1

2 WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL (WAP)

3 Wireless Application Protocol Introduction Evolution WAP Architecture Working Uses Conclusion

4 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.

5 The WAP Standard Is… Open, global and non-proprietary Device and bearer independent Built by consensus by members of the WAP Forum

6 EVOLUTON To combine mobile and access to internet. The following were the issues…. - Low computational power - Limited LCD display - Data receiving capacity- 300 bps

7 WAP Architecture User agent – Browser WAP Gateway Web Server

8 WAP Architecture (WAE) (WSP) (WTP) (WTLS) (WDP) Wireless Application Environment Wireless Session Protocol Wireless Transaction Protocol Wireless Transaction Layer Security Wireless Datagram Protocol

9 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 ?

10 Wireless Markup Language (Contd) A simple WML Deck…. Working with wap

11 6/2/2016 More than 4.4 MILLION pages online! WML Pages HTML Pages

12 Working of WAP 6/2/2016 Fig: Showing WAP user request and response

13 WAP’s Competition Windows CE Java Phone SIM TM

14 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.

15 CONCLUSION WAP provides a markup Lang and a protocol to explore the wireless accessing. Bridges the gap b/w mobile world and internet.

16 References /2/2016

17 QUERIES ! 6/2/2016

18 6/2/2016