Chapter 1 Product Overview
F
IGURE
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ONTROL
P
LANE
M
ESSAGE
F
ORMAT
lists the description of the field in the R6 control plane
message (following the byte order).
T
ABLE
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ONTROL
P
LANE
M
ESSAGE
F
IELD
D
ESCRIPTION
Field
Description
Version
Protocol version number.
Flags
Byte length.
Function Type
Indicates the function, such as HO
Control.
OP ID
Indicates the operation type.
Message Type
Message type corresponding to
Function Type, such as HO_Req.
Length
Message length, including the
message head.
MSID
MAC address of the MS that is
related to the message. If the
message is not related to any
specific MS, all bits of this field
are set to 0.
Reserved
32 reserved bits, which are set to
0.
Transaction ID
Transaction ID. If it is 0, the
message should be discarded.
Reserved
Reserved bit, which is set to 0.
Destination Identifier
(Type/Length/Value)
Length-variable destination entity
identifier. For example, the
destination to which the message
is to be sent is the network
node ID of a functional entity.
The message receiver checks
whether Destination Identifier in
the message head is the same as
its own Identifier before accepting
the message. If yes, the receiver
will process this message. If
no, the receiver will transit
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