Cell Phone Project

Overview

This page contains project inception notes.

SMS Services

A GSM modem can only process 6 to 10 incomming sms messages per minute.

A GPRS modem can process 30 incoming sms messages per minute, but not all carriers support sms over GPRS.

To obtain a high SMS transmission speed, a direct connection to an SMSC or SMS gateway of a wireless carrier or SMS service provider is needed.

References

Resources

Libraries

Implementation Notes

Wireless phone service an be purchased with unlimited SMS. Get a GSM modem, such as Siemens MC35 Terminal, to connect to the wireless network and send and receive messages. There is software that simplifies interaction with wireless service: now.sms.

Development Environment

Developers need the following.

Project code will be kept in a Subversion repository. The repository is not yet created.