The Ribbon DSC supports an XML based socket protocol over TCP without Transport Layer security (TLS) for use by an XML User Application (UA). An XML UA communicates with the DSC using XML messages rather than using Diameter messages.

Between a DSC Node and an XML UA, all aspects of a Diameter message are converted to XML. Therefore, instead of a Diameter message format, an XML message format is used for diameter message exchange.

As with all UAs, the simplified network configuration and presence of a DSC mean that the XML UA only has to implement a subset of Diameter procedures.

The motivation for this interface is that there are many more tools available for parsing and manipulating XML messages than Diameter messages, so an XML Application Programming Interface (API) may be more appropriate for fast prototyping, test tools, or even less performance intensive applications.

 

 

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