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SMS Call Flow

1) When subscriber A sends an SMS to subscriber B, the mobile network checks its database to see if B has ported their number. If so, it attaches a routing number to B's number and forwards the message appropriately. 2) The SMS center then queries the home location register to find out where B is currently registered. 3) Once the SMS center knows which visiting location register B is using, it sends the message to that register for delivery to B. This completes the SMS flow when numbers have been ported via mobile number portability.

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SMS Call Flow

1) When subscriber A sends an SMS to subscriber B, the mobile network checks its database to see if B has ported their number. If so, it attaches a routing number to B's number and forwards the message appropriately. 2) The SMS center then queries the home location register to find out where B is currently registered. 3) Once the SMS center knows which visiting location register B is using, it sends the message to that register for delivery to B. This completes the SMS flow when numbers have been ported via mobile number portability.

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Assumptions: A and B both are Vodafone Delhi Subscribers (Ported In or normal). A is postpaid number.

Let us now go through signalling flow. 1) A sends an SMS to B. Mobile Originated Forward Short Message (MO-FSM) is send to STP/MNP with destination as SMSC address(SMSC GT). SMSC address is already stored in SIM. MO-FSM also contains B number to which SMS is sent. 2) MNP check its database attaches RN/LRN to B number and forward MO-FSM to SMSC. 3) SMSC acknowledges the MO-FSM by FSM Response to MSC. This three steps complete the MO leg of SMS Flow and handset receives an indication "SMS sent" at this point of flow. 4) Step4 marks the beginning of SMS terminating flow. SMSC checks this is our own RN/LRN removes RN from B number and sends Send Routing Info- Short Message (SRI-SM) to STP/MNP. This message can be directly send to HLR also that depends on network topology. 5) SRI-SM is forwarded to HLR with B number.

6) HLR responds SRI-SM Response with the VLR address where subscribers is currently registered and IMSI of B number. 7) On receiving VLR address now SMSC knows where to send MT-FSM. SMSC send MT-FSM to that particular VLR with B number IMSI and SMS data. Here after MSC tries to deliver this message to B Subscriber using standard MT SMS flow. 8) MSC/VLR acknowledge SMSC by MT-FSM response which contains status of MT SMS. i.e delivered or failed cause if SMS is not delivered to B number. This sums the SMS flow in case of MNP,our main motive was to highlight the difference between normal and MNP SMS Flow. Hope we fulfilled that and hope this post was informative for you.

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