Wireless Application

Protocol - WAP
Nie Ping & Zhou Hu

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 Content

• WSP
• WTP
• WDP
• Negative voice and Evolution
• WAP future

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 WAP stack

HTML
JavaScrip

HTTP

TLS-SSL

TCP/IP

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 WSP

• WSP – Wireless Session Protocol

– WSP is binary form of HTTP offering HTTP 1.1
functionality
– Long-lived session, session suspend/resume
– Optimized for low-bandwidth and long latency.
– Push functions
– Asychronized requests
– Encoding: the number 0x87A5 (1000 0111 1010 0101)
is encoded in three octets.

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 WSP

• WAP programming model

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 WTP

• WTP – Wireless Transaction Protocol

– Lightweight transaction protocol
– Message-oriented, not stream oriented, unlike TCP
– Transaction ID as Identification
– Three classes of service
• Unreliable one way
• Reliable one way
• Reliable two way

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 WDP

• WDP – Wireless Datagram Protocol

• The WDP protocol operates above the data capable
bearer services supported by any available network.
• Datagram transport service, a UDP like interface.
• Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
• Port number addressing
• Segmentation and reassembly (optional)
• Error detection
• As a general datagram service, WDP offers a consistent
service to the upper layer protocol (Security, Transaction
and Session).

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 Negative voice - Mohsen Banan

• Limited distribution
• Door open? entry fee $27,000
• Reinvent wheels,analog with WWW, binary form,
not real invention but adoption or customization
• WAP is not RFC, global open and accepted.
• Interoperability: WTP’s SAR
• Efficiency: mobile browsing limited experience
• Alternative? LEAP: The Lightweight and Efficient
Application Protocol
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 WAP future

• 3G brings more bandwidth, a relief of WAP

• Wireless profiled TCP/IP. Networks speak ”IP”.
• Fast growing and potential Asian market.
• Advanced service: feature rich add value service.
• Protect 2.5G operators’ investment

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 Evolution

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 Evolution

• Mobile Browsing
– HTML enabled:

– XHTML enabled:

– WAP enabled: almost all

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 Reference

• Interworking with TCP/IP, Douglas E.Comer

• WAP Forum, OMA now. www.wapforum.org
• Content Networking In The Mobile Internet, Mr.Sudhir Dixit and Mr.Tao Wu
• Wap trap and LEAP, Mohsen Banan
• http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/wireless-internet3.htm
http://www.nordicwirelesswatch.com/wireless/story.html?story_id=3276
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelesswap/l/aa123000a.htm
http://www.vbxml.com/wap/articles/wapart1.asp
http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=12400
http://www.palowireless.com/wap/tutorials.asp
http://www.palowireless.com/wap/forums.asp
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/wap/topic05.html
http://www.visualtron.com/wap_topic05.htm
http://www.mobileinfo.com/WAP/future_outlook.htm
• http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/wap/wap_trap.html

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 WAP

Thank You

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