A quantitative analysis of the Quality of Service of Short Message Service in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Canlas, Marnelli, Cruz, Kristoffer Paolo, Dimarucut, Ma. Kristle, Uyengco, Patrick, Tangonan, Gregory L, Guico, Maria Leonora, Libatique, Nathaniel Joseph C, Pineda, Cesar S
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2011
• Subjects: Quality of service; Equations; Delay effects; Mathematical model; Indexes; Message service; Telecommunication standards; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Systems and Communications
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/ecce-faculty-pubs/51; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5686480
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We report the first measurements of the Quality of Service of Short Message Service provided by the three carriers in the Philippines where prepaid 2G systems are running at 90% capacity most of the time. We measured message completion rate, delay times, and billing accuracy for both ordinary and hi...