Registration notification for SMS over LTE

摘要

An LTE subscriber database pushes a registration notification to a SMSC or IP-SM-GW when subscriber registers/deregisters to LTE. The subscriber registration information is stored in local database. Thus, MT SMS may be delivered to a registered subscriber without querying the subscriber database each time for registration information. An exemplary apparatus includes an interface for receiving a registration status message for a mobile device over a broadband network, a subscriber database, and a control system for storing subscriber information in response to receipt of the registration status message and forwarding a notification of subscriber registration status including subscriber registration information to a first network device when the mobile device registers or deregisters to the broadband data network.

主权项

1. A subscriber database, the database configured to:
store subscriber information for a mobile device in response to receipt of a registration status message; update a profile or record associated with the registration status of the mobile device; and automatically forward a pushed notification indicating the updated registration status of the mobile device to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or Internet-Protocol Short-Message Gateway (IP-SM-GW) to enable the SMSC or IP-SM-GW to forward a Mobile Terminated (MT), Short Message Service (SMS) message to a mobile device without querying the database.