Authentication and authorization

Because HLE relies on the vRGW, it is carried in conjunction with vRGW home authentication and supports both implicit and explicit vRGW home authentication. Enabling the HLE service for a specific home (ESM subscriber) is triggered by a RADIUS server that returns an Alc-Bridge-Id message during home authentication.

The Alc-Bridge-Id attribute must be returned in both home and session authentication. The returned value must be equal on both authentication levels.

The Alc-Bridge-Id is the ID of the per-subscriber BD on the ISA. It is different from the Alc-BRG-ID, which is the ID of the BRG.

In addition to the Alc-Bridge-Id, the following optional attributes can be returned during BRG authentication: