Mmsc may also support a persistent message store

• MMSC may also support a persistent message store where users can store messages
persistently in their MMBoxes.
• MMSC may rely on the WAP content negotiation mechanism to adapt multimedia messages to
the capabilities of receiving devices.
MMS Client MMS-enabled mobile devices and which offers the following features:
– Management of message, notification and reports
– Message composition
– Message rendering
– Configuration of MMS preferences and connectivity parameters
– Handling of a remote message box
Transcoder
• The MMSC can request an external Transcoder to convert media objects to other content types
(content adaptation to recipient capabilities).
• The Standard Transcoding Interface (STI) bridging the MMSC and the Transcoder is based
on:
– Messages (business logic in the Transcoder) – Media objects (business logic in the MMSC)
• Two classes of degradation due to transcoding activities:
– Minor degradation – Major degradation

User repository
• The user directory can be a database internal or
external to the MMSC.
• External repositories are typically implemented as
LDAP directories .
• For large networks, the user repository can hold
information for several millions MMS subscribers.

Mobile communication refers to a form of communication which does not depend on a physical
connection between the sender and receiver and who may move from one physical location to
another during communication.