The present document describes the diameter-based Sc interface between Data Channel Signalling Function (DCSF) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS) and specifies:
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The interactions between the Data Channel Signalling Function (DCSF) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS) at the Sc reference point, including the procedures and signalling flows.
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The protocol specifications and implementations, including the diameter application, commands and message contents at the Sc reference point.
The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) supporting DC architecture and procedures are specified in
TS 23.228.
Whenever it is possible this document specifies the requirements for this protocol by reference to specifications produced by the IETF within the scope of Diameter base protocol as specified in
RFC 6733. Where this is not possible, extensions to the Diameter base protocol as specified in
RFC 6733 are defined within this document.
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
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References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific.
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For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
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For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.
[1]
TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2]
TS 23.228: "IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem - Stage 2".
[3]
[4]
TS 29.328: "IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem Sh interface; signalling flows and message contents".
[5]
RFC 4960: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol".
[6]
TS 29.229: "Cx and Dx Interfaces based on the Diameter protocol; protocol details".
[7]
TS 29.336: "Home Subscriber Server (HSS) diameter interfaces for interworking with packet data networks and applications".
[8]
RFC 7683: "Diameter Overload Indication Conveyance".
[9]
RFC 7944: "Diameter Routing Message Priority".
[10]
[11]
TS 24.229: "IP Multimedia Call Control Protocol based on SIP and SDP" - stage 3.
[12]
TS 29.329: "Sh Interface based on the Diameter protocol; Protocol details".
[13]
TS 29.228: "IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem Cx and Dx interfaces; Signalling flows and message contents".
[14]
RFC 8583: "Diameter Load Information Conveyance".
[15]
TS 29.364: "IMS Application Server Service Data Descriptions for AS interoperability".
[16]
RFC 3261: "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol".
[17]
RFC 3966: "The tel URI for Telephone Numbers".
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in
TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in
TR 21.905.
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols given in
TS 23.228 apply:
Sc
Reference Point between an DCSF and an HSS.
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in
TR 21.905 and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in
TR 21.905.
DC
Data Channel
DCSF
Data Channel Signalling Function
IMS
IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem
This document describes the Sc interface related procedures, message parameters and protocol specifications.
The procedures, message parameters and protocol are identical as for the Sc. See
clause 5 for details.
In the Tables that describe the Information Elements transported by each Diameter command, each Information Element is marked as (M) Mandatory, (C) Conditional or (O) Optional in the
"Cat." column. For the correct handling of the Information Element according to the category type, see the description detailed in
clause 6 of TS 29.328.