Short Message Service Center

An SMSC stands for short message service center. It is a network element in mobile network which is responsible for transfer of text messages from sender to receiver. When the user sends text message to another user, at first the message is stored in SMSC and then delivers to destination user when they are available. We can set the validity period of every SMS in SMSC. Each and every handset of SMSC has the facility to configure validity of message. We can specify short time limit for storing message in SMSC if we want. When the time is expiry the message won’t save in SMSC. SMPP protocol is used in short message service center to support wireless network. To establish two-way SMS traffic, short message service center used an aggregator model known as SMSC Gateway.

SMSC Gateway:

                                      

SMSC Gateway is interface between mobile networks in telecommunications for sending and receiving text messages over the mobile networks. Many SMSC gateways support media conversion from email and other formats. We can also send and receive text messages from email, web pages and some software applications with the help of a device known as direct-to-SMSC gateway. SMPP protocol coverts the message format in to a format understood by the SMSC. By using this device we can send and receive text messages in bulk.