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The WAP protocol is the leading standard for information services on wireless terminals like digital mobile phones. WML is the language used to create pages to be displayed in a WAP browser.
The WAP protocol was designed to show internet contents on wireless clients, like mobile phones.
What is WAP?
The wireless industry came up with the idea of WAP. The point of this standard was to show internet contents on wireless clients, like mobile phones.
„X WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol
„X WAP is an application communication protocol
„X WAP is used to access services and information
„X WAP is inherited from Internet standards
„X WAP is for handheld devices such as mobile phones
„X WAP is a protocol designed for micro browsers
„X WAP enables the creating of web applications for mobile devices.
„X WAP uses the mark-up language WML (not HTML)
„X WML is defined as an XML 1.0 application
The Wireless Application Protocol
The WAP protocol is the leading standard for information services on wireless terminals like digital mobile phones.
The WAP standard is based on Internet standards (HTML, XML and TCP/IP). It consists of a WML language specification, a WMLScript specification, and a Wireless Telephony Application Interface (WTAI) specification.
WAP is published by the WAP Forum, founded in 1997 by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and Unwired Planet. Forum members now represent over 90% of the global handset market, as well as leading infrastructure providers, software developers and other organizations.
WAP Micro Browsers
To fit into a small wireless terminal, WAP uses a Micro Browser. ... It can display information written in a restricted mark-up language called WML. ...
WML stands for Wireless Markup Language. ...
WML is used to create pages that can be displayed in a WAP browser. ... WML scripts need to be compiled into byte code on a server before they can run in a WAP browser.
Examples of WAP use
„X Checking train table information
„X Ticket purchase
„X Flight check in
„X Viewing traffic information
„X Checking weather conditions
„X Looking up stock values
„X Looking up phone numbers
„X Looking up addresses
„X Looking up sport results
What is the purpose of WAP?
To enable easy, fast delivery of relevant information and services to mobile users.
What type of devices will use WAP?
Handheld digital wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones, and communicators -- from low-end to high-end.
Which wireless networks does WAP work with?
WAP is designed to work with most wireless networks such as CDPD, CDMA, GSM, PDC, PHS, TDMA, FLEX, ReFLEX, iDEN, TETRA, DECT, DataTAC, Mobitex.
Approximate Word count = 2065
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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