Short message service for military switched networks

Abstract

According to NUST policy, the purpose of final semester project is to develop the ability in students to face the challenging and advanced engineering problems in software, communication and related fields in order to utilize and integrate the knowledge and expertise that students developed through their course work. Keeping in view NUST’s aim and its implications on present telecommunication scenario in Pakistan, we have undertaken a project to optimize the PSTN/DEFCOM by implementing FSMS (Fixed Line SMS) services. Fixed line SMS has been standardized in the PSTN just like its implementation in the SMS enabled PLMN. ETSI 201 912 v1.1.1 was published in 2001-02, which stipulates the protocols for the implementation of SMS within PSTN. The solution for its implementation consists of a user based platform and is commercially available in 38 countries globally. We consider Fixed-line SMS to be the latest and most promising emerging technology today for its commercial as well as military users. This makes it a “challenging and advanced engineering problem” in Pakistan. SMS is a value added service for its users. Previously it was the sole domain of the mobile users to use the SMS but now it has been made available to the fixed-line user as well. Implementing the SMS into PSTN/DEFCOM would make us achieve all the factors of NUST’s aim as defined above. SMS in PSTN would be a value added service for all types of its users, which include business, residential and military users etc. The abstract of the project was communicated to our DS Air Cdre Sherzada Khan and was approved by him after our verbal discussions. The project defense was submitted to the course advisor for the approval from NUST in Sep 2004, which included the project plan and the comparative progress achieved. The course advisor Maj Imran approved the project at the end of the project defense.