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Chapter 6 Prepaid Billing Solution
Generic Call Flow
Figure 6-1 Generic Call Flow Diagram
Generic Call Flow
This section describes the generic call flow for the Cisco AR 3.5 prepaid billing solution. The call flow
is controlled by the AAA client. The Cisco AR 3.5 server converts VSAs into calls to the billing server.
The packet flows presented in
Figure 6-1 are specific to the Cisco AR 3.5 prepaid billing solution only.
The headlines in the packet flows are general and do represent all data transferred. The letters c, s, and
b in
Figure 6-1 designate the packet’s source of client, server, or billing server, respectively.
Call Flow Details
This section provides details about the call flows and what each step achieves.
AAA client
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AAA server Billing server
Access-Request
CRB_AR_INIT_AUTHENTICATE
1c 1s aaa_ebs_init_authenticate()
CRB_AR_INIT_AUTHORIZE
Access-Accept 2s 2b authenticate result
4s 4b
Access-Request 3c 3s aaa_ebs_init_authorize()
Access-Request+VSAs return quota array
8s 8b
6s
Accounting-Start 5c
Accounting-Resp
Access-Request+VSAs 7c 7s aaa_ebs_reauthorize()
Accounting-Stop+VSAs 9c 9s aaa_ebs_return_quota()
Access-Accept+VSAs Updated quota
10s 10b Accounting-Resp Final status
Repeat step 7-8 as neccesary
Data Flow