Re: 3GPP 23.038 encoding and string length

[Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>]

2013/12/24 Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>

> On Dec 24, 2013, at 5:30 AM, mmann78 () netscape net wrote:
>
> > Isn't it simple enough to add a proto_tree_add_gsm_sms_item (or similar)
> API
>
> We already have tvbuff and proto_tree_ routines that take bit offsets and
> bit counts, so this may be another case where the regular routines don't
> work; a routine to handle TS 23.038 encoding, taking a *bit* offset and a
> count of *characters*, might be the best solution here.
>
> I'd vote for proto_tree_add_ts_23_038_item(), though - that encoding isn't
> used only in the GSM/3GPP/LTE version of SMS.

I would vote for proto_tree_add_gsm_7bits_item() as TS 23.038 talks about 8
bits data and UCS2 encoding also and defines this alphabet as GSM 7bit. We
should not put SMS in its name as it has a much wider use in 3GPP / 3GPP2.

Pascal.

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