Configuring Diameter Overview

If you are using a PCRF to dynamically control subscriber-aware policies, you must configure Diameter.

To configure Diameter for PCRF-controlled subscriber-aware policies:

  1. Configure the remote peer to which a router sends Diameter messages.

    See Configuring Diameter Peers.

  2. Identify the session PIC and PIC interfaces for a Diameter network element.

    See Configuring Diameter Bindings.

  3. Configure the peers in a Diameter network element.

    See Configuring Diameter Network Elements.

  4. Configure network access information in a Diameter profile.

    See Configuring Diameter Profiles.

  5. (Optional) Specify the Diameter attribute-value pairs (AVPs) to include and exclude in the credit control request (CCR) messages.

    See Configuring Diameter AVPs for Gx Applications.

  6. Configure the Diameter transport.

    See Configuring the Diameter Transport.

  7. Configure the information to be advertised in Diameter messages.

    See Configuring Advertisements in Diameter Messages.

  8. Configure the maximum number of pending requests for a Diameter application.

    See Configuring Parameters for Diameter Applications.

  9. Configure the endpoint node that originates Diameter messages.

    See Configuring the Origin Attributes of the Diameter Instance.

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