Le Bodic Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services

SMS, EMS and MMS
2. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-01451-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 452 Seiten, E-Book

Building on the success of the first edition, Mobile MessagingTechnologies and Services offers extensive new and revisedmaterial based upon the latest research and industry developments.While early implementations targeted person-to-person messaging,MMS has now evolved to facilitate such requirements as the massdelivery of time-sensitive messages for content-to-personmessaging. This Second Edition exploits the technicalmaturity of MMS as it is poised to generate a wealth of newbusiness opportunities across the mobile communications sector. Theauthor provides the fundamental technical background required forSMS, EMS and MMS, and supports this with industry cutting-edgedevelopments.
* Contains a revised section on the fundamentals of MMS,including an updated section on GPRS to explain current commercialimplementations such as GRX applications.
* Presents the latest developments in MMS standardization,including the design of synchronized multimedia integrationlanguage (SMIL) presentations, Digital Rights Management (DRM),transcoding techniques, postcard service and support of advancedmultimedia formats.
* Describes the processes for standardizingtelecommunications services and technologies (3GPP, OMA, GSMAssociation, IETF and W3C).
* Provides updated sections on SMS, EMS and heavilyrevised coverage of the developments in MMS, including MMSinterworking and the forthcoming MMS version 1.3.
This resource will be invaluable for application developers,manufacturers, operators and content providers involved in thedesign and deployment of messaging services. It will also be ofinterest to practitioners involved in the process of standardizingtelecommunications services and technologies. Postgraduate studentsand researchers will benefit from having access to state-of-the-artfindings backed by numerous illustrative real-world examples.
Includes a companion website featuring information on relevantstandards, available phones and developers' resources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Le Bodic, Gwenaël

Über Autor(innen)

Gwenaël Le Bodic is a messaging architect for theVodafone Group, located in Germany. In the scope of his activitiesfor Vodafone, he is involved in the design of messaging solutionsfor large multi-operator environments. He also contributes to thedevelopment of system interworking to enable the exchange ofmultimedia messages between operators.
Previous Gwenaël Le Bodic was a messaging and standardizationexpert for Alcatel's mobile phone division, located inFrance. His activities of Alcatel included participating andcontributing to the development of messaging services andtechnologies in the scope of the 3GPP and OMA standardizationforums. He has been responsible for the design of the softwarearchitecture of the embedded multimedia messaging solution forAlcatel's first two MMS phones.
A certified engineer in computer sciences, Gwenaël Le Bodicobtained a PhD in mobile communications from the University ofStrathclyde, Glasgow. He is the author of many researchpublications in the field of Mobile Messaging, Technologies andServices (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, November 2002) and also abook focusing on MMS, Multimedia Messaging Service, anengineering approach to MMS (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,October 2003.
Gwenaël Le Bodic can be contacted at [e-mail]