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Wireless Application Protocol.
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WAP- Wireless Application Protocol
An open, global specification that empowers mobile users with wireless devices to easily access and interact with internet information and services instantly.
The wireless industry came up with the idea of WAP. The point of this standard was to show internet contents on wireless clients, like mobile phones.
WAP Gateway
- Intermediary element used to connect two different types of network. It receives request directly from the clients as if it actually were the origin server that clients want to receive the information from. The clients are usually unaware that they are speaking to the Gateway.
WAP Browser
Software running on the WAP device that interprets the WAP content arriving from the internet and decides how to display it on WAP device.
Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP)
The WAP transaction protocol (WTP) layer provides transaction support, adding reliability to the datagram service provided by WDP.
Light weight transaction-oriented protocol
Three classes of transaction services
Unreliable one-way requests. (Class 0)
Reliable one-way requests. (Class 1)
Reliable two-way request-reply transactions. (Class 2)