Reference section - SMPP

SMPP v5

Short Message Peer-to-Peer protocol v5

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SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer) is an open, industry standard protocol designed to provide a flexible data communications interface for the transfer of short message data between External Short Message Entities (ESME), Routing Entities (RE) and Message Centres (MC). The SMPP protocol is a means by which applications can send SMS messages to mobile devices and receive SMS from mobile devices.

Services from Melrose Labs (e.g. Tyr SMS Gateway and SMPP SMS Gateway ) support SMPP v5 and the earlier versions, v3.3 and v3.4. The v5 specification is the latest and final version of SMPP that was published, is the most capable version, and is the best version to read for an understanding of SMPP. To secure the link between the ESME (application) and the MC (e.g. SMS gateway or SMSC), SMPP-over-TLS or SMPP-over-VPN can be used.

Details: Tyr SMS Gateway

This section provides details specific to the use of SMPP with the Tyr SMS Gateway service. Accounts may be configured different to the defaults shown below and therefore you should check your SMPP Account Details issued by Melrose Labs for details specific to your account.

Hosts

Connect to any of the following hosts using your SMPP account details:

HostLocation
eu-uk.mlsmpp.net /
eu-uk-lon.mlsmpp.net
London, United Kingdom
eu-de.mlsmpp.net /
eu-de-fra.mlsmpp.net
Frankfurt, Germany
af-za.mlsmpp.netCape Town, South Africa
na-us.mlsmpp.netNorth Virginia, USA
me-bh.mlsmpp.netBahrain
sa-br.mlsmpp.netSão Paulo , Brazil
ap-sg.mlsmpp.netSingapore
ap-au.mlsmpp.netSydney, Australia

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Ports

Non-TLS and TLS connections can be made depending on port use:

PortDescription
2775Non-TLS
8775TLS (recommended)

SMPP over TLS

We strongly recommend the use of SMPP over TLS to secure sessions between applications and our access node hosts. TLS v1.1 and v1.2 are supported. Earlier versions of TLS and SSL are deliberately not supported.

For legacy applications that do not support TLS, we recommend the use of stunnel for using SMPP over TLS.

SMPP Client

Test an SMPP account and service from Melrose Labs or another provider using the Melrose Labs SMPP Client . Use from your web browser. No software installation necessary. Other web browser-based SMPP clients available from Melrose Labs include:

Alternatively, use our txtConsole portal to send messages, get usage reports and look-up messages.

Session Parameters

Bind typesSMPP versionsMaximum bindsSubmit window sizeMax. submit rateCharacter Sets
TX, RX, TRX v3.3, v3.4 (default) or v5 10 per host 20 2000 SMS/sec GSM (data_coding=0)
Latin/ISO-8859-1 (3)
Binary (4)
UCS2 (8)

Operations Supported

Session ManagementMessage SubmissionMessage DeliveryAnciliary Submission
bind_transmitter
bind_receiver
bind_transceiver
submit_sm
data_sm
deliver_sm
data_sm
cancel_sm
query_sm
replace_sm

Full details of the Tyr SMS Gateway SMPP support can be found in the SMPP Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) .

Delivery Receipts

Delivery receipts and intermediate notifications have the following format and are contained in the short_message field of the deliver_sm:

	id:IIIIIIIIII sub:SSS dlvrd:DDD submit date:YYMMDDhhmm done date:YYMMDDhhmm stat:DDDDDDD err:EEE text:
  • id: message ID returned in submit_sm_resp (up to 64 characters in length)
  • sub: number of messages originally submitted (set to 001)
  • dlvrd: number of messages delivered (000 or 001)
  • submit date: When message was submitted by ESME
  • done date: When message reached final state
  • stat: State of message (see Name field below)
  • err: Error encountered during delivery (if any)

Additionally, the following TLVs are present in the delivery receipt:

TLVDescription
receipted_message_idMC message ID of message being receipted. Should be present for MC Delivery Receipts and Intermediate Notifications.
message_stateDelivery state as shown in below table.
network_error_codeError code specific to a wireless network (see error codes below).

Message states

StateMeaningNameDescription
0ScheduledSCHEDLDThe message is scheduled. Delivery has not yet been initiated. (Intermediate)
1EnrouteENROUTEThe message is in enroute state. (Intermediate)
2DeliveredDELIVRDMessage is delivered to destination. (Final)
3ExpiredEXPIREDMessage validity period has expired. (Final)
4DeletedDELETEDMessage has been deleted. (Final)
5UndeliverableUNDELIVMessage is undeliverable. (Final)
6AcceptedACCEPTDMessage is in accepted state. (Final)
7UnknownUNKNOWNMessage is in invalid state.
8RejectedREJECTDMessage is in a rejected state. (Final)
9SkippedSKIPPEDThe message was accepted but not transmitted or broadcast on the network. (Final)

Error codes

CodeNameDescription
0No error
1Unknown subscriberMSISDN is unknown or invalid
27Absent subscriberMobile is switched off or unreachable
31Subscriber busy for MT SMSMSC is busy communicating with the handset for another transaction (may be receiving another SMS simultaneously)
34System failureSS7 protocol or network failure

SMPP Protocol

For the full SMPP v5 specification and further information on the SMPP protocol, see SMPP - Short Message Peer-to-Peer protocol at smpp.org .

Session Management Operations

These operations are used to establish and maintain an SMPP session.

Bind Operation

The purpose of the SMPP bind operation is to register an instance of an ESME with the MC system and request a SMPP session over this network connection for the submission or delivery of messages. Thus, the Bind operation may be viewed as a form of MC login request to authenticate the ESME entity wishing to establish a connection.

Other Operations

Message Submission Operations

Message submission operations provide an ESME with the ability to submit messages for onward delivery to mobile stations.

Message Delivery Operations

Message delivery operations provide the means of delivering short messages from a MC to an ESME. These messages typically originate from mobile stations.

Message Broadcast Operations

Message broadcast operations provide Cell Broadcast services to ESMEs.

  • broadcast_sm / broadcast_sm_resp
  • Broadcast TLVs

Anciliary Submission Operations

Ancillary submission operations provide additional management of messages submitted by ESMEs. This includes cancellation, querying and replacement of messages.

  • cancel_sm / cancel_sm_resp
  • query_sm / query_sm_resp
  • replace_sm / replace_sm_resp
  • Message Replacement TLVs

Anciliary Broadcast Operations

Ancillary broadcast operations provide additional management of messages submitted by ESMEs. This includes cancellation and querying of messages.

  • query_broadcast_sm / query_broadcast_sm_resp
  • Query Broadcast TLVs
  • cancel_broadcast_sm / cancel_broadcast_sm_resp
  • Cancel Broadcast TLVs

SMPP PICS

SMPP PICs statement (based on SMPP PICS at smpp.org ) for Melrose Labs Tyr SMS Gateway and SMPP SMS Gateway.

SMPP is supported in our SMSC Simulator, Tyr SMS Gateway, SMPP SMS Gateway, SMPP Implementation Testing, SMPP Load Balancer and REST-SMPP Intelligent Bridge.

Send SMS programmatically with SMPP

Send SMS programmatically with SMPP using Python, Java, Go, Perl, C++, C#, Node.js, Ruby and PHP.

SMSC Simulator

Looking to test your SMS application or SMS-enabled application before connecting to a live SMS gateway or SMSC? Our SMSC Simulator service allows you to test using the SMPP protocol v3.3, v3.4 and v5. Read more about SMSC Simulator >

SMPP Client

Test an SMPP account and service using the Melrose Labs SMPP Client . Use from your web browser. No software installation necessary.

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