Global service portability and virtual home environment through short message service (SMS) and GSM
Rishi Pal, Asoke K. Talukder · 2002
With rapid growth in Internet services and mobile devices, it is becoming essential to address new requirements of service provisioning whilst a user is roaming between networks. Using Global Service Portability and Virtual Home Environment (VHE), user shall be able to seamlessly roam between networks, and between home and office with service transparency. GSM has achieved tremendous success with respect to coverage and popularity. Within GSM, SMS is widely accepted as a convenient way of messaging. This paper illustrates how SMS within GSM can be used as a data bearer to offer VHE and Global Service Portability for enterprise applications.