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draft-wilde-sms-service
Network Working Group E. Wilde
Internet-Draft Swiss Federal Institute of
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Registration of GSTN SMS Service Qualifier
draft-wilde-sms-service-11
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Abstract
This memo describes the registration of the Short Message Service
(SMS) as a registered IANA service selector for Global Switched
Telephone Network (GSTN) numbers. SMS is not available for all GSTN
subscribers, but it has proven very popular with users of the Global
System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and has also been adapted to
other telephone network technologies such as the Integrated Services
Digital Network (ISDN).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. What is GSM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. What is SMS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. IANA registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1. IANA registration form for GSTN address
service-selector "SMS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2. IANA registration form for GSTN address qualit-type1
keyword "SMSC" and value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3. IANA registration form for GSTN address qualit-type1
keyword "PID" and value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. From -10 to -11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. From -09 to -10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3. From -08 to -09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.4. From -07 to -08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.5. From -06 to -07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.6. From -05 to -06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.7. From -04 to -05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.8. From -03 to -04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.9. From -02 to -03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.10. From -01 to -02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.11. From -00 to -01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2. Non-Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Appendix A. Where to send Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Appendix B. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 16
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1. Introduction
The capitalized key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL",
"SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC
2119 [RFC2119].
1.1. What is GSM?
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is a digital mobile
phone standard which is used extensively in many parts of the world.
First named after its frequency band around 900 MHz, GSM-900 has
provided the basis for several other networks utilizing GSM
technology, in particular GSM networks operating in the frequency
bands around 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz. When referring to "GSM" in this
document, we mean any of these GSM-based networks that operate a
short message service.
1.2. What is SMS?
The Short Message Service [SMS] is an integral part of the GSM
network technology. It has been very successful and currently is a
major source of revenue for many GSM operators. SMS as a service is
so successful that other Global Switched Telephone Network (GSTN)
technologies have adapted it as well, in particular the Integrated
Services Digital Network (ISDN). Because of this development, this
memo uses the term "SMS client" to refer to user agents who are able
to send and/or receive SMS messages.
1.2.1. SMS content
GSM SMS messages are alphanumeric paging messages that can be sent to
and SMS clients. SMS messages have a maximum length of 160
characters (7-bit characters from the GSM character set [SMS-CHAR]),
or 140 octets. Other character sets (such as UCS-2 16-bit
characters, resulting in 70 character messages) MAY also be supported
[SMS-CHAR], but are defined as being OPTIONAL by the SMS
specification. Consequently, applications handling SMS messages as
part of a chain of character processing applications MUST make sure
that character sets are correctly mapped to and from the character
set used for SMS messages.
While the 160 character variety for SMS messages is by far the most
widely used one, there are numerous other content types for SMS
messages, such as small bitmaps ("operator logos") and simple formats
for musical notes ("ring tones"). However, these formats are
proprietary and are not considered in this memo.
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SMS messages are very limited in length (140 octets), and the first
versions of the SMS specification did not specify any standardized
methods for concatenating SMS messages. As a consequence, several
proprietary methods were invented, but the current SMS specification
does specify message concatenation. In order to deal with this
situation, SMS clients composing messages SHOULD use the standard
concatenation method based on the header in the TP-User Data field as
specified in [SMS]. When sending a message to an SMS recipient whose
support for concatenated messages is unknown, the SMS client MAY opt
to use the backwards-compatible (text-based) concatenation method
defined in [SMS]. Proprietary concatenation methods SHOULD NOT be
used except in closed systems, where the capabilities of the
recipient(s) are always known.
1.2.2. SMS infrastructure
SMS messages can be transmitted over an SMS client's network
interface using the signalling channels of the underlying GSTN
infrastructure, so there is no delay for call setup. Alternatively,
SMS messages MAY be submitted through other front-ends (for example
such as Web services), which makes it possible for SMS clients to run
on computers which are not directly connected to a GSTN network
supporting SMS.
SMS messages sent as with the GSTN SMS service MUST be sent as class
1 SMS messages, if the client is able to specify the message class.
1.2.2.1. SMS Centers
SMS messages are stored by an entity called SMS Center (SMSC), and
sent to the recipient when the subscriber connects to the network.
The number of a cooperative SMSC must be known to the SMS sender
(i.e., the entity submitting the SMS message to a GSTN
infrastructure) when sending the message (usually, the SMSC's number
is configured in the SMS client and specific for the network operator
to which the sender has subscribed). In most situations, the SMSC
number is part of the sending SMS client's configuration. However,
in some special cases (such as when the SMS recipient only accepts
messages from a certain SMSC), it may be necessary to send the SMS
message over a specific SMSC.
Short messages can be mobile terminated (MT) or mobile originated
(MO). MT messages are the ones that arrive at SMS clients; MO
messages are sent by SMS clients. Networks may support either, both,
or none of these. For the purpose of this memo, it is important that
the sending SMS client is allowed to submit MO messages, and that the
receiver is allowed to receive MT messages.
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The exact setup of message submission and delivery is not subject of
this memo, it may incorporate additional hops in addition to the pure
SMS transport. For example, the sending SMS client may use a Web
service to submit the SMS message, and the receiving SMS client may
be set up to forward the SMS to an email account. For the purpose of
this memo, it is important that the receiver can be addressed by a
GSTN number, and that the sender can submit an SMS message using this
number.
1.2.3. SMS Telematic Interworking
While in most cases SMS messages are exchanged between SMS clients,
the SMS specification also includes provisions for so-called
"Telematic Interworking". In this scenario, the SMS message
specifies a Protocol Identifier, which identifies the service to
which the SMS message has to be submitted. In effect, this
implements a gateway functionality in the SMSC.
Telematic Interworking supports a number of services from Fax through
Telex and Internet Email up to voice telephone, where the gateway is
expected to make a text-to-speech transformation. The set of
possible services is defined by the SMS specification [SMS], but
network operators are not required to support any of these services.
SMS clients SHOULD implement support for Telematic Interworking,
which among other things means that users must be able to set the
Protocol Identifier field of generated SMS messages. If clients
support Telematic Interworking, they MUST indicate to the user the
changed semantics of the receiver number (e.g., if Fax is selected,
the receiver will be contacted via Fax rather than SMS).
In the following list the telematic devices (i.e., the services that
can be addressed using the Telematic Interworking mechanism) defined
by the SMS specification are described. The abbreviations are not
taken from the SMS specification, but are introduced by this memo for
identifying the device type using an SMS service qualifier keyword.
"IMPL": In this case the device type is implicitly defined, either
because the SMS Center knows it, or because it can be concluded on
the basis of the address.
"TELEX": Telex device
"G3FAX": Group 3 telefax device
"G4FAX": Group 4 telefax device
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"VOICE": Voice telephone (this requires conversion to speech, but
there is no mechanism to specify a language)
"ERMES": ERMES (European Radio Messaging System)
"NATPAG": National paging system (this does not specify a specific
paging systems but implies that the SMS center knows about a
particular national paging system)
"VIDEOTEX": Videotex
teletex: Teletex, either with an unspecified carrier or using PSPDN,
CSPDN, PSTN, or ISDN as carrier
"UCI": UCI (Universal Computer Interface)
reserved: 7 combinations are reserved which do not have a specified
meaning
"MH": Some message handling facility known to the SMS center (not
further specified)
x400: X.400-based message handling system
The SMS specification fails to specify how X.400 OR addresses are
actually embedded into SMS messages, so even though there is a
Protocol Identifier for X.400, it is impossible to encode the
recipient(s) of a message.
email: Internet electronic mail
The recipient(s) of SMS messages gatewayed to Internet electronic
mail are specified in the message's user data in a way defined by
the SMS specification.
specific: 7 combinations are defined to have a meaning specific to
each SMS center, their usage is based on mutual agreement between
SMS clients and the SMS center.
It is important to notice that some of the above devices require
additional information to be specified (in particular, the "Internet
electronic mail" format). The SMS specification defines the methods
how this has to be done (effectively by embedding the email
information into the SMS message's text).
2. IANA registrations
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Based on the requirements defined in RFC 3191 [RFC3191], the IANA
registration forms for the "SMS" service-selector, and "SMSC" and
"PID" qualif-type1 elements are defined here. Syntax definitions are
given using the Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications [RFC4234].
2.1. IANA registration form for GSTN address service-selector "SMS"
To: IANA@iana.org
Subject: Registration of new values for the GSTN address
service-selector specifier "SMS"
service-selector name: SMS
Description of Use: SMS - specify that the GSTN address refers to a
GSTN subscriber who is capable of receiving messages using the GSM
Short Message Service (SMS). However, if a "PID" qualif-type1
element is present for this service selector, then the GSTN
address must be interpreted according to the rules for the "PID"
qualif-type1 element's value (this may also mean that the GSTN
address has to be ignored).
For a complete description refer to RFC 3191 and
draft-wilde-sms-service-11.
Security Considerations: See the Security Consideration section of
draft-wilde-sms-service-11.
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
tel:+41-1-6325132
fax:+41-1-6321035
mailto:erik.wilde@dret.net
2.2. IANA registration form for GSTN address qualit-type1 keyword
"SMSC" and value
To: IANA@iana.org
Subject: Registration of new values for the GSTN address
qualif-type1 element "SMSC"
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qualif-type1 "keyword" name: SMSC
qualif-type1 "value" ABNF definition: The ABNF definition for the
value of the SMSC keyword is taken from RFC 3601
sub-addr = gstn-phone
gstn-phone = ( global-phone / local-phone )
global-phone = "+" 1*( DIGIT / written-sep )
local-phone = [ exit-code ] dial-number / exit-code [ dial-number ]
exit-code = phone-string
dial-number = phone-string
phone-string = 1*( DTMF / pause / tonewait / written-sep )
DTMF = ( DIGIT / "#" / "*" / "A" / "B" / "C" / "D" )
pause = "p"
tonewait = "w"
written-sep = ( "-" / "." )
Description of Use: SMSC - In some situations, it may be necessary to
guide the sender of an SMS message to send the message via a
certain Short Message Service Center (SMSC). If the SMSC qualif-
type1 element is present, an SMS client SHOULD try to send the
message first using the specified SMSC. If that fails, the SMS
client MAY try another SMSC (such as the default SMSC for that
client).
Further description is available in draft-wilde-sms-service-11.
Use Restriction: The use of the "SMSC" qualif-type1 element is
restricted to the "SMS" service-selector, it has no meaning
outside the SMS service defined by the "SMS" service-selector.
Security Considerations: See the Security Consideration section of
draft-wilde-sms-service-11.
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
tel:+41-1-6325132
fax:+41-1-6321035
mailto:erik.wilde@dret.net
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2.3. IANA registration form for GSTN address qualit-type1 keyword "PID"
and value
To: IANA@iana.org
Subject: Registration of new values for the GSTN address
qualif-type1 element "PID"
qualif-type1 "keyword" name: PID
qualif-type1 "value" ABNF definition: The ABNF syntax definition of
the PID qualifier is as follows:
sub-addr = "IMPL" / "TELEX" / "G3FAX" / "G4FAX" / "VOICE"
/ "ERMES" / "NATPAG" / "VIDEOTEX" / teletex / "UCI"
/ reserved / "MH" / "X400" / email / specific
teletex = "TELETEX-"
( "UNSPEC" / "PSPDN" / "CSPDN" / "PSTN" / "ISDN" )
email = "SMTP:" address
reserved = "RES" ( "1" / "2" / "3" / "4" / "5" / "6" / "7" )
specific = "SPEC" ( "1" / "2" / "3" / "4" / "5" / "6" / "7" )
The "x400" definition is functionally incomplete (because there is
no way how the actual OR address can be specified), but provided
here for completeness.
The "address" definition is taken from RFC 2822 [RFC2822] and
specifies an address that may either be an individual mailbox, or
a group of mailboxes.
Description of Use: PID - The protocol identifier is used to specify
SMS Telematic Interworking by selecting a specific protocol to use
for delivery to the recipient.
Further description is available in draft-wilde-sms-service-11.
Use Restriction: The use of the "PID" qualif-type1 element is
restricted to the "SMS" service-selector, it has no meaning
outside the SMS service defined by the "SMS" service-selector.
Security Considerations: See the Security Consideration section of
draft-wilde-sms-service-11.
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Person & email address to contact for further information:
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
tel:+41-1-6325132
fax:+41-1-6321035
mailto:erik.wilde@dret.net
3. Security Considerations
SMS messages are transported without any provisions for privacy or
integrity, so SMS users should be aware of these inherent security
problems of SMS messages. Unlike electronic mail, where additional
mechanisms exist to layer security features on top of the
infrastructure, there currently is no such framework for SMS
messages.
SMS messages very often are delivered almost instantaneously (if the
receiving SMS client is online), but there is no guarantee for when
SMS messages will be delivered. In particular, SMS messages between
different network operators sometimes take a long time to be
delivered (hours or even days) or are not delivered at all, so
applications SHOULD NOT make any assumptions about the reliability
and performance of SMS message transmission.
In most networks, sending SMS messages is not a free service.
Therefore, SMS clients MUST make sure that any action that incurs
costs is acknowledged by the end user, unless explicitly instructed
otherwise by the end user. If an SMS client has different ways of
submitting an SMS message (such as a Web service and a phone line),
then the end user MUST have a way to control which way is chosen.
SMS clients often are limited devices (typically mobile phones), and
the sending SMS client SHOULD NOT make any assumptions about the
receiving SMS client supporting any non-standard services, such as
proprietary message concatenation or proprietary content types.
However, if the sending SMS client has prior knowledge about the
receiving SMS client, then he MAY use this knowledge to compose non-
standard SMS messages.
There are certain special SMS messages defined in [SMS] that can be
used, for example, to turn on indicators on the phone display, or to
send data to certain communication ports (comparable to UDP ports) on
the device. Certain proprietary systems (for example, the Wireless
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Application Protocol [WAP]) define configuration messages that may be
used to reconfigure the devices remotely. Any SMS client SHOULD make
sure that malicious use of such messages is not possible, for example
by filtering out certain SMS User Data headers. Gateways that accept
SMS messages e.g. in e-mail messages or web forms and pass them on to
an SMSC SHOULD implement this kind of 'firewalling' approach as well.
Because the narrow bandwidth of the SMS communications channel, there
should also be checks in place for excessively long concatenated
messages. As an example, it may take two minutes to transfer thirty
concatenated text messages.
Unchecked input from a user MUST NOT be used to populate any other
fields in a Short Message other than the User Data field (not
including the User Data Header field). All other parts, including
the User Data Header, of the Short Message should be generated by
trusted means.
By including SMS URIs in unsolicited messages (aka "spam") or other
types of advertising, the originator of the SMS URIs may attempt to
reveal an individual's phone number and/or to link the identity
(i.e., e-mail address) used for messaging with the identity (i.e.,
phone number) used for the mobile phone. This attempt to collect
information may be a privacy issue, and users agents MAY users make
aware of that risk before composing or sending SMS messages.
4. Change Log
This section will not be part of the final RFC text, it serves as a
container to collect the history of the individual draft versions.
4.1. From -10 to -11
o RFC 2234 (ABNF) has been obsoleted by [RFC4234].
o Added new security issue in Section Section 3.
o Updated reference information for [SMS] and [SMS-CHAR].
o Minor textual changes.
4.2. From -09 to -10
o Changed IPR clause from RFC 3667 to RFC 3978 (updated version of
RFC 3667).
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4.3. From -08 to -09
o No changes, re-release for alignment with draft-wilde-sms-uri.
4.4. From -07 to -08
o No changes, re-release for alignment with draft-wilde-sms-uri.
4.5. From -06 to -07
o Changed IPR clause from RFC 2026 to RFC 3667 (updated version of
RFC 2026).
4.6. From -05 to -06
o Updated reference from draft-allocchio-gstn-05 to RFC 3601.
4.7. From -04 to -05
o No changes, re-release for alignment with draft-wilde-sms-uri.
4.8. From -03 to -04
o Updated reference to draft-allocchio-gstn (to revision -05).
4.9. From -02 to -03
o Changed ordering of "change Log" section (descending to
ascending).
o Fixed some spelling errors.
4.10. From -01 to -02
o Removed address specification for X.400 SMS from ABNF
(surprisingly not part of the SMS spec).
o Added some explanatory text about character set mapping for SMS
messages.
o Added text requiring the use of message class 1 for sending SMS
messages.
4.11. From -00 to -01
o Added a number of new security considerations.
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o Added the "PID" qualif-type1 keyword and the section about "SMS
Telematic Interworking" Section 1.2.3.
5. References
5.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2156] Kille, S., "MIXER (Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay):
Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822/MIME", RFC 2156,
January 1998.
[RFC2822] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Format", RFC 2822,
April 2001.
[RFC3191] Allocchio, C., "Minimal GSTN address format in Internet
Mail", RFC 3191, October 2001.
[RFC3601] Allocchio, C., "Text string notation for Dial Sequences
and GSTN / E.164 addresses", RFC 3601, September 2003.
[RFC4234] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
Specifications: ABNF", RFC 4234, October 2005.
[SMS] European Telecommunications Standards Institute, "3GPP TS
03.40 (Version 7.5.0 Release 1998): 3rd Generation
Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group
Terminals; Technical realization of the Short Message
Service (SMS)", December 2001, <http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/
Specs/archive/03_series/03.40/0340-750.zip>.
[SMS-CHAR]
European Telecommunications Standards Institute, "TS 100
900 (GSM 03.38 version 7.2.0 Release 1998): Digital
Cellular Telecommunications System (Phase 2+); Alphabets
and language-specific information", July 1999, <http://
www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/03_series/03.38/
0338-720.zip>.
[draft-wilde-sms-service-11]
Wilde, E., "Registration of GSTN SMS Service Qualifier",
draft-wilde-sms-service-11 (work in progress), Aug 2005.
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5.2. Non-Normative References
[RFC2629] Rose, M., "Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML", RFC 2629,
June 1999.
[WAP] WAP Forum, "Wireless Application Protocol - Architecture
Specification (WAP-210-WAPArch-20010712)", July 2001.
Appendix A. Where to send Comments
Please send all comments and questions concerning this document to
Erik Wilde.
Appendix B. Acknowledgements
This document has been prepared using the IETF document DTD described
in RFC 2629 [RFC2629].
Thanks to Claudio Allocchio and Antti Vaha-Sipila for their comments.
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Author's Address
Erik Wilde
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Zentrum
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone: +41-44-6325132
Email: erik.wilde@dret.net
URI: http://dret.net/netdret/
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