FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: submit report handling in short message session initiation protocol (SMSIP) is provided, comprising preparation of a submit report, wherein the preparation includes using a combination of forking and an "in-reply-to" header to find an appropriate device and sending the submit report to the appropriate terminal. Likewise, another method can include receiving, by an apparatus, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message request including a submit report and processing the submit report to determine whether the request corresponds to a message sent by the apparatus. The method can further include sending, when the submit report is determined not to correspond to any message sent by the apparatus, a "not-acceptable-here" session initiation protocol response or sending, when the submit report is determined to correspond to the message sent by the apparatus, an OK session initiation protocol message.
EFFECT: solving the problem of determining the destination when user equipment which has sent an SMS message does not receive a submit report, the submit report is sent once more.
15 cl, 3 dwg
