1. Diameter User Guide
  2. Configuring Diameter
  3. Diameter Route Groups

Diameter Route Groups

A Route Group is a user-configured set of Peer Nodes or Connections used to determine the distribution of traffic to each Peer Node in the same Route Group. Traffic is distributed among available Peer Nodes or Connections based on the configured capacity assignment of each available Peer Node or Connection.

Note:

Connection Route Groups is not supported for RADIUS connections, but can be configured with all RADIUS or all Diameter Peer Nodes.

You can perform these tasks on an Active System OAM (SOAM).

For example, if Peer Node A has a configured capacity of 100 and Peer Node B has a configured capacity of 150, then 40% of the messages sent to the Route Group is forwarded to Peer Node A and 60% of the messages is forwarded to Peer Node B.

Each Route Group can be assigned a maximum of 512 Connections. Route Groups are assigned to Route Lists.

Note:

Route Groups created via Dynamic Peer Discovery cannot be assigned to any statically-created Route List.
On the Diameter, and then Configuration, and then Route Groups page, you can perform the following actions:
  • Filter the list of Route Groups to display only the desired Route Groups.
  • Sort the list by the Route Group Name column in ascending or descending order by clicking the column heading. The default order is ascending ASCII order.

  • Click an entry that is shown in blue for a Peer Node/Connection.

  • Click Insert.

    On the Diameter, and then Configuration, and then Route Groups [Insert] page, you can add a new Route Group.

    The Diameter, and then Configuration, and then Route Groups [Insert] does not open if the maximum number of Route Groups (6000) already exists in the system.

  • Select a Route Group in the list and click Edit.

    On the Diameter, and then Configuration, and then Route Groups [Edit] page, you can edit the selected Route Group.

    If the selected Route Group has been deleted by another user, the Diameter, and then Configuration, and then Route Groups [Edit] page does not open.

  • Select a Route Group in the list and click Delete. You can delete the selected Route Group.