Building on the success of the first edition, Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services Second Edition has been revised and updated and continues to provide an in-depth description of existing and forthcoming messaging services and underlying technologies. The Short Message Service (SMS) has been a tremendous success in the messaging roadmap and Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS), an application-level extension of SMS, has provided a smooth transition to the recently introduced Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).

Key features:
Explains and illustrates services including the Short Message Service (SMS) and the Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS)

Offers a complete description of the new Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Illustrates the most common examples of messaging applications usage and covers advanced topics for operators involved in the deployment and configuration of mobile messaging systems

Describes the processes involved in standardizing telecommunications services and technologies (3GPP, WAP Forum, IETF and W3C)
Table of Contents

Preface.

Chapter 1 Basic concepts.

Generations of mobile communications networks.

Telecommunications context: standarization and regulation.

Global System for Mobile.

General Packet Radio Service.

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

Wireless application protocol.

Chapter 2 Standardization.

Messaging road map.

MMS standards.

Third Generation Partnership Project.

Third Generation Partnership Project Project 2.

GSM Association.

Internet Engineering Task Force.

World Wide Web Consortium.

WAP Forum.

Open Mobile Alliance.

Further Reading.

Chapter 3 Short Message Service.

Service description.

SMS use cases.

Architecture for GSM networks.

SMS basic features.

Technical specification synopsis.

Protocol layers.

Structure of a Message Segment.

Settings and message storage in the SIM.

Message submission.

Message submission report.

Message delivery.

Message delivery report.

Status report.

Command.

User data header and user data.

Network functions for message delivery.

SMSC access protocols.

SIM application toolkit.

SMS and AT Commands.

SMS and Email interworking.

Index of TPDU parameters.

Pros and cons of SMS.

Further reading.

Chapter 4 Enhanced Messaging Service.

Service description.

EMS compatibility with SMS.

Basic EMS.

Extended EMS.

Pros and cons of EMS.

Further reading.

Chapter 5 Multimedia Messaging Service, service and architecture.

MMS success enablers.

Commmercial availability of MMS.

MMS compared with other messaging services.

Value proposition of MMS.

Billing models.

Usage scenarios.

Architecture.

Standardization roadmap for MMS.

WAP realizations of MMS.

Service Features.

Message sending.

Message retrieval.

Message reports.

Message forward.

Reply charging.

Addressing modes.

Settings of MMS-capable devices.

Storage of MMS settings and notifications in the (U)SIM.

Multimedia message boxes.

Value-added services.

Content adaptation.

Streaming.

Charging and billing.

Security considerations.

Multimedia Messaging.

Multipart structure.

Message content domains and classes.

Media types, formats and codecs.

Scene description.

Examples of a multimedia message.

DRM protection of media objects.

Postcard service.

Message size measurement.

Commercial solutions and developer tools.

The future of MMS.

Future reading.

Chapter 6 Multimedia Messaging Service, transactions flows.

Introduction to the MMS transaction model.

MM1 interface, MMS Client - MMSC.

MM2 interface, internal MMSC interface.

MM3 interface, MMSC - External servers.

MM4 interface, MMSC - MMSC.

MM5 interface, MMSC - HLR.

MM6 interface, MMSC - User databases.

MM7 interface, MMSC - VAS applications.

MM8 interface, MMSC - Post-processing billing system.

MM9 interface, MMSC - Online charging system.

MM10 interface, MMs - Messaging Service Control Function.

ST1 and MMS transcoding.

Standard Conformance and Interooerability Testing.

Implementations of different versions of the MMS protocol.

Appendices.

References.

Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Index.

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