2. In the next section, we mainly concentrate on discussing
the background information required for understanding this
research topic.
II. BACKGROUND
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SMS is a phenomenal success worldwide. Operators are
continuously deploying new and innovative SMS services.
This is leading to huge SMS usage, in turn Operators are
required to deploy very high capacity, scalable and robust
SMSC systems. Some of the innovative SMS based services
require special features on the SMSC.
TeleDNA SMSC enables Operators to keep pace with growing
SMS demand and the requirement for special features.
TeleDNA SMSC provides innovative features such as
Messaging personalization, Messaging Ad, Message
Forwarding, Emoticon Service, etc.
TeleDNA SMSC is a carrier grade platform providing 99.999
% high availability of the system. The SMSC clustered
architecture is modular and can scale up to 50,000 sms/sec
A. SMSC SUITE
SMS is a widely used value added service in Mobile Network.
(SMS as a value added service has seen the highest usage). To
cater for ever increasing SMS traffic from SMS based
services, Network Operators have to deploy multiple SMSCs.
To ease the integration of External SMS based application
with multiple SMSC, Mobile network operators will require a
SMS Gateway.
SMS Gateway facilitates ease of communication between
External SMS based Application and SMSC for delivering
value added service to mobile users. SMS Gateway provides
PUSH, PULL services for mobile users.
Mobile originated short messages are routed by the SMS
Gateway to appropriate external SMS based applications.
Application originated short messages are routed by the SMS
Gateway to appropriate SMSC.
The SMS Gateway is equipped with Uplink and Downlink
routing logic which can be configured by operators as per their
requirement (To address, Keyword, Round Robin, NID range
etc..).
B. SMS Gateway:
SMS is a widely used value added service in Mobile Network.
(SMS as a value added service has seen the highest usage).
Mobile users are using SMS for fast communication and
expect instantaneous delivery of the message to the
destination. Any delay or failure to deliver the SMS message
leads to a discontent subscriber and may eventually churn of
the subscriber.
To efficiently use multiple SMSCs deployed in the
network, Operators are using SMSRouter. The
SMSRouter give the flexibility to the Operator to
configure only single "Service Center Address" for their
subscriber. SMSRouter distributes the MO-SMS short
message across multiple SMSCs based on defined
Routing Hierarchy. Advance routing techniques (such
as Loadbalancing Round-robin / SMSC Capacity, To
Address, From Address, Default) help to effectively
route the MO-SMS messages across multiple SMSCs
improving the efficiency and provide a fail-safe
mechanism for handling SMS messages.
To cater for ever increasing SMS traffic, Network Operators
have to deploy multiple SMSCs. These SMSCs require unique
"Service Center Address". Mobile subscribers use the SMSC
as per the �Service Center Address� configured on
their mobile. Deploying new SMSC in Mobile Telecom
Network for a new subscriber base or for existing
subscriber base has an impact as the "Service center
address" is burned on SIM.
.
With the deployment of next generation networks and availability
of feature packed handsets, Multimedia Messaging Service has
once again become the buzz in mobile messaging. Almost all the
handsets are now supporting data services (GPRS, CDMA1x) and
have MMS Client. Mobile subscribers using these handsets can
easily send content rich multimedia messages. To cater for the
surge in Multimedia Messaging Operators are required to install
high capacity MMSC Systems in their network.
Multimedia Messaging Service is based on open specification
defined by 3GPP, 3GPP2 and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
TeleDNA MMSC is standards compliance system and can be
deployed in GSM, GPRS and CDMA (2G/3G) Networks. It
seamlessly integrates with multivendor network elements and also
with MMSCs of other Operators.
TeleDNA MMSC is a carrier grade platform providing 99.999 %
high availability of the system. The MMSC clustered architecture
is modular and can scale upto 20000 mms/sec.
C. SMS Router
D. MMSC: Multimedia Message Service Center
3. III. PROBLEM DEFINITION
E. MMS Gateway
In the early stages of text messaging (SMS) introduction the
traffic was very less. This was mainly due to the lack of
customer awareness of the service and lack of interoperability
between networks. Customers of operator A were not able to
send to customers of operator B. This was a major road block
in generating revenue for mobile operators. To solve this
problem, several SMSC gateways were introduced to
interconnect these operator's SMSC's. This contributed to the
huge generation of SMS traffic.
Today, picture or multimedia messaging (MMS) service is
introduced by almost every operator in the world. However,
MMS interoperability does not exist between operators. This
is contributing to customer dissatisfaction and very low
revenue generation for the mobile operators.
Mobile operators around the world realize that MMS
interoperability is a challenge. Interoperability between
operators' MMS networks will accelerate the user adaptation
and contribute to good revenue generation. Implementing
interoperability with every other operator in the world is a
biggest challenge and very time consuming process.
F. A2P SMSC � Application-To-Person Short
Message Service Center
To offload this burst of high traffic from conventional
SMSCs, there is a need for deploying A2P SMSC. The Mobile
Operators can use A2P SMSC to push promotional bulk
short messages to mobile subscribers.
TeleDNA A2P SMSC is a carrier grade platform that
interfaces with the mobile network elements: STPs,
SSTPs, GMSCs on SS7 / SIGTRAN (SUA/M3UA)
interfaces. The platform can scale from 1 sms/sec to
25000 sms/sec.
Cell Broadcast is a mobile technology that allows text
messages to be broadcasted to all mobile handsets and similar
devices within a designated geographical area. The broadcast
range varies from a small area (single cell) to the entire
network coverage area (PLMN).
G. CBC
Cell Broadcast technology is used to provide
services such as Emergency Alerts, Breaking News, Traffic
Conditions, Sports News, Stock News, etc. to mobile
subscribers currently located in a specific geographic area.
Cell Broadcast is designed for simultaneous delivery of text
messages to multiple users in a specified area. Cell Broadcast
is one-to-many geographically focused service, in contrast to
Short Message Service (SMS) which is one-to-one and
one-to-few service.
TeleDNA Cell Broadcast Center (CBC) allows Telecom
Operator to have a complete control over the cell broadcast
message on its network. It is a carrier grade platform that
interfaces with the mobile network elements such as BSCs,
RNC, MSC over standard interfaces (3GPP or 3GPP2). The
platform can scale from 1 TPS to 2000 TPS. With inbuilt GIS
server, TeleDNA CBC allows system Users to easily define a
geographical area on the fly and broadcast messages.
H. LBA - S
Mobile phones and the Internet have revolutionized the
communication and with it the lifestyle of people. The users
are dependent on mobile phone for most of their information
needs. With Location Based Applications/Services Mobile
phone will become a good resource for location based
information.
The operators are ready to launch Location based services but
to find out location information dependency on various
network elements like GMLC, SMLC etc which are very
expensive and accuracy is becoming a major roadblock.
Keeping these factors into consideration TeleDNA has
developed Location Based Services Access Platform with
advanced features.
Location Based Services Access Platform can help mobile
service providers to introduce a set of location based
applications like Buddy Finder, Social networking, Navigation
Services, POI finder, Yellow Pages, Geo Fencing etc. The
multiple positioning methods such as GMLC based, Cell ID
based, GPS based etc allows operators to introduce the
services with minimal dependency on other network elements.
The support for both Static GIS Maps and Dynamic online
GIS Maps adds to rich user experience by providing most
updated Geographic Map. The mobile subscribers can access
these location based services through
SMS/USSD/MMS/Web/WAP channels which also increases
mobile service providers existing SMS/USSD/MMS/WAP
Traffic.
TThe increase in Application originated short message traffic
has become a real challenge for Mobile Operators having
conventional SMSCs. The Conventional SMSCs were
deployed to handle non-burst, person-to-person and premium
application-to-person traffic. The delivery of premium content
message played a vital role in the operator s business model
for generating additional revenues. Use of conventional
SMSCs to deliver promotional application-to-person messages
can hamper normal P2P traffic.
mZone platform provides various
Entertainment Services for mZone subscribers and a
unique Multilingual Messaging Service for the Admin
user of the platform.
4. IV. SCHEME DESCRIPTION
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TeleDNA's USSD Gateway is a carrier-grade platform that
supports a wide range of services provided by applications
configured on the Gateway. Subscribers use USSD strings to
access these services or applications. The USSD Gateway
receives requests from the network that prompt the subscriber
for information, which the subscriber provides, enabling the
interaction to proceed and be completed.
TeleDNA's USSD Gateway delivers high-speed interactive
content to mobile subscribers, enabling sustained real-time
interactions, without consuming large amounts of bandwidth.
Using TeleDNA's USSD Gateway, operators can rapidly
create and offer new value added, dialogue-based services,
such as customer care, roaming and infotainment services,
enriching the service portfolio and differentiating the operator
in the market.
With an intermediary platform linking content providers to
end users, TeleDNA's USSD Gateway cuts the costs of
implementing enhanced interactive services and provides an
efficient way to deliver value-added services to end
customers. Introducing enhanced Value Added Services
seamlessly over multiple messaging platforms is a major
challenge faced by mobile operators. As wireless
technologies advance, the number and type of mobile
contents and applications that are being introduced in the
market are growing at an enormous pace. Converting these
mobile contents and applications to carrier grade service
offerings is a major task for the operator. To manage
diversified service categories and effective charging,
operators are looking for a platform that provides service
management capability through unified network access.
TeleDNA SDP platform has been developed keeping in
mind above challenges and bring in the convergence
between legacy, 2.5G & 3G services. TeleDNA SDP
addresses these immediate challenges and paves the way
towards an IMS-compatible services platform where
multimedia services can be available across any kind of
access networks. With TeleDNA's extensive product
development knowledge in messaging domain areas,
TeleDNA SDP platform provides diversified data services
capabilities as a single integration point. The TeleDNA
SDP platform has been developed to bring in the
convergence between legacy, 2.5G & 3G services
Mobile Application Stores are a new solution market which
promises the development of a new revenue stream for
operators, handset OEMs and application developers. Recent
research reveals that as the Mobile Application Store are
directly accessed by mobile users; users expect some sort of
control and personalization on App Store which is missing in
most of the existing App Stores. Also for an user finding the
right application or service is cumbersome job as there is no
personalized discovery or search option.
TeleDNA Mobile Application distribution platform is a state
of the art next generation applications store with advanced
features which helps mobile service providers to distribute
mobile applications with optimal search/discovery. The
platform supports various delivery and payment mechanisms
along with device independent license management.
The mZone Photo Mailing provides an option to all its
subscribers for sharing multimedia content with
other mZone and non mZone subscribers to get the
content. The recipient of the shared content need
not be a subscriber of the MMS service provided by
the operator, this saves MMS cost.
The mZone Subscribers with a single click can upload
& send contents to other mZone subscribers. The
recipient get a SMS notification receiving the shared
content, the recipient is notified by a SMS that an
mZone subscriber has sent multimedia content. The
recipient subscriber can view the received message
or content on mobile or through mZone portal. The
subscriber can also download the content to his
mobile from the mZone portal.
With few clicks on your mobile camera you upload
multimedia content to the public gallery which can
be accessed by other subscribers of mZone portal.
Subscribers can upload any multimedia content to
“Public Gallery” so that all mZone subscribers can
view and download the content.
TeleDNA mZone Interfaces:
TeleDNA mZone provides the following standardsbased
interfaces to the Network Service Enablers and
Content Providers
Network Service Enabler Interface
SMSC SMPP 3.4
MMSC SMTP/MM7
WAP GW HTTP
Prepaid IN DIAMETER
Billing System FTP
CPs or Enterprises SMTP/MM7 or
HTTP/SOAP
mZone Subscription
TeleDNA mZone provides the following standardsbased
interfaces to the Network Service Enablers and
Content Providers
The Entertainment service usages and access are
subscription based i.e., the subscriber has to
subscribe to the mZone Entertainment Services.
Subscription to the Entertainment Services can be
achieved through any of the three modes:
SMS
Web Portal
WAP Portal
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TeleDNA mZone Netwotk Interface-
TeleDNA mZone integrates with the Telecom
Operator's existing Network Enablers over
standardinterfaces.
Managed VAS Service
Under VAS Managed Services portfolio TeleDNA offers end
to end professional managed (O&M) services of all the VAS
elements in the operator’s network. The vast experience of
TeleDNA in designing, developing, installing, customizing
and managing the wide range of VAS elements brings in
tremendous value proposition to the operators.
TeleDNA’s ISO/CMM complied processes ensure that the
operator’s network is well managed in terms of day-to-day
maintenance, upgrades, statistics & MIS reports
reconciliation, business intelligencebusiness intelligence
reports, system uptimes, customizations, creation of
technological road maps etc. as per the agreed SLAs & KPIs.
The rich experienced work force of TeleDNA combined with
advance CRM tool allows 24x7 support with regular updates
to the operator’s O&M heads to have a complete view of the
network along with any expansion requirements. TeleDNA’s
Managed Services Promises Objective Based and Committed
Enhancements in the revenues.
Distinct Advantages to Mobile Operator
Substantial improvement is cash flow
Improvement in ARPU
Response time in handling dynamics of technology
advancements is fast
Service quality brings in customer satisfaction
Operator have more time in focusing customers and
marketing strategy
Flexible and scalable business models
Multi-level support centers
Dedicated and Experienced resources.
Majority of Value Added Services deployed by Network
Operators (such as Multimedia Messaging Service and Cell
Broadcast) are underutilized. The prime reason for non
popularity of such services is the difficulty faced by
subscribers in getting such service activated and using the
service itself. Ideally, these services can yield good returns of
investment for Network Operators. TeleDNA mZone is the
ideal platform for operators to achieve good returns of
investment, by enhancing the usage of value added services
provided by the Network.
TeleDNA mZone is a VAS Application Platform that provides
mobile subscribers with various Entertainment Services, using
which the subscribers can share and exchange multimedia
content. TeleDNA mZone provides the mZone subscribers a
user-friendly and innovative method of sharing and
exchanging multimedia content and taking part in contests.
TeleDNA mZone is an off-deck portal that provides a platform
to exchange multimedia content between mobile users.
TeleDNA mZone also provides an option to download a
feature rich Mobile Client for ease of access to mZone
platform and services.
6. VI. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
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Mzone–photosharing application is the latest mobile
application-offering you to share your pictures in a single
click.mZone is a mobile entertainment and social networking
platform,which provides a variety of unique content sharing
features across the mZone community.
The mZone is the TeleDNA’s VAS Application
Platform.Design and develop a platform which can offer the
mobilenetwork perators,MVNOs, contentproviders,Enterprises
and mobile users a user friendly and easy to user
mobile application platform for sharing photos,manage
private albums,manage public albums,conduct contests and
dating/matrimony services over different channels.
This platform shall offer the services to Mobile Network
Operators,Mobile Virtual Network
Operators(Aggregators),ContentProviders,Enterprises and
Mobile Subscribers.The services offered for all these stake
holders are discussed in the relevant sections in the
document.TeleDNA mZone provides J2ME Mobile Client for
the subscribers to install on their mobiles and access mZone
features.mZone Mobile Client provides the subscribers the
ease of use and helps the subscribers avoid the tedious typing
required to upload content or download content.
mZone solution shall have a vast set of service portals,core
applicationprocesses,enabler gateways and handset
applications,these shall be bundled and installed in the data
center as mZone server.
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Elhadi M. Shakshuki (SM’01) received the B.Sc.
degree in computer engineering from the University
of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya, in 1984 and the M.Sc. and
Ph.D. degrees in systems design engineering from
the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada,
in 1994 and 2000, respectively.
He is currently a Professor with the Jodrey School
of Computer Science, Acadia University, Wolfville,
NS, Canada, where he is the Founder and the Head
of the Cooperative Intelligent Distributed Systems
Group. He is an Adjunct Professor with Dalhousie
University, Halifax, NS. He is on the editorial board of several international
journals. He published over 150 research papers in international journals,
conferences, and workshops.
Dr. Shakshuki is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery
and Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia. He contributed in
many international conferences and workshops with different roles. He is the
Founder of the International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and
Technologies. He is a Cofounder of the International Conference on Mobile
Web Information Systems. He is also a Founder of other international symposia
and workshops.
Nan Kang received the B.Eng. degree in computer
science from Heilongjiang Institute of Science and
Technology, Harbin, China, in 2006 and the M.Sc.
degree in computer science from Acadia University,
Wolfville, NS, Canada, in 2011.
He is currently a Software Developer with 2nd
Act Innovations Inc., Halifax, NS. His current work
includes sentiment analysis, natural language pro-
cessing, and the design and development of applica-
tions on Cocoa/Cocoa Touch. His research interests
include wireless network security and machine
learning.
Tarek R. Sheltami (M’05) received the Ph.D. de-
gree in electrical and computer engineering from the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, in 2003.
He was with GamaEng Inc. as a Consultant on
wireless networks (in 2002–2004). He also worked
in several joint projects with Nortel Network Corpo-
ration. He is currently an Associate Professor with
the Computer Engineering Department, King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM),
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Before joining KFUPM, he
was a Research Associate Professor with the School of Information Technology
and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
Dr. Sheltami has been a member of the Technical Program and Organizing
Committees of several international IEEE conferences.
