Hughes BGAN 9201, User Manual

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BGAN Terminal User's Guide
M
ESSAGING
S
ERVICES
S
HORT
M
ESSAGE
S
ERVICE
(SMS)
VIA
MMI
The BGAN Satellite IP Modem supports Short Message Service (SMS)
capabilities. The Short Message Service handles point-to-point
messages and comprises two basic services:
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SM MT (Short Message Mobile Terminated)
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SM MO (Short Message Mobile Originated).
The text messages to be transferred by SM MT or SM MO can contain
up to 140 octets. The number of bytes actually transmitted within an
SMS message is dependent on the message size.
;
Note
SMS Messages can be read, edited, created, and sent
via the SMS Application in the MMI. You cannot access
SMS from an ISDN Handset or any other ISDN equipment.
D
ATA
S
ERVICES
[GLC16]
LaunchPad provides a variety of connection options to help ensure
that all your data requirements are met. LaunchPad is configured
with five connections by default. You can edit these default
connections or add to them by setting up any number of
customized connections, called dedicated connections, using a
simple to use configuration tool.
D
EFAULT
C
ONNECTIONS
Of the five default types of data connections available from the
launch bar, there are one standard and four streaming.
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Standard: A standard connection is charged per Mb. You are
charged only for the transmitted data. The bandwidth you
are allocated depends on terminal type and network
availability, but is always ‘best effort’, that is, you are
allocated bandwidth depending on your requirements and
the requirements of other users of the BGAN network, or