* this function is used by both CU-CP and CU-UP
* it behaves differently depending on the type of E1 instance:
CU-CP: inform RRC of E1 connection loss with CU-UP
CU-UP: trigger a new SCTP association request by sending an ITTI to the CU-UP task
* after receiving the E1AP register request, the CU-UP will send a new association request to
SCTP until new E1 connection is achieved by sending a TIMER_HAS_EXPIRED message to the CU-UP
task. The function e1apHandleTimer() is basically triggering a new E1 association request
until new E1 connection is achieved
* print SCTP association state in e1ap.c whenever needed
Related to #878