Re: USSD Center

Hi,
see answers between the lines

aarno
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shridhar Raju" <[email protected]>
To: "Kannel Developers" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:21 AM
Subject: USSD Center


> Hi,
>
> I have applied USSDC patch for CIMD2 protocol given to me by Aarno. I used
> test_cimd2 for testing gateway like this
>
> #./test_cimd2 --activity 1 --logging 1
>
> We have been successful with login  and submit using above test tool.
>
> <STX>01:001<TAB>010:foo<TAB>011:bar<TAB><ETX>
> <STX>51:001<TAB>3C<ETX>
>
<STX>03:003<TAB>021:12345<TAB>056:0<TAB>045:600<TAB>033:testing<TAB>67<ETX>
> <STX>53:003<TAB>021:12345<TAB>060:020503102610<TAB>42<ETX>
>

This is a start, yes.

> Now, we are planning for deliver message operation, but we don't know what
> parameters does a USSD center sends and what kannel expects. Can somebody
> clarify in this regard.

USSD is not store-and-forward network, so paraters related to this are
missing.
USSD has parameter session-length, which tells how connection will be open.
You
must set this (it maximum value is 600 seconds).

>
> In SMSC scenario, sms services are keyword based, but USSD scenario what
> will it be. CIMD  specifies service code parameter, is it same as *123#
code
> that user has to dial. So the question is, how to develop services in USSD
> scenario.

What parameter do you mean ?

Aarno