Wireless Application

Protocol
By
DEVARAJ.K

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 The Two Paradigms

W – World W – World

W – Wide W – Wide

W -- Web W – Wireless
W -- Web

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 Wireless Trend in next 3 years

1,000
900
800
700 Wireless Device
In Millions

600 Users
500 MobilePhone Users
400
300 Internet PC Users
200
100
0
Now By 2003

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 Get financial information
 Order and buy tickets
 Pay your bills
 Read the news
 Read and send e-mails
 Receive your voice-mail
 Get a local guide to restaurants
 Make stock queries

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WAP Forum
• Open Standard
• Internet WWW application development
model
• Wireless Network Technology and bearer
independence
• Device independence
• Embrace and extend existing standards.

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WAP Forum Dates

• 26 June - 97 WAP effort launched by

founders
• 30 April - 98 WAP 1.0 public available
• 30 June – 99 WAP 1.1 public available
• Dec-99 WAP 1.2 launched

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Wireless Application Protocol

• Protocol specification for communication

over wireless devices
• Specified by WAP Forum
• Open, global specification
• Conforming to OSI standards
• You can say it is a parallel internet

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 WAP Key Features
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 WAP Architecture
Application Servers
(3rd party) Application Server,
Operator’s Telephony Services
domain

WAP Gateway/
Proxy

Wireless
Network
Internet

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 WAP - Terminals
• Ericsson
MC218, R320, R380
• Nokia
7110 Ericsson

• Motorola Ericsson

i500plus, i1000plus
Panasonic
• Alcatel
One Touch POCKET
Nokia Alcatel
• Samsung Trium

SGH-800
• Siemens etc. Siemens
Samsung Motorola

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WAP bearers in GSM
• SMS
– Here now
• USSD
– Not much used
– Dialogue
– Up to 7 times faster than SMS during a call
• CSD or UDP/IP
– Here now
– Connected all the time
• GPRS
– The future

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Wireless Trends
GSM GPRS 3G

9.6 Kbps 115 Kbps 2 Mbps

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WAP Gateway
• Connects the Internet domain to the
Wireless domain.
• Cache service
• Script compilation
• Protocol conversion
• Security provided with WTLS, which
supports authentication and encryption
• Compressed Binary Transmission

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WAP Server
• Hosts WAP applications
• Allows WAP services to be hosted on
standard WWW servers using proven
technologies like ASP, Java Servlets,
CGI scripts …
• Provides security and authentication
• WAP content is created using WML,
which is a light weight HTML.
• Gateway and server functions can be
combined into a single physical server.

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WAP Application Environment
• Wireless Markup Language (WML)
A light markup language, similar to HTML, but
optimized for use in handheld mobile terminals
• WML Script
A lightweight scripting language, similar to
JavaScript
• Wireless Telephony Application (WTA, WTAI)
A framework and programming interface for
telephony service

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WAP - Services, Business
areas
• Information services
• WAP Portals
• E-commerce
– Banking and finance
– Shopping
– Gambling
– Ticketing

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Advantages Vs Disadvantages

• Simplicity of Use • Low Band Width

• Mobility • Battery life

• Limited Computation Power
• Personalized
• Limited on board storage
• Easy to Carry
• Limited Graphics
• Limited Keyboard and
Display screen Size

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 WAP - potential threats
• Delayed standard roll-out
– WAP 1.0 WAP 1.1, a developer drawback
– WAP 1.2 in December, 1999
• Pricing
• Security
– End-to-end security problems
• Marketing
– Technology push, not market pull
• Competition
– Microsoft Wireless Knowledge (Microsoft-Qualcomm tie-up)
– Palm VII (Palm Computing)
– I-mode (NTT) , currently most developed but limited due to PDC
– SIM TOOLKIT, will be a complementary solution

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So Far …
• Cell phones will be the dominant device
for wireless applications, although they
will inherit PDA-like functionality
• By combining WAP, IVR, location and
proximity detection, the stage is set for a
new generation of wireless applications
that can truly change the way we perceive
wireless

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Exciting Possibilities
• Embedded Java will do away with
performance and memory issues
• “WAPLETS” will allow you to dynamically
download Java byte code and execute
them on the cell phone
• Voice will be a predominant option for
data entry, but key pads will still be used
for secure data
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Future …

• Leverage IVR (Interactive Voice response)

technologies to reduce data entry woes.
• Location and proximity detection
technologies…Global Positioning system
• Convergence of WAP and Bluetooth
• Evolution of Wireless networks towards 3 and
4G.

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Conclusion …

• SMS and WAP continue to be the key

technologies for wireless application
development
• When you design for wireless, don’t take
a “porting” approach towards your
application. Instead, focus on how you
can leverage the strength of the medium
to design your next killer app.

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Thank you
Contact : devkrish@nestec.net

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