Short Message Service [SMS] and Multimedia Messaging Service [MMS]

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Short Message Service SMS andMultimedia
Messaging Service MMS
SOURCE ETSI, AT and AT-F Chairmen in collaboration with F-MMS Project Leader
TITLE Standardization activity on SMS and MMS
AGENDA ITEM Joint GSTC/GSRC
CONTACTS R.Muench_at_alcatel.de Goran.Engstrom_at_teliasonera.com
GSC9/Joint_025

• General ETSI activities overview
• Extension from the mobile
• to
• the fixed networks

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Introduction

• ETSI Standardised successfully SMS and MMS
• for mobile networks (GSM and 3GPP)
• and after a great commercial success of these
  services
• ETSI completed F-SMS (Fixed Network SMS)
  standards
• to facilitate the same services to fixed
  networks users
• ETSI is finalising F-MMS (Fixed Network MMS)
  standards,
• the extension of MMS services to fixed networks
  users
• ETSI started F-MMS specification for NGN
• ETSI standards are available (free of charge) on
  
• http//pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp

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ETSI Standards for F-SMS(free of charge on
http//pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp)

• Main Standardisation work for F-SMS is
• ES 201 986 (edition 2 published)
• Describes F-SMS service for User (UBS) and
  Network (NBS) Based Solutions
• ES 201 912 (published, edition 2 will soon be
  available)
• Main standard, specifies UBS communication
  terminal - service centre
• ES 202 912 series (published)
• Specify tests for ES 201 912 (UBS)
• ES 202 060 series (published)
• Standards for Network Based Solution (NBS)
• DTR/AT-030024 (drafting)
• Studies Control Strings for SMS supplementary
  services
• TS 102 331 series (approved to be published soon)
  
• Offers an overview of User and Network Based
  Solutions

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ETSI Standards for F-MMS (free of charge on
http//pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp)

• Main Standardisation work for F-MMS is
• ES 202 314 series, including TR 102 314, TS 102
  314 parts (major parts published or soon to be
  published)
• Offers the main set of F-MMS standards
• DTS/AT-030034 (drafting phase)
• Specifies the remote configuration of terminals
• DTS/AT-030035 (drafting phase)
• Specifies combined PSTN/ISDN IP access
• DES/TISPAN-01004-FMMS (drafting phase)
• Describes the F-MMS service in NGN (PSTN/ ISDN,
  xDSL, IP)

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Sources of information

• ETSI is developing the standards in close
  collaboration with the industry,
• particularly the F-MMS Forum
• http//www.f-mms.org/
• ETSI developed F-SMS and F-MMS standards centred
  on the experience of two TBs
• AT (Access and Terminals aspects)
• www.etsi.org/at
• TISPAN (service and interconnection aspects)
• www.etsi.org/tispan

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SMS, MMS and the global impact

• A proposal to standardise F-SMS in ITU-T SG 16
  was recently submitted
• ETSI is studying with ITU the best solution
• On the global market
• the same designation should not name 2 different
  services
• even if they are similar and eventually
  compatible
• The well established expression "SMS" should
  only be perceived as the SMS service defined in
  GSM/3GPP
• ETSI is currently active to reach a global
  acceptance for their F-SMS and F-MMS standards