Multimedia Messaging Service

Centre
Date: 28-02-2011

What is MMS?

MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service, a technology that

allows you to create, send, and receive text messages that also
include an image, audio, and/or video clip. MMS messages are sent
from one mobile phone to another, or to an email address.

In one way it extends SMS which allowed to send message up to

160 characters in length.

During development it was a part of 3GPP and WAP group.

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An example of MM is shown
below

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General transaction flow/Message Exchange

Message routing
forward
Originator
MMSC

Recipient
MMSC

Message
Submission

Message
Notification
Delivery Report
routing forward
Delivery
Report

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Message
retrieval

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MMS Architecture Defining Interfaces

Billing
System

MMS VAS
Applications

MM8

MMS User
Databases

MM7

MM6
HLR

MMS User
Agent A

MM1

MMS Relay/Server
Relay

MM2

MM5
Server

MM4
MM3

Foreign
MMS
Relay/Server
MM1

External
Server #1
(e.g. E-Mail)

External
Server #2
(e.g. Fax)

External
Server #3
(e.g. UMS)

...

External
Server #N

MMS User
Agent B

The following diagram shows all possible interfaces defined for MMS
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Message Submission

Sender

1.0 Sender
submits the
MM message
WSP/ HTTP
Post

WAP/ Proxy

MMSC

Notification

Recipient

2.0 Forwards
MSISDN along
with the MMs

3.0 Authenticates
the sender.
Checks for credit
if required

6 a) WAP Push
over SMS

6a) MMS capable

in the same
domain

b) Plain SMS

b) Non MMS
capable in the
same domain

c) E-mail /SMTP

c) Email address

d) SOAP/HTTP

d) Application
Terminated
(VAS)

e) MM4/SMTP

e) MMS in
another domain

4.0 Stores the

message
5.0 Resolves the
recipient address

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Message Retrieval
Recipient

WAP/ Proxy

MMSC

1.0 Recipients
submits the
download
request

2.0 Forwards
MSISDN along
with the MM
download
request

3.0 Authenticates
the sender.
Checks for credit
if required

WSP/ HTTP
GET

Notification

Sender

4.0 Retrieves the

message
(MM Box)
5.0 Content
Transcoding, if
required

7.0 ACK. by
recipient

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6.0 MMs sent

back to recipient
8.0 WAP Push
over SMS

8.0 Delivery
Notification On
Request
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Message Structure

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Introduction to MMS Transaction Model

MMS1 Transaction Flow Immediate Retrieval

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MMS1 Transaction Flow Immediate Retrieval

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MMS1 Transaction Flow Deferred Retrieval

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MMS Client Sending Message to MMS Proxy-Relay

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MMS Proxy-Relay Sending Notification to target

MMS Client

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MMS Client Retrieving Message from MMS ProxyRelay

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MMS Retrieval Transaction with Acknowledgement

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MMS Address
The MMS address is composed
of the original MMS address
along with its type(in this
example PLMN)

Domain Name
The domain name identifies the MMS
environment (usually the operator
domain)

+919321111582/TYPE=PLMN@mms.rapgateway.ricmail.com

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Originator
Originator
MMSC
MMSC

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RecipientMMSC
MMSC
Recipient

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MM4 delivery report

Originator
Originator
MMSC
MMSC

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RecipientMMSC
MMSC
Recipient

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Billing

Pre Paid Billing

1.
2.

Real time Billing

Near Real Time Billing

Post Paid Billing

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Thank you
Date: 28-02-2011