Mobile-to-mobile IM: a real time chatting system for GPRS networks

Abstract

There are a number of Internet based instant messengers and mobile-to-Internet instant messengers but there is no such publication addressing mobile-to-mobile instant messaging solution for wireless text based communication through General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) networks without involving Internet based servers. This paper addresses recent research and development efforts in constructing wireless real-time chat server/client through GPRS networks. It discusses the server and client system architecture, design, and technologies. The paper demonstrates an application example of real-time chat server/client and addresses the development-time and implementation-time experiences