Mobile-Terminated SMS Procedure

Mobile-Terminated SMS Procedure

Last updated: January 3, 2008

This section is applicable to the lab application and to a test application with the required feature license.

General Procedure

This section describes general procedures for Mobile-Terminated SMS tests.

STEP A: Set Up the Mobile-Terminated SMS Parameters

  1. Press the Call Setup key.
  2. Press the More key on the lower left side of the test set two times until 3 of 3 of the Call Control menu is displayed.
  3. Press the F5 ( Short Message Service ), go to SMS Control menu.
  4. Press the F2 ( Mobile-Term SMS Parameters ). The Mobile-Terminated SMS Parameters menu appears.
  5. Set the parameters as desired. See Setting Mobile-Terminated SMS Parameters for the parameters description. For example, set the Service to Point To Point for point-to-point SMS tests, or set the Service to Broadcast for broadcast SMS tests.
    1. Turn the knob to highlight a parameter and then press the knob.
    2. Enter a value or selection and press the knob.
  6. Press the F6 ( Close Menu ) to go back to the SMS Control menu. The parameters you've set in step 5 are displayed in the Mobile-Terminated SMS Info window. See Mobile-Terminated SMS Info for details.

STEP B: Create/Edit the Mobile-Terminated Message Contents

  1. Press the F4 ( Create/Edit Message ) on the SMS Control menu. The Create/Edit menu appears.
  2. Press the F3 ( Message Source ). You can select either ASCII or HEX data entry format.
  3. (Optional) Clear the message contents currently in the Mobile-Terminated Message window by pressing the F2 ( Clear Message ).
  4. Based on the setting of Message Source ( F3 ) in step 2, the F1 softkey is labeled as either Enter/Edit SMS ASCII Message or Enter/Edit SMS Hex Message . Press the F1 , the Enter/Edit SMS Message menu for the selected message source appears.
  5. Enter/edit the message contents as desired. For more information about the editing commands, see Enter/Edit Message Contents . The contents you entered appear in the Mobile-Terminated Message window.
    For example, you want to send a message to the mobile station with the contents of "Let's have lunch at 12:00." Assuming ASCII is selected in the Message Source ( F3 ).
    1. Turn the knob to highlight the A-Z and then press the knob. Select the L and then Done by using the knob.
    2. Turn the knob to highlight the a-z and then press the knob. Select the e , t , s , space , h , a , v , e , space , l , u , n , c , h , a , t , space , and then Done by using the knob .
    3. Turn the knob to highlight the 0-9 and then press the knob. Select the 1 , 2 , 0 , 0 , . (period) and then Done by using the knob.
    4. To insert the : (colon) between 2 and 0, turn and knob to highlight the Character Index and then press the knob. Turn the knob counterclockwise until the caret (^) is positioned at the 2 or current Character Index value is 20, then press the knob. Turn the knob to highlight the Other Characters and then press the knob. Select the : (colon) and then Done by using the knob.
    5. To insert the ' (apostrophe) between t and s, turn and knob to highlight the Character Index and then press the knob. Turn the knob counterclockwise until the caret (^) is positioned at the character t or current Character Index value is 2, then press the knob. Turn the knob to highlight the Other Characters and then press the knob. Select the ' (apostrophe) and then Done by using the knob.
    6. If you want to delete some characters due to wrong editing, highlight the Edit Command and then select Delete or Backspace command.

         
      NOTE
      The "<--" and the numeric keys on the DATA ENTRY field of the test set's front panel have no effect on short message editing.

         

    7. Press the F6 ( Close Menu ). Now, you've finished the message contents editing.
  6. (Optional) If you want to send a long message, you can simply set the Message Repeat ( F4 ) to repeat the message contents you've entered. See Set Message Repeat for details. You will notice that the Message Length in Mobile-Terminated SMS Info window varies with the Message Repeat ( F4 ) setting. The repeats of the message contents are not shown in Mobile-Terminated Message window.
  7. Press the F6 ( Return ) to go back to the SMS Control menu. Now, you are ready to send a short message to the mobile station.

STEP C: Send an SMS Message to the Mobile Station

You can send a short message to the mobile station whether it is idle or engaged in a voice or data call. The test set provides three methods for your choice (see Sending an SMS Message to the Mobile Station for details):

Method 1: Sending an SMS message while in idle state

  1. If you would like log the protocol messages exchanged between the test set and the mobile station, set up the Wireless Protocol Advisor (WPA) and start logging. See Logging SMS Messages .
  2. Connect the mobile station to the test set.
  3. Power on the mobile station and wait for the mobile station to perform a power up registration. The mobile station information should appear in the Mobile Reported Information window after a successful registration. Otherwise, perform the steps 1 through 9 in How Do I Set Up an IS-2000 Call? to have the mobile station registered. The current call status is Idle.
  4. Send an SMS message you've created in STEP B to the mobile station on the control channel, F-PCH or the F-CCCH being configured (see Control Channel Configuration ) while in Idle state.
    • Press the Call Setup key.
    • Press the More key on the lower left side of the test set two times until 3 of 3 of the Call Control menu is displayed.
    • Press the F5 ( Short Message Service ), go to SMS Control menu.
    • Press the F1 ( Send Message ).
  5. The test set will wait for the acknowledgment from the mobile station. Observe the SMS Message Acknowledge Info window for the indications, see SMS Message Acknowledge Info for details.
  6. Observe the display on the mobile station to confirm that the message(s) were received.
  7. If you are capturing a log, stop logging.

Method 2: Sending an SMS message via a temporary SO6 or SO14 connection.

  1. If you would like log the protocol messages exchanged between the test set and the mobile station, set up the Wireless Protocol Advisor (WPA) and start logging. See Logging SMS Messages .
  2. Connect the mobile station to the test set.
  3. Power on the mobile station and wait for the mobile station to perform a power up registration. The mobile station information should appear in the Mobile Reported Information window after a successful registration. Otherwise, perform the steps 1 through 9 in How Do I Set Up an IS-2000 Call? to have the mobile station registered. The current Call status is Idle.
  4. Set the service option for the current selected radio configurations to SO6 or SO14. See steps 6 and 7 in How Do I Set Up an IS-2000 Call? .
  5. Send an SMS message you've created in STEP B by establishing a call in SO6 or SO14:
    • Press the Call Setup key.
    • Press the More key on the lower left side of the test set two times until 3 of 3 of the Call Control menu is displayed.
    • Press the F5 ( Short Message Service ), go to SMS Control menu.
    • Press the More key, go to 2 of 2 of the SMS Control menu.
    • Press the F3 ( Originate Call ).
  6. Observe the state changes of the SMS Status in the SMS Message Acknowledge Info window and the call status in the Active Cell field. See SMS Status Description for details.
    • State changes in Active Cell field: Idle -> Paging -> Access Probe -> Connected -> Idle
    • State changes in SMS Status: Idle -> Paging -> Sending -> Waiting -> MS Ack

       
    NOTE
    You will notice that the call is automatically terminated when the test set receives the acknowledgment from the mobile station or after the period of the ~15 seconds since the connection (see Mobile-Terminated Message Timeout ).

       

  7. Observe the display on the mobile station to confirm that the message(s) were received.
  8. If you are capturing a log, stop logging.

Method 3: Sending an SMS message while in a voice or data call.

  1. If you would like log the protocol messages exchanged between the test set and the mobile station, set up the Wireless Protocol Advisor (WPA) and start logging. See Logging SMS Messages .
  2. Connect the mobile station to the test set.
  3. Establish a voice or data call (for example, SO3). Follow the procedure in How Do I Set Up an IS-2000 Call? . Make sure that the service option is set to any value other than SO6 and SO14. Verify that the call has established by checking for Connected in the Active Cell field.
  4. Send an SMS message you've created in STEP B to the mobile station while in a call.
    • Press the Call Setup key.
    • Press the More key on the lower left side of the test set two times until 3 of 3 of the Call Control menu is displayed.
    • Press the F5 ( Short Message Service ), go to SMS Control menu.
    • Press the F1 ( Send Message ).
  5. The test set will wait for the acknowledgment from the mobile station. Observe the SMS Message Acknowledge Info window for the indications, see SMS Message Acknowledge Info for details. The call remains connected unless you disconnect the call.
  6. Observe the display on the mobile station to confirm that the message(s) were received.
  7. If you are capturing a log, stop logging.

Performing CDG Stage 2 SMS Tests: 8.1 and 8.3 Tests

All of the tests as specified in the CDG Stage 2 8.1 Mobile Station Terminated SMS Tests and 8.3 Broadcast SMS Tests can follow the General Procedure . The special settings required for each test are listed in the Mobile-Terminated SMS Tests

Mobile-Terminated SMS Tests

CDG Stage 2 Tests

Specific Setting Required for the Test During the General Procedure

8.1 Mobile Station Terminated SMS Tests (for all 8.1x tests, set the Service to Point To Point in STEP A, substep 5)

8.1.1 Paging Channel SMS Delivery Procedures

In STEP C, use method 1 to send the short message to the mobile station.

8.1.2 SMS Delivery Procedures when Message Too Large for Paging Channel

In STEP C, use method 2 to send the short message to the mobile station.

   
NOTE
The test set does not support changing the channel based on the message length. You need to force the test set to send the short message to the mobile station over the traffic channel.

   

8.1.3 Traffic Channel SMS Delivery Procedures

In STEP C, use method 3 to send the short message to the mobile station.

8.1.4 Delivery of Maximum Length Message

In STEP C, use method 2 and 3 to send the short message to the mobile station.

   
NOTE
The maximum length allowed is determined by many factors such as the protocol standards, the channel the message is sent on, message overhead, how many optional parameters are included, etc. If the desired message is truncated before being sent to the MS, the error message "SMS send message truncated due to protocol to <n> characters (where n is the maximum length allowed)" will be generated.

   

8.1.5 Reserved

8.1.6 SMS Delivery Error - Mobile Station Short Message Buffer Full

Repeat the general procedure (with any method) to send a number of messages to the mobile station (typically 100 messages) until "35 Destination resource shortage" appears on the MS Ack Cause Code of the SMS Message Acknowledge Info window.

8.1.7 Voice Mail Notification

In STEP A, substep 5:

  • set Service to Point To Point
  • set Teleservice to Voice Mail
  • set Voice Mail Count to 99 (for test 1)
    set Voice Mail Count to 0 (for test 2)

After the procedure, you should see that the number of the voice mail messages on the mobile station screen is what you've set for the tests.

8.3 Broadcast SMS Tests

8.3.1 Broadcast SMS Delivery

You can perform the tests with the mobile station #1 which is configured to receive broadcast SMS first, then do the same tests on mobile station #2 which is not configured to receive broadcast SMS.

In STEP A, substep 5:

  • set Service to Broadcast
  • set Priority to Normal (for test 1)
    set Priority to Emergency (for test 2)

Verify that both mobile stations shall display broadcast message (Emergency). Mobile station #1 shall display broadcast message (Normal) but mobile station #2 does not. All received broadcast messages shall be correct and complete.

Related Topics


Mobile-Terminated SMS Message Operation

Logging SMS Messages