Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Terminating SMS messages in LTE
- Patent Title (中): 终止LTE中的短信
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Application No.: US12800708Application Date: 2010-05-20
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Publication No.: US08457664B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Nick Russell , Christopher David Pudney
- Applicant: Nick Russell , Christopher David Pudney
- Applicant Address: GB Newbury, Berkshire
- Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
- Current Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB Newbury, Berkshire
- Agency: Muirhead and Saturnelli, LLC
- Priority: GB0908694.3 20090520
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing communication routing information for a subscriber in a mobile communications network, the subscriber being registered with at least one communication delivery network node, comprising: receiver for receiving a request for communication routing information for a subscriber from a network entity, wherein the communication routing information comprises the network routing address of the communication delivery network nodes which the subscriber is registered with; means for determining the capabilities of the network entity, the capabilities comprising the number of communication delivery network node routing addresses manageable by the network entity; identifier for identifying the at least one communication delivery network node the subscriber is registered with; comparator for comparing the number of communication delivery network node routing addresses manageable by the network entity with the number of communication delivery network nodes with which the subscriber is registered; and transmitter for delivering communication delivery network node routing information for the subscriber to the network entity wherein the number of communication delivery network node routing addresses provided to the network entity does not exceed the routing capabilities of the network entity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100323727A1 Terminating SMS messages in LTE Public/Granted day:2010-12-23
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