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TS 24.301ESM cause

ESM cause #30: Request rejected by Serving GW or PDN GW

TS 24.301 V20.1.0Clause 9.9.4.4Value 30 (bits 0001 1110)Checked 2026-10-15

In plain words

The network uses this cause to indicate that the Serving GW or PDN GW rejected a requested service, operation, or resource request.

Our summary of the spec text quoted below.

What the spec says

Name in the cause table

Request rejected by Serving GW or PDN GW

Source: 3GPP TS 24.301 V20.1.0, clause 9.9.4.4, table 9.9.4.4.1. © 3GPP Organizational Partners (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC). Official text: 24301-k10.zip in the 3GPP archive.

When it is used

This ESM cause is used by the network to indicate that the requested service or operation or the request for a resource was rejected by the Serving GW or PDN GW.

Source: 3GPP TS 24.301 V20.1.0, clause B.1. © 3GPP Organizational Partners (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC). Official text: 24301-k10.zip in the 3GPP archive.

How this page was made

3GPP Scout built this page from TS 24.301 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.