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Wireless Application Protocol

WAP is an open standard that allows mobile devices to access the internet. It was created in 1997 to address limitations of mobile devices like low processing power and small screens. The WAP architecture includes components like WAE, WSP, WTP, and WTLS that enable wireless access. WAP uses WML, a markup language based on XML, to create pages for small screens. It allows uses like mobile commerce, banking, billing and entertainment on capable devices over various wireless networks.

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Wireless Application Protocol

WAP is an open standard that allows mobile devices to access the internet. It was created in 1997 to address limitations of mobile devices like low processing power and small screens. The WAP architecture includes components like WAE, WSP, WTP, and WTLS that enable wireless access. WAP uses WML, a markup language based on XML, to create pages for small screens. It allows uses like mobile commerce, banking, billing and entertainment on capable devices over various wireless networks.

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WIRELESS APPLICATION
PROTOCOL (WAP)

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Wireless Application Protocol
• Introduction
• Evolution
• WAP Architecture
• Working
• Uses
• Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION
• WAP is an application environment and
set of protocols for wireless devices which
enables them to access the internet.

• Founders- Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and


Unwired Phone in 1997.

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The WAP Standard Is…

• Open, global and non-proprietary

• Device and bearer independent

• Built by consensus by members of the


WAP Forum

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EVOLUTON
• To combine mobile and access to internet.

• The following were the issues….


- Low computational power
- Limited LCD display
- Data receiving capacity- 300 bps

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WAP Architecture
• User agent – Browser
• WAP Gateway
• Web Server

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WAP Architecture
•Wireless Application
Environment (WAE)

•Wireless Session Protocol (WSP)

•Wireless Transaction Protocol


(WTP)
•Wireless Transaction Layer
Security (WTLS)

•Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP)

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Wireless Markup Language
• WML is a markup Lang derived from
XML.

• WML is used to create pages.

• Designed keeping small in mind.

• What is a Card ?
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Wireless Markup Language (Contd)
• A simple WML Deck….
<wml>
<card>
<p>
Working with wap
</p>
</card>
</wml>
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More than 4.4 MILLION pages
online!
5,000,000
4,500,000 WML Pages

4,000,000 HTML Pages

3,500,000
3,000,000
Pages

2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
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Working of WAP

Fig: Showing WAP user request and response 12


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WAP’s Competition
• Windows CE

• Java Phone
TM

• SIM

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USES of WAP
• M-commerce - shopping, tickets, micro-payments
• Finance - statements, funds transfer, shares trading
• M-billing - notification, presentation and payment of bills
• M-care - customer service, payment status, account
updates
• Entertainment - games, gambling, interactive multi-
player events
• Travel - scheduling, advisories, reservations
• Location services - traffic reports, parking information,
store discounts.

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CONCLUSION
• WAP provides a markup Lang and a
protocol to explore the wireless accessing.

• Bridges the gap b/w mobile world and


internet.

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References
• www.iec.org
• www.wapforum.com
• www.forum.nokia.com
• www.mobilecomms-technology.com
• www.visualtron.com

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QUERIES !

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