1. Diameter Signaling Router Policy and Charging Application Feature Activation Guide
  2. Introduction
  3. Purpose and Scope

Purpose and Scope

This document defines the procedures to activate the Policy and Charging Application (PCA) feature on a DSR network element (NE). This procedure may be run either
  1. as part of a new DSR installation, after the standard DSR installation is complete, but before the NE is in service, or
  2. on an in-service DSR NE, where the PCA feature is activated during a planned maintenance window to minimize the impact to network traffic.

This document also provides a procedure to deactivate PCA after it has been activated. Refer to Section Feature Deactivation Overview for a discussion of deactivation.

Configuration of PCA following successful activation is beyond the scope of this document. Please refer to the PCA User's Guide for guidance on PCA configuration post activation.

No additional software installation is required before executing this procedure. The standard DSR installation procedure has loaded all of the required software, even if the PCA feature is activated at a later time.