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1b) When a mobile terminated short message delivery fails due to the MS memory capacity being
exceeded, the SC address is inserted into the MWD list (if it is not already present) and the MCEF
is set (if it is not already set), as described in clause 10.
1c) If the MSIsdn used by the SC to address the recipient MS for alerting purposes is different from the
MSIsdn-Alert of the MS (see subclause 3.2.7), the HLR returns the MSIsdn-Alert to the SC within
the failure report, see "1c Failure report" in figures 03.40/15 and /16.
2a) When either the HLR or VLR detects that the MS (with a non-empty MWD and the MCEF clear in
the HLR and the MNRF set in the VLR) has recovered operation (e.g. has responded to a paging
request), the HLR directly or on request of the VLR will invoke operations to alert the SCs within the
MWD (see subclause 3.2.7 and clause 10). Once the Alert SC operations have been invoked, the
MNRF and MNRR are cleared. After each SC is alerted by the HLR, the address for that SC is
deleted from the MWD. If the MCEF is set in the HLR, the HLR clears the MNRF and MNRR, but
does not invoke operations to alert the SCs within the MWD and data are not cleared from the
MWD.
2b) When the HLR receives (via the MSC and the VLR) a notification that the MS (with a non-empty
MWD and the MCEF set in the HLR) has memory capacity available to receive one or more short
messages, the HLR will invoke operations to alert the SCs within the MWD (see subclause 3.2.7
and clause 10). Once the Alert SC operations have been invoked, the MNRF is cleared in the VLR
and the MCEF, MNRF and MNRR are cleared in the HLR. After each SC is alerted by the HLR, the
address for that SC is deleted from the MWD.
2c) When the HLR receives from the SMS-GMSC a notification that a short message has been
successfully delivered from an SC to an MS for which the MCEF is set and the MWD are not empty,
the HLR will invoke operations to alert other SCs within the MWD (see subclause 3.2.7 and
clause 10). Once the Alert SC operations have been invoked, the MCEF, MNRF and MNRR are
cleared in the HLR. After each SC is alerted by the HLR, the address for that SC is deleted from the
MWD. The SC which successfully delivered the message is also deleted from the MWD, if present.
2d) When the HLR receives (via the MSC and the VLR) a notification that the MS has memory capacity
available to receive one or more short messages but the MCEF is not set and the MWD are empty,
the HLR acknowledges the notification but does not alert any service centre.
3.2.7 Alert-SC
The Alert-SC is the service element, which may be provided by some GSM PLMNs, to inform the SC that
an MS
1) to which a delivery attempt has failed because the MS is not reachable or because the MS memory
capacity was exceeded;
and
2) which is now recognized by the PLMN:
a) to have resumed operation (e.g. to have responded to a paging request); or
b) to have memory newly available (which implies that the mobile is reachable).
is again ready to receive one or more short messages. The SC may - on reception of an Alert-SC - initiate
the delivery attempt procedure for the queued messages destined for this MS.
To each MS there may be allocated several MSIsdns. When the HLR is to alert an SC that an MS is again
attainable it will use a specific MSIsdn value for this purpose; in this specification called MSIsdn-Alert.
NOTE: Repeated delivery attempts from the SC may be of two types:
i) A repeated delivery attempt because the SC has been informed that the MS is
active and available to receive short messages.
ii) An autonomous repeated delivery attempt by the SC.