Official Wireless Application Protocol 2.0
Official Wireless Application Protocol 2.0

Author: Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd.

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 1999-05-07

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9780471327554

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The Complete Standard with Searchable CD-ROM. The official and definitive reference on the technology that is revolutionizing wireless communication. "WAP is at the heart of the convergence of the Internet and wireless telephony-the two most significant technologies for the millennium."-Chuck Parrish, Chairman of the WAP Forum and Executive Vice President, Unwired Planet. The Wireless Application Protocol is the first common standard to bring Internet content and advanced services to digital cellular phones and other wireless devices by writing a single application. Available for the first time from the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, who developed this breakthrough technology, is the official unabridged WAP standard. An indispensable resource, this book/CD-ROM package gives manufacturers, network operators, content providers, and application developers unparalleled access to the specification in both printed and custom-searchable electronic form. The CD-ROM gives you: * The complete unabridged WAP standard-fully searchable. Featuring a custom Folio(TM) infobase, this CD affords instant access to all-important WAP features, such as the Wireless Markup Language and Transport Layer Security. As an added benefit, the CD-ROM provides access to a Web site dedicated to providing ongoing updates to the WAP specification, in the same custom-searchable, indexed infobase found on the CD-ROM. * Downloading these files to your hard drive and accessing the protocol revisions will be as easy as point-and-click. The WAP Forum is a non-profit industry association whose members number more than 90 of the top worldwide communications companies. Founded by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and Unwired Planet, the intent is to provide consistent standards to expand wireless information on the same scale as wireless voice.

The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

Author: Steve Mann

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-03-14

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 047143759X

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Discover how to utilize the latest WAP technologies to meet your business needs With wireless services rapidly exploding worldwide, WAP is becoming the most talked about standard for wireless applications. In this accessible book, mobility experts Steve Mann and Scott Sbihli cut through the buzz and the jargon surrounding the technology to provide an authoritative yet easy-to-understand discussion on all aspects of this fast-growing protocol.With their help, you'll become well-versed in the terminology of WAP components and gain valuable insight into how WAP fits in with wireless business development. You'll learn what WAP is, how it works, and what benefits your company can derive from using it. Plus, you'll get pointers to additional resources for more information. Thorough, up-to-date coverage includes: The nuts and bolts of WAP's key technologies, including WML (Wireless Markup Language) Key wireless technologies and how WAP fits in WAP applications development tools and how WAP-compatible Web pages are created Currently available WAP-com-patible products and services The history of WAP development Case studies of three enterprise WAP projects plus an individual's experience with a consumer WAP service Wiley Tech Briefs Focused on the needs of the corporate IT and business manager, the Tech Briefs series provides in-depth information on a new or emerging technology, solutions, and vendor offerings available in the marketplace. With their accessible approach, these books will help you get quickly up-to-speed on a topic so that you can effectively compete, grow, and betterserve your customers.

Programming Applications with the Wireless Application Protocol
Programming Applications with the Wireless Application Protocol

Author: Steve Mann

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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The authoritative programming guide to the WAP standard from the creators of this breakthrough technology The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is the key force turning mass market wireless phones into Internet companions. These lightweight, inexpensive smart phones are well equipped for high-quality voice communication, modest-bandwidth (9-14 Kbps) data communication, seamless Internet connectivity, and access to Internet services via built-in WAP microbrowsers. Written with the creators of WAP, this book/CD-ROM package will guide you through the process of creating software for WAP-enabled cell phones and handheld devices. Steve Mann presents practical tools, code snippets, and complete applications that will help you best utilize WAP. He introduces you to the Wireless Markup Language (WML) that you'll be able to use to create WAP applications. And you'll learn about the key features of WMLScript, including the lightweight procedural capabilities and function libraries it adds to WML. Mann also: * Takes you step by step through the process of creating a real-world WAP application * Describes techniques for optimizing WAP applications * Shows how to create more sophisticated and interesting applications using graphics * Discusses the issues you'll need * in order to build WAP applications that will work around the world * Explains some of the advanced extensions to WAP * Suggests future directions in which WAP may evolve The CD-ROM includes: * All the source code from the book * A searchable version of the * unabridged WAP standard * The latest release of Phone.com's WAP Software Developer's Kit, containing the tools and documentation required to build real-world WAP applications Phone.com is a leading provider of WAP software and SDKs to developers, wireless carriers, and phone manufacturers. Phone.com cofounded the WAP Forum in 1997 and chaired the WAP Forum's first Board of Directors. Phone.com's software architects, who contributed to this book, chair WAP's technical specification committees. For more information about Phone.com and the Wireless Application Protocol, please visit www.phone.com For more information about the Wireless Application Standard,please refer to the Official Wireless Application Protocol: The Complete Standard with Searchable CD-ROM published by John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-32755-7 at www.wiley.com/compbooks/WAP

Service Providers
Service Providers

Author: Mary Helen Gillespie

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-11-06

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0471267139

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A strategic guide to mastering service provider relationships Well-known business management consultant and Boston Globe columnist Mary Helen Gillespie helps business and IT managers navigate through the confusing technology-driven landscape of service providers. Offering insight into the points of view for both the service provider and client, Gillespie guides readers through available services, from Internet access and applications service providers, to wireless and networking services and IT management services. Readers will find business models, overviews of the enabling technologies, coverage of economic and management issues, and clear descriptions of service offerings within each provider type. Most importantly, decision makers will be able to choose the right service provider to meet their needs and develop strategic partnerships when outsourcing non-core business functions.

Mobile Networking with WAP
Mobile Networking with WAP

Author: SCN Education B.V.

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 3322867900

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The combination of Internet and GSM (Global System for Mobile communications, cellular phones) enables individuals with wireless devices to interact easily with information and services over existing wireless networks. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is the facilitator of this process. This HOTT (Hands On HOT Topics) Guide illuminates effective strategies and marketing opportunities with respect to this new and uncharted territory. The white papers and case studies published in this book help you to combine this technology with your business. Consultants, Sales, Marketing and Technical managers can now profit from the knowledge gathered in this unique WAP Special.

Service Modelling
Service Modelling

Author: Vilho Räisänen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-01-11

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0470028661

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Learn how to use service modelling to streamline and optimize processes! Information about customer needs, the technical composition of services, and service performance are fundamental to effective service management. Service modelling is a structured approach to utilizing this information to improve the way services are delivered. Consistent application of service modelling provides the automation of processes and timely access to information. Service Modelling presents a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the topic, presented in the context both of business processes, and of requirements stemming from the need to manage network resources. Vilho Raisanen delivers a justification for service modelling, and explains state-of-the-art concepts, frameworks and standards in detail. Service Modelling: Provides a complete and illustrated overview of state-of-the-art concepts for service modelling, covering requirements and frameworks. Includes industry initiatives, conceptual frameworks, and the work of standardisation bodies. Discusses different modelling approaches, and the positioning of modelling of services in service management and in the wider operational context. Sets the modelling framework in the context of business drivers and modelling paradigms. Illustrates principles with real-world use cases, providing both fixed Internet and mobile network examples. Relates concepts to the work of TeleManagement Forum, giving practical examples throughout. Service Modelling: Principles and Applications is an invaluable guide to service modelling for telecommunications and data communications professionals, including vendors, operators, consultants, training organizations, service and content providers, system architects and engineers for IP-based services. Educational organizations, advanced undergraduate and graduate students on telecommunications and networking courses will also find this text invaluable.

Emerging Wireless Multimedia
Emerging Wireless Multimedia

Author: Apostolis Salkintzis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-10-31

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 0470021500

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The provision of IP-based multimedia services is one of the most exiting and challenging aspects of next generation wireless networks. A significant evolution has been underway for enabling such multimedia services and for ultimately migrating the Internet to the wireless world. This book examines this evolution, looking at an array of the most up-to-date wireless multimedia technologies and services. The first part focuses on enabling technologies for wireless multimedia, while the second is dedicated to the new wireless multimedia services that are expected to play a key role in the future wireless environment. In addition, the related recent standardization, research and industry activities are addressed. * Covers a complete range of multimedia hot topics, ranging from audio/video coding techniques to multimedia protocols and applications * Discusses QoS issues in WLANs, 3G and hybrid 3G/WLAN networks * Provides in-depth discussion of the most modern multimedia services, such as Push-to-Talk, Instant Messaging, Presence, mobile payments, MMS, WAP, and location-based multimedia services * Addresses the emerging Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) and the key aspects of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in 3G networks * Numerous on-line references will assist readers in their quest for the most up-to-date information This comprehensive resource will have instant appeal to students in electrical and computer engineering or IT disciplines. It is also essential reading for engineering managers, engineers in wireless systems and multimedia, and wireless multimedia researchers.