Fortnightly News Letter From IT Desk
Vol. II. Issue –VII. Technology that gears movement of Cargo. May 01, 2002
Short Message Service: What, How and Where?
How does SMS work
Introduction
Short message service is a mechanism of
delivery of short messages over the mobile
n e t w o r k s . I t i s a s t o r e a n d f o r wa r d w a y o f
transmitting messages to and from mobiles.
The first short message was sent in December
1992 from a Personal Computer (PC) to a
mobile phone on the Vodafone GSM network
i n t h e U K . T h e m e s s a g e ( t e xt o n l y ) f r o m t h e
sending mobile is stored in a central short
message center (S MS) which then forwards it
to the destination mobile. This means that in
the case that the recipient is not available, the
short message is stored and can be sent later.
These characters can be text (alphanumeric)
or binar y Non-Text Short messages. An
interesting feature of SMS is return receipts.
Since
SMS
used
signaling
channel
as
opposed
to
dedicated
channels,
these
messages can be sent/received simultaneously
with the voice/data/fax service over a GSM
network.
SMS
supports
national
and
international roaming . W ith the PCS net works
based on all t he three technologies, GS M,
CDMA and TDMA supporting S MS, SMS is
more or less a universal mobile data service.
Note: The actual limit of size of SMS is 160
characters if Latin alphabets are used. If non Latin alphabets like Chinese or Arabic are
used, the limit is 70 characters.
Application
 Exchanging small messages like "See you at
8.30 tonight at xyz". SMS is much cheaper than
calling some one and giving the same message.
 Information
services
like
news,
entertainment and stock prices etc.
weather,
 Mobile chatting is one more hot application of
SMS
 SMS can be used to notify users that they have
received new voice-mail or fax messages.
O2O
The figure below shows a typical organization of network elements in a
GSM network supporting SMS.
The SMC (Short Message Center) is the entity, which does the job of
store and forward of messages to and from the mobile station. The
SME (Short Message Entity), which can be located in the fixed
network or a mobile station, receives and sends short messages.
The SMS GWMS (SMS gateway MSC) is a gateway MSC that can
also receive short messages. The gateway MSC is a mobile network’s
point of contact with other networks. On receiving the short message
from the short message center, GMSC uses the SS7 network to
interrogate the current position of the mobile station form the HLR, the
home location register.
HLR is the main database in a mobile network. It holds information of
the subscription profile of the mobile and also about the routing
information for the subscriber, i.e. the area (covered by a MSC) where
the mobile is currently situated. The GMSC is thus able to pass on
the message to the correct MSC.
MSC (Mobile Switching Center) is the entity in a GSM network, which
does the job of switching connections between mobile stations or
between mobile stations and the fixed network.
A VLR (Visitor Location Register) corresponds to each MSC and
contains temporary information about the mobile, information like
mobile identification and the cell (or a group of cells) where the mobile
is currently situated. Using information form the VLR the MSC is able
to switch the information (short message) to the corresponding BSS
(Base Station System, BSC + BTSs), which transmits the short
message to the mobile. The BSS consists of transceivers, which
send and receive information over the air interface, to and from the
mobile station. This information is passed over the signaling channels
so the mobile can receive messages even if a voice or data call is
going on.
TCI New Arrival
 Always use FTPT1103/ftp.exe to upload and
download the file automatically, do not send the
file manually in WS-FTP
 If any problem regarding transfer of file, contact
to your region then to CRPO.
 Prepare the CBS on daily basis and send data
to CRPO.
 TRUCK TRACKING SOFTWARE: Information of trucks, which will
be arriving at your end, will be moving from corporate to all.
 LOAD STATISTIC: For TPT to have an idea of Destn/Route wise
load lying in the gowdown and which will arrive for the planning of
trucks.
 Stoppage Of Month End data in dbf
Any Queries should be forwarded to Editor: Swastika Johorey
Phone: 0124-6381603(5 lines), Fax:0124-6381611, Email: s.johorey@xpscargo.com
Your Attention Please!!!
 It has been observed that no controlling is copying
the latest versions sent by CRPO, which creates a
lot of unnecessary confusions.
 Region consolidation has been implemented at
AHRO. We are thankful to Mr. Rangarajan (RM) /
Mr. Rajesh Chandra (RO) for giving their full
support in implementing the same.
 Regularly send OTO data
 Daily CBS Preparation
 It has been notice that VTS Card Number is not
being entered in the challan in most of the
branches. Please ensure that it must be filled up.
 LHC: Even after so many reminders LHC printing
is not started at 90% of branches. Please ensure
that it must start immediately. In case of any
problem mail at suman.urs@tcil.com.
 Automatic dump creation while preparing
CBS.
 BIPS  Branch Information Processing
System in visual basic has replaced IFPS –
Branch System. We are thankful to Mr. Nandi
for his full support in implementing the same.
 Take the backup of Oracle Server (entire database) at
least thrice in a week and one copy of it should be kept on
client machine also.
 Any query related to
vikas.marwah@tcil.com.
this
should
be
forwarded
to
 The
VSAT related complaint should be logged at
isgcs@hughes-ecomm.com
and
C.C
to
mohan.shah@tcil.com OR Phone to 0124 – 6346081/82,
6343680, 6455334/337
 Any
kind of problems/query
sudesh.jain@tcil.com.
 Track your consignment of www.tcil.com and send
feedback of it.
should
be
directed
to
1) Bill, MR number restructured and the new software incorporating all these changes has already been sent to you along
with the instructions.
Bill Structure (=9 Digits) is as follows
R
1
C
1
O
1
TYPE
1
2
3
4
5
6
+
TY
1
DESC
PE
1
+
SE
1
RI
1
MR structure (=9 Digits) is as follows
AL
1
NO
1
BILLNO (e.g.)
FREIGHT
110310001
SUPPLIMENTRY
110320001
BOD
110330001
OCTROI
110340001
FREIGHT+OCTROI
110350001
BOD+OCTROI
110360001
*R -> Region code, *C ->Controlling code
2) POD/DWB/challan/DBR data should be sent regularly
and should be taken on priority basis. If there is some
problem faced in this regard, please let us know
immediately so that it can be solved.
3) Data to be sent through FTP only, and according to
your time schedule as given in previous issues of
Information Update.
4) TCR: As soon as a trip is complete for a Particular Tr ip
Sheet, the origin station will enter the trip completion date
and generate a report for each Trip Sheet (TRIP CLOSURE
REPORT) showing details like Start Date, End Date, Total
Pkgs, Total Weight, Advance amount taken, etc . There
will be 2 Copies, one for vendor and another for TCS.
Based on this (TCR), the Cashier has to make the payment.
The TCS Payment is taken care of by the System itself.
That is, On the 30th day from the TCS End Date, the
system will make the Payment and same will reflected in
the CBS.
R
1
C
1
O
1
TYPE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
+
TY
1
PE
1
+
SE
1
DESC
FREIGHT
MISC
BOD
OCTROI
FREIGHT+OCTROI
BOD+OCTROI
ZERO MR
BCS
BCS O A/C
RI
1
AL
1
NO
1
MR NO
110210001
110220001
110230001
110240001
110250001
110260001
110270001
110280001
110290001
Tight Spot:
Reason
 Revenue Leakage and no exception details (Reason code)
in case of undelivered.
 Duplicate MR against a docket without one of it getting
cancelled.
Action
Multiple POD modules developed for entering the delivery and
non-delivery details of the dockets in a PDC.
The user has to enter the PDC number and if the POD entry
has not been done its details are shown and delivery and nondelivery reasons are to be filled along with the amount actually
received.
If the docket is not delivered the MR against th at dockets
gets cancelled automatically and the BA commission becomes 0
against that particular docket. A fresh MR is prepared for that
docket before the PDC is made again.
If the amount received does not tally with the MR amount
the less amount is deducted from the BA (BA deduction) .the
user cannot come out of entry mode unless and until the user
feeds in the mandatory details for all the consignments in a
PDC.
If the docket whose POD Entry is being done is a COD Docket
then the system asks for the COD Details and is compulsory.
But, Payment for any TCS, can be made any day, after
TCS end date and within 30 days from the TCS due date.
Path – (for oracle) Menu Cargo Management  Delivery
Multiple POD
5) Any kind of problems/query should be directed to
k.bhattacharjee@xpscargo.com.
Once POD entry has been done for the PDC, the system does
not allow the user to do the POD entry again.
Any Queries should be forwarded to Editor: Swastika Johorey
Phone: 0124-6381603(5 lines), Fax:0124-6381611, Email: s.johorey@xpscargo.com