UE-associated signalling: When S1-AP messages associated to one UE uses the UE-associated logical S1-connection for association of the message to the UE in eNB and EPC.
UE-associated logical S1-connection: The UE-associated logical S1-connection uses the identities MME UE S1AP ID and eNB UE S1AP ID according to definition in TS 23.401 [11]. For a received UE associated S1-AP message the MME identifies the associated UE based on the MME UE S1AP ID IE and the eNB identifies the associated UE based on the eNB UE S1AP ID IE. The UE-associated logical S1-connection may exist before the S1 UE context is setup in eNB.
eNB UE S1AP ID:
An eNB UE S1AP ID shall be allocated so as to uniquely identify the UE over the S1 interface within an eNB. When an MME receives an eNB UE S1AP ID it shall store it for the duration of the UE-associated logical S1-connection for this UE. Once known to an MME this IE is included in all UE associated S1-AP signalling.
The eNB UE S1AP ID shall be unique within the eNB logical node.
MME UE S1AP ID:
A MME UE S1AP ID shall be allocated so as to uniquely identify the UE over the S1 interface within the MME. When an eNB receives MME UE S1AP ID it shall store it for the duration of the UE-associated logical
S1-connection for this UE. Once known to an eNB this IE is included in all UE associated S1-AP signalling.
The MME UE S1AP ID shall be unique within the MME logical node.