Hi!
According to the OsmoSGSN wiki, SMS delivery over GPRS is currently a TODO item. I was wondering about the current state of this feature, and if there is any work in progress that could be built upon.
Is there an estimate of the amount of dev work required to contribute this feature to the project?
Thanks, Christian
It is a TODO item means: somebody yet has to implement it. There is no existing work on it so far.
I think there is little effort in the actual transmission of the SMS over a GPRS channel itself. The bigger question is who will handle it and where. SMS handling so far was/is inside the NITB, and GPRS handling is inside the SGSN
So the logical choice is to first externalize the SMSC code from the NITB (or now OsmoMSC on which Neels is working) and then simply talk to that external smsc from both the SGSN and the MSC.
In terms of effort, I would assume anywhere between one and two weeks full time for somebody familiar with the code.
Regards, Harald.
Thanks for the information! I have a working but somewhat shallow understanding of the code, but maybe I can give it a shot.
I have a GSM test lab set up - I'm limited by the speed of sending SMS and was hoping SMS over GPRS would be a solution. I am also considering Osmocom's experimental 3G support (with new hardware) which may be a more appropriate solution without requiring additional dev work.
Christian
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Harald Welte laforge@gnumonks.org wrote:
It is a TODO item means: somebody yet has to implement it. There is no existing work on it so far.
I think there is little effort in the actual transmission of the SMS over a GPRS channel itself. The bigger question is who will handle it and where. SMS handling so far was/is inside the NITB, and GPRS handling is inside the SGSN
So the logical choice is to first externalize the SMSC code from the NITB (or now OsmoMSC on which Neels is working) and then simply talk to that external smsc from both the SGSN and the MSC.
In terms of effort, I would assume anywhere between one and two weeks full time for somebody familiar with the code.
Regards, Harald. -- Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse my brevity.
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