Multimedia messaging service: an engineering approach to MMS

Multimedia 
Messaging Service
 An Engineering Approach to MMS......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
About the Author......Page 18
1 Introduction to MMS......Page 20
1.1 MMS Success Enablers......Page 21
1.3.1 SMS and EMS......Page 23
1.3.3 J- phone¡¯s Sha- mail and NTT Docomo¡¯s i- shot......Page 24
1.3.4 RIM¡¯s Blackberry......Page 26
1.4 MMS Added Value and Success Factors......Page 27
1.5 Billing Models......Page 28
1.6.1 Person- to- person Messaging......Page 29
1.6.2 Content- to- person Messaging......Page 30
Further Reading......Page 31
2 Standardization of MMS......Page 32
2.1 MMS Standards......Page 33
2.2 Third Generation Partnership Project......Page 34
2.2.2 3GPP Speci . cations: Release, Phase and Stage......Page 35
2.2.3 3GPP Speci . cations: Numbering Scheme......Page 37
2.4 WAP Forum Speci . cations......Page 39
2.5.1 IETF Documents......Page 41
2.6 World Wide Web Consortium......Page 42
2.7.1 OMA Organization......Page 44
2.7.2 OMA Speci . cations......Page 46
2.7.3 Available Documents......Page 47
2.8 Standardization Roadmap for MMS......Page 48
Further Reading......Page 52
3.1 MMS Architecture......Page 54
3.2 MMS Interfaces......Page 55
3.4 MMS Centre......Page 57
3.5.1 Introduction to WAP......Page 58
3.5.3 Push Technology......Page 60
3.5.4 User Agent Pro . le......Page 63
3.5.5 WAP 1. x Legacy Con . guration......Page 64
3.5.6 WAP HTTP Proxy with Wireless Pro . led TCP and HTTP......Page 65
3.5.8 WAP Con . gurations for MMS......Page 66
3.5.9 WTP Segmentation and Reassembly......Page 67
3.6 OMA Digital Rights Management......Page 69
4.1 Message Sending......Page 72
4.2.2 Deferred Retrieval......Page 74
4.3 Message Reports......Page 75
4.5 Reply Charging......Page 76
4.7.1 Connectivity Settings......Page 77
4.7.2 User Preferences......Page 78
4.7.3 Storing and Provisioning MMS Settings......Page 79
4.8 Storage of MMS Settings and Noti . cations in the ( U) SIM......Page 80
4.9 Multimedia Message Boxes......Page 81
4.10 Value- added Services......Page 82
4.11 Capability Negotiation......Page 83
4.12.1 Example of MMS Architecture for the Support of Streaming......Page 87
4.12.2 Streaming Protocols: RTP and RTSP......Page 89
4.13 Charging and Billing......Page 90
4.14 Security Considerations......Page 92
5.1 Multipart Structure......Page 94
5.1.1 Message Envelope......Page 95
5.1.2 Encapsulation of Media Objects......Page 96
5.2 Message Content Domains and Classes......Page 97
5.2.1 Message Content Domains......Page 101
5.2.2 Message Content Classes......Page 102
5.2.3 MMS Client Conformance to Message Content Classes......Page 103
5.3 Media Types, Formats and Codecs......Page 104
5.3.2 Bitmap and Still Images......Page 105
5.3.3 Vector Graphics......Page 106
5.3.4 Speech......Page 107
5.3.5 Audio and Synthetic Audio......Page 108
5.3.7 Personal Information Manager Objects......Page 110
5.4.1 Introduction to SMIL......Page 112
5.4.3 Spatial Description with SMIL......Page 113
5.4.5 SMIL Basic Pro . le......Page 115
5.4.6 MMS SMIL and the OMA Conformance Document......Page 116
5.4.8 Linking the Scene Description with Body Parts......Page 121
5.4.9 Support of Video Streaming......Page 123
5.4.10 Support of Colour with SMIL......Page 124
5.5 Example of a Multimedia Message......Page 125
5.7 Message Size Measurement......Page 128
Further Reading......Page 130
6.1 Introduction to the MMS Transaction Model......Page 132
6.1.1 Person- to- person Scenarios......Page 133
6.1.2 Content- to- person Scenarios......Page 135
6.1.3 How to Read the PDU Description Tables......Page 136
6.2 MM1 Interface, MMS Client ¨C MMSC......Page 137
6.2.1 Message Submission......Page 140
6.2.2 Message Noti . cation......Page 146
6.2.3 Message Retrieval......Page 152
6.2.4 Delivery Report......Page 157
6.2.5 Read Report......Page 159
6.2.6 Message Forward......Page 162
6.2.7 Storing and Updating a Message in the MMBox......Page 166
6.2.8 Viewing Information from the MMBox......Page 168
6.2.9 Uploading a Message to the MMBox......Page 174
6.2.11 Parameter Description and Binary Encoding......Page 176
6.5 MM4 Interface, MMSC–MMSC......Page 186
6.5.1 Introduction to SMTP......Page 188
6.5.2 Routing Forward a Message......Page 191
6.5.4 Routing Forward a Read Report......Page 194
6.5.5 Example for Message Transfer with SMTP......Page 196
6.6 MM5 Interface, MMSC–HLR......Page 198
6.8 MM7 Interface, MMSC–VAS Applications......Page 199
6.8.1 Introduction to SOAP......Page 202
6.8.2 Message Submission......Page 204
6.8.3 Message Delivery......Page 207
6.8.4 Message Cancellation......Page 209
6.8.5 Message Replacement......Page 210
6.8.6 Delivery Report......Page 214
6.8.7 Read Report......Page 221
6.8.8 Generic Error Handling......Page 223
6.9 MM8 Interface, MMSC–Billing System......Page 224
7.1.1 Static Conformance Requirements......Page 226
7.1.2 Enabler Implementation Conformance Statement......Page 227
7.1.4 Interoperability Testing......Page 228
7.2 Implementations of Different Versions of the MMS Protocol......Page 229
8.2 MMSC Directory......Page 232
8.3 Developer Tools......Page 233
9.1.1 MMS Release 6......Page 240
9.1.2 IMS Messaging......Page 241
9.3 MMS Developments in 3GPP2......Page 242
9.4 A Bright Future for MMS?......Page 243
B MM1 Interface ¨C Response Status Codes ( X- Mms- Response- Status)......Page 244
C MM1 Interface ¨C Retrieve Status Codes ( X- Mms- Retrieve- Status)......Page 247
D MM1 Interface ¨C MMBox Store Status Codes ( X- Mms- Store- Status)......Page 248
E MM4 Interface ¨C Request Status Codes ( X- Mms- Request- Status- Code)......Page 249
F MM7 Interface ¨C Status Code and Status Text......Page 250
References......Page 254
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 260
Index......Page 266