In this section
SBC is enhanced to mark a peer connection down based on the following new configurable values:
Device Watchdog Timer
Device Watchdog Timer Answer Timeout
LSWU is not supported for these parameters.
SBC sends Device Watchdog Requests based on the configured Device Watchdog Timer
value. Device Watchdog Timer
is started once the transport connection towards a Diameter Peer is established. It is reset whenever any Diameter Message is received from the Diameter Peer. It can be a Device Watchdog Answer, some other Diameter Base Protocol Message, or any message from any of the Diameter Application (for example, Rx interface AAA messages).
SBC considers a peer down, if a Device Watchdog Request is not replied by a Device Watchdog Answer before the Device Watchdog Timer Answer Timeout
timer expires. Device Watchdog Timer Answer Timeout
is started once a Device Watchdog Request is sent.
After LSWU from a release that does not support Device Watchdog Timer Answer Timeout, the parameter value is 90000.
For configuration, refer to: