Section: 10.5.1.7 Mobile Station Classmark 3
Content: The purpose of the Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element is to provide the network with information concerning aspects of the mobile station. The contents might affect the manner in which the network handles the operation of the mobile station. The Mobile Station Classmark information indicates general mobile station characteristics and it shall therefore, except for fields explicitly indicated, be independent of the frequency band of the channel it is sent on. The Mobile Station Classmark 3 is a type 4 information element with a maximum of 34 octets length. The value part of a Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element is coded as shown in figure 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  and table 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ] . NOTE: The 34 octet limit is so that the CLASSMARK CHANGE message will fit in up to two layer 2 frames. SEMANTIC RULE: a multiband mobile station shall provide information about all frequency bands it can support. A single band mobile station shall not indicate the band it supports in the Multiband Supported, GSM 400 Bands Supported, GSM 710 Associated Radio Capability, GSM 750 Associated Radio Capability, T-GSM 810 Associated Radio Capability, GSM 850 Associated Radio Capability or GSM 1900 Associated Radio Capability fields in the Mobile Station Classmark 3. Due to shared radio frequency channel numbers between GSM 1800 and GSM 1900, the mobile should indicate support for either GSM 1800 band OR GSM 1900 band. SEMANTIC RULE: a mobile station shall include the MS Measurement Capability field if the Multi Slot Class field contains a value of 19 or greater (see 3GPP TS 45.002[ None ]  [32]). Typically, the number of spare bits at the end is the minimum to reach an octet boundary. The receiver may add any number of bits set to "0" at the end of the received string if needed for correct decoding. Figure 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element Table 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ] : Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element (continued...) Table 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  (continued): Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element Table 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  (continued): Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element Table 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  (continued): Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element Table 10.5.1.7/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  (continued): Mobile Station Classmark 3 information element