Patent ID: 8483728
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device for processing a short message service, the device comprising a plurality of access units and a plurality of service processing units, wherein each of the access units is connected to the plurality of service processing units; wherein each of the access units is configured to receive a message from a short message service and send it to one of the service processing units, or send out a processed short message service from one of the service processing units; and wherein each of the service processing units is configured to process a message from a short message service received from one of the access units, and send out the processed short message service through one of the access units; wherein the device further comprises a plurality of storage units, each of the storage units being configured to store a waiting status report entity; wherein each of the service processing units is further configured to, after sending out the processed short message service through one of the access units, generate a first waiting status report entity, store the first waiting status report entity in one of the storage units; and/or receive a second waiting status report entity that is sent by one of the access units and obtained from one of the storage units, and a status report that is received by one of the access units from a network element external to the device, match the second waiting status report entity and the status report, and send out a matching result through one of the access units.