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VIDEOSMS HTTP/HTML Interface Manual v. 1.2SMS characteristicsSMS featuresSize and type of messagesShort messages may contain:• Text data : the size of a single text SMS may not exceed 160 characters.• Binary data, such ringtones and pictures : the size of a single binary SMS is limitedto 140 bytes. Binary SMS may be used:o to send a ringtone or logo to the mobile.o to push a Wap URL (Wap Push command) to the mobile, allowing the user toconnect to the pushed URL in order to access a Wap service or to downloadany kind of content: ringtone, picture, executable content.o to send OTA (Over The Air) commands to configure the mobile remotely.It is nevertheless possible to transmit longer messages : a longer message can be split and sentas several SMS messages that will be ‘concatenated’ upon reception by the mobile in order toreconstitute the complete original message.Transmission mechanism, error processing, time to liveSMS are transmitted by the mobile network operator to the the recipient mobile phone of thesusbcriber. When the recipient is unreachable (mobile offline or outside network coverage forexample), the message will be stored in the SMS Center of the mobile operator to betransmitted again should the mobile becomes available.After a given time delay (the SMS time to live), the SMS will be destroyed if not successfullytransmitted and a non-delivery acknowledgment will be returned to the sender.The application generating the SMS may define :• The maximal SMS time to live that could not exceed a limit depending on the network(often 3 days).• The transmission date and time for delayed SMS : they will be stored and transmittedonly after specified time.Display and storage modesThe processing of the received SMS may vary depending on the SMS message class:• Message stored in the phone memory.• Message stored on SIM. If the SIM is full, the SMS may be lost.Monaco Telematique MCTEL 10 July 2004
VIDEOSMS HTTP/HTML Interface Manual v. 1.2• Flash message displayed immediately on the screen. The advantage is the display doesnot need any user action. The drawback is the message will not be stored and will bedestroyed after reading.AcknowledgementsThe sending computer application may get an acknowledgement when the SMS has beensuccessfully transmitted to its recipient or an error status with detailed error cause in case ofproblem.The computer application may at all time retrieve the current message status:• SMS-MT submitted to the gateway.• SMS-MT transmitted to mobile operator SMS-C.• SMS-MT delivered to the mobile phone.• SMS-MT could not be delivered to the mobile phone, with error cause. Depending onthe error cause, retries may be performed or not.Interworking with SMS networksThe link between your computer applications or Web service and the mobile networkoperators SMS-Centers is provided by the MCTEL worldwide VideoSMS Gateway.With this solution, your could run on your own computer systems your value-addedapplications using the client/server VIDEOSMS interfaces to use the Monaco Telematiqueworldwide SMS shared hosting center for network connectivity. In this case, you will get thesame flexibility and advanced processing features than if you would have purchased acomplete SMS server, without the associated costs and without the need to connect andmanage all SMS mobile networks connectivity.However this solution is completely flexible and your could anytime purchase a VideoSMSgateway from MCTEL, in order to operate yourself your own SMS gateway, running on asystem in your premises where VideoSMS Gateway has been installed. Your system must beconnected and interwork with all mobile networks operators or international gateways neededfor your application. That means that networking and infrastructure costs are to be taken inaccount.Monaco Telematique MCTEL 11 July 2004
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