Subscriber and MME Identities Worksheet 05

Globally Unique Temp ID (GUTI)

A GUTI is globally Unique A GUTI is allocated to each UE by the serving MME A M-TMSI is the uniqueness part of a GUTI within the domain of one MME

GUTI GUMMEI

MCC
3 BCD digits

MNC
2 or 3 BCD digits

MMEI (MME ID)

16 bits 8 bits
MMEC (MME Color Code)

M-TMSI
32 bits A M-TMSI is the unique part of a GUTI within the domain of one MME

MMEGI (MME Group ID)

SAE Temp Mobile Subscriber ID (S-TMSI)

A S-TMSI is unique within the domain of a MME pool An UE is paged with its S-TMSI The UE identifies itself in a Service Request with the S-TMSI

S-TMSI MMEC
8 bits

M-TMSI
32 bits

The MMEC must be unique within the MME pool area and, if overlapping pool areas are in use, unique within each area of overlapping MME pools

Tracking Area Identity (TAI)

Paging area is defined by the list of TAIs

MCC
3 BCD digits

MNC
2 or 3 BCD digits

TAC
16 bits