The "APN-Validity-Time" AVP

The "APN-Validity-Time" Diameter AVP, which is of type Grouped, is defined by 3GPP (vendor ID 10415) and uses the AVP code "3169".

It is part of the NIDD-Authorization-Update grouped AVP.

It is a grouped AVP, which can hold the following nested AVPs:

AVP code	AVP name	AVP type	AVP requirement
3160	Granted-Validity-Time	Time
493	TGPP-Service-Selection	OctetString

Its AVP-header format definition is the following:

< APN-Validity-Time > ::= < AVP-Header: 3169, 10415 > 
* [ Granted-Validity-Time ]
* [ TGPP-Service-Selection ]

Update source	Insertion date
Wireshark	2026-04-26 07:13