METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES FOR PACKET SWITCHING-ONLY SUBSCRIPTION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a method of a mobile management entity for providing SMS services for a packet switching-only subscription in an LTE mobile communication network. Particularly, the method may include transmitting a short message to a user equipment and transmitting, to a subscription information server, information indicating the user equipment is not reachable if the transmission of the short message fails.

主权项

1. A short message delivery method, executed by a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in a mobile communication network that provides a Packet Switching (PS)-only service, the method comprising:
delivering a short message to a User Equipment (UE); and delivering, to a subscriber information server, information indicating that the UE is not reachable when the delivery of the short message to the UE fails.