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TS 29.272 — MME and SGSN related interfaces based on Diameter protocol (HSS role)⚓︎

Release: Rel 15 · Version assessed: 15.10.0 · Network: 4G · Applies to: HSS, HLR, EIR · Interfaces: S6a, S6d, S6c, S6t, S13, SLh, S6m/n

Assessed per command and AVP against the HSS product documentation; verified in Expeto deployments for the operations the platform uses. The implementation declares compatibility with RFC 3588; RFC 6733 obsoletes it without changing the assessed behaviour.

Mandatory items: 127, of which 123 supported and 4 partially supported. Conditional items: 84, of which 80 supported and 4 not supported.

Mandatory items⚓︎

Ref. Item Status Support Remarks
5 MME – HSS (S6a) and SGSN – HSS (S6d): HSS side Mandatory Supported HSS role of the Expeto Platform.
5.2.1.1 Update Location (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Partial Supported. AVPs not supported: Trace-Data, GPRS-Subscription-Data, CSG-Subscription-Data.
5.2.1.2 Cancel Location (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Partial Supported. AVPs not supported: Supported-Features.
5.2.1.3 Purge UE (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Supported Supported.
5.2.2.1 Insert Subscriber Data (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Supported Supported.
5.2.2.2 Delete Subscriber Data (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Supported Supported.
5.2.3.1 Authentication Information Retrieval (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Supported Supported.
5.2.4.1 Reset (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Partial Supported. AVPs not supported: Supported-Features.
5.2.5.1 Notification (HSS behaviour) Mandatory Partial Supported. AVPs not supported: Alert-Reason, SupportedFeatures.
7.2.3 ULR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.3 ULR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.3 ULR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.3 ULR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.3 ULR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported HSS host
7.2.3 ULR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported HSS realm
7.2.3 ULR: User-Name Mandatory Supported Must contain the active IMSI of the subscriber
7.2.3 ULR: ULR-Flags Mandatory Supported Single-Registration-Indication, S6a/S6d-Indicator, Skip Subscriber Data, GPRS-Subscription-Data-Indicator, Node-Type-Indicator, Initial-Attach-Indicator, PS-LCS-Not-Supported-By-UE and SMS-Only-Indication are handled.
7.2.3 ULR: Visited-PLMN-Id Mandatory Supported MCC-MNC
7.2.3 ULR: RAT-Type Mandatory Supported UTRAN (1000)
7.2.4 ULA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.4 ULA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.4 ULA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.4 ULA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.4 ULA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.4 ULA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)
7.2.7 CLR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.7 CLR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.7 CLR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.7 CLR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.7 CLR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported MME host
7.2.7 CLR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported MME realm
7.2.7 CLR: User-Name Mandatory Supported The active IMSI registered with this MME/SGSN
7.2.7 CLR: Cancellation-Type Mandatory Supported MME_UPDATE_PROCEDURE, SGSN_UPDATE_PROCEDURE, INITIAL_ATTACH_PROCEDURE and SUBSCRIPTION_WITHDRAWAL are sent.
7.2.8 CLA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.8 CLA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.8 CLA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.8 CLA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.8 CLA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.8 CLA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)
7.2.13 PUR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.13 PUR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.13 PUR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.13 PUR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.13 PUR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported HSS host
7.2.13 PUR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported HSS realm
7.2.13 PUR: User-Name Mandatory Supported Must contain the active IMSI of the subscriber
7.2.14 PUA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.14 PUA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.14 PUA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.14 PUA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.14 PUA: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported MME host
7.2.14 PUA: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported MME realm
7.2.14 PUA: User Name Mandatory Supported The active IMSI registered with this MME/SGSN
7.2.14 PUA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.14 PUA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)
7.2.9 IDR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.9 IDR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.9 IDR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported HSS host
7.2.9 IDR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported HSS realm
7.2.9 IDR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.9 IDR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.9 IDR: User-Name Mandatory Supported IMSI
7.2.10 IDA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.10 IDA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.10 IDA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.10 IDA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.10 IDA: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported HSS host
7.2.10 IDA: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported HSS realm
7.2.10 IDA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.10 IDA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)
7.2.11 DSR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.11 DSR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.11 DSR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.11 DSR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.11 DSR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported MME host
7.2.11 DSR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported MME realm
7.2.11 DSR: User-Name Mandatory Supported The active IMSI registered with this MME/SGSN is used
7.2.11 DSR: DSR-Flags Mandatory Supported HSS supports and sets those bits according to the relevant provisioning
7.2.12 DSA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.12 DSA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.12 DSA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.12 DSA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.12 DSA: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported MME host
7.2.12 DSA: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported MME realm
7.2.12 DSA: DSA-Flags Mandatory Supported HSS supports and sets those bits according to the
7.2.12 DSA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.12 DSA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)
7.2.5 AIR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.5 AIR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.5 AIR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.5 AIR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.5 AIR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported HSS host
7.2.5 AIR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported HSS realm
7.2.5 AIR: User-Name Mandatory Supported Must contain the active IMSI of the subscriber.
7.2.5 AIR: Visited-PLMN-ID Mandatory Supported MCC-MNC
7.2.6 AIA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.6 AIA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.6 AIA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.6 AIA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.6 AIA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.6 AIA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)
7.2.15 RSR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.15 RSR: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.15 RSR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.15 RSR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.15 RSR: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported MME host
7.2.15 RSR: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported MME realm
7.2.16 RSA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.16 RSA: Auth-Session-State Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.16 RSA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.16 RSA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.16 RSA: Destination-Host Mandatory Supported MME host
7.2.16 RSA: Destination-Realm Mandatory Supported MME realm
7.2.16 RSA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.17 NOR: Session-Id Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.17 NOR: Auth-SessionState Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.17 NOR: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.17 NOR: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by MME
7.2.17 NOR: DestinationHost Mandatory Supported HSS host
7.2.17 NOR: DestinationRealm Mandatory Supported HSS realm
7.2.17 NOR: User-Name Mandatory Supported IMSI
7.2.18 NOA: Session-Id Mandatory Supported As received by MME
7.2.18 NOA: Auth-SessionState Mandatory Supported NO_STATE_MAINTAINED
7.2.18 NOA: Origin-Host Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.18 NOA: Origin-Realm Mandatory Supported Specified by HSS
7.2.18 NOA: Result-Code Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_SUCCESS
7.2.18 NOA: Experimental Result Mandatory Supported DIAMETER_ERROR_USER_UNKNOWN (5001)

Conditional items⚓︎

Ref. Item Status Support Remarks
7.2.3 ULR: SGSN-Number Conditional Supported e.164 address
7.2.3 ULR: UE-SRVCC-Capability Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: Homogeneous-Support-of-IMS-Voice Conditional Supported Sets the variable for the subscriber
7.2.3 ULR: GMLC-Address Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: Active-APN Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: Equivalent-PLMN-List Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: MME-Number-for-MT-SMS Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: SMS-Register-Request Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: SGs-MME-Identity Conditional Supported
7.2.3 ULR: Coupled-Node-Diameter-ID Conditional Supported
7.2.4 ULA: ULA-Flags Conditional Supported Bit 0 – Separation Indication – HSS always sets
7.2.4 ULA: Subscription-Data Conditional Supported Includes the complete subscription profile of the
7.2.4 ULA: Subscriber-Status Conditional Supported SERVICE_GRANTED (0)
7.2.4 ULA: MSISDN Conditional Supported The MSISDN set as displayed for this IMSI. Note
7.2.4 ULA: STN-SR Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Network-Access-Mode Conditional Supported PACKET_AND_CIRCUIT (0) ONLY_PACKET (2)
7.2.4 ULA: Operator-DeterminedBarring Conditional Supported All Packet Oriented Services Barred
7.2.4 ULA: HPLMN-ODB Conditional Supported HPLMN-specific barring types 1 to 4.
7.2.4 ULA: Regional-SubscriptionZone-Code Conditional Supported Up to 10 Zone Codes, as provisioned in the
7.2.4 ULA: Access-Restriction-Data Conditional Supported UTRAN, GERAN, GAN, I-HSPA-Evolution, E-UTRAN and HO-To-Non-3GPP-Access Not Allowed.
7.2.4 ULA: APN-OI-Replacement Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: LCS-Info Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Teleservice-List Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: TS-Code Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Call-Barring-Info-List Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: SS-Code Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: AMBR Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Max-RequestedBandwidth-UL Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Max-RequestedBandwidth-DL Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: APN-ConfigurationProfile Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Context-Identifier Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: All-APNConfigurationsIncluded-In Conditional Supported All_APN_CONFIGURATIONS_INCLUDED (0)
7.2.4 ULA: APN-Configuration Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: RAT-Frequency-Selection-Priority-ID Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Trace-Data Conditional Not supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: GPRS-Subscription-Data Conditional Not supported Not Sent by the HSS
7.2.4 ULA: CSG-Subscription-Data Conditional Not supported Not Sent by the HSS
7.2.4 ULA: Roaming-Restricted-DueTo-Unsuppo Conditional Supported Roaming-Restricted-Due-To-Unsupported-Featur
7.2.4 ULA: VPLMN-LIPA-Allowed Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Subscribed-Periodic-RAU-TAU-Timer Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Relay-Node-Indicator Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: MDT-User-Consent Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Subscribed-VSRVCC Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: ProSe-Subscription-Data Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.4 ULA: Subscription-Data-Flags Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.14 PUA: PUA-Flags Conditional Supported Currently supported and send, depending on the
7.2.9 IDR: IDR-Flags Conditional Supported The UE-Reachability-Request flag (bit 0) is always set.
7.2.9 IDR: Subscription-Data Conditional Supported Includes the complete subscription profile of the user.
7.2.9 IDR: Subscriber-Status Conditional Supported SERVICE_GRANTED (0)
7.2.9 IDR: STN-SR Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Network-Access-Mode Conditional Supported PACKET_AND_CIRCUIT (0) ONLY_PACKET (2)
7.2.9 IDR: Operator-Determined-Barring Conditional Supported All Packet Oriented Services Barred
7.2.9 IDR: HPLMN-ODB Conditional Supported HPLMN-specific barring types 1 to 4.
7.2.9 IDR: Regional-SubscriptionZone-Cod Conditional Supported Up to 10 Zone Codes, as provisioned in the subscriber
7.2.9 IDR: Access-Restriction-Data Conditional Supported UTRAN, GERAN, GAN, I-HSPA-Evolution, E-UTRAN and HO-To-Non-3GPP-Access Not Allowed.
7.2.9 IDR: APN-OI-Replacement Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: LCS-Info Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Teleservice-List Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Call-Barring-Infor Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: APN-ConfigurationProfile Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: RAT-Frequency-Selection-Priorit Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Trace-Data Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: GPRS-Subscription-Data Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: CSG-Subscription-Data Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Roaming-Restricted-DueTo-Uns Conditional Supported Roaming-Restricted-Due-To-Unsupported-Feature (0)
7.2.9 IDR: VPLMN-LIPA-Allowed Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Subscribed-Periodic-RAU-TAU-T Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Relay-Node-Indicator Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: MDT-User-Consent Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Subscribed-VSRVCC Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: ProSe-Subscription-Data Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.9 IDR: Subscription-Data-Flags Conditional Supported As provisioned in the subscriber profile
7.2.10 IDA: IDA-Flags Conditional Supported Network Node Area Restricted (bit 0) is interpreted.
7.2.11 DSR: Trace-Reference Conditional Supported Trace Reference is not supported
7.2.11 DSR: Context-Identifier Conditional Supported This parameter shall identify the PDN subscription context or
7.2.11 DSR: TS-Code-List Conditional Supported This parameter shall contain the teleservice codes that are to be
7.2.5 AIR: Requested-EUTRAN-Authentica Conditional Supported Authentication info requested from the MME for a device in a
7.2.5 AIR: Requested-UTRAN-GERAN Conditional Supported Authentication info requested from the MME for a device in a
7.2.6 AIA: Authentication-Info Conditional Supported
7.2.17 NOR: Terminal-Information Conditional Supported
7.2.17 NOR: MIP6-Agent-Info Conditional Supported
7.2.17 NOR: Service-Selection Conditional Supported APN
7.2.17 NOR: Alert-Reason Conditional Not supported Not Supported
7.2.17 NOR: NOR-Flags Conditional Supported Supported and saved into the DB

Optional items⚓︎

The specification leaves these 29 items to the implementation; 26 are 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.

29 optional items
Ref. Item Support Remarks
6 MME – EIR (S13): HSS-integrated EIR Supported EIR function is part of the HSS component (Type 1/2/3 lists); enabled in the Expeto HSS configuration.
7.2.3 ULR: Supported-Features Supported Supported by the HSS.
7.2.3 ULR: Terminal-Information Supported
7.2.4 ULA: Supported-Features Supported Only the features supported by both the serving node and the HSS are returned.
7.2.4 ULA: Vendor-ID Supported 10415
7.2.4 ULA: Feature-List-ID Supported HSS will reply only with the set of features that
7.2.4 ULA: Feature-List Supported HSS will reply only with the set of features that
7.2.7 CLR: Supported-Features Not supported
7.2.7 CLR: Vendor-ID Supported 10415
7.2.7 CLR: Feature-List-ID Supported The HSS sends no Supported-Features in a CLR.
7.2.7 CLR: Feature-List Supported The HSS sends no Supported-Features in a CLR.
7.2.8 CLA: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.13 PUR: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.14 PUA: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.9 IDR: Supported-Features Supported The HSS sends no Supported-Features in an IDR.
7.2.9 IDR: Vendor-ID Supported The HSS sends no Supported-Features in an IDR.
7.2.9 IDR: Feature-List-ID Supported The HSS sends no Supported-Features in an IDR.
7.2.9 IDR: Feature-List Supported The HSS sends no Supported-Features in an IDR.
7.2.10 IDA: Supported-Feature Supported
7.2.11 DSR: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.12 DSA: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.5 AIR: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.6 AIA: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.15 RSR: Supported-Features Not supported
7.2.15 RSR: User-Id-List Supported This IE shall contain a list of User-Ids where a User-Id
7.2.16 RSA: Supported-Features Supported
7.2.17 NOR: SupportedFeatures Supported
7.2.17 NOR: Context-Identifier Supported Context identifier of the APN whose PDN GW identity is modified.
7.2.18 NOA: SupportedFeatures Not supported

Assessed 2026-09-15 against TS 29.272 version 15.10.0.