1.1 Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router Documentation Set

The Diameter Signaling Router (DSR) documentation set includes the following publications, which provide information for the configuration and use of DSR and related Applications.

Some documents, such as Release Notes, are available only through the Oracle Help Center (OHC).

The current releases of all documents are available on OHC

Release Notice describes new features in the release; lists the known and fixed bugs, and the software lineup; and explains how to find customer documentation on the OHC.

Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) User's Guide provides information on system-level configuration and administration tasks for the advanced functions of the DSR, both for initial setup and maintenance.

Diameter User's Guide explains how to use the Diameter GUI pages to manage the configuration and maintenance of Diameter Configuration components, including Local and Peer Nodes, Peer Node Groups, Connections, Configuration Sets, Peer Routing Rules, Application Route Tables, System Options, DNS options, AVP dictionary functions, Egress Throttling, and Shared Traffic Throttling Groups. It also introduces IDIH, RADIUS, and Diameter Mediation; addresses Topology Hiding; describes the functions of Diameter Message Copy; and describes DSR capacity and congestion controls.

Diameter Common User's Guide explains how to use the Diameter Common GUI pages to configure components that are common to more than one DSR Application, including Dashboard, Network Identifiers (MCC Ranges and MCCMNC), MPs (Profiles and Profile Assignments). The Guide also describes the use of the Bulk Import and Export functions for exporting Diameter, IPFE, and DSR Application configuration data on demand and at scheduled intervals, and for importing configuration data from exported files.

As of DSR 7.2, the Charging Proxy Application (CPA) has reached its end of service life. The product has no replacement.

Communication Agent User's Guide explains how to use the Communication Agent GUI pages to configure Remote Servers, Connection Groups, and Routed Servers, and to maintain configured connections.

Diameter Mediation User's Guide describes the functions of Diameter Mediation, and explains how to use the Diameter Mediation GUI pages (nested inside the Diameter GUI folder) to configure and test Rule Templates, how to use the Formatting Value Wizard, and how to configure Rule Sets.

Full-Address Based Resolution (FABR) User's Guide explains how to use the FABR GUI pages to configure FABR to resolve designated Diameter server addresses based on Diameter Application ID, Command Code, Routing Entity Type, and Routing Entity addresses.

IP Front End (IPFE) User's Guide explains how to the use the IPFE GUI pages to configure IPFE to distribute IPv4 and IPv6 connections from multiple clients to multiple nodes.

Policy and Charging Application User's Guide describes the configuration and maintenance functions of the Policy and Charging Application (PCA), including Policy Diameter Routing Agent (Policy DRA) and Online Charging DRA (OCDRA) DSR Application. and explains how to use the GUI pages to configure PCA.

SBR User's Guide describes the configuration and maintenance functions of the SBR, including SBR database management, reconfiguration, resizing, and migration.

Range-Based Address Resolution (RBAR) User's Guide explains how to use the RBAR GUI pages to configure RBAR to route Diameter end-to-end transactions based on Diameter Application ID, Command Code, Routing Entity Type, and Routing Entity address ranges and individual addresses.

SS7/Sigtran User's Guide describes explains how to use the SS7/Sigtran GUI pages to perform configuration and maintenance tasks related to Adjacent Servers, SS7 Signaling Points, Link Sets, Associations, Routes, and SS7 Sigtran Options, for the Signaling Network Interface (SRI) used by the MD-IWF SS7 Application. The Signaling Network Interface provides standard SCCP functions, traditional MTP3 routing capabilities, and a standard M3UA interface to the external network.

Transport Manager User's Guide explains how to use the Transport Manager GUI pages to configure "Transports" (SCTP Associations with remote hosts over an underlying IP network). Transport Manager provides the interface to the Adapter Layer and manages the connections and data transmission from SCTP sockets.

Diameter Custom Applications (DCA) Feature Activation Guide explains how to enable and disable the DCA Framework and applications. The DCA framework is a set of APIs and services that allows for the creation of applications on top of the Diameter Signaling Router (DSR).

Steering of Roaming (SoR) User's Guide explains how to use the SoR application on the DCA Framework. The SoR application allows home network operators to control and distribute the registration traffic of their outbound roamers.

DSR Alarms and KPIs Reference provides detailed descriptions of alarms, events, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); indicates actions to take to resolve an alarm, or event; and explains how to generate reports containing current alarm, event, and KPI information.

DSR Measurements Reference provides detailed descriptions of measurements, indicates actions to take to resolve unusual Diameter measurement value, and explains how to generate reports containing current measurement information.

Machine to Machine Interface API describes the Machine to Machine Interface (MMI) for DSR. The DSR MMI is a RESTful (Representational State Transfer) interface providing access to a broad range of Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) services that clients use to configure and manage the DSR. This document is the comprehensive API reference guide to the RESTful services the DSR makes available to clients through the DSR MMI. To access the MMI API documentation through a direct URL access, without login, go to http://(IP address of NOAM or SOAM)/raml/mmi.html. Or the MMI API documentation can be accessed directly from the DSR GUI by clicking on the new MMI API Guide menu item.