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Diameter
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Diameter

by Hannes Tschofenig, Sébastien Decugis, Jean Mahoney, Jouni Korhonen
June 2019
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
6h 51m
English
Wiley
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Glossary

access point name
A gateway between a mobile network and another computer network, such as the Internet. A mobile device making a data connection must be configured with an APN so that the mobile network can determine which IP address to assign and which security methods should be used. An APN identifies the network that the user wants to communicate with, and may also include the service requested by the user
accounting
The tracking of the user's consumption of resources for billing, auditing, and/or system planning
application error
An error in Diameter that occurs due to an issue with an application‐specified function, like a user authentication error
application programming interface
A clearly defined communication interface between two software components
authentication
The verification that a user who is requesting services is a valid user of the network services requested
authorization
The determination of whether requested services can be granted to a user who has presented an identity and credentials based on their authentication, service request, and system state
Diameter node
A software application that implements the Diameter protocol and is a participant in a Diameter session
Diameter peers
Two Diameter nodes that have a direct transport protocol connection between them
DiameterIdentity
An AVP data format for capturing either a realm, which helps determine whether a message can be handled locally or needs to be routed, or fully qualified domain name, which identifies ...
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