Diameter Credit-Control Application
RFC 8506
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(March 2019; No errata)
Obsoletes RFC 4006
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2019-03-01 | ||
| Replaces | draft-bertz-dime-rfc4006bis | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Jouni Korhonen | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2018-01-03) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8506 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Ben Campbell | ||
| Send notices to | Jouni Korhonen <jouni.nospam@gmail.com> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) L. Bertz, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8506 Sprint
Obsoletes: 4006 D. Dolson, Ed.
Category: Standards Track Y. Lifshitz, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 Sandvine
March 2019
Diameter Credit-Control Application
Abstract
This document specifies a Diameter application that can be used to
implement real-time credit-control for a variety of end-user services
such as network access, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services,
messaging services, and download services. The Diameter Credit-
Control application as defined in this document obsoletes RFC 4006,
and it must be supported by all new Diameter Credit-Control
application implementations.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8506.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................6
1.1. Requirements Language ......................................7
1.2. Terminology ................................................7
1.3. Advertising Application Support ............................9
2. Architecture Models .............................................9
3. Credit-Control Messages ........................................11
3.1. Credit-Control-Request (CCR) Command ......................11
3.2. Credit-Control-Answer (CCA) Command .......................12
4. Credit-Control Application Overview ............................13
4.1. Service-Specific Rating Input and Interoperability ........14
4.1.1. Specifying Rating Input AVPs .......................15
4.1.2. Service-Specific Documentation .....................16
4.1.3. Handling of Unsupported/Incorrect Rating Input .....16
4.1.4. RADIUS Vendor-Specific Rating Attributes ...........17
5. Session-Based Credit-Control ...................................17
5.1. General Principles ........................................17
5.1.1. Basic Support for Tariff Time Change ...............18
5.1.2. Credit-Control for Multiple Services within
a (Sub-)Session ....................................19
5.2. First Interrogation .......................................23
5.2.1. First Interrogation after Authorization and
Authentication .....................................25
5.2.2. First Interrogation Included with
Authorization Messages .............................27
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