May 2010.

SS7 SMSC
A full featured SMS Service Centre

Introduction
The Netfors SS7 SMSC solutions deliver a range of products for the SMSC service provider business.
Netfors support fast introduction of new business possibilities to gain revenue and deliver an effective
Operation System for minimizing operational costs and secure high quality of service for customers.

The SMSC Service Provider use the SMSC and its features for managing connections to Mobile Operators
including commercial conditions, and secure high performance on SMS messages like bulk campaign
advertisements send by Telemarketing customers. The web user interface provides efficient tools for
SMSC administrators and for Customers to manage their administrative needs when distributing SMS
messages to mobile users.

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The SS7 SMSC is a full featured SMS Service Centre. It supports mobile terminated (MT) and mobile
originated (MO) SMS. It uses GSM MAP for delivery and reception of SMS over the SS7 network, or SMPP
for interface to other SMPP compliant SMSCs or ESMEs. The SS7 network is accessed either using MTP over
E1, or using SIGTRAN over Ethernet.

MT bulk is used for marketing campaigns, etc. MO bust is for subscriber responses to advertising, radio/TV
broadcasts, contests, etc. Store and forward is for MO SMS.

SS7 SMSC system view

SS7 SMSC consists on building blocks shown in the figure below. The system is connected to Mobile
Operators over E1 or SIGTRAN connections and communicates over SS7 protocols. In the chapter SS7
SMSC business connections, you find further possibilities and details. The applications are implemented in
server building blocks for MTP3, SCCP and SMSC. The SMSC Server applications also cover the business
logic and applications for managing data for customers, SMS traffic, performance, etc. The operation user
interface is web based and implemented in the SMSC Web application block. The SMSC web provide user
interface for SMSC administrators and for customers. Customers can also connect over SMPP (TCP/IP) for
the use of customers own web applications.

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Architecture of the SMSC solution

The MTP3 service implements MTP2 and MTP3 protocols and interfaces to Zaptel/Dahdi device drivers for
the digital interface cards for E1. The service also implements the SIGTRAN M3UA protocol.

The SCCP service implements an SCCP protocol stack. It uses the MTP as layer 3 protocol. The TCAP
service is a standalone process (daemon) that provides a TCP socket interface for client applications. The
client application uses a client side library (libtcapio.a) and its corresponding header file (tcapio.h). The
client side library handles all communication with the SCCP server.

The SMSC service implements an GSM MAP protocol stack. It uses the SCCP daemon to send/receive GSM
MAP messages to/from the SS7 network. The SMSC provides both an SMPP interface and a simple
proprietary TCP/IP interface for clients that needs to transfer SMS's to and from the SMSC.

SS7 SMSC business conections

SS7 SMSC provides the possibility to connect to Mobile Operators using SS7 and SMPP (TCP/IP) as
visualized in the figure below. SS7 connections supported are TDM/E1 and SIGTRAN.

The routing facilities in the SMSC make it possible for the SMSC Service Provider to route SMSes to 8
different Mobile Operators. Routing can be based both on connectivity and least cost considerations.

Requirements to SS7 interconnection

 Up to 8 E1 links.
 An SS7 point code.
 A global title.
 SS7 interconnection provider must route SCCP traffic to/from SMSC.

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Netfors SMSC manager

The SMSC Operation System is implemented as a web front end tool that is easy to use and
support the daily work for SMSC administrators and the customers telemarketing personnel.

Administrator tools

The administrator can manage the SMSC

operation, configurations, and business
procedures with use of the tools listed below:

System Status
 Service status.
 Database status.
 SMPP status.
 Route status
 Delivery performance

Control, monitoring
 Start and stop services.
 Graphical performance graphs.
 Service log display.

Route Manager

SMSC handles administration of routes for SMS distribution in more operators’ networks to reach mobile
subscribers at the least cost.

User administration
 Create user.
 Update user.
 Delete user.
 User privilege definition.
 View user activities.

Reports
 Report search on various criteria (user, date, string match on sender, text).
 Download summary for job in .csv format.
 Download details for job in .csv format.

Customer tools

The customer’s can manage the telemarketing business procedures with use of the tools listed below:

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Campaign Manager
Campaign management handles the job posting
for the customers telemarketing personnel.
The SMSC features covers:
 Single number push.
 Bulk SMS Push.
 Date /time interval scheduling for SMS
campaigns to be send.
 Delivery of SMS to closed mobile phones
when switched on.
 Delivery of SMS to phones with no store of
the message.
 Report search on various criteria (user, date,
string match on sender, text).

Privacy manager
Management of subscribers who do not want to receive SMS telemarketing material. Do not send/disturb.
 Delete/update list of numbers that must not receive SMS.

Reports
 Report search on various criteria (user, date, string match on sender, text).
 Download summary for job in .csv format.
 Download details for job in .csv format.

SMSC system specifications follow on next page.

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Specification
Features are listed as follows:

 MT (Mobile Terminated) SMS.

 MO (Mobile Originated) SMS.
 Store.
 Configurable forward logic.
 Uses GSM MAP v2, accepts incoming messages using GSM MAP v1/v2/v3.
 Handles subscriber absent conditions with HLR subscription (AlertServiceCentre).
 Automatic retries in case of recoverable errors.
 Handles bulk push (jobs, same message to multiple receivers, up to several millions).
 Manages Do Not Send (blacklisted) numbers.
 Virtual Mobile Number
 Handles international character sets (Tested with European/Arabic/ Hindi/Malayalam).
 Several management front ends.
 Web front end (xhtml, unicode).
 Command line tool.
 Asterisk applications (app_ss7_sms, send SMS from dial plan).
 Job reports in .csv format.
 Summary.
 Status for individual receivers, including detailed error descriptions.
 SMPP front end.
 Web front end supports.
 User authentication for login.
 User administration.
 Do Not Send administration.
 Bulk push.
 Virtual Mobile Number
 Single receiver send.
 Report generation.
 Control of SMSC and other services.
 Detailed log information.
 Performance graphs.
 Supports IE6, IE7, Firefox 2, Firefox 3.
 Database transaction (MySQL InnoDB engine).
 An SMSC requires at least one E1 connection alternative SIGTRAN connection.
 Up to 8 SS7 E1 links, up to 16 signaling time slots per E1.
 Up to 12 SMS/sec per signaling time slot E1 at 0.5 Erlang.
 Available for Linux 32bit and 64bit. v
 Distributed architecture (SMSC service and E1 MTP3 service on different servers).
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Netfors contact information

Netfors
Esromgade 15, 1110
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Denmark

Email: sales@netfors.com
Tel: +45 46931411
Fax: +45 46931466

Web: http://www.netfors.com/

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