Course 506: Short Message Service (SMS) Fundamentals

This 2-day course explores SMS in North American and EMEA networks. It provide a good understanding of the Short Message Service, including the protocols, service aspects, architecture, products and applications.

Overview of Short Message Service (SMS)

• What is Messaging?
• Mobile Messaging Services and the Media they Employ
• Unified Messaging
• WAP usage and services
• What is SMS?
• Applications of SMS
• Push and Pull
• Store and Forward
• Examining the Network Elements
• SME, ESME, and SMSC

overview of Signalling System (SS7)

• Service Control Point (SCP)
• Signalling Transfer Point (STP)
• Service Switching Point (SSP)
• Signalling Gateway (SG)
• The Mobile Application Part (MAP)

SMS Protocols and Architecture

• Short Message Service elements
• Validity Period
• Service Centre Time Stamp
• Protocol Identifier
• More Messages to Send
• Delivery of Priority and non Priority Messages
• Messages Waiting
• Alert SC
• Options concerning MNRG, MNRF, MNRR, MCEF and MWD
• Status report capabilities
• Reply Path
• SMS Service definition
• Service provided by the CM sublayer
• Definition of primitives on the network side
• Service provided by SM RL
• Definition of primitives on the network side
• CM procedures
• Short Message Control states
• SMC-CS states at the MS side of the radio interface
• Layer 2 (LLC) GPRS support (A/Gb mode only)
• GSMS entity in Iu mode
• MS support for SMS over GPRS
• Service provided by the SM TL
• PDU Type repertoire at SM TL
• Definition of the TPDU parameters
• Protocol element repertoire at SM RL
  
  

Service provided by the SM TL and RL

• PDU Type repertoire at SM TL
• SMS DELIVER type
• SMS SUBMIT type
• SMS STATUS REPORT type
• Definition of the TPDU parameters
• Service provided by the SM RL
• Protocol element repertoire at SM RL
• RP MO DATA
• RP MT DATA
• RP ACK
• RP ERROR
• RP ALERT SC
• RP SM MEMORY AVAILABLE

Fundamental procedures within the point to point SMS

• Short message mobile terminated
• Short message mobile originated
• Alert transfer
• Mapping of error causes between RP layers
• Mobile Terminated short message transfer
• Memory available notification
• Mobile Originated short message transfer

SMS operation cases

• Mobile Originating Case
• Mobile Terminating case
• SMC-GP states at the MS side of the radio interface
• Mobile Originating Case
• Mobile Terminating case
• SMC-CS states at the network side of the radio interface
• Mobile Originating Case
• Mobile Terminating Case
• SMC-GP states at the network side of the radio interface
• Mobile Originating Case
• Mobile Terminating Case
• Short Message Control procedures
• SM RL procedures
• Short Message Relay procedures
• Message functional definitions and content
• Message format and information elements coding
• MO-SM and MT-SM
• SMS operations scenarios
• SMS delivery on 3GSM networks
• SMS delivery on IS-41 networks
• Alternative sources and destinations

EMS and MMS

• EMS vs. SMS
• Applications of EMS
• Network Elements
• Handsets
• The Standardization of EMS
• Availability
• What does your MMS system really mean?
• Applications of MMS
• Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) as a store and forward messaging service
• Multimedia messages with other mobile subscribers
• MMS interconnection and interoperability?
• Interconnection between MMSCs
• Interworking with other messaging systems

MMS media types

• Minimum set of supported formats
• Speech
• Audio
• Synthetic audio
• Still image
• Bitmap graphics
• Vector Graphic
• Video
• File Format for dynamic media
• Media synchronization and presentation format
• DRM format
• Plain text
• Transfer Protocols and Message Formats

MMS Architecture

• Addressing
• Message Size Measurement
• Size of Subject information element
• Size of an MM element
• Functional Description of Involved MMS Elements
• MMS User Agent
• MMS Relay/Server
• External Servers
• MMS User Databases and HLR
• MMS VAS Applications

MMSE Architecture and Interfaces

• MMS Reference Architecture
• Protocol Framework
• MM1: MMS Relay/Server – MMS User Agent
• MM2: MMS Relay – MMS Server
• MM3: MMS Relay/Server – External Servers
• MM4: Interworking of different MMSEs
• MM5: MMS Relay/Server – HLR
• MM6: MMS Relay/Server – MMS User Databases
• MM7: MMS Relay/Server – MMS VAS Applications
• MM8: MMS Relay/Server – Post-processing system
• MM9: MMS Relay/Server – Online charging system
• MM10: MMS Relay/Server - Messaging Service Control Function (MSCF)
• MMS Service Behaviour Description
• MMS services offered
• MMSE Addressing responsibilities

MMS Application Protocol Framework and Technical Realization of MMS Service Features

• Technical realization of MMS on reference point MM1-MM10
• Routing Forward of a Multimedia Message
• Normal operation
• Abnormal Operation
• Features
• Information Elements
• Routing Forward of a Delivery Report
• Generic Error Handling
  

MMS services offered

• Submission of a Multimedia Message in the originator MMSE
• Reception of a Multimedia Message in the recipient MMSE
• Retrieval of a Multimedia Message in the recipient MMSE
• Delivery Report
• Read-Reply Report
• Support for Streaming in MMS
• Support for Prepaid Service in MMS
• Address Hiding in MMS
• Support for Value Added Services (VAS) in MMS
• Handling of MMS-related information on the (U)SIM
• Support for Digital Rights Management in MMS
• Support of Hyperlinks in MMS
• Support of Messaging Service Control Function
• Support for transporting Application Data
• Canceling of a Multimedia Message
• Deletion of Multimedia Messages on an MMS Relay/Server

MMS Implementations

• WAP Implementation of MMS
• Protocol Framework
• Architectural Support for MMS
• Transaction Flows Supporting MMS
• Terminal Capability Negotiation
• MMS Message Contents
• Multimedia Messages
• Other Messages
• MMS Presentation
• MMS Security Model between MMS User Agent and MMS
  

MMS Operation scenarios

• Example of combined MMS-Relay/Server
• Example of non-combined MMS-Relay and MMS Server
• Example of MMS interaction with T.30 Facsimile Services
• Example of MMS interaction with 2G/3G Voice Mailboxes
• Example of interaction with Internet E-Mail Messaging
• Example of interaction with Short Message Service, SMS
• Example of Integration with Unified Messaging System (UMS)
  

SMS/EMS/MMS benefits and limitations

• SMS/EMS/MMS Network infrastructure
• SMS/EMS/MMS interconnection and interoperability?
• Handset capability and compatibility
• From SMS to EMS and MMS
• A detailed comparison