Gweneal LeBodic

Mobile Messaging Technologies & Services

Short, Enhanced & Multimedia Messaging Services

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mobile messaging is practically the first data communication service in the wireless domain. It is a major advance on the conventional practice of providing only voice communication service over the wireless interface. Thus, mobile messaging is the initial step to bring the Internet to wireless terminals and has considerable importance both for mobile communication and the Internet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WILEY & SONS
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 979g
• ISBN-13: 9780470011430
• ISBN-10: 0470011432
• Artikelnr.: 11093852

Autorenporträt

Gwenaël Le Bodic is a messaging architect for the Vodafone Group, located in Germany. In the scope of his activities for Vodafone, he is involved in the design of messaging solutions for large multi-operator environments. He also contributes to the development of system interworking to enable the exchange of multimedia messages between operators. Previous Gwenaël Le Bodic was a messaging and standardization expert for Alcatel's mobile phone division, located in France. His activities of Alcatel included participating and contributing to the development of messaging services and technologies in the scope of the 3GPP and OMA standardization forums. He has been responsible for the design of the software architecture of the embedded multimedia messaging solution for Alcatel's first two MMS phones. A certified engineer in computer sciences, Gwenaël Le Bodic obtained a PhD in mobile communications from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is the author of many research publications in the field of Mobile Messaging, Technologies and Services (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, November 2002) and also a book focusing on MMS, Multimedia Messaging Service, an engineering approach to MMS (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, October 2003. Gwenaël Le Bodic can be contacted at [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. About the Author. Typographic Conventions. BASIC CONCEPTS.
Generations of Mobile Communications Networks. Telecommunications Context:
Standardization and Regulation. Global System for Mobile Communication.
General Packet Radio Service. Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.
Wireless Application Protocol. STANDARDIZATION. Messaging Roadmap. MMS
Standards. Third Generation Partnership Project. Third Generation
Partnership Project 2. GSM Association. Internet Engineering Task Force.
World Wide Web Consortium. WAP Forum. Open Mobile Alliance. Further
Reading. 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.9 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. ENHANCED MESSAGING SERVICE. Service Description. EMS Compatibility
with SMS. Basic EMS. Extended EMS. Pros and Cons of EMS. Further Reading.
MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE: SERVICE AND ARCHITECTURE. MMS Success
Enablers. Commercial 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
Message. Multipart Structure. Message Content Domains and Classes. Media
Types, Formats, and Codecs. Scene Description. Example of a Multimedia
Message. DRM Protection of Media Objects. Postcard Service. Message Size
Measurement. Commercial Solutions and Developer Tools. The Future of MMS.
Further Reading. 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, MMSC-Messaging Service Control Function. STI and
MMS Transcoding. Standard Conformance and Interoperability Testing.
Implementations of Different Versions of the MMS Protocol. References.
Appendices. Appendix A: SMS TP-PID Value for Telematic Interworking.
Appendix B: SMS-Numeric and Alphanumeric Representations. B.1 Integer
Representation. B.2 Octet Representation. B.3 Semi-Octet Representation.
Appendix C: SMS-Character Sets and Transformation Formats. C.1 GSM 7-bit
Default Alphabet. C.2 US-ASCII. C.3 Universal Character Set. C.4 UCS
Transformation Formats. Appendix D: EMS-iMelody Grammar. Appendix E:
MMS-Content Types of Media Objects. Appendix F: MM1 Interface-Response
Status Codes (X-Mms-Response-Status). Appendix G: MM1 Interface-Retrieve
Status Codes (X-Mms-Retrieve-Status). Appendix H: MM1 Interface-MMBox Store
Status Codes (X-Mms-Store-Status). Appendix I: MM4 Interface-Request Status
Codes (X-Mms-Request-Status-Code). Appendix J: MM7 Interface-Status Code
and Status Text. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Index.