Written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of SMS standardization by the people who produced the standards, Short Message Service (SMS): The Creation of Personal Text Messaging, describes the development of the SMS standard and its ongoing evolution. The standardization of SMS started in February 1985 as a part of the creation of the second generation digital cellular system GSM, and the 25th anniversary of the first work on SMS provides an opportunity to review and understand how this service was developed. The book also looks to the future, as a large number of new GSM and evolved GSM phones will support SMS as a mass market high availability messaging service, a new simple Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) suitable for use by everyone and for implementation in every new terminal is proposed.
* One of the only books which covers the complete SMS genesis from concept ideas to standardization of a first technical solution and its evolution to the present day.
* Describes the service concept including the limitation of the message length to 160 characters and explains the rationale behind the concept.
* Based on existing and newly retrieved documentation.
* Concludes that SMS has a long future since most future GSM phones will support SMS as the only messaging service, and so an SMS evolution is put forward.
Product Details
* Pub. Date: March 2010
* Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
* Format: Hardcover, 194pp
* Sales Rank: 142, 892
* ISBN-13: 9780470688656
* ISBN: 0470688653
Synopsis
Written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of SMS standardization by the people who produced the standards, Short Message Service (SMS): The Creation of Personal Text Messaging, describes the development of the SMS standard and its ongoing evolution. The standardization of SMS started in February 1985 as a part of the creation of the second generation digital cellular system GSM, and the 25th anniversary of the first work on SMS provides an opportunity to review and understand how this service was developed. The book also looks to the future, as a large number of new GSM and evolved GSM phones will support SMS as a mass market high availability messaging service, a new simple Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) suitable for use by everyone and for implementation in every new terminal is proposed.
* One of the only books which covers the complete SMS genesis from concept ideas to standardization of a first technical solution and its evolution to the present day.
* Describes the service concept including the limitation of the message length to 160 characters and explains the rationale behind the concept.
* Based on existing and newly retrieved documentation.
* Concludes that SMS has a long future since most future GSM phones will support SMS as the only messaging service, and so an SMS evolution is put forward.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Communication Networks in the Early 1980s and the Portfolio of GSM Services
F. Hillebrand
1.1 Station-to-station Morse Telegraphy, the Origin of All Modern Technical Text Communication
1.2 Network-based Communication Services in the Early 1980s
1.3 Services Portfolio of GSM
1.4 GSM Mobile Telephony and SMS – the Most Successful Telecommunication Services
Chapter 2 Who Invented SMS?
F. Hillebrand
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Clarification of the Terms ‘Invention’ and ‘Innovation’
2.3 Was SMS Invented during the ISDN Work?
2.4 Was SMS Invented by Test Engineers, Students or in a Pizzeria Session?
2.5 A Clarifying Discussion within the GSM Community in Spring 2009
2.6 Timetables of SMS Genesis
Chapter 3 The Creation of the SMS Concept from Mid-1984 to Early 1987
F. Hillebrand
3.1 The Birth of the SMS Concept in the French and German Network Operators
3.2 The Standardisation of the SMS Concept in the GSM Committee from February 1985 to April 1987
3.3 The Acceleration of the GSM Project, Including in 1987
Chapter 4 The Technical Design of SMS in DGMH from June 1987 to October 1990
F. Trosby
4.1 Background
4.2 Some Personal Sentiments at the Start
4.3 The Instructions that IDEG Were Given for Provision of SMS
4.4 Overall Description of the Work in the Period from 1987 to 1990 and Work Items Dealt with
4.5 The SMS of September 1990
4.6 Major Design Issues
4.7 Final Remarks on the Period of the First Three Years of DGMH
4.8 Work on SMS in GSM Bodies Outside GSM4
4.9 OtherTasks of DGMH
Chapter 5 The Evolution of SMS Features and Specifications from October 1990 to the End of 1996
K. Holley
5.1 Topics Discussed in this Chapter
5.2 Technical Improvements to SMS 1990–1996
5.3 Concluding Remarks on the SMS Period 1990–1996
Chapter 6 The Evolution of SMS Features and Specifications from the Beginning of 1997 to Mid-2009
I. Harris
6.1 SIM Toolkit Data Download and Secure Messaging
6.2 SMS Compression
6.3 Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS)
6.4 Voicemail Management
6.5 Routers
6.6 Language Tables
6.7 Other Important Standards Work for SMS
6.8 The End of an Era
6.9 Further Reading
Chapter 7 Early Commercial Applications and Operational Aspects
I. Harris
7.1 Fixed-network Connection to the SMS-SC
7.2 Network Operator Interworking, Roaming and Number Portability
7.3 Third-party SMS-SCs
7.4 Intelligent Terminal Connections to Mobile Phones
7.5 SMS Keyboard Text Entry
7.6 SMS to Fax and SMS to Email
7.7 Two-way Real-time Messaging Applications
7.8 Performance
7.9 SMS Traffic Growth
7.10 Billing
7.11 The CPA Model Deployed in Norway
7.12 SMS in 2009
Chapter 8 Global Market Development
F. Hillebrand
8.1 The Creation of a Large Base of Mobiles and the Global SMS Infrastructure
8.2 First Use of SMS by Network Operators
8.3 How SMS Was Discovered by Young People and Became a Part of the Youth Culture and Widely Accepted
8.4 SMS Has Become the Leading Mobile Messaging Service and Will Stay in the Lead in the Forseeable Future
Chapter 9 Conclusions
F. Hillebrand
9.1 Factors that Were Critical for the Success of SMS
9.2 Proposals for a Further Evolution of SMS: SMS Phase 3
9.3 What Can be Learnt from SMS for Standardisation in Other Areas
Annex 1 Abbreviations Used in Several Parts of the Book
Annex 2 Sources for Quoted GSM Documents and Other Documents
Annex 3 Meetings of IDEG/WP4/GSM4 and DGMH in the Period from May 1987 to September 1990
Annex 4 DGMH Attendance in the Period from May 1987 to September 1990
Annex 5 Meetings of GSM4/SMG 4 and DGMH in the Period from October 1990 to the End of 1996
Annex 6 DGMH Attendance in the Period from October 1990 to the End of 1996
Annex 7 Evolution of GSM Specification 03.40
Annex 8 Literature
Annex 9 Brief Biographies of the Authors
Index
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