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The delivery of the MT-SM can fail if any of the following conditions are applicable: Subscriber B is absent (AbsentSubscriber on the MAP interface). As a result, MWD (including the SMSC address) and the MNRF flag are set in the HLR. Furthermore, the MNRR stores one of the below detailed reasons for the MS being absent. Note that these reason codes relevant to Feature 1043 are not available through X.25. See also Handling of MNRR.See also Handling of MNRR in SMS.
Reason code No paging response through the MSC IMSI detached Roaming restriction MS purged for non-GPRS No paging response through the SGSN MS purged for GPRS Unidentified subscriber through the MSC * Unidentified subscriber through the SGSN * GPRS detached * Note that the VMSC or SGSN sends the Unidentified Subscriber error code to the SMS-GMSC and the SMS-GMSC maps it to Absent Subscriber error code. Table 1: MNRR reason codes Network element setting the reason code VLR VLR HLR HLR SGSN HLR SMS-GMSC SMS-GMSC SGSN

For detailed information see Short Message Service on GPRS. For detailed information see Short Message Service on GPRS. If both Feature 714: Short Message Services Enhancements and Feature 1043: Short Message Services GSM Phase 2+ are active, feature 1043 overrides feature 714, and the MNRR is sent to the HLR. The subscriber is unknown in the VLR (UnidentifiedSubscriber on the MSC-SMSC interface). As a result, (including the SMSC address) the MNRF flag is set in the HLR. The subscriber is unknown in the HLR (UnknownSubscriber on the MSC-SMSC interface). In this case, the MWI is not set. If the global title analysis fails in the SMS-GMSC towards the HLR, the SMSC receives the Unknown_Subscriber error code from the SMS-GMSC. This error code is a permanent error code, and consequently the SMSC ceases to retry the sending of the SM. This way the useless load of the network can be avoided. An SMSC is trying to send an SM to the subscriber while another SMSC is already sending him SMs (the paging request is rejected due to BusySubscriber on the MAP interface). MNRF flag is set in the HLR, but the priority flag is not set. The corresponding error code is transferred on the MSC-SMSC interface. Information is found in the HLR that incoming call barring applies to subscriber B (CallBarred on the MSCSMSC interface). A positive response is received for paging, but the memory capacity of the MS is exceeded (the MCEF flag was not set in the HLR), and the Memory Capacity Exceeded informing procedure starts (MemoryCapacityExceeded on the MAP interface). As a result, MWD (including the SMSC address) and the MCEF flag are set in the HLR. In case of an Intelligent Network (IN) subscriber, the SCP can respond with a ReleaseCall message, which results in the MSC/VLR not forwarding the SM to Subscriber B. The error code depends on the SCP, and it is transferred on the MAP interface. SMSC address is barred for the visitor subscribers (FacilityNotSupported on the MAP interface). SMSC address is barred for home subscribers (IllegalSubscribers on the MAP interface). System failure occurs (SystemFailure on the MAP interface).

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Special conditions If subscribers are temporarily out of coverage, and a short message is sent to them, an MNRF is set in the VLR. The service centre address is set in the subscriber's message waiting data (MWD) list. When the MS goes back to coverage area, the VLR does not recognise any change, so the MNRF is not checked until a call or a periodic location update is made. This situation causes delay in the SM delivery. As a Nokia Siemens Networks proprietary solution, instead of 'Absent Subscriber' a 'System failure' error code is sent to the SMS-GMSC from the VMSC. The SMS-GMSC maps this 'System failure' to temporary 'Invalid SME address' error code towards the SMSC. This error code is not used for any other MT-SM procedure, so the SMSC can handle it as a temporary error situation and polls the subscriber periodically because only the MWF is set in the VLR. Note that the solution works only with Nokia Siemens Networks SMS-GMSC and VMSC. If no MT-SM delivery is possible through the MSC, the SGSN route can also be tried. If a mobile station cannot receive short messages because of memory shortage, a special error code 'memory capacity exceeded' is returned and carried to the SMS-GMSC through the MAP protocol.

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2010/11/15 Nokia Siemens Networks

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