REPORTING TERMINAL CAPABILITIES FOR SUPPORTING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE

摘要

A METHOD FOR DELIVERING A SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) MESSAGE TO AN INTERWORKING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK USER EQUIPMENT (UE) (122) BEGINS BY REGISTERING THE UE (122) WITH AN INTERNET PROTOCOL SHORT MESSAGE GATEWAY (IP-SM-GW) (118). A CAPABILITY REPORT IS SENT FROM THE UE (122) TO THE IP-SM-GW (118), THE CAPABILITY REPORT INCLUDING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE UE (122). A SMS MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED FROM A SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE CENTER (SMSC) (104) TO THE IP-SM-GW (118). THE CAPABILITIES OF THE UE (122) ARE EVALUATED AT THE IP-SM-GW (118) TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE UE (122) CAN RECEIVE THE SMS MESSAGE, AND THE SMS MESSAGE IS DELIVERED TO THE UE (122) VIA THE IP-SM-GW (118) IF THE UE (122) HAS THE CAPABILITIES TO RECEIVE THE SMS MESSAGE.