Generic SMS Gateway for AtLink Enterprise Voice Integration

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Generic SMS Gateway for AtLink Enterprise Voice
Integration

• Instructor Dr. Kwok-Bun Yue, Ph.D
• Mentor Mr. Dilhar De Silva
• Team 6 Dang Nguyen
• Huy Do
• Tan Nguyen
• Thang Nguyen

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Table of contents

• Overview of project
• Project requirements
• Project design specification
• SMS gateway providers
• Project plan
• References
• Questions and Answers

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Overview of project

• This project is sponsored by AtLink company.
• Build a HTTP and a SMPP SMS client.
• Integrate with a hosted SMS gateway
• Capability to bind with any open SMS gateway by
  customizing required parameters

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Project requirements

• Build a web based SMS application that satisfy
  the following requirements
• Support HTTP and SMPP protocols
• Support Two-Way SMS capabilities.
• Coverage US and EU
• Change the binding to any gateway dynamically by
  changing binding parameters
• Should integrate with EVI Communication profiles

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Project requirements

• Development tool requirements for project as
  follows
• AJAX and HTML for User Interface.
• JAVA as a development language and Eclipse as a
  dev environment.
• MySQL as database server.
• An open source UML tool (TBD) for analysis
  design specifications.

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Project design specification

• Introduction to SMS Messaging
• Basic concepts of SMS Technology
• SMS gateway protocols
• How to send/receive SMS
• Project architecture

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Introduction to SMS Messaging

• SMS stands for Short Message Service
• Enables the sending and receiving of messages
  between mobile phones
• One SMS message can contain at most 140 bytes
• 160 characters (7-bit character)
• 70 characters (16-bit Unicode)
• SMS messages can also carry ringtones, pictures,
  operator logos, wallpapers, animations

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Applications of SMS

• Person-to-Person Text Messaging
• Provision of Information
• Downloading
• Alerts and Notifications
• Email, Fax and Voice Message Notifications
• E-commerce and Credit Card Transaction Alerts
• Stock Market Alerts
• Remote System Monitoring
• Two-way Interactive Text Messaging Applications
• SMS Marketing

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Basic concepts of SMS Technology

• SMS Center responsible for handling the SMS
  operations of a wireless network
• Intra-operator SMS Messages involves only one
  SMS center

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Basic concepts of SMS Technology

• Inter-operator SMS message involves one or more
  SMS centers

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Basic concepts of SMS Technology

• SMS Gateway acts as a relay between the two
  SMSCs. It is needed when two SMSCs does not
  support a common protocol
• An SMS message may need to pass through more than
  one network entity (e.g. SMSC and SMS gateway)
  before reaching the destination

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Basic concepts of SMS Technology

• SMS Gateway

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SMS gateway protocols

• HTTP/S API used in the form of an HTTP/Internet
  Post
• SMTP E-mail to SMS allows messages that are
  sent via e-mail to be converted to SMS.
• SMPP suitable for customers who send large
  volumes of traffic
• XML XML over HTTP
• FTP Suitable for high volume messaging
• COM Object API Popular with windows-based
  developer, integrate SMS sending into their
  programs or ASP pages

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How to send SMS
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How to receive SMS
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Project architecture
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Project architecture

• Web Browser Running on client-side, it allows
  users log in and send SMS messages.
• EVI (Enterprise Voice Integration) profile
  contain the information of customers
• SMS Gateway an SMS gateway can be set up to
  handle the connections to the SMSCs
• SMS Center A SMS center (SMSC) is responsible
  for handling the SMS operations of a wireless
  network
• Web Application Running in the server-side, it
  handles requests from SMS users for sending and
  receiving SMS message

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Use cases
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SMS gateway providers

• Criteria
• Cost for sending SMS messages
• Network coverage
• Protocols or interfaces supported
• API documents
• Number of free SMS messages or credits
• 2-way SMS messaging
• Support service

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SMS gateway providers

• SMS Gateway Provider Research
• Chosen SMS Gateway Provider
• Clickatell (http//www.clickatell.com)
• SMS2Email (http//www.sms2email.com)
• MXTelecom (http//www.mxtelecom.com)

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Project plan

• Detail of the project plan

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References

• http//www.developershome.com/sms/
• http//www.clickatell.com
• http//www.smsforum.net
• http//www.wikipedia.org

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• Thank you