Diameter protocol version spans

摘要

Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for managing feature support requirements for a communication protocol with major-minor version spans having temporal constraints on feature definitions using a flexible Diameter command dictionary wherein context-specific definitions are defined to apply to different versions and releases.

主权项

1. A method of managing version spans for a communication protocol, performed by a network node, the method comprising steps of:
determining identification of a current version of a Diameter communication protocol associated with a communication session including determining a major version and a minor version including accessing provisioned information on said network node associated with a Diameter identity associated with said session; retrieving version spans for said current version from a protocol versioning dictionary at said network node; anddetermining if an attribute definition exists having a version span matching said current version and if so, determining if said current version satisfies time constraints of said version span and if so applying the associated attribute definition.