Cisco Cisco Packet Data Gateway (PDG)
AAA Changes in Release 16
AAA Enhancements for 16.0 ▀
Release Change Reference, StarOS Release 16 ▄
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indicates to the OFCS that data has gone unreported on Gy. The change-condition at container level is only
present if the keyword option
present if the keyword option
gy-sdf-unit-limit
is configured.
Performance Indicator Changes
Diameter Accounting Schema
This new statistic variable is added to the Diameter accounting schema to track the total number of ACR-STOP
messages that are sent with the change-condition “SERVICE-SPECIFIC-UNIT-LIMIT”.
messages that are sent with the change-condition “SERVICE-SPECIFIC-UNIT-LIMIT”.
acr-stop-serv-sp-unit-limit
show diameter aaa-statistics
These new fields are added to the output of the
show diameter aaa-statistics
command to track the total
number of ACR-STOP messages that are sent with the change-condition “SERVICE-SPECIFIC-UNIT-LIMIT”.
ACR-Stop Event Stats
Service-Sp-Unit-Limit
CSCty98259 - OCS selection using field name Charging Characteristic
Applicable Products: GGSN, HA, PDSN, P-GW
Feature Changes
Charging-Characteristic based OCS Selection
Previous Behavior: Only one credit-control-group was allowed to be specified inside an APN.
New Behavior: APN configuration is extended to include the Charging-Characteristic (CC) preference for the credit-
control-group. This APN configuration is also extended to allow configuring additional credit-control-groups for each of
the CC values.
control-group. This APN configuration is also extended to allow configuring additional credit-control-groups for each of
the CC values.
With this enhancement, the OCS selection can be done based on the CC value received via GTP request. The CC based
OCS selection is possible only during the session setup. Once the credit-control-group is selected (after session setup),
this feature is not applicable.
OCS selection is possible only during the session setup. Once the credit-control-group is selected (after session setup),
this feature is not applicable.
Important:
A maximum of four credit-control-group charging-profile configurations can be possible inside one
APN.
Customer Impact: Operator has the added flexibility now to choose different OCS charging servers based on their
business logic. This could help multi-national operators to choose correct OCS servers based on countries for roaming
subscribers.
business logic. This could help multi-national operators to choose correct OCS servers based on countries for roaming
subscribers.
Command Changes
credit-control-group