UE-requested PDN Connection Call Flow

This section describes the UE-requested PDN connection call flow.

UE-requested PDN Connection Call Flow
UE-requested PDN Connection Call Flow Description

Step

Description

1

The MME sends the Create Session Request for a new PDN connection to the S11-GTP-EP with a nonzero TEID.

2

The E-T1 transaction is started.

The S11-GTP-EP decodes the received UDP message and converts the message into the gGRPC message. Based on the IMSI value, the message is forwarded to the respective SGW-service pod which handles the UE session.

The SGW-service pod receives the Create Session Request from the S11-GTP-EP.

3

The S-T2 transaction is started.

The SGW-service pod finds the subscriber context based on the local ingress TEID, and validates the Create Session Request content and updates the PDN and subscriber information.

The SGW-service pod reads the UPF cache to provide the selected UPF.

4

The SGW-service pod sends the Sx Establishment Request to the PFCP-EP.

5

The P-T3 transaction is started.

The PFCP-EP sends the Sx Establishment Response to the SGW-service pod.

6

The P-T3 transaction is completed.

The SGW-service pod sends the Create Session Request to the S5-SGW-EGRESS-GTP-EP with S11-U and S5-U TEID details.

7

The E-T4 transaction is started.

The Create Session Response is validated and the S5-U remote TEID is updated in the PDN.

The S5-SGW-EGRESS-GTP-EP sends the Create Session response to the SGW-service pod.

8

The E-T4 transaction is completed.

The SGW-service pod sends the Sx Modify Request to the PFCP-EP.

9

The P-T5 transaction is started.

The PFCP-EP sends the Sx Modify Response to the SGW-service pod on expiry of the timer T5.

10

The P-T5 and S-T2 transaction is completed.

The GTP-EP receives the Create Session Response from the SGW-service pod.

11

The E-T1 transaction is completed.

The MME receives the Create Session Response from the S11-GTP-EP.

12

The SGW-service pod updates the created session in CDL endpoint (database) with new PDN information.

13

The MME sends the Modify Bearer Request with TEID to the S11-GTP-EP.

14

The E-T1 transaction is started.

The S11-GTP-EP routes the Modify Bearer Request to the SGW-service pod.

The S11-GTP-EP sends the Modify Bearer Request to the SGW-service pod.

15

The S-T2 transaction is started.

The SGW-service pod sends the Sx Modify Request to the PFCP-EP pod on expiry of the timer S-T2.

16

The P-T3 transaction is started.

The PFCP-EP sends the Sx Modify Response to the SGW-service pod on expiry of the timer T3.

17

R-T3 transaction is completed.

The SGW-service pod sends the Modify Bearer Response to the MME.

18

S-T2 transaction is completed

The SGW-service pod sends the update session to the CDL endpoint.