Patent ID: 7221952

Claim:
In a method for processing a short message in a mobile communication network including a mobile switching center for switching calls, a short message service center for providing a short message service, and an operation control unit for operating and managing the short message service center, a method for processing an address of a short message service center in a WCDMA network, comprising: a load centralization confirmation step where the operation control unit receives short message processing states from each short message service center, confirms load centralization states of each short message service center, and generates an operation message for selecting a minimum load centralization short message service center; a path setup step where the mobile switching center receives a short message with MSISDN designated as the SC address, from a mobile station, and sets up a transmission path of the short message according to the operation message; and an optimal transmission step where the mobile switching center transmits the short message from the mobile station to the corresponding short message service center through the transmission path according to the result of the path setup step.