Method And System Of Delivering A Mobile-Terminated SMS Message
A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) receives a short message intended for a mobile station. The MSC determines whether the mobile station is registered at the MSC. If not registered, the MSC sends a query message to associated Mobility Management Entities (MMEs). One of the MMEs sends a message to the MSC indicating that the MME is serving the mobile station.
1 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station, the method comprising:
receiving a short message intended for a mobile station at a mobile switching center (MSC);
determining that the mobile station is not registered at the MSC;
sending a query message to a plurality of Mobility Management Entities (MMEs); and
receiving from one of the plurality of MMEs an indication that the one of the plurality of MMEs is serving the mobile station.
2 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the step of determining that the mobile station is not registered at the MSC comprises determining that the MSC has undergone maintenance.
3 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the step of determining that the mobile station is not registered at the MSC comprises determining that the MSC has experienced an overload condition.
4 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 1 , the method further comprising the step of receiving at the MSC a second short message intended for the mobile station.
5 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 4 , the method further comprising the step of delivering the second short message to the mobile station.
6 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 5 , the method further comprising the step of delivering the second short message to the mobile station via the one of the plurality of MMEs.
7 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 1 , the method further comprising the step of delivering the short message subsequent to receiving from one of the plurality of MMEs an indication that the one of the plurality of MMEs is serving the mobile station.
8 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the step of sending a query message to a plurality of MMEs comprises paging the plurality of MMEs.
9 . A method for recovering a location of a mobile station in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the step of sending a query message to a plurality of MMEs comprises sending an alert message to the plurality of MMEs.