Short Message Service Centre
E523118
The Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) is a network element that stores, forwards, converts, and delivers SMS text messages between mobile devices and other messaging systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Short Message Service Centre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5481356 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Short Message Service Centre Context triple: [GSM core network, includesElement, Short Message Service Centre]
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A.
IMS
IMS is the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, a leading annual conference and exhibition focused on microwave theory, techniques, and technologies.
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B.
IMS
IMS is IBM's hierarchical database and transaction management system widely used on mainframe platforms for high-volume, mission-critical applications.
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C.
IMS
IMS is the NATO International Military Staff, the body that provides strategic military advice and support to NATO’s decision-making structures.
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D.
IMS
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a standardized architectural framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile and fixed networks.
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E.
IMS
IMS is a leading biomedical research institute focused on understanding metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Short Message Service Centre Target entity description: The Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) is a network element that stores, forwards, converts, and delivers SMS text messages between mobile devices and other messaging systems.
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A.
IMS
IMS is the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, a leading annual conference and exhibition focused on microwave theory, techniques, and technologies.
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B.
IMS
IMS is IBM's hierarchical database and transaction management system widely used on mainframe platforms for high-volume, mission-critical applications.
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C.
IMS
IMS is the NATO International Military Staff, the body that provides strategic military advice and support to NATO’s decision-making structures.
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D.
IMS
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a standardized architectural framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile and fixed networks.
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E.
IMS
IMS is a leading biomedical research institute focused on understanding metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
network element
ⓘ
telecommunications infrastructure component ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SMSC ⓘ |
| communicatesWith |
application server
ⓘ
base station subsystem ⓘ email gateway ⓘ home location register ⓘ mobile device ⓘ mobile switching centre ⓘ visitor location register ⓘ voice mail system ⓘ |
| definedInStandard |
3GPP TS 23.040
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ETSI GSM 03.40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handles | SMS text message ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
convert message formats
ⓘ
deliver SMS messages ⓘ forward SMS messages ⓘ store SMS messages ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
cellular network
ⓘ
mobile network ⓘ |
| partOf |
GSM network architecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
LTE network architecture ⓘ UMTS network architecture ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IP-SM-GW
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Multimedia Messaging Service Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
application-to-person SMS
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billing and charging records ⓘ bulk messaging ⓘ delivery reports ⓘ message buffering ⓘ message concatenation ⓘ message prioritization ⓘ message retry ⓘ message routing ⓘ message validity period ⓘ mobile-originated SMS ⓘ mobile-terminated SMS ⓘ number portability resolution ⓘ originating SMS ⓘ person-to-application SMS ⓘ prepaid charging integration ⓘ spam filtering ⓘ store-and-forward messaging ⓘ terminating SMS ⓘ traffic throttling ⓘ |
| supportsService | Short Message Service ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
MAP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SIP ⓘ SMPP NERFINISHED ⓘ SS7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Short Message Service Centre Description of subject: The Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) is a network element that stores, forwards, converts, and delivers SMS text messages between mobile devices and other messaging systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.