WAP: wireless application protocol-wireless wave of the future

Author

Savino, Salvatore P.

Author_Institution

Telecom Media & Networks, Cap Gemni Ernst & Young, Clark, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

178

Abstract

WAP is an open specification that offers a standard method to access Internet based content and services from wireless devices such as mobile phones. The WAP model is very similar to the traditional desktop Internet. The independent nature of WAP has proved to be a breath of fresh air for an industry riddled with multiple proprietary standards that have suffocated the new wave of mobile-Internet communications. WAP is an enabling technology that will bridge the gap between the mobile world and the Internet, bringing sophisticated solutions to mobile users, independent of the user and network. Backed by 75 percent of the companies behind the world´s mobile telephone market and the huge development potential of WAP, the future for WAP looks bright

Keywords

Internet; access protocols; mobile radio; radio access networks; Internet based content access; Internet based services access; WAP; development potential; enabling technology; mobile phones; mobile telephone market; mobile users; open specification; wireless application protocol; wireless devices; Communication system security; Data security; IP networks; Markup languages; Space technology; Transport protocols; Uniform resource locators; Web and internet services; Wireless application protocol; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-06-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2001.951902

Filename

951902