Consultation Paper on Quality of Service (QoS) - ICTA
Consultation Paper on Quality of Service (QoS) - ICTA
Consultation Paper on Quality of Service (QoS) - ICTA
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A.2.3 <strong>QoS</strong> Parameters for SMS and MMS<br />
Short Message <strong>Service</strong> (SMS) and Multimedia Message <strong>Service</strong> (MMS) are two services generally<br />
provided by mobile service providers. The ETSI EG 202 009-V1.2.2 (2007-01) specifies some<br />
user-related parameters for the SMS and MMS. Some <strong>of</strong> these parameters and their definiti<strong>on</strong>s are<br />
summarised herein.<br />
Table A9: Parameters for SMS<br />
Parameter<br />
Measure<br />
Successful SMS Ratio<br />
Completi<strong>on</strong> Rate for SMS<br />
End-to-end delivery time for<br />
SMS<br />
Delivery time <strong>of</strong> the message<br />
delivery notificati<strong>on</strong><br />
Probability that a user can send a SMS successfully from a terminal<br />
equipment to a SMS Centre:<br />
- % <strong>of</strong> successfully sent short messages;<br />
- Number <strong>of</strong> observati<strong>on</strong>s used and the absolute accuracy limits for 95%<br />
c<strong>on</strong>fidence calculated from this number.<br />
Ratio <strong>of</strong> correctly send and received SMS between two terminal<br />
equipments. The following statistics should be provided separately:<br />
- Ratio <strong>of</strong> successfully send and received short messages;<br />
- Number <strong>of</strong> observati<strong>on</strong>s used and the absolute accuracy limits for 95%<br />
c<strong>on</strong>fidence calculated from this number.<br />
It is the period starting when sending an SMS from a terminal equipment<br />
to an SMSC and finishing when receiving the very same SMS <strong>on</strong> another<br />
terminal equipment. The following statistics should be provided<br />
separately:<br />
- The mean value in sec<strong>on</strong>ds for sending and receiving short messages;<br />
- The time in sec<strong>on</strong>ds within which the fastest 95% <strong>of</strong> short messages<br />
are sent and received;<br />
- The number <strong>of</strong> observati<strong>on</strong>s performed.<br />
Maximum, mean value and standard deviati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the time to receive the<br />
delivery notificati<strong>on</strong><br />
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