ID - UR-SEQN - Usage Report Trigger - Volume Measurement - Duration Measurement - Time of First Packet - Time of Last Packet Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Ethernet Traffic Information - Usage Information - Start Time - End Time - Query URR Reference |
| 7.5.5.3 | TSC Management Information IE within PFCP Session Modification Response | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.5.4 | Packet Rate Status Report IE within PFCP Session Modification Response | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.5.5 | Updated PDR IE within PFCP Session Modification Response | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.7.2 | Usage Report IE within PFCP Session Deletion Response | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - URR ID - UR-SEQN - Usage Report Trigger - Volume Measurement - Duration Measurement - Time of First Packet - Time of Last Packet Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Ethernet Traffic Information - Usage Information - Start Time - End Time |
| 7.5.8 | PFCP Session Report Request | Conditional | Partial | Not all IE's present in PFCP Session Report Request are support. Please refer section 8 "Information Elements" for detailed list of supported IE's. This comment is applicable for all line items of section 7.5.8 |
| 7.5.8.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Report Type - Downlink Data Report - Usage Report - Error Indication Report Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Load Control Information - Overload Control Information - Additional Usage Reports Information - PFCPSRReq-Flags - Old CP F-SEID - Packet Rate Status Report - TSC Management Information - Session Report - Cause |
| 7.5.8.2 | Downlink Data Report IE within PFCP Session Report Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - PDR ID - Downlink Data Service Information Not supported: Following IE's are not suppoerted - DL Data Status - DL Data Packets Size |
| 7.5.8.3 | Usage Report IE within PFCP Session Report Request | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - URR ID - UR-SEQN - Usage Report Trigger - Volume Measurement - Duration Measurement - Time of First Packet - Time of Last Packet Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Application Detection Information - UE IP address - Network Instance - Event Time Stamp - Ethernet Traffic Information - Start Time - End Time - Usage Information - Join IP Multicast Information - Leave IP Multicast Information - Query URR Reference - Predefined Rules Name |
| 7.5.8.4 | Error Indication Report IE within PFCP Session Report Request | Conditional | Supported | Following IE's are supported - Remote F-TEID |
| 7.5.8.5 | TSC Management Information IE within PFCP Session Report Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.8.6 | Session Report IE within PFCP Session Report Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 7.5.9.1 | General | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - Cause - Update BAR Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Offending IE - PFCPSRRsp-Flags -CP F-SEID -N4-u F-TEID -Alternative SMF IP Address - PGW-C/SMF FQ-CSID - Group Id - Node ID |
| 7.5.9.2 | Update BAR IE within PFCP Session Report Response | Conditional | Partial | Following IE's are supported - BAR ID - Downlink Data Notification Delay - DL Buffering Suggested Packet Count - DL Buffering Duration Not supported: Following IE's are not supported - Suggested Buffering Packets Count |
| 8.2.2 | Source Interface | Conditional | Partial | Following source interface types are supported - Access - Core - CP-function Not supported: Following source interface types are not supported - SGi-LAN/N6-LAN - 5G VN Internal |
| 8.2.3 | F-TEID | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.4 | Network Instance | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.5 | SDF Filter | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - Length of Flow Description - Flow Description - ToS Traffic Class - Security Parameter Index - Flow Label Not supported: Following are not supported - SDF Filter ID |
| 8.2.6 | Application ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.7 | Gate Status | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.8 | MBR | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.9 | GBR | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.10 | QER Correlation ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.11 | Precedence | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.12 | Transport Level Marking | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.13 | Volume Threshold | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.14 | Time Threshold | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.15 | Monitoring Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.16 | Subsequent Volume Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.17 | Subsequent Time Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.18 | Inactivity Detection Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.19 | Reporting Triggers | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - TIMTH - VOLTH - TIMQU - VOLQU Not supported: Following are not supported - QUHTI - LIUSA - DROTH - STOPT - START - EVEQU - EVETH - MACAR - ENVCL - PERIO - IPMJL - QUVTI - REEMR - UPINT |
| 8.2.20 | Redirect Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.21 | Report Type | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - Downlink Data Report - Error Indication Report - User Plane Inactivity Report - Usage Report Not supported: Following are not supported - TMIR - SESR - UISR |
| 8.2.22 | Offending IE | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.23 | Forwarding Policy | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.24 | Destination Interface | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - Access - Core - CP- Function Not supported: Following are not supported - SGi-LAN/N6-LAN - LI Function - 5G VN Internal |
| 8.2.25 | UP Function Features | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - BUCP - DDND - DLBD - FTUP - EMPU - QUOAC - QFQM - DBDM Not supported: Following are not supported - TRST - PFDM - HEEU - TREU - PDIU - UDBC - TRACE - FRRT - PFDE - EPFAR - DPDRA - ADPDP - UEIP - SSET - MNOP - MTE - BUNDL - GCOM - MPAS - RTTL - VTIME - NORP - IPTV - IP6PL - TSN - MPTCP - ATSSS-LL - GPQM - MT-EDT - CIOT - ETHAR - DDDS - RDS - RTTWP - QUASF - NSPOC - L2TP - UPBER - RESPS - IPREP - DNSTS - DRQOS - MBSN4 - PSUPRM - EPPPI - RATP - UPIDP - TSCTS |
| 8.2.26 | Apply Action | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - Forward - Buffer - Drop - Notify the CP function Not supported: Following are not supported - Duplicate - IPMA - IPMD - DFRT - EDRT - BDPN - DDPN - FSSM - MBSU |
| 8.2.27 | Downlink Data Service Information | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - QFI Not supported: Following are not supported - PPI |
| 8.2.28 | Downlink Data Notification Delay | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.29 | DL Buffering Duration | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.30 | DL Buffering Suggested Packet Count | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.31 | PFCPSMReq-Flags | Conditional | Supported | Following are supported - Drop Buffered Packets - Send End Marker Packets - Query All URRs Not supported: Following are not supported: - SUMPC (Stop of Usage Measurement to Pause Charging) - RUMUC (Resume of Usage Measurement to Un-pause of Charging) - DETEID (Delete All DL N3mb and/or N19mb F-TEIDs) |
| 8.2.32 | PFCPSRRsp-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.33 | Sequence Number | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.34 | Metric | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.35 | Timer | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.36 | Packet Detection Rule ID (PDR ID) | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.37 | F-SEID | Conditional | Supported | Following are supported - SEID - IPv4 address - IPv6 address |
| 8.2.38 | Node ID | Conditional | Supported | Following are supported - IPv4 address - IPv6 address - FQDN |
| 8.2.39 | PFD Contents | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.40 | Measurement Method | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - DURAT - VOLUM Not supported: Following are not supported - EVENT |
| 8.2.41 | Usage Report Trigger | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - TIMTH - VOLTH - TIMQU - VOLQU - IMMER - TERMR Not supported: Following are not supported - QUHTI - LIUSA - DROTH - STOPT - START - EVEQU - EVETH - MACAR - ENVCL - MONIT - PERIO - TEBUR - IPMJL - QUVTI - EMRRE - UPINT |
| 8.2.42 | Measurement Period | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.43 | Fully qualified PDN Connection Set Identifier (FQ-CSID) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.44 | Volume Measurement | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - TOVOL - ULVOL - DLVOL Not supported: Following are not supported: - TONOP - ULNOP - DLNOP |
| 8.2.45 | Duration Measurement | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.46 | Time of First Packet | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.47 | Time of Last Packet | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.48 | Quota Holding Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.49 | Dropped DL Traffic Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.50 | Volume Quota | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.51 | Time Quota | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.52 | Start Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.53 | End Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.54 | URR ID | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.55 | Linked URR ID IE | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.56 | Outer Header Creation | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - Outer Header Creation Description-->GTP-U/UDP/IPv4, GTP-U/UDP/IPv6 - TEID - IPv4 Address - IPv6 Address Not supported: Following are not supported - Port Number - C-TAG - S-TAG |
| 8.2.57 | BAR ID | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.58 | CP Function Features | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.59 | Usage Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.60 | Application Instance ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.61 | Flow Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.62 | UE IP Address | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - IPv4 address - IPv6 address Not supported: Following are not supported - IPv6 Prefix Delegation Bits - IPv6 Prefix Length |
| 8.2.63 | Packet Rate | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.64 | Outer Header Removal | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - Outer Header Removal Description Not supported: Following are not supported - GTP-U Extension Header Deletion |
| 8.2.65 | Recovery Time Stamp | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.67 | Header Enrichment | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.68 | Measurement Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.70 | Remote GTP-U Peer | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - V4 - V6 - IPV4 - IPV6 Not supported: Following are not supported - NI - DI - Length of Network Instance field - Network Instance field - Length of Destination Interface field - Destination Interface field |
| 8.2.71 | UR-SEQN | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.72 | Activate Predefined Rules | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.73 | Deactivate Predefined Rules | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.74 | FAR ID | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.75 | QER ID | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.76 | OCI Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.77 | PFCP Association Release Request | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.78 | Graceful Release Period | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.79 | PDN Type | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported - IPv4 - IPv6 Not supported: Following are not supported - IPv4v6 - Non-IP - Ethernet |
| 8.2.80 | Failed Rule ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.81 | Time Quota Mechanism | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.82 | void | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.83 | User Plane Inactivity Timer | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.84 | Multiplier | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.85 | Aggregated URR ID IE | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.86 | Subsequent Volume Quota | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.87 | Subsequent Time Quota | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.88 | RQI | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.89 | QFI | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.90 | Query URR Reference | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.91 | Additional Usage Reports Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.92 | Traffic Endpoint ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.93 | MAC address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.94 | C-TAG (Customer-VLAN tag) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.95 | S-TAG (Service-VLAN tag) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.96 | Ethertype | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.97 | Proxying | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.98 | Ethernet Filter ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.99 | Ethernet Filter Properties | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.100 | Suggested Buffering Packets Count | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.101 | User ID | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported: - IMSIF - NAIF Not supported: Following are not supported: - IMEIF - MSISDNF - GPSIF - PEIF - SUPIF |
| 8.2.102 | Ethernet PDU Session Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.103 | MAC Addresses Detected | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.104 | MAC Addresses Removed | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.105 | Ethernet Inactivity Timer | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.106 | Subsequent Event Quota | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.107 | Subsequent Event Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.108 | Trace Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.109 | Framed-Route | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.110 | Framed-Routing | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.111 | Framed-IPv6-Route | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.112 | Event Quota | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.113 | Event Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.114 | Time Stamp | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.115 | Averaging Window | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.116 | Paging Policy Indicator (PPI) | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.117 | APN/DNN | Conditional | Supported | |
| 8.2.118 | 3GPP Interface Type | Conditional | Partial | Following are supported : - N3 3GPP Access - N6 Not supported: Following are not supported: - N9 |
| 8.2.119 | PFCPSRReq-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.120 | PFCPAUReq-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.121 | Activation Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.122 | Deactivation Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.123 | MAR ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.124 | Steering Functionality | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.125 | Steering Mode | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.126 | Weight | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.127 | Priority | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.128 | UE IP address Pool Identity | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.129 | Alternative SMF IP Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.130 | Packet Replication and Detection Carry-On Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.131 | SMF Set ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.132 | Quota Validity Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.136 | PFCPSEReq-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.139 | Packet Rate Status | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.140 | Create Bridge Info for TSC IE | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.141 | DS-TT Port Number | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.142 | NW-TT Port Number | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.143 | 5GS User Plane Node | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.145 | Requested Clock Drift Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.146 | Time Domain Number | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.147 | Time Offset Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.148 | Cumulative rateRatio Threshold | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.151 | SRR ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.152 | Requested Access Availability Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.154 | MPTCP Control Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.155 | ATSSS-LL Control Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.156 | PMF Control Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.157 | MPTCP Address Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.158 | UE Link-Specific IP Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.159 | PMF Address Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.160 | ATSSS-LL Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.161 | Data Network Access Identifier | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.162 | Average Packet Delay | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.163 | Minimum Packet Delay | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.164 | Maximum Packet Delay | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.165 | QoS Report Trigger | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.166 | GTP-U Path Interface Type | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.167 | Requested Qos Monitoring | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.168 | Reporting Frequency | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.169 | Packet Delay Thresholds | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.170 | Minimum Wait Time | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.171 | QoS Monitoring Measurement | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.174 | QER Control Indications | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.181 | MPTCP Applicable Indication | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.183 | Number of UE IP Addresses | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.184 | Validity Timer | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.185 | Offending IE Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.186 | RAT Type | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.187 | L2TP User Authentication | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.188 | LNS Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.189 | Tunnel Preference | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.190 | Calling Number | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.191 | Called Number | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.192 | L2TP Session Indications | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.193 | DNS Server Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.194 | NBNS Server Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.195 | Maximum Receive Unit | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.196 | Thresholds | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.197 | Steering Mode Indicator | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.198 | Group Id | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.199 | CP IP Address | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.200 | IP Address and Port Number Replacement | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.201 | DNS Query Filter | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.202 | Event Notification URI | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.203 | Notification Correlation ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.204 | Reporting Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.205 | Predefined Rules Name | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.206 | MBS Session Identifier | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.207 | Multicast Transport Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.208 | MBSN4mbReq-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.209 | Local Ingress Tunnel | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.210 | MBS Unicast Parameters ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.211 | MBSN4Resp-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.212 | Tunnel Password | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.213 | Area Session ID | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.214 | DSCP to PPI Mapping Information | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.215 | PFCPSDRsp-Flags | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.216 | QER Indications | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.217 | Vendor-Specific Node Report Type | Conditional | Not supported | |
| 8.2.218 | Configured Time Domain | Conditional | Not supported | |
| Annex A (Informative): | PFCP Load and Overload Control Mechanism | Conditional | Not supported | |
| A.1 | Throttling Aalgorithms | Conditional | Not supported | |
| A.1.1 | Loss Throttling Algorithm | Conditional | Not supported | |
| A.1.1.1 | Example of Possible Implementation | Conditional | Not supported | |
| C.2.1 | Online Charging | Conditional | Not supported | |
| C.2.1.1 | Online Charging Call Flow – Normal Scenario | Conditional | Not supported | |
| C.2.1.2 | Online Charging Call Flow with Credit Pooling | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2 | Procedures | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.1 | Addition of PSA and UL CL/BP controlled by I-SMF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.2 | Removal of PSA and UL CL/BP | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.3 | Change of PSA | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.4 | Traffic Usage Reporting | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.5 | Updating N4 information towards I-SMF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.6 | PDU session release | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.7 | Simultaneous change of UL CL/BP and PSA controlled by I-SMF | Conditional | Not supported | |
| D.2.8 | Simultaneous change of UL CL/BP and PSA controlled by different I-SMFs | Conditional | Not supported | |
| Annex E (Informative): | Annex E (Informative): | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.2 | Multipath TCP Connection Setup | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.2.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.2.2 | Outgoing Multipath TCP Connection Setup | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.2.3 | Incoming Multipath TCP Connection Setup | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.2.4 | MPTCP Session Entry Stored in MPTCP Proxy | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.3 | IP Translation Procedure | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.3.1 | General | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.3.2 | IP Translation on Uplink IP Packets | Conditional | Not supported | |
| E.3.3 | IP Translation on Downlink IP Packets | Conditional | Not supported | |
| Annex F (Informative): | Annex F (Informative) | Conditional | Not supported |
Optional items⚓︎
The specification leaves these 71 items to the implementation; 1 is supported or partially supported. An item marked Not applicable belongs to an area the platform does not provide, named in the Support column. Expand for the full list.
71 optional items
| Ref. | Item | Support | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2.1A.2 | PDI Optimization | Not supported | |
| 5.4.16.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 5.4.16.2 | Access to PLMN services via SNPN | Not supported | |
| 5.4.16.3 | Access to SNPN services via PLMN | Not supported | |
| 5.20.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 5.21.3 | UE IP address/prefix allocation in the UP function | Not supported | |
| 5.21.3.2 | Reporting UE IP Address Usage to the CP function | Not supported | |
| 5.23 | 5G VN Group Communication (for 5GC) | Not supported | |
| 5.24.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 5.25 | Support of IPTV (for 5GC) | Not supported | |
| 5.26.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3 | Load Control Procedure | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.2 | Principles | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.3 | Load Control Information | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.3.1 | General Description | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.3.2 | Parameters | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.3.2.1 | Load Control Sequence Number | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.3.2.2 | Load Metric | Not supported | |
| 6.2.3.3.3 | Frequency of Inclusion | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4 | Overload Control Procedure | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.2 | Principles | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3 | Overload Control Information | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3.1 | General Description | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3.2 | Parameters | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3.2.1 | Overload Control Sequence Number | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3.2.2 | Period of Validity | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3.2.3 | Overload Reduction Metric | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.3.3 | Frequency of Inclusion | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.4 | Message Throttling | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.4.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.4.2 | Throttling algorithm | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.4.2.1 | Description | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.5 | Message Prioritization | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.5.1 | Description | Not supported | |
| 6.2.4.5.2 | Based on the Message Priority Signalled in the PFCP Message | Not supported | |
| 6.2.5 | PFCP PFD Management Procedure | Not supported | |
| 6.2.5.1 | General | Not supported | |
| 6.2.5.2 | CP Function Behaviour | Not supported | |
| 6.2.5.3 | UP Function Behaviour | Not supported | |
| 6.5 | PFCP messages bundling | Not supported | |
| 7.4.3 | PFCP PFD Management | Not supported | |
| 7.4.3.1 | PFCP PFD Management Request | Not supported | |
| 7.4.3.2 | PFCP PFD Management Response | Not supported | |
| 7.4.4.1.2 | Clock Drift Control Information IE within PFCP Association Setup Request | Not supported | |
| 7.4.4.3 | PFCP Association Update Request | Not supported | |
| 7.4.4.3.1 | UE IP Address Usage Information IE within PFCP Association Update Request | Not supported | |
| 7.4.4.4 | PFCP Association Update Response | Not supported | |
| 7.5.2.6 | Create BAR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Supported | Following IE's are supported - BAR ID - Downlink Data Notification Delay Not supported: Following IE is not supported - MT-EDT Control Information - Suggested Buffering Packets Count |
| 7.5.2.9 | Create SRR IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Not supported | |
| 7.5.2.11 | Provide RDS Configuration Information IE within PFCP Session Establishment Request | Not supported | |
| 7.5.3.3 | Load Control Information IE within PFCP Session Establishment Response | Not supported | |
| 7.5.3.4 | Overload Control Information IE within PFCP Session Establishment Response | Not supported | |
| 7.6.10 | Repeated Information Elements | Not supported | |
| 8.2.133 | Number of Reports | Not supported | |
| 8.2.134 | PFCPASRsp-Flags | Not supported | |
| 8.2.135 | CP PFCP Entity IP Address | Not supported | |
| 8.2.137 | IP Multicast Address | Not supported | |
| 8.2.138 | Source IP Address | Not supported | |
| 8.2.144 | Port Management Information Container | Not supported | |
| 8.2.149 | Time Offset Measurement | Not supported | |
| 8.2.150 | Cumulative rateRatio Measurement | Not supported | |
| 8.2.153 | Access Availability Information | Not supported | |
| 8.2.175 | NF Instance ID | Not supported | |
| 8.2.176 | S-NSSAI | Not supported | |
| 8.2.177 | IP version | Not supported | |
| 8.2.178 | PFCPASReq-Flags | Not supported | |
| 8.2.179 | Data Status | Not supported | |
| 8.2.180 | RDS Configuration Information | Not supported | |
| 8.2.182 | User Plane Node Management Information Container | Not supported |
Assessed 2026-09-15 against TS 29.244 version 17.9.0.