METHOD FOR MANAGING CONNECTION AND TRAFFIC BETWEEN EXTERNAL SHORT MESSAGE ENTITIES IN SHORT MESSAGE SYSTEM

PURPOSE: A method for managing connection and traffic between ESMEs(External Short Message Entities) in a short message system is provided to support an efficient operation of a network, by making a TCP/IP connection status monitored and controlled. CONSTITUTION: A SMSC(Short Message Service Center) reads an environment setting file to secure a memory area, and initializes it(1). An ESME records that there is an access request to a client database(2). The ESME records what kind of service has requested an access and has succeeded in the access(3). The SMSC module exchanges data with the ESME(4). The SMSC module increases an attribute value by one whenever it receives and transmits data(5). The SMSC module checks the traffic(6), and stores the checked traffic in a traffic file(8). If there is not a change in the traffic, the SMSC module stops the connection with the ESME, and forces a client to perform a socket polling for making the access again(9,10).