SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A COMPOSITE SMS MESSAGE FROM MULTIPLE SMS MESSAGES

摘要

A method of constructing a composite message from multiple SMS messages in a wireless communication system. The method uses a novel SMS message format including a message body (250) and a preamble (260) preceding the message body. The preamble has a header (262) indicating that the current message is a constituent portion of a composite SMS message. The preamble also has a first byte (264) comprising an SMS message ID number, a second byte (266) indicating the total number of constituent message portions of the composite SMS message, and a third byte (268) indicating the position of the current message within the composite SMS message.