fact sheet

using acision message controller

as an ip-sm gateway
In the smartphone era, the mobile messaging market is undergoing drastic

Key Benefits

change. With increasing smartphone penetration and consumer adoption of

Seamless SMS to IP interworking

OTT messaging applications, mobile operators messaging revenues are under

pressure. To stay relevant in this era, many mobile operators are introducing IP
based messaging services of their own. The upside potential for these services is
significant. Informa reports that mobile instant messaging (chat) users grew from
1 billion in 2011 to a projected 4 billion in 2016.
Meanwhile, revenue from SMS traffic remains a significant proportion of a mobile
operators bottom line. So, while the spotlight is on OTT messaging, Person-to-Person
(P2P) SMS continues to increase year after year, growing from $100+ billion in 2011 to
a projected $120 billion in 2016.
It is vital for mobile network operators to ensure that SMS services co-exist seamlessly

(SIP, 3G, 4G, LTE)

VoLTE compliant SMS implementation
for WiFi, LTE and 3G IP-only devices
Optimise network efficiency
Easy integration with existing
subscriber databases
Scalability and redundancy within one
SS7 Signalling Point Code
Centralised and industry
standard OAM functionality

with IP devices and networks. Acision Message Controller (MCO) offers IP-SM Gateway
capabilities to provide robust transport interworking supporting SMS over IP for LTE, WiFi

Key features:

and 3G IP-only devices.

Support of SMS specific message

services in 4G networks, e.g. Over The

Features

Air activation (OTA), delivery report,

Acision MCO provides IP-SM Gateway capabilities to ensure the efficient exchange of

vCalendar, ringtone, concatenated

SMS messages between SIP-enabled devices, (dual mode) handsets and standard

(long) messages

phones by translating SMS messages in the proper format and delivering them in the

binary SMS, direct display, vCard,

Compliant to industry standards: 3GPP

appropriate domain (SS7 or IMS). The required level of interworking may be

TS 23.204, TS 24.341, TS 29.311,

determined based on a subscriber profile as well. For messages coming from foreign

3GPP2 X.S0048-0

users, the IP-SM Gateway includes a home routing function that can determine,
based on the subscriber profile, if the message must be intercepted for delivery to the
SIP-enabled device.

Includes home routing functionality

for message interception from foreign
networks
3rd party registration function for

Acision Message Controller was designed from the start to provide the mobile network

administration of registered SIP

operator with an unparalleled level of flexibility in both deployment and utilisation. IP-

devices

SM Gateway capabilities can be delivered as a fully virtualized offering allowing the

Web based GUI management

operator to deploy the platform in the manner that best

The system is designed to have no single point of failure.

suits strategic goals. As an on-board module of MCO,

Any hardware or software functions that fail will immediately

operators may leverage additional efficiencies realised by

be taken over by an alternate function. Through this

filtering SIP enabled user messages before passing on to

approach, the system availability is very high and can be

the SMSC infrastructure. This reduces network demand with

considered carrier-grade.

no need for additional functionality capacity on HLR & HSS.

This provides a logical evolutionary path for other new

Summary

services and significantly reduces complexity and time to

The Acision IP-SM Gateway is a module of Acision Message

market for services that cross domains (SMS, MMS, SIP).

Controller which provides advanced, multi-functional

messaging capabilities with a huge range of smart routing

Operational Flexibility
IP-SM Gateway capabilities share uniform operational

functions and sophisticated message handling abilities. This

offers network operators an easy IP-SM Gateway solution

environments with other Acision solutions. Centralised OAM

plus a future-proof path towards other IP based services

functions such as alarm and performance management are

with SMS service continuity for IP-only networks and

arranged via SNMP. Configuration management is done

devices.

from a central repository that also provides configuration

version control, distribution and activation. Provisioning is

The IP-SM Gateway provides operators who are migrating

done via the on-board LDAP or via a Directory Server in the

to LTE with the ability to sustain existing Person to Person

operator domain. An easy to use web-based management

SMS revenues as a foundation for new IP messaging

GUI is available for operational management of the

revenue streams, all supported from a single operational

platform.

environment.

System throughput capacity can be increased without

affecting the configuration of the SS7 network and scales
by adding nodes within one and the same SS7 Signalling
Point Code.

Why Acision
As the leader in messaging with more than 20 years of experience in signalling, routing and high-performance message
handling, Acision is well positioned to understand the challenge of managing and controlling messaging traffic. Using the latest
technologies for advanced, real-time filtering, the solution works agnostically across technology (SMS, MMS, IM, E-mail, SIP),
core networks, messaging platforms and handset types from any vendor:
80 operators are already utilising Acisions solution to augment capacity and protect the network
Supported by a global and world-class services organisation, the solution is kept up-to-date