E1AP Messages

E1AP carries signaling between the CU-CP and CU-UP in split user plane architectures.

This category is reserved for control and user plane coordination references in 5G core-aware deployments.

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E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Modification Confirm

Bearer Context Modification Confirm is the E1AP message the gNB-CU-CP sends after Bearer Context Modification Required to confirm the control-plane action that the gNB-CU-UP requested for an active bearer context.

gNB-CU-CP -> gNB-CU-UP successfulOutcome-style follow-up 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Modification Failure

Bearer Context Modification Failure is the E1AP unsuccessful outcome the gNB-CU-UP returns when it cannot accept the requested bearer-context changes for an existing UE.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP unsuccessfulOutcome 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Modification Request

Bearer Context Modification Request is the E1AP message the gNB-CU-CP sends to the gNB-CU-UP to change an existing bearer context, including DRB, QoS, forwarding, and transport-related user-plane updates.

gNB-CU-CP -> gNB-CU-UP initiatingMessage 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Modification Required

Bearer Context Modification Required is the E1AP message the gNB-CU-UP sends to the gNB-CU-CP when the CU-UP requires the control plane to take bearer-context modification action for an existing UE.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP initiatingMessage 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Modification Response

Bearer Context Modification Response is the E1AP successful outcome the gNB-CU-UP returns after accepting bearer-context changes for an existing UE.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP successfulOutcome 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Release Command

Bearer Context Release Command is the E1AP message the gNB-CU-CP sends to the gNB-CU-UP to release the existing bearer context for one UE when the user-plane branch is no longer needed or must be cleaned up.

gNB-CU-CP -> gNB-CU-UP initiatingMessage 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Release Complete

Bearer Context Release Complete is the E1AP successful outcome the gNB-CU-UP returns after bearer-context teardown has finished for the targeted UE branch.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP successfulOutcome 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Release Request

Bearer Context Release Request is the E1AP message the gNB-CU-UP sends to the gNB-CU-CP when the CU-UP needs the control plane to handle release of an existing bearer context.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP initiatingMessage 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Setup Failure

Bearer Context Setup Failure is the E1AP unsuccessful outcome the gNB-CU-UP returns when it cannot accept the requested bearer-context creation for a UE.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP unsuccessfulOutcome 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Setup Request

Bearer Context Setup Request is the E1AP message the gNB-CU-CP sends to the gNB-CU-UP to create the user-plane bearer context, including PDU session, DRB, QoS, and NG-U transport instructions for one UE.

gNB-CU-CP -> gNB-CU-UP initiatingMessage 3GPP TS 37.483
E1AP 5G

5G E1AP - Bearer Context Setup Response

Bearer Context Setup Response is the E1AP successful outcome the gNB-CU-UP returns after accepting bearer creation, confirming the CU-UP side UE identity and reporting the resulting bearer and user-plane state.

gNB-CU-UP -> gNB-CU-CP successfulOutcome 3GPP TS 37.483

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