Method for managing SMS text messages within a network and gateway implementing such a method

A gateway positioned between a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) entity and a home location register (HLR) entity in a telecommunications network, said gateway comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the gateway to:
• receive a Third Party Registration frame including an identifier of a terminal;
• determine a type of access network to which said terminal is connected on the basis of a session initiation protocol (SIP) field, P-Access-Network-Info (PANI), included in said Third Party Registration frame;
• and
• send a configuration message to said HLR entity to configure whether SMS messages destined for said terminal transit or not via said gateway,
• wherein the sending and content of said configuration message are determined on the basis of said type of access network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which there is recorded a computer program including instructions for executing an SMS message management method when the instructions are executed by a processor of a gateway positioned between a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) entity and a home location register (HLR) entity in a telecommunications network, said method including:

• receiving a Third Party Registration frame including an identifier of a terminal;
• determining a type of access network to which said terminal is connected on the basis of a session initiation protocol (SIP) field, P-Access-Network-Info (PANI), included in said Third Party Registration frame;
• and
• sending a configuration message to said HLR entity to configure whether SMS messages destined for said terminal transit or not via said gateway,
• wherein the sending and content of said configuration message are determined on the basis of said type of access network.