Know all about SMS Technology / Modems and its related facts

Contents at a Glance

• 1. Introduction to SMS Messaging
• 2. What Makes SMS Messaging So Successful Worldwide?
• 3. Example Applications of SMS Messaging
• 4. What is an SMS Center / SMSC?
• 5. Basic Concepts of SMS Technology
• 6. Intra-operator SMS Messages
• 7. Inter-operator SMS Messages
• 8. International SMS Messages
• 9. What is an SMS Gateway?
• 10. How to Send SMS Messages from a Computer / PC?
• 11. How to Receive SMS Messages Using a Computer / PC?
• 12. Introduction to GSM / GPRS Wireless Modems
• 13. How to Use Microsoft HyperTerminal to Send AT Commands to a Mobile Phone or GSM/GPRS Modem?
• 14. Introduction to AT Commands
• 15. General Syntax of Extended AT Commands
• 16. Result Codes of AT Commands
• 17. AT Command Operations: Test, Set, Read and Execution
• 18. Testing the Communication between the PC and GSM/GPRS Modem or Mobile Phone
• 19. Checking if the GSM/GPRS Modem or Mobile Phone Supports the Use of AT Commands to Send, Receive and Read SMS Messages
• 20. Operating Mode: SMS Text Mode and SMS PDU Mode
• 21. Setting or Reading the Service Center Address / SMSC Address (AT+CSCA)
• 22. Preferred Message Storage (AT+CPMS)
• 23. Writing SMS Messages to Memory / Message Storage (AT+CMGW)
• 24. Deleting SMS Messages from Message Storage (AT+CMGD)
• 25. Sending SMS Messages from a Computer / PC Using AT Commands (AT+CMGS, AT+CMSS)
• 26. Reading SMS Messages from a Message Storage Area Using AT Commands (AT+CMGR, AT+CMGL)