(RADIATOR) Re: Grouped Diameter AVP to Radius conversion

[Mike McCauley]

Hello Arthur,

On Friday 12 January 2007 21:21, Arthur Konovalov wrote:
> Mike McCauley wrote:
> > Hello Arthur,
> >
> >
> > I guess thats an interesting question: how should grouped Diameter
> > attributes be handled when converted to Radius? The Diameter spec is
> > silent on how to handle such vendor specific grouped AVPs
> >
> > What is your view?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > On Friday 12 January 2007 20:28, Arthur Konovalov wrote:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> First stage of job is almost finished. One problem remains with grouped
> >> AVP to Radius conversion.
> >>
> >> For example, Diameter grouped message Time-Stamps:
> >>    Time-Stamps: 192,
> >>           SIP-Request-Timestamp: 192, 20070112T094730943,
> >>           SIP-Response-Timestamp: 192, 20070112T094730964,,
> >>
> >>
> >> is converted to Radius as:
> >> Time-Stamps = "Radius::DiaAttrList=HASH(0x875b4b8)"
>
> I think that it be good enough (at least for me) if they just be added
> to Radius attributes.
> For example:
>  From grouped "Time-Stamps"  "SIP-Request-Timestamp" and
> "SIP-Response-Timestamp" might be added and "Time-Stamps" just ignored.
>
> Is it very wrong approach?

Hmmm, clearly you would lose information about the 'groupedness' of those 
attributes, but it might work OK.
Unfortunatly it will have to wait until next week, as it is now late Friday 
night here and the development team is not available over this weekend.

Cheers.

>
>
> AK

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