Multimedia messaging service for GPRS and UMTS

Author

Sevanto, Jarkko

Author_Institution

Nokia Telecommun., Finland

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1422

Abstract

Mobile telecommunications networks will evolve to a great extent in the future. They will offer higher data rates and provide new services for nomadic users. The development of packet switched data bearers for 3^rd generation wireless networks will enable support for multimedia applications as well. Multimedia can be divided into real-time and non-real-time services. In this paper we concentrate on a new non-real-time multimedia service called multimedia messaging service (MMS). Multimedia messaging service allows mobile subscribers to exchange arbitrary types of information in a store-and-forward manner. Multimedia messages may consist of text, images, audio or video clips, or any combination of these. A new network element called multimedia messaging service center is needed for storing and forwarding the messages. We describe in more detail what we mean by multimedia messaging service. We also analyze the different architectural options for supporting multimedia messaging within UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service for GSM) networks

Keywords

cellular radio; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; telecommunication services; GPRS; GSM; General Packet Radio Service; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; architectural options; mobile telecommunications networks; multimedia messaging service; multimedia messaging service center; nonreal-time multimedia service; packet switched data bearers; store-and-forward information exchange; 3G mobile communication; Displays; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Message service; Multimedia systems; Packet radio networks; Packet switching; Telecommunication switching; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 1999. WCNC. 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5668-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.1999.796972

Filename

796972