RFC 8506 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2019

Diameter Credit-Control Application

Overview

RFC 8506, “Diameter Credit-Control Application”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2019 by L. Bertz, D. Dolson, Y. Lifshitz. It obsoletes RFC 4006. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies a Diameter application that can be used to implement real-time credit-control for a variety of end-user services such as network access, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services, messaging services, and download services. The Diameter Credit- Control application as defined in this document obsoletes RFC 4006, and it must be supported by all new Diameter Credit-Control application implementations.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 4006
Other RFCs from 2019

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