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TS 24.5015GMM cause

5GMM cause #9: UE identity cannot be derived by the network

TS 24.501 V20.1.0Clause 9.11.3.2Value 9 (bits 0000 1001)Checked 2026-10-15

In plain words

The network sends this cause to the UE when it cannot derive the UE's identity from the 5G-GUTI or 5G-S-TMSI.

Our summary of the spec text quoted below.

What the spec says

Name in the cause table

UE identity cannot be derived by the network

Source: 3GPP TS 24.501 V20.1.0, clause 9.11.3.2, table 9.11.3.2.1. © 3GPP Organizational Partners (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC). Official text: 24501-k10.zip in the 3GPP archive.

When it is used

This 5GMM cause is sent to the UE when the network cannot derive the UE's identity from the 5G-GUTI or 5G-S-TMSI because of e.g. no matching identity/context in the network, failure to validate the UE's identity due to integrity check failure of the received message.

Source: 3GPP TS 24.501 V20.1.0, clause A.1. © 3GPP Organizational Partners (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC). Official text: 24501-k10.zip in the 3GPP archive.

Same cause in EPS (TS 24.301)

TS 24.301 defines the corresponding cause for EPS. Its page quotes the EPS wording.

How this page was made

3GPP Scout built this page from TS 24.501 V20.1.0 as indexed on 2026-10-15. The quotes are copied from the spec, and code checks each one against the stored text and the 3GPP archive file before publishing. The plain-words line was written by an AI model (GPT-6 Sol) and checked against the quotes by a second AI model from another company (Claude Opus 5.5). The official 3GPP text governs.