About This Content
The purpose of this document is to describe the Oracle implementation of the Diameter protocol for the purposes of real-time charging, from a Diameter Credit-Control Server perspective.
Audience
This guide is intended for use by software engineers and testers that need a description of the SLC Credit-Control messages used by the DCA.
It is in addition to the functional details provided by the Diameter Control Agent Technical Guide. It is assumed that readers are familiar with Prepaid Charging and the Diameter RFCs.
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Related Resources
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications:
- RFC 6733 Diameter Base Protocol
- RFC 4006 Diameter Credit Control Application
- Diameter Control Agent Technical Guide
- Diameter and Diameter Control Agent SRS
- 3GPP TS 32.299 V11.3.0 (2012-03) - 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Service and System Aspects; Telecommunication management; Charging management; Diameter charging applications (Release 11)
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