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Postel RFC-1122 (originates in RFC-760) Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Contents Preface xv About the Author xvii Typographic Conventions xix 1 Basic Concepts 1 1.1 Generations of Mobile Communications Networks 1 1.2 Telecommunications Context: Standardization and Regulation 2 1.3 Global System for Mobile Communication 3 1.3.1 Cellular Concept 3 1.3.2 GSM Architecture 4 1.3.3 Mobile Station 4 1.3.4 Base Transceiver Station 6 1.3.5 Base Station Controller 7 1.3.6 Mobile Switching Center and Visitor Location Register 7 1.3.7 Home Location Register 7 1.4 General Packet Radio Service 7 1.4.1 GPRS Architecture 9 1.4.2 Serving GPRS Support Node 9 1.4.3 Gateway GPRS Support Node 9 1.5 Universal Mobi le Telecommunications System 9 1.5.1 3G Services 11 1.5.2 First Phase UMTS 12 1.5.3 First Phase UMTS Architecture 13 1.5.4 User Equipment 13 1.5.5 UTRA Network 15 1.5.6 First Phase UMTS Core Network 15 1.5.7 Second Phase UMTS 15 1.6 Wireless Application Protocol 17 1.6.1 Introduction to WAP 17 1.6.2 WAP Architecture 19 1.6.3 Push Technology 20 1.6.4 User Agent Profile 21 1.6.5 WAP 1.x Legacy Configuration 22 1.6.6 WAP HTTP Proxy with Wireless Profiled TCP and HTTP 24 1.6.7 HTTP with Direct Access 25 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com [...]... user mobility ¨ Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services Second Edition Gwenael Le Bodic # 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ISBN: 0-470-01143-2 2 Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Digital communications technology was introduced with second generation (2G) mobile systems in the 1990s Second generation systems are characterized... Gwenael Le Bodic was a messaging and standardization expert for Alcatel’s mobile phone division, located in France His activities for 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... of mobile networks worldwide From an engineering perspective, technologies for SMS have reached a mature stage and no more extensions of SMS are being considered in standardization forums Much focus is now given to the emerging Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) The deployment of MMS only started a few years ago and MMS is already gaining wide support from the mobile industry with a fast growing handset... users in the Americas and Asia, and Japanese Personal Data Cellular (PDC) with the iMode technology for mobile Internet Early 2004, first third generation (3G) mobile systems have been deployed in several European countries With 3G systems, various wireless technologies converge with Internet technologies Third generation services encompass a wide range of multimedia and costeffective services with support... from mobile portals  Multimedia messaging service: a means of exchanging messages containing multimedia contents including text, images, and video and audio elements The multimedia messaging service can be considered as an evolution of SMS where truly multimedia messages can 1 IMT-2000 was formerly known as Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (FPLMTS) Mobile Messaging Technologies and. .. Recently deployed are Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) These systems support advanced multimedia services requiring high data rates UMTS services and supporting technologies are also introduced in this chapter Additionally, the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is described WAP is an enabling technology for developing services such as browsing and multimedia messaging An overview of latest... Station Subsystem SIM Mobile Station BTS ME Um Abis Base Station Controller (BSC) The BSC manages the radio resources for one or more BTSs BTS Mobile Equipment (ME) The ME contains the radio transceiver, the display and digital signal processors Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 6 Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered... first two MMS phones ¨ A certified engineer in computer sciences, Gwenael 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 communications He wrote the first edition of this book Mobile Messaging, Technologies and Services (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, November 2002) and also a book focusing on MMS, ... telecommunication network technologies and services The prime objective of SDOs is to develop and maintain widely accepted standards allowing the introduction of attractive services over interoperable networks The actors that are involved in the standardization process are network operators, manufacturers, and third party organizations such as content providers, equipment testers, and regulatory authorities... transceiver manages the radio communications for all mobile stations located in a cell Each geometrical cell in Figure 1.1 represents the radio coverage of one single base station 1 2 ´ The name Groupe Special Mobile was later translated to Special Mobile Group (SMG) http://www.gsmworld.com 4 Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com . 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