SALMAN AHMED 08TL16

OUTLINES
y What is SMS ???? y History Of SMS y Working/Processing of SMS y Protocols y Why 160 Characters y Benefits

Short Message Service (SMS) is a communication service component of the GSM mobile communication system, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between mobile phone devices.

SMS appeared on the wireless scene in 1991 in Europe. The European standard for digital wireless, now known as the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), included short messaging services from the outset. In North America, SMS was made available initially on digital wireless networks. These digital wireless networks are based on GSM, code division multiple access (CDMA), and time division multiple access (TDMA) standards.

 The SMS sent by a mobile device is received by a SMSC (Short

Message Service Center). The SMSC( Short Message Service Center) contacts the HLR (Home Location Register) to locate the recipient customer. If the recipient is unavailable, the message is stored in SMSC and delivery attempted later when the device is active.

software responsible for the relaying and storing and forwarding of a short message between an SME and mobile device. subscriber capacity, and message throughput. In addition, the system should be easily scalable to accommodate growing demand for SMS in the network.
 The SMSC must have high reliability,

SMSC is a combination of hardware and

SMSC if the recipient mobile phone is offline. It is possible to specify a time or cut off period after which the SMS message will be deleted from the SMS center. Once deleted, the SMS message will no longer be available for dispatch to the recipient mobile phone (even if it becomes online).

An SMS message is stored temporarily in the

The Mobile Application Part (MAP) of the SS7 protocol included support for the transport of Short Messages through the Core Network.


 SMS

delivery can be divided into 2 parts, they are Mobile Originated (MO) and Mobile Terminated (MT).

number until it reaches the SMSC.

 MO is the process of sending SMS from a

reached SMSC to destination number . It is the way how SMS Center send message to destination number.

MT is process of message delivery which already

 SMS text message is sent by SMSC ( SMS Center ) handset

using SS7 protocol. If you see more in SS7, we need application layer called Mobile Application Part ( MAP ) which send SMS text message using application module Message Originating ( MO ) and Message Terminating ( MT ).
In this protocol we can answer that limitation is in SMS development. When it was built, SMS just have Digital Coding Scheme ( DCS ) signaling protocol limited 140 octets, which means 140 * 8 bits = 1120 bits.

 we use 7 bit / characters, and for another purpose like

smart messaging like images and ringing tones we use 8 bit. For other purposes 16 bit characters encoding will be used like for Flash SMS which show blinking or alerting SMS.
For default alphabet we have 1120 bits / 7 bits = 160 characters. In same we way, we have 140 characters in 8 bit, and 70 characters in 16 bit.
 So we can see now that for one SMS text messages we have

limited 160 characters for 7 bit alphabet, 140 characters for 8 bit alphabet and 70 characters for 16 bit characters.

Delivery of notifications and alert Guaranteed message deliver Reliable, low-cost communication New revenue streams resulting from addition of valueadded services.

 Delivery of messages to multiple subscribers at a time

 Ability to receive diverse information  E-mail generation  Creation of user groups  Integration with other data and Internet-based applications

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