Here is a comprehensive and highly practical guide to SMS and MMS interworking in GSM, TDMA, and CDMA mobile communications systems. This cutting-edge book gives you the knowledge needed to plan SMS or MMS interworking both commercially and technically. You learn how to implement SMS or MMS services with interworking, pre-paid SMS or MMS services, and mobile location services. Moreover, this unique reference helps you develop software for SMS and MMS centers. The book offers you various solutions to number portability and provides methods for barring the inbound SMS to prevent spamming. Including numerous solved examples, this authoritative reference helps you gain an in-depth understanding of the key concepts presented. From standard procedures for SMS in GSM and IS-41 networks, to algorithms for the creation and maintenance of numbering plans, this book is your single resource for all the SMS and MMS details you need for your work in the field.
SS7 Protocol Stack - History. Efficient and Secure Worldwide Telecommunications. The Message Transfer Part Protocol: MTP (OSI Layers 1-3). Signaling Connection Control Part: SCCP. Transaction Capability Application Part: TCAP. User Level Application Parts: MAP, INAP, CAMEL. SS7 and VOIP Interworking Overview SIGTRAN. Conclusion.; Standard Procedures for SMS in IS-41 Networks (TDMA and CDMA) -Introduction. Implementation of the SMS Services. The IS-41 Procedure for SMS. Interworking between IS-41 and GSM. Addressing of Network elements in TDMA or CDMA Networks.; Implementations of Mobile Number Portability for SMS/Implementation of the GSM IS-41 Protocol Conversion - Business Model. Basics of Roaming Agreement Implementation. Implementation of Number Portabilityù. SMS Routing Strategies for an SMS Interworking Operator to a Regulated MNP Country.Mobile Number Portability for SMS in Countries Where There Are Both GSM and IS-41 Operators: A Solution. Identification of the Destination Network: Domain Resolution Server for the MMS Interconnection or Fixed Line SMSC Address for the Fixed Line SMS Interconnect.; Barring Inbound SMS-MT - An Important Business Issue. Barring or Restricting SMS-MO of One 's Own Subscribers. Intelligent Barring of SMS-MT. ; Virtual SMSC Implementation and Transit Agreements - Business Model. Principle of the Virtual SMSC: Architecture and Billing of SMS-MO. Detailed Implementation of the Virtual SMSC. Implementation of Transit Agreements (SMS-MT). The Super Routing Gateway and Multiple Virtual SMSCs in the Same Equipment. ; Connecting Mobile Operators for SMS-MO - The Business Need for an SMS Interworking Operator to Connect Many Mobile Operators as Customers. Principle of the Virtual HLR/MSC Approach to Connect a Mobile Operator to an SMS Interworking Service. Configuring the Equipment (SMSC or GMSC) to Route the SMS Traffic to the Third Party. Creating a SCCP Routing with the Third Party (SMS Interworking Network) When a Global Title Translation Is Not Available. Conclusion.; Connecting ASPS and ISPS with SMPP -Introduction. SMPP Sessions. SMPP Commands. Example of SMPP Sessions. Example of Message Operations. GSM IS-41 Interworking through SMPP.; MMS -Introduction. Standard Model for the Sending and Reception of MMS. Standard Protocols for MMS.MMS Interworking Architectures Using a Third Party. Setting Up the MMS Profile in the Cellphone.; Optimal Routing Algorithms for an SMS Interworking Network - Maximizing the Margin of an SMS Interworking Network. Enumerating All the Loopless Paths with the Latin Multiplication Algorithm. Shortest Path: Djsktra Algorithm. Least Cost Path. Least Trouble Path. The Best Flow Problem: Not a Classical Graph Problem. Example: Detailed Modeling of a Real SMS Interworking Network.; INAP and CAMEL Overview/Other Solutions for Pre-Paid SMS - Use of CAMEL for SMS Pre-Paid Services. Useful Subset of CAMEL Services for Pre-Paid. Implementation: Multi-Protocol Services Oriented Platform: CAMEL Gateways. Example of Analyzer Traces of a CAMEL Transaction. Other Solutions for SMS Pre-Paid.; USSD: A Still Relevant Conversational Application Service - USSD Advantages compared with SMS. How Does a Mobile Initiated USSD Service Work. Example of USSD Service: Pre-Paid Customer Account Recharging with a Scratch Card. Free USSD: A Call Back Application.; LBS (Location Based Services) - Examples and Revenue Making Business. Mobile Originated LBS Services.Methods. Discussions about Other Methods: Mobile Measured Power Level. UMTS (3G) Networks Designed to Easily Obtain a Location Estimate. Finding the Best Estimate;
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Arnaud Henry-Labordere
Arnaud Henry-Labordere is professor at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees and University of Versailles, Prism Laboratory. He received the engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris and a Ph.D. (Maths) in the USA.
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Vincent Jonack
Vincent Jonack is a telecommunications system architect at Coframi and is founder of Victoria Telecom, a consulting company specializing in telecommunications security architecture and solutions manufacturing. He holds an Engineer degree in information technology from Ecole Nationale Superieure d 'Electronique et de Radioelectricite de Grenoble.