TxAnswerTimeout

Measurement Group: Diameter Egress Transaction

Measurement Type: Simple

Measurement Dimension: Arrayed (by Connection ID)

Description: The number of times that an Answer response was not received from a peer before the maximum allowed time PENDING-ANSWER-TIMER.

Answer timeouts can be caused by a variety of reasons:
  • The peer associated with this connection may be experiencing congestion, causing delays in sending the Answer response.
  • IP Network congestion.
  • If the peer associated with this connection is a Diameter Relay Agent, then an upstream node from the peer may be experiencing congestion, causing delays in sending the Answer response.

Collection Interval: 5 min

Peg Condition: When timer PENDING-ANSWER-TIMER expires.

The connection measurement is associated with the connection from which the corresponding Request message was sent.

Measurement Scope: Server Group

Recovery:

  1. If the user-configurable answer response timer is set too low it can cause the timer to expire before a Answer response is received. The user-configurable value is set using the page Diameter > Configuration > System Options.
  2. Contact My Oracle Support (MOS) for assistance if needed.
Parent topic: Diameter Egress Transaction measurements