diff --git a/src/main/java/org.onosproject.xran/codecs/pdu/UECapabilityEnquiry.java b/src/main/java/org.onosproject.xran/codecs/pdu/UECapabilityEnquiry.java
index 84758d1..db212e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org.onosproject.xran/codecs/pdu/UECapabilityEnquiry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org.onosproject.xran/codecs/pdu/UECapabilityEnquiry.java
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 import org.openmuc.jasn1.ber.BerByteArrayOutputStream;
 import org.openmuc.jasn1.ber.BerLength;
 import org.openmuc.jasn1.ber.BerTag;
+import org.openmuc.jasn1.ber.types.string.BerUTF8String;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 
 
 public class UECapabilityEnquiry implements Serializable {
@@ -165,5 +167,31 @@
 		sb.append("}");
 	}
 
+	public static XrancPdu constructPacket(ECGI ecgi, CRNTI crnti) {
+		UECapabilityEnquiry capabilityEnquiry = new UECapabilityEnquiry();
+		capabilityEnquiry.setCrnti(crnti);
+		capabilityEnquiry.setEcgi(ecgi);
+
+		XrancPduBody body = new XrancPduBody();
+		body.setUECapabilityEnquiry(capabilityEnquiry);
+
+		BerUTF8String ver = null;
+		try {
+			ver = new BerUTF8String("3");
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		XrancApiID apiID = new XrancApiID(25);
+		XrancPduHdr hdr = new XrancPduHdr();
+		hdr.setVer(ver);
+		hdr.setApiId(apiID);
+
+		XrancPdu pdu = new XrancPdu();
+		pdu.setHdr(hdr);
+		pdu.setBody(body);
+
+		return pdu;
+	}
+
 }