Comparison of the RADIUS and Diameter protocols

Author

Stanke, Mladen ; Sikic, Mile

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput., PBZInvestor, Zagreb

fYear

2008

fDate

23-26 June 2008

Firstpage

893

Lastpage

898

Abstract

In this research, the differences between the diameter and the RADIUS protocols were studied on a practical example, and their behavior was tested in a real life situation. Diameter and the RADIUS test environment was created via the VitalAAA program which supports the RADIUS server and client, and the Diameter server and client. The reaction time for individual measurements was read from the log file. The following measurements were made: connection times for RADIUS and diameter protocols, client reaction time in case primary server is unavailable, transport reliability for diameter and RADIUS, and node search capability for diameter. The results are presented both tabular and graphically.

Keywords

client-server systems; computer network reliability; protocols; RADIUS protocol; VitalAAA program; client-server network; diameter protocol; log file; node search capability; transport reliability; Authentication; Density estimation robust algorithm; File servers; IP networks; Life testing; Network servers; Packaging; Time measurement; Transport protocols; Web server; Diameter; RADIUS; accounting; authentication; client; server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces, 2008. ITI 2008. 30th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubrovnik

ISSN

1330-1012

Print_ISBN

978-953-7138-12-7

Electronic_ISBN

1330-1012

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITI.2008.4588529

Filename

4588529