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SMS in UMTS Is Sent Using The SRB

SMS messages in UMTS networks are sent over signaling radio bearers (SRB) using dedicated transport channels and physical channels, depending on the UE's state. The SMSC connects to the MSC, which uses the IuCS interface to forward SMS to the RNC and then on to the UE, paging the UE as needed to set up connections based on whether it is idle, in a common transport channel, or in dedicated transport channels with either CS or PS connections active.

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SMS in UMTS Is Sent Using The SRB

SMS messages in UMTS networks are sent over signaling radio bearers (SRB) using dedicated transport channels and physical channels, depending on the UE's state. The SMSC connects to the MSC, which uses the IuCS interface to forward SMS to the RNC and then on to the UE, paging the UE as needed to set up connections based on whether it is idle, in a common transport channel, or in dedicated transport channels with either CS or PS connections active.

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SMS in UMTS is sent using the SRB. At a logical level this is the DCCH.

From a transport level this can be mapped to FACH or DCH (or if you are using SRB over HS on your network even the HS-DSCH can be used). At a physical level this is mapped on to the DPDCH (in case of DCH transport channel) or the SCCPCH (in case the UE happens to be in CELL_FACH and listening to the FACH). I am not really a core network guy, but from a core network perspective the SMSC is connected to a MSC(s). The SMS is forwarded to the MSC which then uses the IuCS interface to forward the SMS to the RNC. From there on the paragraph above applies. If the UE is IDLE then it will have to be paged to set up the RRC connection (with the associated SRB). If the UE is in FACH it will be paged with a Paging message Type 2 to send the Paging Response required to set-up the IuCS connection. If the UE is in DCH state with an ongoing CS connection (i.e. speech) it will be sent using the existing IuCS connection and no paging is required. If the UE is in DCH state with a PS connection the same as FACH applies. Hopefully this makes sense..

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