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ETSI MEC 015 Traffic Management APIs

The two traffic-management APIs of ETSI GS MEC 015: Bandwidth Management, which lets applications register bandwidth requirements and priorities with the MEC platform, and Multi-access Traffic Steering, which configures how sessions are steered across multiple access networks.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 6

GET /bw_allocations/{allocationId} Retrieve information about a specific bandwidthAllocation. #
PUT /bw_allocations/{allocationId} Update the information about a specific bandwidthAllocation. #
PATCH /bw_allocations/{allocationId} Modify the information about a specific existing bandwidthAllocation by sending updates on the data structure. #
DELETE /bw_allocations/{allocationId} Remove a specific bandwidthAllocation. #
GET /bw_allocations Retrieve information about a list of bandwidthAllocation resources. #
POST /bw_allocations Create a bandwidthAllocation resource. #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.etsi.org/technologies/multi-access-edge-computing
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APIReference
https://forge.etsi.org/rep/mec/gs015-bandwith-mgmt-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/etsi/refs/heads/main/openapi/mec/BwManagementApi.yaml
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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/etsi/refs/heads/main/openapi/mec/TrafficSteeringApi.yaml

Other Resources

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Repository
https://forge.etsi.org/rep/mec/gs015-bandwith-mgmt-api

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OpenAPI Specification

BwManagementApi.yaml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
jsonSchemaDialect: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
info:
  contact:
    url: https://forge.etsi.org/rep/mec/gs015-bandwith-mgmt-api
  title: ETSI GS MEC 015 Multi-access Traffic Steering APIs
  description: The present document focuses on the Multi-access Traffic Steering multi-access edge service. It describes the related application policy information including authorization and access control, information flows, required information and service aggregation patterns. The present document specifies the necessary API with the data model and data format.
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://forge.etsi.org/legal-matters
  version: 2.2.1
servers:
- url: https://localhost/bwm/v1
paths:
  /bw_allocations/{allocationId}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve information about a specific bandwidthAllocation.
      description: "This method retrieves information about a bandwidthAllocation resource. This method is typically used in \"Get configured bandwidth allocation from Bandwidth Management Service\" procedure as described in clause\_6.2.5."
      operationId: BwallocationsGETAllocationid
      tags:
      - bwm
      responses:
        '200':
          description: It is used to indicate nonspecific success. The response body contains a representation of the resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  BwInfo:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
      parameters:
      - name: allocationId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The unique identifier of the allocationId.
        schema:
          type: string
    put:
      summary: Update the information about a specific bandwidthAllocation.
      description: "This method updates the information about a bandwidthAllocation resource. As specified in ETSI GS\_MEC\_009\_[6], the PUT HTTP method has \"replace\" semantics."
      operationId: BwallocationsPUTAllocationid
      tags:
      - bwm
      requestBody:
        description: BwInfo with updated information is included as entity body of the request.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                BwInfo:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Upon success, a response body containing data type describing the updated BwInfo is returned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  BwInfo:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
        '412':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/412'
      parameters:
      - name: allocationId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The unique identifier of the allocationId.
        schema:
          type: string
    patch:
      summary: Modify the information about a specific existing bandwidthAllocation by sending updates on the data structure.
      description: 'This method updates the information about a bandwidthAllocation resource. As specified in ETSI GS MEC 009 [6], the PATCH HTTP method updates a resource on top of the existing resource state by just including the changes ("deltas") in the request body. '
      operationId: BwallocationsPATCHAllocationid
      tags:
      - bwm
      requestBody:
        description: Description of the changes to instruct the server how to modify the resource representation. .
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                BwInfoDeltas:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfoDeltas'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Upon success, a response body containing data type describing the updated BwInfo is returned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  BwInfo:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
        '412':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/412'
      parameters:
      - name: allocationId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The unique identifier of the allocationId.
        schema:
          type: string
    delete:
      summary: Remove a specific bandwidthAllocation.
      description: DELETE method is typically used in "Unregister from Bandwidth Management Service" procedure as described in clause 6.2.3.
      operationId: BwallocationsDELETEAllocationid
      tags:
      - bwm
      responses:
        '204':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/204'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
      parameters:
      - name: allocationId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The unique identifier of the allocationId.
        schema:
          type: string
  /bw_allocations:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve information about a list of bandwidthAllocation resources.
      description: This method retrieves information about a list of bandwidthAllocation resources. This method is typically used in "Get configured bandwidth allocation from Bandwidth Management Service" procedure as described in clause 6.2.5.
      operationId: BwallocationsGET
      tags:
      - bwm
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Query.App_instance_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Query.App_name'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Query.Session_id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Upon success, a response body containing an array of the bandwidthAllocations is returned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
    post:
      summary: Create a bandwidthAllocation resource.
      description: This method is used to create a bandwidthAllocation resource. This method is typically used in "Register to Bandwidth Management Service" procedure as described in clause 6.2.1.
      operationId: BwallocationsPOST
      tags:
      - bwm
      requestBody:
        description: Entity body in the request contains BwInfo to be created.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                BwInfo:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Upon success, the HTTP response shall include a "Location" HTTP header that contains the resource URI of the created resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  BwInfo:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/BwInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
      parameters: []
components:
  schemas:
    ProblemDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 that identifies the problem type
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type
        status:
          type: integer
          format: uint32
          description: The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem
        instance:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem
    BwInfo:
      x-etsi-ref: 7.2.2
      type: object
      properties:
        allocationId:
          description: Bandwidth allocation instance identifier
          type: string
        timeStamp:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeStamp'
        appInsId:
          description: Application instance identifier
          type: string
        appName:
          description: Name of the application
          type: string
        requestType:
          type: integer
          description: 'Numeric value (0 - 255) corresponding to specific type of consumer as following:

            0 = APPLICATION_SPECIFIC_BW_ALLOCATION

            1 = SESSION_SPECIFIC_BW_ALLOCATION'
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
        sessionFilter:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionFilter'
        fixedBWPriority:
          type: string
          description: Indicates the allocation priority when dealing with several applications or sessions in parallel. Values are not defined in the present document
          enum:
          - SEE_DESCRIPTION
        fixedAllocation:
          description: Size of requested fixed BW allocation in [bps]
          type: string
        allocationDirection:
          description: 'The direction of the requested BW allocation:

            00 = Downlink (towards the UE)

            01 = Uplink (towards the application/session)

            10 = Symmetrical'
          type: string
      required:
      - appInsId
      - requestType
      - fixedAllocation
      - allocationDirection
    BwInfoDeltas:
      x-etsi-ref: 7.2.3
      type: object
      properties:
        allocationId:
          description: Bandwidth allocation instance identifier
          type: string
        appInsId:
          description: Application instance identifier
          type: string
        requestType:
          type: integer
          description: 'Numeric value (0 - 255) corresponding to specific type of consumer as following:

            0 = APPLICATION_SPECIFIC_BW_ALLOCATION

            1 = SESSION_SPECIFIC_BW_ALLOCATION'
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
        sessionFilter:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionFilter1'
        fixedBWPriority:
          type: string
          description: Indicates the allocation priority when dealing with several applications or sessions in parallel. Values are not defined in the present document
          enum:
          - SEE_DESCRIPTION
        fixedAllocation:
          description: Size of requested fixed BW allocation in [bps]
          type: string
        allocationDirection:
          description: 'The direction of the requested BW allocation:

            00 = Downlink (towards the UE)

            01 = Uplink (towards the application/session)

            10 = Symmetrical'
          type: string
      required:
      - allocationId
      - appInsId
      - requestType
    TimeStamp:
      description: Time stamp to indicate when the corresponding information elements are sent
      type: object
      properties:
        seconds:
          description: The seconds part of the Time. Time is defined as Unixtime since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC
          type: integer
          format: uint32
        nanoSeconds:
          description: The nanoseconds part of the Time. Time is defined as Unix-time since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC
          type: integer
          format: uint32
      required:
      - seconds
      - nanoSeconds
    SessionFilter:
      description: Session filtering criteria, applicable when requestType is set as SESSION_SPECIFIC_BW_ALLOCATION. Any filtering criteria shall define a single session only. In case multiple sessions match sessionFilter, the request shall be rejected
      type: object
      minItems: 0
      properties:
        sourceIp:
          description: "Source address identity of session. The string for an IPv4 address shall be formatted in the \"dotted decimal\" notation as defined in IETF RFC\_1166\_[10]. The string for an IPv6 address shall be formatted according to clause 4 of IETF RFC\_5952\_[11], with in CIDR notation [12] used to provide the routing prefix"
          type: string
        sourcePort:
          description: Source port identity of session
          type: string
        dstAddress:
          description: "Destination address identity of session. The string for an IPv4 address shall be formatted in the \"dotted decimal\" notation as defined in IETF RFC\_1166\_[10]. The string for an IPv6 address shall be formatted according to clause 4 of IETF RFC\_5952\_[11], with in CIDR notation [12] used to provide the routing prefix"
          type: string
        dstPort:
          description: Destination port identity of session
          type: string
        protocol:
          description: Protocol number
          type: string
    SessionFilter1:
      description: Session filtering criteria, applicable when requestType is set as SESSION_SPECIFIC_BW_ALLOCATION. Any filtering criteria shall define a single session only. In case multiple sessions match sessionFilter, the request shall be rejected
      type: object
      minItems: 0
      properties:
        sourceIp:
          description: "Source address identity of session. The string for an IPv4 address shall be formatted in the \"dotted decimal\" notation as defined in IETF RFC\_1166\_[10]. The string for an IPv6 address shall be formatted according to clause 4 of IETF\_RFC\_5952\_[11], with in CIDR notation [12] used to provide the routing prefix"
          type: string
        sourcePort:
          description: 'Source port identity of session '
          type: string
        dstAddress:
          description: "Destination address identity of session. The string for an IPv4 address shall be formatted in the \"dotted decimal\" notation as defined in IETF RFC\_1166\_[10]. The string for an IPv6 address shall be formatted according to clause 4 of IETF\_RFC\_5952\_[11], with in CIDR notation [12] used to provide the routing prefix"
          type: string
        dstPort:
          description: Destination port identity of session
          type: string
        protocol:
          description: Protocol number
          type: string
  responses:
    '200':
      description: OK
    '204':
      description: No Content
    '400':
      description: 'Bad Request: used to indicate that incorrect parameters were passed to the request.'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
    '403':
      description: 'Forbidden: operation is not allowed given the current status of the resource.'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
    '404':
      description: 'Not Found: used when a client provided a URI that cannot be mapped to a valid resource URI.'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
    '412':
      description: 'Precondition failed: used when a condition has failed during conditional requests, e.g. when using ETags to avoid write conflicts when using PUT'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
  parameters:
    Query.App_instance_id:
      description: 'A MEC application instance may use multiple app_instance_ids as an input parameter to query the bandwidth allocation of a list of MEC application instances. app_instance_id corresponds to appInsId defined in table 7.2.2-1.

        See note.'
      name: app_instance_id
      in: query
      required: false
      x-exportParamName: Query.App_instance_id
      schema:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
    Query.App_name:
      description: 'A MEC application instance may use multiple app_names as an input parameter to query the bandwidth allocation of a list of MEC application instances. app_name corresponds to appName defined in table 7.2.2-1.

        See note.'
      name: app_name
      in: query
      required: false
      x-exportParamName: Query.App_name
      schema:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
    Query.Session_id:
      description: 'A MEC application instance may use session_id as an input parameter to query the bandwidth allocation of a list of sessions. session_id corresponds to allocationId defined in table 7.2.2-1.

        See note.'
      name: session_id
      in: query
      required: false
      x-exportParamName: Query.Session_id
      schema:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string