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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

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Pages

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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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