Enhancements to wireless networks to support short message service (SMS) communication in the packet switched domain
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPuneet K. Jain, Vivek Gupta
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Abstract
Technology for a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with a packet switched (PS) based short messaging service (SMS) in a wireless network is disclosed. The MS can process a request message for transmission to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN). The request message can include an information element (IE) that indicates whether the MS is configured to support the PS based SMS. The MS can process an accept message received from the SGSN. The accept message can include an IE that indicates whether SMS via GPRS is supported by the wireless network.
Claims21
An apparatus of a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with a packet switched (PS) based short messaging service (SMS) in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- process, at the MS, a request message for transmission to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN), wherein the request message includes an information element (IE) that indicates whether the MS is configured to support the PS based SMS;
- and
- process, at the MS, an accept message received from the SGSN, wherein the accept message includes an IE that indicates whether SMS via GPRS is supported by the wireless network.
At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for communicating with a packet switched (PS) based short messaging service (SMS) in a wireless network, the instructions when executed by one or more processors performs the following:
- processing, at a mobile station (MS), a request message for transmission to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN), wherein the request message includes an information element (IE) that indicates whether the MS is configured to support the PS based SMS;
- and
- processing, at the MS, an accept message received from the SGSN, wherein the accept message includes an IE having a bit to identify whether SMS via GPRS is supported by the wireless network.
An apparatus of a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN) operable to perform short messaging service (SMS) only service provisioning in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- process, at the SGSN, a request message received from a mobile station (MS), wherein the request message includes an information element (IE) that indicates whether the MS is configured to support packet switched (PS) based SMS;
- and
- process, at the SGSN, an accept message for transmission to the MS, wherein the accept message includes an IE having a bit to identify whether SMS via GPRS is supported by the wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.