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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Andrew E. Youtz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siva Sandeep Dhandu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method may be performed by a network device. The method may include conducting an attachment procedure with a wireless device, wherein the conducting forms a session between the wireless device and the core network; associating the wireless device with a short message service (SMS) capability for the session, wherein the SMS capability indicates whether the wireless device can process SMS messages via Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) protocols; identifying an SMS message intended for an application residing on the wireless device; routing the SMS message via IMS protocols when the SMS capability of the wireless device indicates the wireless device can process IMS protocols; and routing the SMS message via non-access stratum (NAS) protocols when the SMS capability of the wireless device indicates the wireless device cannot process IMS protocols.