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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml index b8652a7482..161fd94d5a 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml @@ -699,6 +699,35 @@ the application's <seealso marker="diameter_dict">dictionary</seealso> file.</p> </item> +<tag><c>{sequence, {H,N} | <seealso + marker="diameter#evaluable">diameter:evaluable()</seealso>}</c></tag> +<item> +<p> +Specifies a constant value <c>H</c> for the topmost <c>32-N</c> bits of +of 32-bit End-to-End and Hop-by-Hop identifiers generated +by the service, either explicity or as a return value of a function +to be evaluated at <seealso +marker="diameter#start_service">diameter:start_service/2</seealso>. +In particular, an identifier <c>Id</c> is mapped to a new identifier +as follows.</p> +<code> +(H bsl N) bor (Id band ((1 bsl N) - 1)) +</code> +<p> +Note that RFC 3588 requires that End-to-End identifiers remain unique +for a period of at least 4 minutes and that this and the call rate +places a lower bound on the appropriate values of <c>N</c>: +at a rate of <c>R</c> requests per second an <c>N</c>-bit counter +traverses all of its values in <c>(1 bsl N) div (R*60)</c> minutes so +the bound is <c>4*R*60 =< 1 bsl N</c>.</p> + +<p><c>N</c> must lie in the range <c>0..32</c> and <c>H</c> must be a +non-negative integer less than <c>1 bsl (32-N)</c>.</p> + +<p> +Defaults to <c>{0,32}</c>.</p> +</item> + </taglist> <marker id="transport_opt"/> |