Reporting terminal capabilities for supporting short message service
AssigneeInterDigital Technology Corporation
InventorKamel M. Shaheen
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Abstract
A method for delivering a short message service (SMS) message to an interworking wireless local area network user equipment (UE) begins by registering the UE with an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW). A capability report is sent from the UE to the IP-SM-GW, the capability report including the capabilities of the UE. A SMS message is transmitted from a short message service center (SMSC) to the IP-SM-GW. The capabilities of the UE are evaluated at the IP-SM-GW to determine whether the UE can receive the SMS message, and the SMS message is delivered to the UE via the IP-SM-GW if the UE has the capabilities to receive the SMS message.
Claims14
A wireless network comprising:
- an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW) configured to receive capability information from a call session control function (CSCF), the capability information being associated with Short Message Service (SMS) capability of a user equipment (UE);
- the IP-SM-GW further configured to send a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to the CSCF, the first SIP message including an SMS message;
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- the CSCF configured to send the first SIP message to the UE;
- the CSCF further configured to receive a second SIP message from the UE, wherein the second SIP message is a SIP OK message and wherein the second SIP message is responsive to the first SIP message.
A method, implemented in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW), capability information from a call session control function (CSCF), the capability information being associated with Short Message Service (SMS) capability of a user equipment (UE);
- sending, by the IP-SM-GW, a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to the CSCF, the first SIP message including an SMS message;
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- sending, by the CSCF, the first SIP message to the UE;
- receiving, by the CSCF, a second SIP message from the UE, wherein the second SIP message is a SIP OK message and wherein the second SIP message is responsive to the first SIP message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.