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Contents

Contents
13 Short Message Service Procedure .......................................................................................13-1
13.1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................................13-2
13.2 Normal Procedure.........................................................................................................................................13-3
13.2.1 SMS Procedure on SDCCH When MS Is Calling .............................................................................13-3
13.2.2 SMS Procedure on SDCCH When MS Is Called...............................................................................13-5
13.2.3 SMS Procedure on SACCH When MS Is Calling .............................................................................13-6
13.2.4 SMS Procedure on SACCH when MS Is Called................................................................................13-7
13.3 Internal Handling of BSC.............................................................................................................................13-7
13.4 Abnormal Cases............................................................................................................................................13-8

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Figure 13-1 SMS procedure on SDCCH when MS is calling ............................................................................13-3
Figure 13-2 SMS procedure on SDCCH when MS is called..............................................................................13-5
Figure 13-3 SMS procedure on SACCH when MS is calling ............................................................................13-6
Figure 13-4 SMS procedure on SACCH when MS is called..............................................................................13-7

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Short Message Service Procedure

About This Chapter

The following table lists the contents of this chapter.
Title

Description

13.1 Overview

Introduces cell broadcast service (CBS) procedures.

13.2 Normal Procedure

Describes normal CBS procedures.

13.3 Internal Handling of BSC

Describes the BSC internal handling in CBS procedures.

13.4 Abnormal Cases

Describes abnormal CBS procedures and offers guidance

to troubleshooting.

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13.1 Overview
Short messages can be transmitted either through SDCCH, SACCH. SMS procedure can
classify short message calling procedure and called procedure.

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13.2 Normal Procedure

13.2.1 SMS Procedure on SDCCH When MS Is Calling
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Figure 13-1 SMS procedure on SDCCH when MS is calling
MS

BTS

BSC

MSC

Channel REQ 1
Channel RQD 2
Channel ACT 3
Channel ACT ACK 4
IMM ASS CMD 5
SABM 6
UA 7

EST IND
(CM Service REQ)8

CR(CMP L3
information) 9
CC 10

Authentication REQ 11
Authentication RSP 12
CM Service Accept
SABM(SAPI 3) 13
UA 14
EST IND (SAPI 3) 15
CIPH Mode CMD 16
CIPH Mode CMP 17
CP DATA 18
CP ACK 19
CP DATA 20
CP ACK 21
Clear CMD 22
Channel REL 23
Deactive SACCH 24
DISC 25
UA 26

REL IND 27
RF Channel REL 28
RF Channel REL ACK 29
Clear CMP 30
RLSD 31
RSLD CMP 32

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Procedure explanation
Step 1 (1) ~ (8) in Figure 13-1 illustrates a random access and immediate assignment procedure, in
which BSS allocates signaling channel to MS.
Step 2 (15) ~ (21) is a short message transmission procedure.
MS sends SABM again, notifying the network side that this user needs short message service
(SMS). Then, BSC provides a transparent-transmission channel for MS to exchange short
message information with MSC. In this procedure, the MSCs of some manufacturers are
capable to send ASS REQ to BSC, requesting it to assign channel for short message
transmission. The time for sending ASS REQ is the same as that for a common call. BSC can
provide SMS either by allocating other channels or by using the original SDCCH.
Point to Point short message protocol is divided into connection management layer (CM),
relay layer (RL), transport layer (TL) and application layer (AL).
CP_DATA and CP_ACK are the message on CM layer, CP_DATA is used to transmit the
content of RL and AL message, CP_ACK is the acknowledgement message of CP_DATA.
Step 3 (22) ~ (35) is a release procedure.
MSC initiates a release procedure upon the completion of short message transmission.
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13.2.2 SMS Procedure on SDCCH When MS Is Called

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Figure 13-2 SMS procedure on SDCCH when MS is called
MS

BTS

BSC

MSC

Paning CMD 1
Paning CMD 2
Channel REQ 3

Channel RQD 4
Channel ACT 5
Channel ACT ACK 6

First SABM 8

IMM ASS CMD 7

EST IND
(Page Response) 9
CR
(CMP L3 information) 11

UA 10

CC 12
Authentication REQ 13
Authentication RSP 14
CM Service Accept
CIPH Mode CMD 15
CIPH Mode CMP 16
EST REQ (SAPI 3) 18
First SABM 19
UA 20

CP_DATA 17

EST CNF (SAPI 3) 21

CP DATA 22
CP ACK 23
CP DATA 24
CP ACK 25
Channel REL 27

Clear CMD 26

Deactive SACCH 28
DISC 29

REL IND 30
RF Channel REL ACK 33

Clear CMP 34
RLSD 35
RLSD CMP36

Procedure explanation
Step 1 (1) ~ (10) is a paging response and immediate assignment procedure.
MSC sends Paging CMD to page the called subscriber. MS requests for SDCCH, and
responds with Paging Response.

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Step 2 (17) ~ (25) is a short message setup and transmission procedure.

As for the SMS procedure when MS is called, BSC sends EST REQ to MS to establish short
message connection. When EST CNF is received from MS, the connection is successfully
established. BSC transparently transmits the short message till the end of the transmission.
(13), (14), (15) and (16) are optional signaling procedures.
Step 3 (26) ~ (36) is a release procedure.
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13.2.3 SMS Procedure on SACCH When MS Is Calling

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Figure 13-3 SMS procedure on SACCH when MS is calling
MS

BTS

BSC

MSC

ACTIVE CALL

CM Servic REQ 1

FACCH

CM Servic ACC 2
SACCH

SABM(SAPI 3) 3
UA 5

EST IND (SAPI 3) 4

CP DATA 6
CP ACK 7
CP DATA 8
CP ACK 9

Procedure explanation
MS sends CM SERV REQ through FACCH. MSC responds with the CM SERV ACC
message, and establishes CC layer connection. Then, it establishes RR layer connection on
SACCH, and sends the short message

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13.2.4 SMS Procedure on SACCH when MS Is Called

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Figure 13-4 SMS procedure on SACCH when MS is called
MS

BTS

BSC

MSC

ACTIVE CALL

EST REQ(SAPI 3) 2

CP DATA 1

SABM 3
UA 4

EST CNF (SAPI 3) 5

CP DATA 6
CP ACK 7
CP DATA 8
CP ACK 9

ACTIVE CALL

Procedure explanation
BSC receives the CP DATA message from MSC, and establishes RR layer connection for
SMS. Upon the reception of CP ACK from MS, MSC sends the short message.

13.3 Internal Handling of BSC

The internal handling of the BSC includes:
Step 1 The BSC detects whether the MS supports short message services according to the classmark
in the message reported from the MS.
Step 2 Upon receipt of the short message from the MS, the BSC checks the [Cell Call Control Table]
for the configuration of the Short message uplink disabled field. If the field is set to yes, the
short message cannot be sent.
Step 3 Upon receipt of the short message from the MSC, the BSC checks the [Cell Call Control
Table] for the configuration of the Short message downlink disabled field. If the field is set
to yes, the short message cannot be sent.
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13.4 Abnormal Cases

In case of exception in short message transmission, MS receives CPDATA, and responds to
MSC with CP NACK, notifying the short message transmission failure to MSC.

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