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SMPP

Supported TLVs

Name Hex Type Description
sar_msg_ref_num 0x020C Integer SAR Reference Number
sar_total_segments 0x020E Integer SAR Total Segments
sar_segment_seqnum 0x020F Integer SAR Segment Sequence Number
custom_message_id 0x3040 String Contains the id (ULID) of the SMS segment

SAR

Segmentation and Reassembly

If one is familiar with UDH based concatenation, then SAR shouldn't be a foreign concept, it is essentially the same structure:

  • sar_msg_ref_num - Used to identify which "complete" message this segment refers to, combined with the destination and source addresses to make the unique key
  • sar_total_segments - The total number of segemnts in the complete message
  • sar_segment_seqnum - Which segment of the message it is

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