System and method for short message delivery in a mobility network

A device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• identifying a machine-type communication message directed to a mobile station;
• initiating a query of a subscribed services repository according to the mobile station;
• determining a compatibility of the mobile station with an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture according to a reply to the query;
• in response to determining that the mobile station is compatible with the IMS architecture, facilitating a forwarding of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via a network element of an IMS network core;
• and
• in response to determining that the mobile station is not compatible with the IMS architecture facilitating a forwarding of the machine-type communication message to a machine-type communication, interworking function associated with the mobile station, wherein the machine-type communication, interworking function facilitates a directing of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via an SGs interface of a mobility management entity of an evolved packet core of a long term evolution network, without using a T5 interface between the machine-type communication, interworking function and the mobility management entity.

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• identifying a machine-type communication message directed to a mobile station;
• querying a services repository according to the mobile station;
• determining a compatibility of the mobile station with an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture responsive to a reply to the querying of the services repository;
• in response to determining that the mobile station is compatible with the IMS architecture, facilitating a forwarding of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via a network element of an IMS network core;
• and
• in response to determining that the mobile station is not compatible with the IMS architecture facilitating a forwarding of the machine-type communication message to a machine-type communication, interworking function associated with the mobile station, wherein the machine-type communication, interworking function facilitates a directing of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via an SGs interface of a mobility management entity of an evolved packet core of a long term evolution network.