Sms And Mms Interworking In Mobile Networks

Intended for both sales and technical professionals working with mobile operators or application service providers, this book outlines standard procedures for the short messaging service (SMS) in GSM and IS-41 networks, and describes the multimedia messaging service (MMS) for still and animated pictures and quality sound. Henry-Labordere (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees) and Jonack (Victoria Telecom) discuss optimal routing of traffic to maximize the margin of an SMS internetworking network, overview the intelligent network application part (INAP) protocol and customized application for mobile network enhanced logic (CAMEL), and explain the detailed mathematical methods for providing location-based services. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR