METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGES IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

The present invention provides a method for transmitting messages in a telecommunications network, in which a first message service and a second message service are available. Dedicated messages of the first message service are sent, using messages of the second message service. The method of the present invention has the particular advantage, that an optimized transmission scheme can be maintained for the dedicated messages of the first message service,

主权项

1. A method for transmitting multimedia messages of a multimedia message service using short messages of a short message service in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
embedding a multimedia message within a data portion of a short message, the data portion following a header portion of the short message; including in said short message a first identifier indicating that said multimedia message is present in said data portion; including in the data portion of the short message a second identifier indicating a type of said multimedia message; and transmitting the short message to a receiver.