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+Network Working Group J. Wong, Ed.
+Request for Comments: 4416 Nortel Networks
+Category: Informational February 2006
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+ Goals for Internet Email to Support Diverse Service Environments
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+Status of This Memo
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+ This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
+ not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
+ memo is unlimited.
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+Copyright Notice
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+ Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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+Abstract
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+ This document is a history capturing the background, motivation and
+ thinking during the LEMONADE definition and design process.
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+ The LEMONADE Working Group -- Internet email to support diverse
+ service environments -- is chartered to provide enhancements to
+ Internet mail to facilitate its use by more diverse clients. In
+ particular, by clients on hosts not only operating in environments
+ with high latency/bandwidth-limited unreliable links but also
+ constrained to limited resources. The enhanced mail must be
+ backwards compatible with existing Internet mail.
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+ The primary motivation for this effort is -- by making Internet mail
+ protocols richer and more adaptable to varied media and environments
+ -- to allow mobile handheld devices tetherless access to Internet
+ mail using only IETF mail protocols.
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+ The requirements for these devices drive a discussion of the possible
+ protocol enhancements needed to support multimedia messaging on
+ limited-capability hosts in diverse service environments. A list of
+ general principles to guide the design of the enhanced messaging
+ protocols is documented. Finally, additional issues of providing
+ seamless service between enhanced Internet mail and the existing
+ separate mobile messaging infrastructure are briefly listed.
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+Table of Contents
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+ 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
+ 3. Messaging Terminology and Simple Model (Client-to-Server
+ Aspect Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
+ 3.1. Messaging Transaction Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
+ 3.2. Mobile Messaging Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 3.2.1. Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 3.2.2. Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 3.2.3. Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 4. Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 4.1. Existing Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 4.1.1. Voice Messaging (VPIMv2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 4.1.2. iFax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
+ 4.1.3. Internet Voice Mail (IVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
+ 4.2. Putative Client Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
+ 4.2.1. TUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
+ 4.2.2. Multi-Modal Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
+ 4.2.3. WUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
+ 5. General Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.1. Protocol Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.1.1. Reuse Existing Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.1.2. Maintain Existing Protocol Integrity . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.2. Sensible Reception/Sending Context . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.2.1. Reception Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.2.2. Sending Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 5.3. Internet Infrastructure Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . 14
+ 5.4. Voice Requirements (Near Real-Time Delivery) . . . . . . . 14
+ 5.5. Fax Requirements (Guaranteed Delivery) . . . . . . . . . . 14
+ 5.6. Video Requirements (Scalable Message Size) . . . . . . . . 14
+ 6. Issues and Requirements: TUI Subset of WUI . . . . . . . . . . 14
+ 6.1. Requirements on the Message Retrieval Protocol . . . . . . 14
+ 6.1.1. Performance Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
+ 6.1.2. Functional Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
+ 6.2. Requirements on the Message Submission Protocol . . . . . 18
+ 6.2.1. Forward without Download Support . . . . . . . . . . . 18
+ 6.2.2. Quota by Context Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
+ 6.2.3. Future Delivery Support with Cancel . . . . . . . . . 19
+ 6.2.4. Support for Committed Message Delivery . . . . . . . . 20
+ 6.3. Requirements on Message Notification . . . . . . . . . . . 20
+ 6.3.1. Additional Requirements on Message Notification . . . 21
+ 7. Issues and Requirements: WUI Mobility Aspects . . . . . . . . 21
+ 7.1. Wireless Considerations on Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
+ 7.1.1. Transport Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
+ 7.1.2. Handset-Resident Client Limitations . . . . . . . . . 22
+ 7.1.3. Wireless Bandwidth and Network Utilization
+ Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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+ 7.1.4. Content Display Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
+ 7.2. Requirements to Enable Wireless Device Support . . . . . . 24
+ 7.2.1. Transport Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
+ 7.2.2. Enhanced Mobile Email Functionality . . . . . . . . . 24
+ 7.2.3. Client Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
+ 7.2.4. Bandwidth Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
+ 7.2.5. Media Handling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
+ 8. Interoperation with Existing Mobile Messaging . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.1. Addressing of Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.2. Push Model of Message Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.3. Message Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.4. Operator Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.4.1. Support for End-to-End Delivery Reports and
+ Message-Read Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.4.2. Support for Selective Downloading . . . . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.4.3. Transactions and Operator Charging Units . . . . . . . 27
+ 8.4.4. Network Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
+ 8.5. LEMONADE and MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
+ 9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
+ 10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
+ 10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
+ 10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
+ Appendix A. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
+ Appendix B. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
+ Appendix C. IAB Note: Unified Notification Protocol
+ Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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+1. Introduction
+
+ Historically, a number of separate electronic messaging systems
+ originated and evolved independently supporting different messaging
+ modes. For example:
+
+ o Internet mail systems ([4], [10], [25]) evolved to support
+ networked computers with messages consisting of rich text plus
+ attachments.
+ o Voice mail systems utilized a client with a telephone-based or an
+ answering machine style of user interface. The telephone network
+ was used for transport of recorded voice messages.
+ o Fax store-and-forward users interface with a fax machine using a
+ modified telephone-based interface. Fax machines use the
+ telephone network for transport of fax data via modems.
+ o SMS (Short Message Service) [58] enabled users to send short text
+ messages between their cellular phones using the SS7 call control
+ infrastructure ([60], [61], [63], [64], [65]) for transport.
+
+ In the recent past, IETF mail standards have evolved to support
+ additional/merged functionality:
+
+ o With MIME ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [28]), Internet mail transport
+ was enhanced to carry any kind of digital data
+ o Internet mail protocols were extended and profiled by VPIM ([13],
+ [14], [15], [34]) and iFAX ([16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21],
+ [23]) so that enabled voice mail systems and fax machines could
+ use the common email infrastructure to carry their messages over
+ the Internet as an alternative to the telephone network. These
+ enhancements were such that the user's experience of reliability,
+ security, and responsiveness was not diminished by transport over
+ the Internet.
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+ These successes -- making Internet mail transport the common
+ infrastructure supporting what were separate messaging universes --
+ have encouraged a new vision: to provide, over the Internet, a single
+ infrastructure, mailbox, and set of protocols for a user to get,
+ respond to, and manipulate all of his or her messages from a
+ collection of clients with varying capabilities, operating in diverse
+ environments ([46],[47]).
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+ The LEMONADE effort -- Internet email to support diverse service
+ environments -- realizes this vision further by enabling Internet
+ mail support for mobile devices and facilitating its interoperability
+ with the existing mobile messaging universe.
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+ In the recent past, the evolution of messaging standards for
+ resource-limited mobile devices has been rapid:
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+ o In the cellular space, SMS was enhanced to EMS (Extended Message
+ Service) [59] allowing longer text messages, images, and graphics.
+ With an even richer feature set, MMS (Multimedia Messaging
+ Service) ([43], [52], [53], [56], [57]) was developed as a
+ lightweight access mechanism for the transmission of pictures,
+ audio, and motion pictures. MMS protocols are based in part on
+ Internet standards (both messaging and web [24]) as well as SMS.
+ The cellular messaging universe is a separate infrastructure
+ adapted to deliver appropriate functionality in a timely and
+ effective manner to a special environment.
+ o As well, the number of different mobile clients that need to be
+ supported keeps proliferating. (e.g., besides cellular phones
+ there are wireless-enabled PDAs, tablet computers, etc.)
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+ These resource-limited mobile devices are less powerful both in
+ processing speed and display capabilities than conventional
+ computers. They are also connected to the network by wireless links
+ whose bandwidth and reliability are lower, latency is longer, and
+ costs are higher than those of traditional wire-line links, hence the
+ stress on the need to support adaptation to a whole different service
+ environment.
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+ This document collects a number the issues impeding Internet mail
+ protocols from directly supporting the mobile service environment.
+ Considerations arising from these issues are documented, and in some
+ cases possible approaches to solutions are suggested. It turns out
+ that the enhancements to support mobile clients also offer benefits
+ for some terminals in other environments. In particular, the
+ enhancements address the needs of the following diverse clients:
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+ o A wireless handheld device with an email client -- a Wireless User
+ Interface (WUI) mode of user interaction is dictated by the
+ constraints of the mobile wireless handheld operating environment.
+ o Telephone-based voice client -- a Telephone User Interface (TUI),
+ this is the user mode offered by a POTS set
+ * This is a subset of the WUI and is useful in other contexts.
+ o A multi-modal messaging client providing a coordinated messaging
+ session using display and audio modes simultaneously. (e.g., a
+ system consisting of a PC with a phone, or a wireless phone with
+ both a voice circuit and data channel requiring coordination).
+ * This is also a subset of the WUI and is useful in other
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+ The rest of this document is structured as follows:
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+ o A brief survey of messaging profiles - both existing and proposed.
+ o A list of principles to be used to guide the design of Internet
+ Messaging for diverse service environments.
+ o Detailed discussion on enhancements to Internet mail protocols to
+ support WUIs.
+ o Some issues relating to the interoperation of enhanced Internet
+ mail and the existing mobile messaging services.
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+2. Conventions Used in This Document
+
+ This document refers generically to the sender of a message in the
+ masculine (he/him/his) and to the recipient of the message in the
+ feminine (she/her/hers). This convention is purely for convenience
+ and makes no assumption about the gender of a message sender or
+ recipient.
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+ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
+ "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
+ document are to be interpreted as described in RFC2119 [1].
+
+3. Messaging Terminology and Simple Model (Client-to-Server Aspect
+ Only)
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+ In the client-server model prevalent in existing messaging
+ architectures, the client, also known as a "user agent", presents
+ messages to and accepts messages from the user. The server, also
+ known as a "relay/server" or a "proxy-relay", provides storage and
+ delivery of messages.
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+ For a definitive description of Internet mail architecture, see [42].
+
+3.1. Messaging Transaction Models
+
+ There are two basic transactional models. In the "pull" model, the
+ component, rather than the data flow, initiates the transaction. For
+ example, a client may initiate a connection to a server and issue
+ requests to the server to deliver incoming messages. Conventional
+ email clients, web-mail clients, and WAP-based mobile clients use the
+ "pull" model.
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+ The "push" model differs in that the component initiating the
+ transaction does so because of some data flow affecting it. For
+ example, the arrival of a new message at the terminating server may
+ cause a notification to be sent ("pushed") to a messaging client.
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+ The most common functions are: "submission", "notification", and
+ "retrieval". There may be other functions, such as "delivery
+ reports", "read-reply reports", "forwarding", "view mailbox", "store
+ message", etc. Each of these transactions can be implemented in
+ either a pull or push model. However, some transactions are more
+ naturally suited to one model or another.
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+ The following figure depicts a simple client-server model (no server-
+ to-server interactions are shown):
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+ (1) Message submission
+ (2) Message notification
+ (3) & (4) Message retrieval
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+ +-------+ +------+ +-------+
+ |Mail |-------(1)------>| |-----------(2)-------->|Mail |
+ |Client | Submit msg | | Notification /|Client |
+ +-------+ | | / +--+----+
+ | | / ^
+ | |<----------(3)-----+ /
+ |Server| Retrieval request /
+ | | /
+ | | /
+ | |-----------(4)-------+
+ | | Retrieval response
+ | |
+ +------+
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+ Simple Messaging Model
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+3.2.1. Submission
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+ "Submission" is the transaction between a client and a server by
+ which the user of the former sends a new message to another user.
+ Submission is a push from client to server.
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+3.2.2. Notification
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+ "Notification" is the transaction by which the server notifies the
+ client that it has received messages intended for that client.
+ Notification is a push from server to client.
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+ All the larger mobile messaging systems implement a push model for
+ the notification because data can be presented to the user without
+ the user's experiencing network/transport latencies, and without
+ tying up network resources for polling when there is no new data.
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+ Internet mail differs in that it has not yet seen the need for a
+ standardized notification protocol.
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+3.2.3. Retrieval
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+ "Retrieval" is the transaction between a client and a server by which
+ the client can obtain one or more messages from the server.
+ Retrieval can be push or pull.
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+ Implemented in some mobile systems as an option, the push model has
+ the advantage that the user is not necessarily aware of transport or
+ network latencies.
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+ The pull model, implemented in most systems (mobile or conventional),
+ has the advantage that the user can control what data is actually
+ sent to and stored by the client.
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+4. Profiles
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+ Internet messaging can be made to support a variety of client and
+ server types other than traditional email. The clients may be
+ adapted for host restrictions such as limited processing power,
+ message store, display window size, etc. Alternatively, clients may
+ be adapted for different functionality (e.g., voice mail, fax, etc.).
+ Servers may support optional mail features that would allow better
+ handling of different media (e.g., voice mail, fax, video, etc.). A
+ number of Internet mail profiles supporting specific application
+ niches have been defined or proposed.
+
+4.1. Existing Profiles
+
+ The following are examples of server-to-server profiles of SMTP and
+ MIME. Except for IVM, they do not address client-to-server
+ interactions.
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+4.1.1. Voice Messaging (VPIMv2)
+
+ These profiles, RFC3801 [13] to RFC3803 [15], enable the transport of
+ voice messages using the Internet mail system. The main driver for
+ this work was support of IP transport for voice mail systems. As
+ voice mail clients are accustomed to a higher degree of
+ responsiveness and certainty as to message delivery, the
+ functionality added by VPIMv2 includes Message Disposition
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+ Notification and Delivery Status Message ([12], [3]). Voice media
+ has also been added to multi-part message bodies.
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+4.1.2. iFax
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+ This set of profiles ([16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]) enables the
+ transport of fax using Internet mail protocols. This work defined
+ the image/tiff MIME type. Support for fax clients also required
+ extensions to Message Delivery Notification.
+
+4.1.3. Internet Voice Mail (IVM) [34]
+
+ This proposed mail enhancement (whose requirements are described in
+ RFC 3773 [30]) targets support for the interchange of voice messaging
+ between the diverse components (clients as well as servers) in
+ systems supporting voice mail.
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+4.2. Putative Client Profiles
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+4.2.1. TUI
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+ It is desirable to replace proprietary protocols between telephone
+ user interface clients and message stores with standards-based
+ interfaces. The proprietary protocols were created to provide media-
+ aware capabilities as well as to provide the low-latency required by
+ some messaging applications.
+
+ An example of a TUI client is a voice mail client. Because a POTS
+ phone lacks any intelligence, the voice mail client functionality has
+ to be provided by a user agent networked to the mail server. The
+ main architectural difference between a conventional voice mail
+ system and an Internet messaging system supporting a TUI is that the
+ voice mail system uses a specialized message store and protocols.
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+ The following figure depicts the architecture of current voice mail
+ systems implementing VPIMv2:
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+ |-------------|
+ |-------| RFC-822/MIME | |
+ | | |---------------------------| MTA |
+ | | | mail submission -> | |(E)SMTP
+ Telephone--|TUI|TUA| |------| |-----to
+ | | | Proprietary Protocol | | |another
+ | | |---------------------------| MS | | email
+ |-------| < - mail retrieval | | | server
+ |-------------|
+ mail client email server
+
+ |----------------voice messaging system -------------|
+
+ Mail client consists of: TUI (Telephone User Interface) and
+ TUA (Telephone User Agent)
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+ Communication between TUI and TUA is proprietary.
+
+ Email server consists of: MS (Mail Store) and
+ MTA (Message Transfer Agent)
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+ Communication between MS and MTA is proprietary.
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+ It is proposed that the Proprietary Protocol be replaced with an IETF
+ standard protocol:
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+ |-------------|
+ |-------| RFC-822/MIME | |
+ | | |---------------------------| MTA |
+ | | | mail submission -> | |(E)SMTP
+ Telephone--|TUI|TUA| |------| |-----to
+ | | | IETF protocol | | |another
+ | | |---------------------------| MS | | mail
+ |-------| <- mail retrieval | | | server
+ |-------------|
+ mail client email server
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+ |- voice mail system-| |-mail server-|
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+ Mail client consists of: TUI (Telephone User Interface) and
+ TUA (Telephone User Agent)
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+ Communication between TUI and TUA is proprietary.
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+ Email server consists of: MS (Mail Store) and
+ MTA (Message Transfer Agent)
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+ Communication between MS and MTA is proprietary.
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+4.2.2. Multi-Modal Clients
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+ Multi-modal clients offer the advantage of coordinated voice and data
+ modes of user interaction. Architecturally, the multi-modal client
+ can be considered the union two user agent components -- one a TUI
+ client, the other a simple GUI client. See the next figure. The
+ Graphical User Agent (GUA) helps maintain the text display while the
+ Telephone User Agent (TUA) acts on behalf of the TUI functionality.
+
+ This model is the norm with cellular devices supporting data access
+ because historically they evolved from cell phones to which a data
+ channel was added. The presentation of multiple complementary modes
+ of interaction gives end-users their choice of the most convenient
+ and natural working mode for a particular task. There are other
+ situations where a multi-modal model is appropriate. (For example, a
+ telephone sales unit needs to provide a voice (telephone) mode and
+ conventional desktop PC mode of interaction at the same time in an
+ integrated manner.)
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+ A major issue in the design of multi-modal clients -- the need to
+ synchronize the component user agents making up a client -- is only
+ addressed by LEMONADE to a limited extent in Section 6.3.
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+4.2.3. WUI
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+ The Wireless User Interface is functionally equivalent to a
+ conventional email client on a personal workstation, but is optimized
+ for clients on handheld tetherless devices. Factors needing
+ consideration include limited memory and processing power. Limited
+ bandwidth is also relatively high cost. As already alluded to above,
+ in many cases (e.g., cellular devices), the mobile client is
+ multi-modal. So WUIs can be modeled as resource-and-link-limited
+ multi-modal clients.
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+ These terminals require the use of protocols that minimize the number
+ of over-the-air transactions and reduce the amount of data that need
+ be transmitted over the air overall. Such reduction in over-the-air
+ transmission is a combination of more efficient protocol interaction
+ and richer message presentation choices, whereby a user may more
+ intelligently select what should be downloaded and what should remain
+ on the server.
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+ Although not an explicit goal, providing equivalent or superior
+ functionality to the wireless MMS service [43] (as defined by 3GPP,
+ 3GPP2, and the OMA) is desirable.
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+ |wireless GUI client| email server
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+ (E)SMTP (client-server) |-------------|
+ |-------| RFC-822/MIME | |
+ | | |---------------------------| |
+ | | | mail submission -> | |(E)SMTP
+ -|GUI|GUA| | |-----to
+ | | | | IETF standard protocol |------------ |another
+ | | | |----------------------------to MS below| | mail
+ | |-------| <- mail retrieval |------------ | server
+ | | | |
+ Handheld | | | |
+ Device WUI | | MTA |
+ | | | |
+ | | | |
+ | |-------| RFC-822/MIME | |
+ | | | |---------------------------| |
+ | | | | mail submission -> | |
+ -|TUI|TUA| |------| |
+ | | | IETF standard protocol | | |
+ | | |---------------------------| MS | |
+ |-------| <- mail retrieval | | |
+ |-------------|
+ TUI client voice mail server
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+ |----------------voice messaging system ----------------|
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+ |------WUI-----| |---mail server---|
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+ Wireless GUI client consists of: GUI (Graphical User Interface) and
+ GUA (Graphical User Agent)
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+ Communication between UI and UA is proprietary.
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+ TUI client consists of: TUI (Telephone User Interface) and
+ TUA (Telephone User Agent)
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+ Communication between TUI and TUA is proprietary.
+ Communication between GUA and TUA is proprietary.
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+ Mail (email and voice mail) server consists of:
+ MS (Mail Store) and
+ MTA (Message Transfer Agent)
+
+ Communication between MS and MTA is proprietary.
+
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+5. General Principles
+
+ This is a list of principles to guide the design of extensions for
+ Internet Messaging systems and protocols to support diverse
+ endpoints.
+
+5.1. Protocol Conservation
+
+5.1.1. Reuse Existing Protocols
+
+ To the extent feasible, the enhanced messaging framework SHOULD use
+ existing protocols whenever possible.
+
+5.1.2. Maintain Existing Protocol Integrity
+
+ In meeting the requirement "Reuse Existing Protocols"
+ (Section 5.1.1), the enhanced messaging framework MUST NOT redefine
+ the semantics of an existing protocol.
+
+ Extensions, based on capability declaration by the server, will be
+ used to introduce new functionality where required.
+
+ Said differently, we will not break existing protocols.
+
+5.2. Sensible Reception/Sending Context
+
+5.2.1. Reception Context
+
+ When the user receives a message, that message SHOULD receive the
+ treatment expected by the sender. For example, if the sender
+ believes he is sending a voice message, voice message semantics
+ should prevail to the extent that the receiving client can support
+ such treatment.
+
+5.2.2. Sending Context
+
+ When the user sends a message, he SHOULD be able to specify the
+ message context. That is, whether the network should treat the
+ message as an text message, voice message, video message, etc.
+ Again, this can only be complied with to the extent that the
+ infrastructure and receiving client can provide such treatment. In
+ practice, this would imply that the message should be in the form
+ desired by the sender up to delivery to the receiving client.
+
+
+
+
+
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+5.3. Internet Infrastructure Preservation
+
+ The infrastructure SHOULD change only where required for new
+ functionality. Existing functionality MUST be preserved on the
+ existing infrastructure; that is, all extensions must be backward
+ compatible to allow for the gradual introduction of the enhancements.
+ Messages created in an enhanced messaging context MUST NOT require
+ changes to existing mail clients. However, there may be a
+ degradation in functionality in certain circumstances.
+
+ The enhanced messaging framework MUST be able to handle messages
+ created in a non-enhanced messaging context; for example, a simple,
+ RFC822 [2] text message.
+
+5.4. Voice Requirements (Near Real-Time Delivery)
+
+ On the retrieval side, there are significant real-time requirements
+ for retrieving a message for voice playback. More than any other
+ media type, including video, voice is extremely sensitive to
+ variations in playback latency. The enhanced messaging framework
+ MUST address the real-time needs of voice.
+
+5.5. Fax Requirements (Guaranteed Delivery)
+
+ Fax users have a particular expectation that is a challenge for
+ enhanced Internet messaging. A person who sends a fax expects the
+ recipient to receive the fax upon successful transmission. This
+ clearly is not the case for Internet Mail.
+
+ Addressing this need is not in the scope of LEMONADE.
+
+5.6. Video Requirements (Scalable Message Size)
+
+ Video mail has one outstanding feature: Video messages are
+ potentially large! The enhanced messaging framework MUST scale for
+ very large messages. Streaming from the server to the client, in
+ both directions, MUST be supported.
+
+6. Issues and Requirements: TUI Subset of WUI
+
+6.1. Requirements on the Message Retrieval Protocol
+
+ IMAP [10] is the Internet protocol for rich message retrieval and
+ manipulation. The project MUST limit itself to extending IMAP where
+ necessary and MUST not create a new protocol.
+
+
+
+
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+
+6.1.1. Performance Issues
+
+6.1.1.1. Real-Time Playback
+
+ The real-time playback of a voice message MUST be supported so that
+ the user experience does not differ noticeably from that of a
+ conventional voice messaging system.
+
+ Possible solutions for this include making use of the existing
+ incremental download capability of the IMAP protocol, or utilizing a
+ companion streaming protocol.
+
+ The IMAP protocol itself does not provide streaming by the strict
+ definition of the term. It does provide for the incremental download
+ of content in blocks. Most IMAP clients do not support this behavior
+ and instead download the entire contents into a temporary file to be
+ passed to the application.
+
+ There are several approaches to achieve real-time playback. The
+ first approach is to implement an IMAP client that can pass data
+ incrementally to the application as it is received from the network.
+ The application can then read bytes from the network as needed to
+ maintain a play buffer. Thus, it would not require the full download
+ of contents. This approach may require server-side development to
+ support partial download efficiently (i.e., to avoid re-opening files
+ and positioning to the requested location).
+
+ Alternatively, the client can use the proposed IMAP channel extension
+ [32] to request that the server make the selected content available
+ via an alternate transport mechanism. A client can then ask the
+ server to make the voice data available to the client via a streaming
+ media protocol such as RTSP. This requires support on the client and
+ server of a common streaming protocol.
+
+6.1.1.2. Avoid Content-Transfer-Encoding Data Inflation
+
+ Another important performance optimization is enabling the transport
+ of data using more efficient native coding rather than text-like
+ content-transfer encodings such as "base 64".
+
+ Standard IMAP4 uses a text-based data representation scheme where all
+ data is represented in a form that looks like text; that is, voice
+ data must be encoded using "base 64" into a transport encoding that
+ adds 30% to the size of a message. Downloading or appending large
+ messages to the server already uses substantial bandwidth.
+
+
+
+
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+ Possible Solutions:
+
+ Where IMAP channel is appropriate, the external channel may be binary
+ capable; that is, the external access may not require re-encoding.
+ Mechanisms such as HTTP [24], FTP, or RTSP are available for this
+ download.
+
+ The IMAP binary extension standards proposal [31] extends the IMAP
+ fetch command to retrieve data in the binary form. This is
+ especially useful for large attachments and other binary components.
+ Binary in conjunction with a streaming client implementation may be
+ an attractive alternative to the channel extension.
+
+6.1.2. Functional Issues
+
+6.1.2.1. Mailbox Summary Support
+
+ The common TUI prompt, "you have two new voice messages, six unheard
+ messages, and one new fax message", requires more information than is
+ conveniently made available by current message retrieval protocols.
+
+ The existing IMAP protocol's mailbox status command does not include
+ a count by message context [26] [27]. A possible solution is for the
+ mail server to keep track of these current counters and provide a
+ status command that returns an arbitrary mailbox summary. The IMAP
+ status command provides a count of new and total messages with
+ standardized attributes extracted from the message headers. This
+ predetermined information does not currently include information
+ about the message type. Without additional conventions to the status
+ command, a client would have to download the header for each message
+ to determine its type, a prohibitive cost where latency or bandwidth
+ constraints exist.
+
+6.1.2.2. Sort by Message Context Support
+
+ This functionality is required to present new voice messages first
+ and then new fax messages within a single logical queue as voice
+ mailboxes commonly do. Again, this is a question of convenience and
+ performance. Adequate performance may only be possible if the mail
+ server provides a sort by context or maintains a set of virtual
+ mailboxes (folders) corresponding to message types as for "Mailbox
+ Summary Support", Section 6.1.2.1.
+
+ IMAP does not support this directly. A straightforward solution is
+ to define an extensible sort mechanism for sorting on arbitrary
+ header contents.
+
+
+
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+
+6.1.2.3. Status of Multiple Mailboxes Support
+
+ Extension mailbox support requires the ability to efficiently status
+ a mailbox other than the one currently logged into. This facility is
+ required to support sub-mailboxes, where a common feature is to check
+ whether other sub-mailboxes in the same family group have new
+ messages.
+
+ Current mechanisms are limited to logging into each of set of
+ mailboxes, checking status, logging out, and repeating until all
+ sub-mailboxes are processed.
+
+6.1.2.4. Specialized Mailbox Support
+
+ Applications that provide features such as check receipt, deleted
+ message recovery, resave, and others, require the ability to access
+ messages in predetermined mailboxes with specific behaviors (e.g.,
+ Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items, Expired Items, Drafts).
+
+ IMAP provides only a single standardized folder, the inbox. This
+ functionality does not require new protocol additions per se, but
+ standardized usage and naming conventions are necessary for
+ interoperability. This functionality requires that the server
+ provide the underlying logic to support these special folders,
+ including automatic insertion, scheduled copying, and periodic
+ deletion.
+
+6.1.2.5. CLID Restriction Indication/Preservation
+
+ Many calling features are dependent on collected caller-ID
+ information. Clients -- such as the TUI and other service supporting
+ user agents (e.g., WEB and WAP servers) -- may need trusted access to
+ restricted caller-ID information for such purposes as callback.
+ Untrusted clients must not be permitted to receive this information.
+ A mechanism for establishing "trust" between appropriate clients and
+ the server is required to restrict delivery of this information to
+ the end-user only as allowed.
+
+
+ Further, when messages are sent between servers within a network, a
+ means of communicating trust is needed so that the identity of the
+ sender can be preserved for record-keeping and certain features while
+ ensuring that the identity is not disclosed to the recipient in an
+ inappropriate way.
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+6.1.2.6. Support for Multiple Access to Mailbox
+
+ If the telephone answering application client uses IMAP4 for greeting
+ access and message deposit, it is essential that the server provide
+ support for simultaneous login. It is common in voice mail for an
+ incoming call to be serviced by the telephone answering application
+ client at the same time the subscriber is logged into her mailbox.
+ Further, new applications such as WEB and WAP access to voice mail
+ may entail simultaneous login sessions, one from the TUI client and
+ one from the visual client.
+
+ The existing standard does not preclude multiple accesses to a
+ mailbox, but it does not explicitly require support of the practice.
+ The lack of explicit support requires the server and client to adhere
+ to a common set of practices and behaviors to avoid undesirable and
+ unpredictable behaviors. RFC2180 [29] describes a candidate set of
+ conventions necessary to support this multiple-access technique. It
+ or some other method MUST be standardized as part of LEMONADE.
+
+6.2. Requirements on the Message Submission Protocol [22]
+
+6.2.1. Forward without Download Support
+
+ It is common to forward messages or to reply to messages with a copy
+ of their attached content. Today such forwarding requires the sender
+ to download a complete copy of the original message, attach it to the
+ reply or forward message, and resubmit the result. For large
+ messages, this represents a substantial amount of bandwidth and
+ processing. For clients connected via long-thin pipes, alternatives
+ are required.
+
+ One approach is to define an extension to message submission to
+ request the submission server to resolve embedded URLs within a
+ message before relaying the message to the final destination. This
+ approach is referred to as the pull approach because the message
+ submission server must pull data from the IMAP server.
+
+ Another approach is to add a limited message assembly and submission
+ capability to the IMAP server. This approach muddies the distinction
+ between the message submission protocol and that for message storage
+ and retrieval (IMAP) because now message submission may be a side
+ effect of message store commands. This approach is referred to as
+ the push approach because in this case the IMAP server pushes data to
+ the message submission server.
+
+ A detailed analysis of which of the two approaches is preferable as
+ well as implementation details of both can be found in references
+ [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], and [41].
+
+
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+6.2.2. Quota by Context Enforcement
+
+ It is common in a unified messaging system to offer separate quotas
+ [11] for each of several message contexts to avoid the condition
+ where a flood of email fills the mailbox and prevents the subscriber
+ from receiving voice messages via the telephone. It is necessary to
+ extend the protocols to support the reporting of the "mailbox full"
+ status based on the context of the submitted message.
+
+ An obvious security issue needing consideration is the prevention of
+ the deliberate misidentification of a message context with the
+ intention of overflowing a subscriber's mailbox. It is envisioned
+ that the message submission protocol will require the authentication
+ of trusted submission agents allowing only those so authorized to
+ submit distinguished messages.
+
+ Voice mail system mailboxes commonly contain voice and fax messages.
+ Sometimes, such systems also support email messages (text, text with
+ attachments, and multimedia messages) in addition to voice messages.
+ Similar to the required sort by message context, quota management is
+ also required per message context.
+
+ One possible use case is the prevention of multiple (large) messages
+ of one type (e.g., email messages) from consuming all available
+ quota. Consumption of all quota by one type prevents the delivery of
+ other types (e.g., voice or fax messages) to the mailbox.
+
+ One possible approach is to define a mechanism whereby a trusted
+ client can declare the context of a message for the purpose of
+ utilizing a protected quota. This may be by extensions to the
+ SMTP-submit or LMTP[35] protocols.
+
+6.2.3. Future Delivery Support with Cancel
+
+ Traditionally messages sent with "future delivery" are held in the
+ recipient's client "outbox" or its equivalent until the appointed
+ submission time. Thin clients used with TUIs do not have such
+ persistent storage or may be intermittently connected and must rely
+ upon server-based outbox queues.
+
+ Such support requires extensions to message submission protocols to
+ identify a message as requiring queuing for future delivery.
+ Extensions to IMAP4 or SMTP are required for viewing and manipulating
+ the outbound queue, for such purposes as canceling a future message.
+ Server support for managing such a queue is required so that messages
+ are sent when they are intended.
+
+
+
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+
+ Some of the architectural issues here are the same as those in
+ "Forward without Download Support" (Section 6.2.1).
+
+6.2.4. Support for Committed Message Delivery
+
+ Voice messaging service has provided a high degree of reliability and
+ performance for telephone answering messages. The expectation is
+ that once the caller has hung up, the message is in the mailbox and
+ available for review. The traditional Internet mail architecture
+ suggests these messages should be sent to the mailbox via SMTP. This
+ approach has two limitations. The first and most manageable is that
+ the message forwarding may take more time than is tolerable by the
+ subscriber. The second is that the message may fail to be delivered
+ to the mailbox. Because there is no way to return notice to the
+ caller, the message is "lost".
+
+ The standards community is working on an alternative to SMTP called
+ Local Message Transport Protocol (LMTP[35]). This protocol addresses
+ a number of limitations in SMTP when used to provide atomic delivery
+ to a mailbox. The failure modes in this proposal are carefully
+ controlled, as are issues of per-message quota enforcement and
+ message storage quota-override for designated administrative
+ messages.
+
+ An alternative approach is to misuse the IMAP protocol and use an
+ IMAP-based submission mechanism to deposit a message directly into
+ the recipient's inbox. This append must be done by a special
+ super-user with write permissions into the recipient mailbox.
+ Further, the message store must be able to trigger notification
+ events upon insertion of a message into the mailbox via the Append
+ command. The historic limitation on using IMAP4 for message sending
+ involves the inability of IMAP to communicate a full SMTP envelope.
+ For telephone answering, these limitations are not significant.
+ However, the architectural issues raised by this approach are
+ significant. See "Forward without Download Support" (Section 6.2.1).
+
+6.3. Requirements on Message Notification
+
+ Clients keep local information about the IMAP store. This
+ information must be kept synchronized with the state of the store.
+
+ For example, voice mail systems traditionally notify subscribers of
+ certain events happening in their mailbox. It is common to send an
+ SMS or a pager notification for each message arrival event, message
+ read event, mailbox full event, etc.
+
+
+
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+ When implemented over IMAP-based message stores, the voice mail
+ client needs to be notified about these events. Furthermore, when
+ other applications access/manipulate the store, these events need to
+ be communicated to the mail client. In some cases, the client needs
+ to notify the user immediately. In most cases, it is a question of
+ maintaining client/application consistency. In the case of a
+ multimodal client, it is especially important to provide a means of
+ coordinating the client's different modal views of the state of the
+ store.
+
+ Email systems have traditionally polled to update this information.
+ There may be advantages to an event-driven approach in some cases.
+
+ The standards community is working on a standard for bulk
+ server-to-client status notification. An example of such work is the
+ Simple Notification and Alarm Protocol (SNAP) [45], which defines the
+ expected behavior of the message store for various events, many of
+ them triggered by IMAP commands.
+
+6.3.1. Additional Requirements on Message Notification
+
+ A format for message notification for servers reporting status
+ information to other servers (e.g., IMAP4 server to SMS or pager
+ server) MUST be defined. The method for delivery of these
+ notifications MUST also be specified.
+
+ The design for this MUST take into account the IAB note: "Unified
+ Notification Protocol Considerations" (Appendix C).
+
+7. Issues and Requirements: WUI Mobility Aspects
+
+7.1. Wireless Considerations on Email
+
+7.1.1. Transport Considerations
+
+ Compared to a LAN/WAN configuration or even to a wire-line dial-up
+ connection, the probability of an interruption to a wireless
+ connection is very high.
+
+ Interruptions can be due to handoff, signal fading, or stepping
+ beyond cell coverage.
+
+ In addition, because the mobile handset is also used for other types
+ of communications, there is a relatively high probability that the
+ data session will be interrupted either by incoming voice calls or by
+ "pushed" messages from services such as SMS, MMS, and WAP.
+
+
+
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+ It is also common in these environments that the device's IP address
+ change within a session.
+
+7.1.2. Handset-Resident Client Limitations
+
+ Although the capabilities of wireless handsets are rapidly improving,
+ the wireless handset remains limited in its capability to host email
+ clients. Currently, email access is restricted to only high-end
+ wireless handsets.
+
+ These limitations include:
+
+ o Client size
+ Handset-resident clients are limited in size because either the
+ handset has limited storage space or the handset vendor/network
+ operator has set a limit on the size of client application that
+ can reside on the handset.
+ o Runtime memory
+ Wireless handsets have limited runtime memory for the use of
+ the mobile email client.
+ o CPU Speed
+ Wireless handsets have CPUs that are inferior to those in
+ conventional systems (PCs) that run email clients.
+ o User Interface
+ Handsets have very limited input and output capabilities. Most
+ of them have only a rudimentary keyboard (a keypad) and a
+ rudimentary pointing device (a text cursor).
+
+7.1.3. Wireless Bandwidth and Network Utilization Considerations
+
+7.1.3.1. Low Bandwidth
+
+ 2G mobile networks enabled wireless data communications, but only at
+ very low bandwidths using circuit-switched data. 2.5G and 3G networks
+ improve on this. However, existing email clients require very large
+ files (up to several MBs) -- encountered in multi-media attachments
+ such as presentations, images, voice, and video -- to be downloaded
+ even though mobiles cannot exploit most of the data (because of color
+ depth and screen size limitations). Transferring such large files
+ over the air is of questionable value even when higher wireless
+ bandwidth is available.
+
+7.1.3.2. Price Sensitivity
+
+ In many cases, users of mobile data services are charged by the
+ amount of data (e.g., kilobytes) downloaded to the handset. Most
+ users currently experience a higher per-kilobyte data charge with a
+ wireless service than they do over a wire-line service. Users are
+
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+ sensitive to the premium for wireless service. This results in an
+ unwillingness to download large amounts of unnecessary data to the
+ handset and the desire to be able to download only selected content.
+
+7.1.3.3. File Size Limitations
+
+ In some cases, the size of file that can be transmitted over the air
+ to the handset is limited. This is a consequence of handset
+ limitations (Section 7.1.2), wireless media and bandwidth issues
+ (Section 7.1.1 and Section 7.1.3.1), and price sensitivity
+ (Section 7.1.3.2).
+
+7.1.4. Content Display Considerations
+
+7.1.4.1. Display Size and Capabilities
+
+ Wireless terminals are currently limited in their display size, color
+ depth, and ability to present multimedia elements (i.e., if multiple
+ pictures are sent, the mobile can usually present only one reduced-
+ sized picture element at a time rather than the several picture
+ elements at once in the same display that a conventional PC email
+ client would be able to show). Therefore, many email attachments
+ destined for a mobile may require changes in size, color depth, and
+ presentation method in order to be suitably displayed.
+
+7.1.4.2. Supported Media Formats
+
+ Wireless handsets can only display a limited set of media format
+ types. Although PC clients support a large variety of document types
+ (and allow on-demand "codec"/player download), mobiles have very
+ limited support. (For example, most only support WAV audio and
+ cannot play other formats such as AU, MP3 and AIFF.) Furthermore,
+ although almost all new handsets sold today can display images and
+ sound in some advanced format, support for displaying other media or
+ application-specific formats, such as MS Office (TM), is not expected
+ to be widespread in the near future.
+
+7.1.4.3. Handset Type Variety
+
+ As mentioned above, there are many handset types available in the
+ market, and each has different display capabilities, screen
+ characteristics, and processing capabilities. The mobile email
+ service should be able to support as many handset types as possible.
+
+
+
+
+
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+7.1.4.4. Specific Attachment Display Scenarios
+
+ Handsets are unsuitable for perusing entire lengthy documents or
+ presentations. Rather than go through the whole document, a mobile
+ user is more likely to look at several pages of a document or several
+ slides of a presentation and then take action accordingly (e.g.,
+ forward the email message to another recipient, print it, or leave
+ the document for later retrieval from another device).
+
+ Therefore, there is a need to enable users to download not the entire
+ attachment but rather just a selected part of it. For example, users
+ should be able to download the "Table of Contents" of a document; to
+ search within a document; to download the first slide of a
+ presentation; the next slide of this presentation or a range of
+ slides, etc.
+
+7.2. Requirements to Enable Wireless Device Support
+
+ The following requirements are derived from the considerations
+ mentioned above.
+
+7.2.1. Transport Requirements
+
+ The mobile email protocol must anticipate transient losses of
+ connectivity and allow clients to recover (restore state) from
+ interrupted connections quickly and easily.
+
+ IMAP4 Context
+
+ An IMAP4 connection requires the communication socket to remain up
+ continuously during an email session. In case of transient loss of
+ communications, the connection must be reestablished. It is up to
+ the client to reconnect to the server and return to an equivalent
+ state in the session. This overhead of restoring connections is very
+ costly in response time and additional data transmission.
+
+7.2.2. Enhanced Mobile Email Functionality
+
+7.2.2.1. Forward without Fetch
+
+ To minimize the downloading of data over the air, the user MUST be
+ able to forward a message without initially downloading it entirely
+ or at all to the handset.
+
+ The mobile email protocol MUST support the ability to forward a
+ message without retrieving it.
+
+
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+ This requirement is identical to the TUI requirement described in
+ "Forward Without Download Support" (Section 6.2.1).
+
+7.2.2.2. Media Streaming
+
+ The mobile email protocol MUST provide a solution that will enable
+ media streaming to the wireless handset.
+
+ This requirement is similar to the TUI requirement described in
+ "Real-Time Playback" (Section 6.1.1.1).
+
+7.2.3. Client Requirements
+
+ IMAP4 clients are large because IMAP4 already consists of a complex
+ set of functions (e.g., parsing of a broad variety of MIME formats).
+
+ The mobile email client should be:
+ o Small in size
+ o Efficient in CPU consumption
+ o Efficient in runtime memory consumption
+
+ To enable such extremely thin clients, in developing the mobile email
+ protocol we should consider simplifying the IMAP functionality that
+ handsets need to support. However, any such simplification MUST NOT
+ limit interoperability with full IMAP servers.
+
+7.2.4. Bandwidth Requirements
+
+ The mobile email solution should minimize the amount of data
+ transmitted over the air. There are several ways of pursuing this
+ goal that can be used in conjunction.
+
+ One way is the use of content transcoding and media adaptation by the
+ server before message retrieval in order to optimize the message for
+ the capabilities of the receiving handset.
+
+ Another possible optimization is to make the mobile email protocol
+ itself simple, containing as little overhead as possible.
+
+ A third approach is to minimize the bandwidth usage as described in
+ "Avoid Content-Transfer-Encoding Data Inflation" (Section 6.1.1.2).
+
+7.2.5. Media Handling Requirements
+
+ As described above, wireless devices have limited ability to handle
+ media. Therefore, the server may be have to perform media
+ manipulation activities to enable the terminal to display the data
+ usefully.
+
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+7.2.5.1. Device Capabilities Negotiation
+
+ In order to support the different characteristics and capabilities of
+ the various handset types available in the market correctly, the
+ mobile email protocol must include provision for email content
+ adaptation. For example, the choice of supported file formats, color
+ depth, and screen size. Work on ESMTP transcoding (CONNEG[33]) may
+ address this issue.
+
+7.2.5.2. Adjusting Message Attachments for Handset Abilities
+
+ To support wireless handsets, the server could transcode the message
+ attachments into a representation that is more suitable for that
+ device. This behavior should be based on the device capabilities
+ negotiation as described in "Device Capabilities Negotiation"
+ (Section 7.2.5.1). For example, a device that cannot display GIF
+ format, and can only display WBMP, should get a WBMP image. Devices
+ that cannot display a PDF file should get a text version of the file.
+
+ The handset should control what transcoding, if any, is desired. It
+ should be able to retrieve the original attachment without any
+ changes. In addition, the device should be able to choose between
+ "flavors" of the transcoding. ("Present the content as thumbnail
+ image" is an example of such a specific media manipulation.)
+
+ Again, work on ESMTP transcoding (CONNEG[33]) may address this issue.
+
+7.2.5.3. Handling Attachment Parts
+
+ A desirable feature (but out of scope for the current LEMONADE
+ charter) is to enable users the choice of retrieving parts of an
+ attachment file, not just the entire attachment. The mobile email
+ protocol should include the ability for the retrieving client to
+ specify selected elements of an attachment for download. Such
+ elements can be, for example, specific pages of a document, the
+ "table of contents" of a document, or specific slides of a
+ presentation.
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+8. Interoperation with Existing Mobile Messaging
+
+ LEMONADE's charter includes the specification of how enhanced
+ Internet mail will interoperate with existing mobile messaging
+ services (e.g., MMS) to deliver messages to mobile clients.
+
+8.1. Addressing of Mobile Devices
+
+ E.164 addressing [62] is prevalent in mobile messaging services to
+ address recipient mobiles. Consideration should be given to
+ supporting E.164 addressing for mobile devices in addition to RFC822
+ addressing.
+
+8.2. Push Model of Message Retrieval [49] [50] [51]
+
+ MMS provides a "push" option for message retrieval. The option hides
+ network latencies and reduces the need for user-handheld interaction.
+ If a level of support for mobiles comparable to that of MMS is
+ desired, this mode of operation should be considered.
+
+8.3. Message Notification [44] [55]
+
+ Message notification was alluded to in "Requirements on Message
+ Notification" (Section 6.3). Internet mail has not so far
+ standardized a server-to-client notification protocol although most
+ existing wireless mail systems use notification to avoid needless
+ polling. Client-to-server notification is not within the LEMONADE
+ charter.
+
+8.4. Operator Issues
+
+8.4.1. Support for End-to-End Delivery Reports and Message-Read Reports
+
+ Support for committed delivery is described in Section 6.2.4, but
+ this is different.
+
+8.4.2. Support for Selective Downloading
+
+ If a push model of message retrieval is supported, the need for
+ selective downloading and SPAM control is especially important.
+
+8.4.3. Transactions and Operator Charging Units
+
+ Mobile network providers often operate on a "pay for use" service
+ model. This brings in requirements for clearly delineated service
+ transactions that can be reported to billing systems, and for
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+ positive end-to-end acknowledgement of delivery or non-delivery of
+ messages already mentioned in Section 8.4.1. Note that billing is
+ specifically outside the scope of the IETF.
+
+8.4.4. Network Authentication
+
+ Some mobile networks require network authentication as well as
+ application authentication.
+
+8.5. LEMONADE and MMS
+
+ The 3GPP MMS Reference Architecture ([48] [54]) defines seven
+ interfaces labelled MM1 to MM7, as below:
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+ |---------| |------------|
+ wireless ||-------|| | |
+ device || MMS || | |<- MM2 ->
+ || USER |---------------------------| |---------
+ || AGENT |<- MM1 ->| | to
+ ||-------|| | | another
+ |---------| | | MMS
+ | | relay/
+ |--------| | | server
+ e.g., | | | |
+ Email, |EXTERNAL| | |
+ Fax, or| SERVER |--------------------------| |
+ UMS | |<- MM3 ->| |
+ |--------| | |
+ | |
+ |---------| | |
+ |"FOREIGN"| | |
+ | MMS |-------------------------| |
+ | relay/ |<- MM4 ->| |
+ | server | | |
+ |---------| | |
+ | MMS |
+ |-------| |relay/server|
+ | | | |
+ | HLR |---------------------------| |
+ | |<- MM5 ->| |
+ |-------| | |
+ | |
+ |-------| | |
+ | MMS | | |
+ | USER |---------------------------| |
+ | DBs |<- MM6 ->| |
+ |-------| | |
+ | |
+ |-------| | |
+ | MMS | | |
+ | VAS |---------------------------| |
+ | APPs |<- MM7 ->| |
+ |-------| |------------|
+
+ MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service
+ UMS - Unified Messaging Service
+ HLR - Home Location Register
+ DB - Data Base
+ VAS - Value Added Service
+ APP - Application
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+ The LEMONADE profile provides an enhanced IMAP mail retrieval
+ protocol suitable for use at interfaces MM1 and MM3.
+
+ In addition, if the wireless device uses a LEMONADE-enhanced IMAP
+ user agent, the enhanced IMAP protocol can be used to access Internet
+ mail directly, as below.
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+ |---------| |------------|
+ wireless ||-------|| | |
+ device || IMAP || | |<- MM2 ->
+ || USER || | |---------
+ || AGENT || | | to
+ ||---^---|| | | another
+ |----|---|| | | MMS
+ | LEMONADE Enhanced IMAP and | | relay/
+ |---V----| SMTP | | server
+ e.g., | | | |
+ Email, |EXTERNAL| | |
+ Fax, or| SERVER |--------------------------| |
+ UMS | |<- MM3 ->| |
+ |--------| | |
+ | |
+ |---------| | |
+ |"FOREIGN"| | |
+ | MMS |-------------------------| |
+ | relay/ |<- MM4 ->| |
+ | server | | |
+ |---------| | |
+ | MMS |
+ |-------| |relay/server|
+ | | | |
+ | HLR |---------------------------| |
+ | |<- MM5 ->| |
+ |-------| | |
+ | |
+ |-------| | |
+ | MMS | | |
+ | USER |---------------------------| |
+ | DBs |<- MM6 ->| |
+ |-------| | |
+ | |
+ |-------| | |
+ | MMS | | |
+ | VAS |---------------------------| |
+ | APPs |<- MM7 ->| |
+ |-------| |------------|
+
+ MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service
+ UMS - Unified Messaging Service
+ HLR - Home Location Register
+ DB - Data Base
+ VAS - Value Added Service
+ APP - Application
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+9. Security Considerations
+
+ Security will be a very important part of enhanced messaging. The
+ goal, wherever possible, is to preserve the semantics of existing
+ messaging systems and to meet the (existing) expectations of users
+ with respect to security and reliability.
+
+10. References
+
+10.1. Normative References
+
+ [1] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
+ Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
+
+10.2. Informative References
+
+ [2] Crocker, D., "Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text
+ messages", STD 11, RFC 822, August 1982.
+
+ [3] Moore, K., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service
+ Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)", RFC 3461,
+ January 2003.
+
+ [4] Myers, J. and M. Rose, "Post Office Protocol - Version 3", STD
+ 53, RFC 1939, May 1996.
+
+ [5] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
+ Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies",
+ RFC 2045, November 1996.
+
+ [6] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
+ Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types", RFC 2046, November
+ 1996.
+
+ [7] Moore, K., "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part
+ Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text ", RFC
+ 2047, November 1996.
+
+ [8] Freed, N., Klensin, J., and J. Postel, "Multipurpose Internet
+ Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures", BCP
+ 13, RFC 2048, November 1996.
+
+ [9] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
+ Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and
+ Examples", RFC 2049, November 1996.
+
+ [10] Crispin, M., "INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION
+ 4rev1", RFC 3501, March 2003.
+
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+ [11] Myers, J., "IMAP4 QUOTA extension", RFC 2087, January 1997.
+
+ [12] Hansen, T. and G. Vaudreuil, "Message Disposition
+ Notification", RFC 3798, May 2004.
+
+ [13] Vaudreuil, G. and G. Parsons, "Voice Profile for Internet Mail
+ - version 2 (VPIMv2)", RFC 3801, June 2004.
+
+ [14] Vaudreuil, G. and G. Parsons, "Toll Quality Voice - 32 kbit/s
+ Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) MIME Sub-
+ type Registration", RFC 3802, June 2004.
+
+ [15] Vaudreuil, G. and G. Parsons, "Content Duration MIME Header
+ Definition", RFC 3803, June 2004.
+
+ [16] Buckley, R., Venable, D., McIntyre, L., Parsons, G., and J.
+ Rafferty, "File Format for Internet Fax", RFC 3949, February
+ 2005.
+
+ [17] Parsons, G. and J. Rafferty, "Tag Image File Format (TIFF) -
+ image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration", RFC 3302, September
+ 2002.
+
+ [18] Allocchio, C., "Minimal GSTN address format in Internet Mail",
+ RFC 3191, October 2001.
+
+ [19] Allocchio, C., "Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail",
+ RFC 3192, October 2001.
+
+ [20] Toyoda, K., Ohno, H., Murai, J., and D. Wing, "A Simple Mode of
+ Facsimile Using Internet Mail", RFC 3965, December 2004.
+
+ [21] Parsons, G. and J. Rafferty, "Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F
+ Profile for Facsimile", RFC 2306, March 1998.
+
+ [22] Gellens, R. and J. Klensin, "Message Submission", RFC 2476,
+ December 1998.
+
+ [23] Masinter, L. and D. Wing, " Extended Facsimile Using Internet
+ Mail", RFC 2532, March 1999.
+
+ [24] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., Masinter, L.,
+ Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol --
+ HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.
+
+ [25] Klensin, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC 2821, April
+ 2001.
+
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+ [26] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Format", RFC 2822, April 2001.
+
+ [27] Burger, E., Candell, E., Eliot, C., and G. Klyne, "Message
+ Context for Internet Mail", RFC 3458, January 2003.
+
+ [28] Burger, E., "Critical Content Multi-purpose Internet Mail
+ Extensions (MIME) Parameter", RFC 3459, January 2003.
+
+ [29] Gahrns, M., "IMAP4 Multi-Accessed Mailbox Practice", RFC 2180,
+ July 1997.
+
+ [30] Candell, E., "High-Level Requirements for Internet Voice Mail",
+ RFC 3773, June 2004.
+
+ [31] Nerenberg, L., "IMAP4 Binary Content Extension", RFC 3516,
+ April 2003.
+
+ [32] Nerenberg, "IMAP4 Channel Transport Mechanism", Work in
+ Progress, November 2001.
+
+ [33] Toyoda, K. and D. Crocker, "SMTP Service Extensions for Fax
+ Content Negotiation", Work in Progress, February 2003.
+
+ [34] McRae, S. and G. Parsons, "Internet Voice Messaging (IVM)", RFC
+ 4239, November 2005.
+
+ [35] Murchison, K. and L. Greenfield, "LMTP Service Extension for
+ Ignoring Recipient Quotas", Work in Progress, June 2002.
+
+ [36] Crispin, M., "Message Submission", Work in Progress,
+ February 2004.
+
+ [37] Newman, C., "Message Submission with Composition", Work in
+ Progress, February 2004.
+
+ [38] Gellens, R., "IMAP Message Submission", Work in Progress,
+ December 2003.
+
+ [39] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) CATENATE
+ Extension", Work in Progress, December 2003.
+
+ [40] Crispin, M. and C. Newman, "Internet Message Access (IMAP) -
+ URLAUTH Extension", Work in Progress, July 2004.
+
+ [41] Newman, D., "Message Submission BURL Extension", Work in
+ Progress, July 2004.
+
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+ [42] Crocker, D., "Internet Mail Architecture", Work in Progress,
+ July 2004.
+
+ [43] Leuca, I., "Multimedia Messaging Service", Presentation to the
+ VPIM WG, IETF53 Proceedings , April 2002.
+
+ [44] Mahy, R., "A Message Summary and Message Waiting Indication
+ Event Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC
+ 3842, August 2004.
+
+ [45] Shapira, N. and E. Aloni, "Simple Notification and Alarm
+ Protocol (SNAP)", Work in Progress, December 2001.
+
+ [46] Vaudreuil, G., "Messaging profile for telephone-based Messaging
+ clients", Work in Progress, February 2002.
+
+ [47] Burger, E., "Internet Unified Messaging Requirements", Work in
+ Progress, February 2002.
+
+ [48] OMA, "Multimedia Messaging Service Architecture Overview
+ Version 1.1", Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) OMA-WAP-MMS-ARCH-v1_1-
+ 20021101-C, November 2002.
+
+ [49] OMA, "Push Architectural Overview", Open Mobile Alliance
+ (OMA) WAP-250-PushArchOverview-20010703-a, July 2001.
+
+ [50] OMA, "Push Access Protocol Specification", Open Mobile Alliance
+ (OMA) WAP-247-PAP-20010429-a, April 2001.
+
+ [51] OMA, "Push Proxy Gateway Service Specification", Open Mobile
+ Alliance (OMA) WAP-249-PPGService-20010713a, July 2001.
+
+ [52] OMA, "Multimedia Messaging Service; Client Transactions Version
+ 1.1", Open Mobile Alliance
+ (OMA) OMA-WAP-MMS-CTR-v1_1-20021031-C, October 2002.
+
+ [53] OMA, "Multimedia Messaging Service; Encapsulation Protocol
+ Version 1.1", Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) OMA-MMS-ENC-v1_1-
+ 20021030-C, October 2002.
+
+ [54] OMA, "User Agent Profile, Version 1.1", Open Mobile Alliance
+ (OMA) OMA-UAProf-v1_1-20021212-C, December 2002.
+
+ [55] OMA, "Email Notification Version 1.0", Open Mobile Alliance
+ (OMA) OMA-EMN-v1_0-20021031-C, October 2002.
+
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+ [56] 3GPP, "Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical
+ Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Service
+ aspects; Functional description; Stage 1 Multimedia Messaging
+ Service", 3GPP TS 22.140, 2001.
+
+ [57] 3GPP, "Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical
+ Specification Group Terminals; Multimedia Messaging Service
+ (MMS); Functional description; Stage 2", 3GPP TS 23.140, 2001.
+
+ [58] 3GPP2, "Short Message Service (SMS)", 3GPP2 TSG C.S0015-0,
+ December 1999.
+
+ [59] 3GPP2, "Enhanced Message Service (EMS) Stage 1 Description",
+ 3GPP2 TSG S.R0051-0 v1.0, July 2001.
+
+ [60] CCITT, "Recommendations Q.700-Q.716: Specifications of
+ Signalling System No. 7", CCITT White Book, Volume VI,
+ Fascicle VI.7.
+
+ [61] CCITT, "Recommendations Q.721-Q.766: Specifications of
+ Signalling System No.7", CCITT White Book, Volume VI,
+ Fascicle VI.8.
+
+ [62] ITU, "E.164: The international public telecommunication
+ numbering plan", ITU-T Recommendations Series E, May 1997.
+
+ [63] ITU, "Specifications of Signalling System Number 7", ITU White
+ Book, ITU-T Recommendation Q.763.
+
+ [64] ITU, "Interface between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data
+ Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) for terminals operating in
+ the packet mode and connected to public data networks by
+ dedicated circuit", ITU-T Recommendation X.25, October 1996.
+
+ [65] BELLCORE, "Specifications of Signalling System Number 7", GR-
+ 246-CORE Issue 1, December 1994.
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+Appendix A. Contributors
+
+ Eric Burger
+ Brooktrout Technology, Inc.
+ 18 Keewaydin Dr.
+ Salem, MA 03079
+ USA
+
+ Phone: +1 603 890-7587
+ EMail: eburger@brooktrout.com
+
+
+ Yair Grosu
+ Comverse
+ 29 Habarzel St.
+ Tel-Aviv 69710
+ Israel
+
+ EMail: Yair.Grosu@comverse.com
+
+
+ Glenn Parsons
+ Nortel Networks
+ P.O. Box 3511 Station C
+ Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7
+ Canada
+
+ Phone: +1 613 763-7582
+ EMail: gparsons@nortelnetworks.com
+
+
+ Milt Roselinsky
+ Openwave Systems, Inc.
+ 530 E. Montecito St.
+ Santa Barbara, CA 93103
+ USA
+
+ Phone: +1 805 884-6207
+ EMail: milt.roselinsky@openwave.com
+
+
+ Dan Shoshani
+ Comverse
+ 29 Habarzel St.
+ Tel-Aviv 69710
+ Israel
+
+ EMail: Dan.Shoshani@comverse.com
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+ Alan K. Stebbens
+ Openwave Systems, Inc.
+ 530 E. Montecito St.
+ Santa Barbara, CA 93103
+ USA
+
+ Phone: +1 805 884-3162
+ EMail: alan.stebbens@openwave.com
+
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+ Gregory M. Vaudreuil
+ Lucent Technologies
+ 7291 Williamson Rd.
+ Dallas, TX 75214
+ USA
+
+ Phone: +1 214 823-9325
+ EMail: GregV@ieee.org
+
+Appendix B. Acknowledgements
+
+ Ari Erev and Noam Shapira (both from Comverse) contributed
+ substantial requirements for IMAP to support a telephone-based (TUI)
+ messaging client. Meir Mendelovich (Comverse) helped in merging the
+ wireless requirements section. Benjamin Ellsworth (Openwave)
+ contributed to mobile messaging architectures and requirements.
+ Yaacov (Jerry) Weingarten (Comverse) and Stephane Maes (Oracle)
+ provided detailed comments on the final document.
+
+Appendix C. IAB Note: Unified Notification Protocol Considerations
+
+ Note: dated July 10, 2003
+
+ This note was formulated in response to an informal IESG request to
+ look at the architectural issues surrounding a unified notification
+ protocol. The following materials were used as reference:
+ * draft-dusseault-s2s-event-reqs-00.txt (notification
+ requirements)
+ * meeting notes for the LEMONADE WG from IETF 56.
+ * draft-shapira-snap-05.txt (protocol design for SNAP which has
+ some aspects of a generic notification protocol)
+ * the LEMONADE WG charter
+ * Recent email on the Lemonade list
+ * A few presentations from the 1998 UCI workshop on Internet-wide
+ notification
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+ * The Web pages for KnowHow, a company founded by Rohit Khare
+ which has a proprietary Internet-wide notification system.
+
+ Thanks to Lisa Dusseault for providing these references.
+
+ Note that this opinion does not represent IAB concensus, it is just
+ the opinion of the author after having reviewed the references.
+
+ After the reviewing the material, it seemed that the same kinds of
+ functionality are being asked from a generic notification protocol as
+ are asked of desktop application integration mechanisms, like OLAY/
+ COM on Windows or like Tooltalk was on Solaris, but at the level of
+ messaging across the Internet. The desire is that various
+ distributed applications with different application specific
+ mechanisms should be able to interoperate without having an n x n
+ problem of having each application interact with each other
+ application. The cannonical example, which is in a presentation by
+ Lisa Dusseault to LEMONADE from IETF 56, is sending a notification
+ from one application, like XMPP Instant Messaging, and having it
+ delivered on whatever device the recipient happened to be using at
+ the time, like SMS on a cell phone.
+
+ The usual problem with application intergration mechanisms on the
+ desktop is how to get the various applications to actually use the
+ mechanism. For Windows, this is relatively easy, since most
+ application developers see major value-added in their applications
+ being able to play nicely with Microsoft Office. For Tooltalk,
+ unfortunatly, Solaris developers didn't see the 10x improvement, and
+ so it was not used outside of Sun's internally maintained
+ applications and a few flagship applications like Framemaker. If the
+ generic notification mechanism requires application developers and
+ other notification protocol designers to make a major effort to
+ utilize it, including modifying their applications or protocols in
+ some way, the protocol could become "just another notification
+ mechanism" rather than a unifying device, because most application
+ developers and other protocol designers could ignore it.
+
+ So the first architectural consideration is how do clients of a
+ particular protocol (and the word "client" is used here to mean "any
+ entity using the protocol", they may peers or they may be
+ client/server) actually utilize the generic notification protocol?
+ Is there some code change required in the client or can a legacy
+ client interoperate without change?
+
+ If you look at Fig. 1 in draft-shapira-snap-05.txt, the answer seems
+ to be that the notifying client uses the generic protocol, SNAP in
+ this case, to a functional entity (server? module on the receiving
+ client?) called the "Notification Service" that processes the generic
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+ notification to the client. From this figure it looks as if the
+ notifying client would require modification but the receiving client
+ wouldn't.
+
+ Another characteristic of application integration mechansims is that
+ they typically focus on very simple operations, the semantics of
+ which are shared between different applications. Examples are
+ "here's a rectangle, display yourself in it" or "put this styled text
+ object into the clipboard", and applications agree on what styled
+ text means. More complicated semantics are hard to share because
+ each application has its own particular twist on the meaning of a
+ particular sequence of operations on a collection of objects. The
+ result is a "least common denominator" collection of integration
+ mechanisms, primarily focussed on display integration and, to a
+ lesser extent, cut and paste integration.
+
+ In the context of a generic notification protocol, this raises
+ several possible issues. One is addressing, which is identified
+ draft-dusseault-s2s-event-reqs-00.txt, but in a sense this is the
+ easiest to resolve, by using existing and perhaps newly defined URIs.
+ A more complex problem is matching the semantics of what
+ preconditions constitute the trigger for an event across different
+ application notification mechanisms. This is of course necessary for
+ translating notifications between the different event notification
+ mechanisms and the generic mechanism, but, more problematically, it
+ is also required for a subscription service whereby subscriptions can
+ be made to filter events using the generic notification mechanism and
+ the subscriptions can be translated to different application specific
+ mechanisms. Any language for expressing generic subscriptions is
+ unlikely to support expressing the fine points in the different
+ application notification semantics. Note that SNAP does not seem to
+ support a subscription service so perhaps this isn't an issue for
+ SNAP.
+
+ Another architectural issue, which was discussed earlier this year on
+ the LEMONADE list w.r.t. some other topics, is gatewaying. The
+ cannonical example above (message sent using XMPP and arriving via
+ SMS on a cell phone) is actually a gateway example, because it would
+ require translation between an IP-based messaging mechanism (XMPP) to
+ a PSTN based mechanism (SMS). The problem with using a unified
+ notification mechanism for this purpose is that if there are other
+ functions common between the two, it is likely that a gateway will be
+ built anyway. In fact, one of the work items for LEMONADE is to
+ investigate such gateways. The value of a generic notification
+ mechanism therefore needs to be assessed in the light of this.
+
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+ These are the primary architectural issues, but there are a few
+ others that need consideration in any major system development
+ effort. End to end security is one,
+ draft-dusseault-s2s-event-reqs-00.txt talks about this quite
+ extensively, so it won't be repeated here. The major issue is how to
+ ensure that the end to end security properties are maintained in the
+ face of movement of the notification through the generic intermediary
+ protocol. Another issue is scalability. Peer to peer v.s. server
+ based mechanisms have implications for how scalable the notification
+ mechanism would be, and this needs consideration. Extensibility
+ needs careful consideration. What is required to integrate a new
+ application? Ideally, with time, application developers will stop
+ "rolling their own" notification service and simply use the generic
+ service, but this ideal may be extremely hard to achieve, and may
+ depend to a large extent on market acceptance.
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+ Finally, there are some considerations that aren't architectural but
+ may impact the ultimate success of a generic notification protocol,
+ in the sense that the protocol becomes widely deployed and used. The
+ author's experience is that IETF has not had particular success in
+ introducing mechanisms that unify or supplant existing proprietary
+ mechanisms unless strong vendor and service provider by-in is there.
+ Two examples are instant messaging and service discovery. With
+ instant messaging, it seems that a standarized, unified instant
+ messaging protocol has been delayed by the lack of committment from
+ major service providers. With service discovery, weak commitment
+ from vendors has resulted in the continued introduction of vendor
+ specific service discovery solutions even after an IETF standard is
+ in place. The situation with service discovery (with which the
+ author is most familiar) resulted from a lack of major vendor
+ committment during the end phases of the standarization process.
+ Applying these lessions to a generic notification protocol, having
+ important players with proprietary notification protocols on board
+ and committed until the conclusion of the design process will be
+ crucial. Major committment is needed from various application
+ notification protocols before a generic mechanism could succeed.
+ Given the amount of time and effort required in any IETF
+ standardization work, assessing these with an objective eye is
+ critical, otherwise, regardless of how technically well designed the
+ protocol is, deployment success may be lacking. Having an elegently
+ design solution that nobody deploys is an outcome that might be wise
+ to avoid.
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+ James Kempf
+ July 2003
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