Service capability server (SCS) terminated short message service (SMS) systems and methods

• US 9,503,869 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Starsinic, Michael F., Shaheen, Kamel M., Seed, Dale N., Aghili, Behrouz, Olvera-Hernandez, Ulises, Wang, Peter S., Gellert, Dorothy, Majumder, Debjani
• Primary Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US13/891,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20130303206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4588 containing mobile subscriber information, e.g. home subscriber server [HSS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to determine routing associated with a short message. A SMS-SC may send a first routing request to a home subscriber server (HSS). The first routing request may be associated with the short message. The SMS-SC may receive a first routing reply. The first routing reply may include one of an indication that the short message is associated with a service capability server (SCS) or a first control plane routing associated with the short message. The SMS-SC may send the short message to an SCS serving node. The first routing reply may include the indication that the short message is associated with a service capability server (SCS). The SMS-SC may send a second routing request to a SCS subscription database. The SMS-SC may receive a second routing reply from the SCS subscription database, which may indicate a second control plane routing for the short message.

Claims

1. A method of determining a routing associated with a short message, the method comprising:

an SMS service center (SMS-SC) sending a first routing request to a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the first routing request is associated with the short message;

the SMS-SC receiving a first routing reply from the HSS, wherein the first routing reply comprises one of an indication that the short message is associated with a service capability server (SCS) and a first control plane routing associated with the short message, wherein the first control plane routing comprises an identifier associated with an SCS serving node; and

the SMS-SC sending the short message to the SCS serving node, wherein the short message is sent to the SCS serving node using the received indication and the identifier associated with the SCS serving node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is an SCS serving node address.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the SMS-SC receiving a delivery report, wherein the delivery report indicates delivery of the short message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the SCS serving node is a control plane node.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the SCS serving node is an machine type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein when the first routing reply comprises the indication, the method further comprises:

sending a second routing request to a SCS subscription database, wherein the second routing request is associated with the short message; and

receiving a second routing reply from the SCS subscription database, wherein the second routing reply indicates a second control plane routing for the short message, wherein the second control plane routing comprises identification of the SCS serving node.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second routing reply comprises a primary machine type communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) field, a gateway address field, a preferred application protocol field, or a short message container field.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the SCS serving node is a machine type communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) node.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first routing request to the HSS is forwarded over a MAP-C interface or a diameter interface.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first routing request comprises a machine type communication (MTC) node indicator.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the short message is a short message service (SMS) message.

12. An SMS service center (SMS-SC) configured to determine a routing associated with a short message, the SMS-SC comprising:

a processor configured to;

send a first routing request to a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the first routing request is associated with the short message;

receive, from the HSS a first routing reply, wherein the first routing reply comprises one of an indication that the short message is associated with a service capability server (SCS) and a first control plane routing associated with the short message, wherein the first control plane routing comprises an identifier associated with an SCS serving node; and

send the short message to the SCS serving node, wherein the short message is sent to the SCS serving node based on the received indication and the identifier associated with the SCS serving node.

13. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the identifier is an SCS serving node address.

14. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a delivery report, wherein the delivery report indicates delivery of the short message.

15. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the SCS serving node is a control plane node.

16. The SMS-SC of claim 15, wherein the SCS serving node is an machine type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF).

17. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein when the first routing reply comprises the indication and wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a second routing request to a SCS subscription database, wherein the second routing request is associated with the short message; and

receive a second routing reply from the SCS subscription database, wherein the second routing reply indicates a second control plane routing for the short message, wherein the second control plane routing comprises identification of the SCS serving node.

18. The SMS-SC of claim 17, wherein the second routing reply comprises a primary machine type communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) field, a gateway address field, a preferred application protocol field, or a short message container field.

19. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the SCS serving node is a machine type communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) node.

20. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the first routing request to the HSS is forwarded over a MAP-C interface or a diameter interface.

21. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the first routing request comprises a machine type communication (MTC) node indicator.

22. The SMS-SC of claim 12, wherein the short message is a short message service (SMS) message.