SMS-CB: Overview

NOTE: Cell Broadcast (SMS-CB) is designed for simultaneous delivery of messages to multiple users in a specified area. For example, information such as Location, Tower name, Ads or Emergency messages can be transmitted.

Standard SMS Cell Broadcast

GS = 3 (Cell-wide broadcast)
MESSAGE_CODE = 11 11101110 = 1210, the two bits in front being emergency popup, the rest being pre-defined padding
UPDATE_NUMBER = 0
LANGUAGE_CODE = 0000 0001 = 1 for english
MSID = 4370 for required emergency alert (?)

Referensi

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast
• http://sourceforge.net/p/openbts/mailman/message/31796163/
• Arturo Torres' thesis http://alexandria.tue.nl/extra1/afstversl/wsk-i/torres2013.pdf has some information on the SMSCB message standard and encodings.