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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_intro.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_intro.xml index ef08002a8b..fd578ccf45 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_intro.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_intro.xml @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> -<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % also SYSTEM "seealso.ent"> + %also; +]> <chapter> <header> <copyright> -<year>2011</year> +<year>2011</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> @@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ under the License. <p> The diameter application is an implementation of the Diameter protocol -as defined by RFC 3588. +as defined by &the_rfc;. It supports arbitrary Diameter applications by way of a <em>dictionary</em> interface that allows messages and AVP's to be defined and input into diameter as configuration. @@ -44,11 +47,11 @@ agent. This chapter provides a short overview of the application.</p> <p> -A Diameter peer is implemented by configuring a <em>service</em> and +A Diameter node is implemented by configuring a <em>service</em> and one or more <em>transports</em> using the interface module <seealso marker="diameter">diameter</seealso>. The service configuration defines the Diameter applications to be -supported by the peer and, typically, the capabilities that it should +supported by the node and, typically, the capabilities that it should send to remote peers at capabilities exchange upon the establishment of transport connections. A transport is configured on a service and provides protocol-specific @@ -57,16 +60,17 @@ diameter and implemented by a transport module. The diameter application provides two transport modules: <seealso marker="diameter_tcp">diameter_tcp</seealso> and <seealso marker="diameter_sctp">diameter_sctp</seealso> for transport over TCP -(using <c>gen_tcp</c>) and SCTP (using <c>gen_sctp</c>) respectively. +(using <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp</seealso>) and SCTP +(using <seealso marker="kernel:gen_sctp">gen_sctp</seealso>) respectively. Other transports can be provided by any module that implements diameter's <seealso marker="diameter_transport">transport interface</seealso>.</p> <p> -While a service typically implements a single Diameter peer (as +While a service typically implements a single Diameter node (as identified by an Origin-Host AVP), transports can themselves be -associated with capabilities AVP's so that a single service be used to -implement more than one Diameter peer.</p> +associated with capabilities AVP's so that a single service can be +used to implement more than one Diameter node.</p> <p> Each Diameter application defined on a service is configured with a @@ -76,19 +80,19 @@ diameter communicates the connectivity of remote peers, requests peer selection for outgoing requests, and communicates the reception of incoming Diameter request and answer messages. An application using diameter implements these application callback -modules to provide the functionality of the Diameter peer(s) it +modules to provide the functionality of the Diameter node(s) it implements.</p> <p> -Each Diameter application is also configured with one or more -dictionary modules +Each Diameter application is also configured with a +dictionary module that provide encode/decode functionality for outgoing/incoming -Diameter messages. -A module is generated from a <seealso -marker="diameter_dict">specification file</seealso> using the <seealso +Diameter messages belonging to the application. +A dictionary module is generated from a <seealso +marker="diameter_dict">dictionary file</seealso> using the <seealso marker="diameterc">diameterc</seealso> utility. -Dictionaries for the RFC 3588 Diameter Common Messages, Base -Accounting and Relay applications are provided by the diameter +Dictionaries for the &the_rfc; Diameter Common Messages, Base +Accounting and Relay applications are provided with the diameter application.</p> </chapter> |