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Integrate with Ella Core

This guide connects Ella SMSC to Ella Core, with Ella Core as the HSS (S6c) and the MME or SMSF (SGd).

Prerequisites

  • Ella SMSC: installed and started, as in Install.

The examples use these values:

Value Role
10.3.0.7 Ella SMSC's Diameter address
001 / 01 Ella Core's MCC and MNC
+15550000000 Ella SMSC's service centre address
+15550001111 Ella Core's SMS number

1. Set the Diameter address

In smsc.yaml, set the address Ella Core reaches Ella SMSC on, and restart Ella SMSC:

diameter:
  address: 10.3.0.7

2. Set the operator

In the Ella SMSC UI, go to the Operator page:

  • Click the edit icon next to Operator ID (MCC/MNC), enter Ella Core's MCC and MNC, e.g. 001 / 01, and click Update.
  • Click the edit icon next to Service Centre Address, enter +15550000000, and click Update.
  • Click the edit icon next to Numbering, enter your country code and prefixes, and click Update.

Go to the Diameter page and note the Host, e.g. smsc.node.epc.mnc001.mcc001.3gppnetwork.org.

3. Add Ella SMSC to Ella Core

In the Ella Core UI, go to Operator and scroll to the SMS section:

  • Check that SMS Number is set, e.g. +15550001111, Ella Core's default.
  • Click Add Service Center, enter:
    • Address: 10.3.0.7
    • Numbers: +15550000000
    • Diameter Identity: the Host of step 2.
  • Click Add.

The service center shows Connected.

4. Give subscribers an MSISDN

In the Ella Core UI, for each subscriber that sends or receives SMS, go to Subscribers, open the subscriber, click the edit icon next to MSISDN, enter its E.164 number, e.g. +15551230001, and click Update.

5. Set the SMSC number on the SIM cards

On each SIM card, set the SMSC number to +15550000000.

6. Verify

In the Ella SMSC UI, go to Diameter. Ella Core shows open, with HSS set to yes.

Send an SMS between two phones. On the Messages page, it shows delivered.