RFC 6159 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Session-Specific Explicit Diameter Request Routing
Overview
RFC 6159, “Session-Specific Explicit Diameter Request Routing”, is an Informational document published in April 2011 by T. Tsou, G. Zorn, T. Taylor. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a mechanism to enable specific Diameter proxies to remain in the path of all message exchanges constituting a Diameter session. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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