Hardware ID Type

Last updated: May 24, 2006

During the Session Negotiate State , the access network may send a Hardware ID Request message to the access terminal (see TAP/ETAP Data Connection Call Flow ). The access terminal then sends a Hardware ID Response message which includes Hardware ID Type and Hardware ID Value fields.

The Hardware ID Type determines the length of the Hardware ID Value and how to interpret the Hardware ID Value.

Hardware ID Type
Value	Meaning	Description	Examples
0x010000	Interpret the Hardware ID Value as an Electronic Serial Number (ESN)	Interpret the Hardware ID Value as follows: The first 2 hex characters correspond to a 3 digit decimal number (use leading zeros if required) that indicates the manufacturer. The last 6 hex characters correspond to a 8 digit decimal number (use leading zeros if required) that indicates the serial number.	Hardware ID Value = 0x74013C0A Decimal Hardware ID = 116-00080906
0x00FFFF	Interpret the Hardware ID Value as an Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID)	Interpret the Hardware ID Value as follows: The first 8 hex characters correspond to a 10 digit decimal number (use leading zeros if required) that indicates the manufacturer. The last 6 hex characters correspond to a 8 digit decimal number (use leading zeros if required) that indicates the serial number.	Hardware ID Value = 0x0A0123450ABCDE Decimal Hardware ID = 0167846725-00703710
0x00NNNN	Interpret the Hardware ID Value as a Hardware ID "NNNN" from IETF RFC 1700 standard	To convert the Hardware ID Value to a decimal number, simply convert the last 8 hex characters to a decimal number.	Hardware ID Value = 0x74013C0A Decimal Hardware ID = 1946237962
0xFFFFFF	Null
all others	Invalid

Hardware ID type can be queried at any time, but a value will only be returned if a session has been negotiated between the test set and access terminal (see Session Negotiate State ).Hardware ID Type is displayed on theCall Setup screen in theAccess Terminal Information (AT Reported) window.

Hardware ID Type

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