Short message service interworking
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsCurt Wong, Devaki Chandramouli
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Abstract
Various communication systems may benefit from suitable interworking. For example, certain fifth generation short message service systems may benefit from interworking with long term evolution short message service deployments in a visited public land mobile network. A method can include receiving, at a network element, an attach request from a user equipment. The method can also include using an internal policy to find a short message service function that resides at the network element. The method can further include using an address of the short message service function for providing short message service to the user equipment.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a network element, an attach request from a user equipment;
- using an internal policy to find a short message service function that resides at another network element;
- and
- using an address of the short message service function for providing short message service to the user equipment.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code,
- wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to
- receive, at a network element, an attach request from a user equipment;
- use an internal policy to find a short message service function that resides at another network element;
- and
- use an address of the short message service function for providing short message service to the user equipment.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code,
- wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to
- send, to a network element, an attach request from a user equipment, wherein the network element is configured to use an internal policy to find a short message service function that resides at another network element;
- and
- receive short message service using an address of the short message service function for providing short message service to the user equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.