Zip it up SMS “A path breaking model in the field of mobile messaging”

Author

Shah, Sumiran ; Singhal, Priyank ; Mathai, Manish P. ; Kalbande, D.R. ; Thampi, G.T.

Author_Institution

Dept.of Comput. Eng., Univ. of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Volume

4

fYear

2010

fDate

9-11 July 2010

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

125

Abstract

Current text messaging protocols over the world allow a rigid limit of 160 characters per SMS, using the default messaging system of the mobile. However this limit is often found to be too less under ordinary circumstances and very often, to communicate effectively, a concatenated message needs to be sent. This, coupled with exorbitant messaging rates adds to the reduced effectiveness and decrease in potential users of the Short Messaging Service. In Zip It Up SMS (ZIUS), we have developed our own algorithm, and been successful in compressing more data into the same message. Now every SMS can carry up to an average-best case of 250 characters, which can bring about a change in standards and prove to be a massive boost to the mobile industry.

Keywords

electronic messaging; mobile communication; protocols; ZIUS; concatenated message; default messaging system; mobile industry; mobile messaging; path breaking model; short messaging service; text messaging protocols; zip it up SMS; Complexity theory; Multimedia communication; Huffman; SMS; compression algorithm; messaging; mobile computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), 2010 3rd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5537-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSIT.2010.5564964

Filename

5564964