Relating to messaging gateways
AssigneeMarkport Limited
InventorsDoede DE BOER, Marijn KUIJPERS
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of routing a short message to a user. According to the method, an SMSC sends a routing request to a HLR or HSS of the terminating user. The HLR or HSS has static provisioning settings for users and relays the request according to these settings. The HLR or HSS relays the request to the IP-SM-GW, which dynamically determines if the terminating user has attached to an IMS network and accordingly decides on onward routing of the message over circuit switched or IMS network elements. The present disclosure also provides a mobile network apparatus that is configured to perform the method.
Claims27
A method of routing a short message to a user device, the method including the steps of:
- sending a short message routing request from an originating network element directly to an HLR or HSS of a terminating user;
- relaying the short message routing request by the HLR or HSS to a gateway;
- determining dynamically by the gateway if the terminating user is attached to an IMS network;
- and
- deciding, by the gateway, whether to perform onward routing of the short message over circuit switched domain or IMS network elements.
A mobile network apparatus comprising:
- an HLR or HSS;
- and
- a gateway, wherein the HLR or HSS is configured to relay a routing request to the gateway, wherein the gateway is configured to dynamically determine if the terminating user of the routing request has attached to an IMS network, and wherein the gateway is further configured to decide whether to perform onward routing of a message over a circuit switched domain or IMS network elements.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the storage medium comprising instructions that are readable by a processor and cause the processor to:
- send a routing request from an originating network element directly to an HLR or HSS of a terminating user;
- cause the HLR or HSS to relay the request to a gateway;
- cause the gateway to determine dynamically whether the terminating user is attached to an IMS network;
- and
- cause the gateway to decide whether to perform onward routing of the message over circuit switched or IMS network elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.