Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
   2.1 Definitions and abbreviations
3 Services and service elements
   3.1 Basic services
   3.2 Short Message Service elements
   3.3 Unsuccessful short message TPDU transfer SC->MS
   3.4 Unsuccessful short message TPDU transfer MS->SC
   3.5 Use of Supplementary Services in combination
       with the Short Message Service
   3.6 Applicability of Operator Determined Barring to
       the Short Message Service
   3.7 Multiple short message transfer
   3.8 SMS and Internet Electronic Mail interworking
4 Network architecture
   4.1 Basic network structure
   4.2 Transfer on link
5 Service Centre and PLMN interconnection
   5.1 Service centre connection
   5.2 Routing requirements
6 Service Centre functionality
   6.1 Service Centre capabilities
   6.2 SC functional requirements
7 MS functionality
   7.1 MS capabilities
   7.2 MS configuration
8 MSC functionality
   8.1 MSC functionality related to SM MT
   8.2 MSC functionality related to SM MO
   8.3 SMS-IWMSC functionality related to alerting
9 Protocols and protocol architecture
    9.1 Protocol element features
    9.2 Service provided by the SM-TL
    9.3 Service provided by the SM-RL
10 Fundamental procedures within the point-to-point SMS
   10.1 Short message mobile terminated
   10.2 Short message mobile originated
   10.3 Alert transfer
11 Mapping of error causes between RP layers
   11.1 Mobile Terminated short message transfer
   11.2 Memory available notification
   11.3 Mobile Originated short message transfer
Annex A (informative): Protocol stacks for
        interconnecting SCs and MSCs
Annex B (informative): Information now contained in
        GSM 03.38
Annex C (informative): Short message information flow
Annex D (informative): Mobile Station reply procedures
    D.1 Introduction
    D.2 The scope of applicability
    D.3 Terminology
    D.4 The reply path requesting procedure
    D.5 The reception of an original MT SM
    D.6 The submission of the reply MO SM
    D.7 Usage of SCs for replying
    D.8 Replying possibilities for Phase 1 mobile
        stations
    D.9 The resulting service for originating SMEs
Annex E (informative): Change History
History

Abstract

Describes the point-to-point Short Message Service (SMS) of the GSM PLMN system.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Pages
ISBN
Committee	SMG 4
Supersedes	PRETS 300 901 : MAY 98