Thanks Heru and Rodrigo for clearing this issue for me :) I should have understood this by definition "not connection oriented", but there was one clause in user's guide (which I cannot find any more) which made me think that smsc somehow waits for response when delivering MO message.
:)Marko -----Original Message----- From: Rodrigo A. Cremaschi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11. marraskuuta 2004 15:54 To: Marko Helle; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Responsing MO Hi Marko, At "SMS level" there is no time limit, as SMS is not "connection oriented". SMSC does not wait for any message. Following your example, your application may receive a vote from a phone, but there is no need to send any answer back. At lower levels (i.e. SMPP), transactions are handled by Kannel, so you don't need to worry about that. Rodrigo. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marko Helle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:13 AM Subject: Responsing MO > Hello Users, > > I have been familiarizing my self with kannel last days and > mostly understanding how things work, but this thing with MOs > I just dont get. > > When user wants to use my service, > 1) he/she sends sms message which goes to smsc > 2) smsc then contacts my sms gw (kannel) > 3) kannel then makes request to my web app > 4) now in my web app I know what to do and after doing that > I have response. > > > So my questions: > - when smsc contacts kannel/MyWebApp, does it wait for response? > - If not, should I send response by MT message? > - Is there some time limit for response, i.e. if completing response > takes time can I keep smsc waiting or should response be always quick > and continue with MT if necessary? > > > Perhaps explaining example would help me. > > - When I send sms to some voting machine and it replyes saying "thanks > for voting", was there only my MO and response to it or was there > my MO and MT from voting machine? > > - When I send sms to query name by phone number, and > - resolving phone number is fast, is it > - my MO to service provider > - their response to MO? > - their response as MT > > - resolving phone number takes alot of time, > - then smsc cannot be waiting for response, but is respose > still in context of MO? > > :)Marko Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener informaci�n CONFIDENCIAL sometida a secreto profesional o cuya divulgaci�n est� prohibida en virtud de la legislaci�n vigente. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que nos lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma v�a o por tel�fono (54.11 5776-5000) y proceda a su destrucci�n. N�tese que el correo electr�nico v�a Internet no permite asegurar ni la confidencialidad de los mensajes que se transmiten ni la correcta recepci�n de los mismos. En caso de que el destinatario de este mensaje no consintiera la utilizaci�n de correo electr�nico v�a Internet rogamos lo ponga en nuestro conocimiento de manera inmediata.
