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WAE, see Wireless Application Environment

WANs, see Wide area networks

WAP, see Wireless Application Protocol

WAP, transitional technology for M-commerce, 497–509

arguments against WAP, 502–503

arguments for WAP, 502

critical success factors for M-commerce, 504–506

billing, 505

security, 505–506

speed, 504–505

generation W in wireless world, 507–509

global standard, 500

mobile telephones and health, 503

operating systems for WAP, 500–501

security, 503

WAP-enabled phones in personal computer marketplace, 499–500

WAP forum, 502

WAP and M-commerce, 504

WASPs, see Wireless application service providers

WaveNet IP arrangement, 449

WBMP, see Wireless Bitmap Format

W-CDMA, see Wideband code division multiple access

WDP, see Wireless Datagram Protocol

Web

-based distance learning, 26

cell phones, 16

-enabled phones, 66

page retrieval, 386

PCs, 19

phones, operation of, 18

replica servers, 556

server, 458

New Zealand, 556

replicas, 554

Service Description Language (WSDL), 26

sites

community-based, 191

surfing of, 55

WAP and, 501

WECA, see Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance

WHO, see World Health Organization

Wide area networks (WANs), 14, 383

Wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), 9, 13, 37, 86

Wi-Fi, 242, 439

Wildfire , 23

Windows, see Microsoft

Wired access point, 434

Wireless Air Interface Protocol, 152

Wireless application(s)

architecture, 542

challenges in development of, 23

corporate, 25

service providers (WASPs), 26

Wireless Application Environment (WAE), 21

Wireless Application Layer, 457

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), 4, 18, 20, 55, 64, see also WAP, transitional technology for M-commerce

application(s)

flow of, 523, 524

setup for accessing, 529, 530

architecture, 459, 501, 519

-based software, developer of, 192

-based telemedicine, 518

-enabled handsets, 190

-enabled transaction model, 455, 456, 462

encoder, 22

Forum, 189

gap in, 66

gateway

architectures, 67–71

number of users in, 466

server, 22

GPRS, 519

phone

analysis of patient data on, 531

setup for accessing WAP applications with, 530

programming model, 187, 500, 519

protocol stack, 65

rapid growth in, 186

stack

layers, 21

WTLS level of, 505–506

telephones, speed of present-day, 187

topology, 22

/Web browser, 99

Wireless application protocol (WAP) and mobile wireless access, 185–194

constraints of WAP-enabled wireless network, 189–190

secure applications development, 190

security issues, 189–190

future expansion of technology, 193–194

preparing for move forward, 190–191

recent WAP developments and applications, 191–193

banking and e-commerce, 192

e-mail and more, 191–192

GPS positioning-based location services, 193

information search and retrieval, 191

management applications, 192

WAP mobile wireless moves ahead, 193

WAP solution benefits, 188–189

benefits to manufacturer, 188

benefits to service provider, 188

developer benefits, 189

wireless application protocol, 186–188

Wireless auctions, 508

Wireless Bitmap Format (WBMP), 519–520

Wireless broadband, 435

Wireless calls, single-link, 156

Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP), 22, 65, 457

Wireless device(s)

attack using, 72

graphics display capabilities, 55

groups of, 18

Java-enabled, 18, 23

miniaturization of, 8

navigation on, 20

resolution of, 20

security of, 62–66

authentication, 62–63

confidentiality, 64–65

malicious codes and viruses, 65–66

Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), 448

Wireless internal communication, 445

Wireless Internet

access technologies, figures of merit for, 34

application protocol stacks, 547

geolocation as enabler of, 49

pioneers, 430

services, see Mobile and wireless Internet services, from luxury to commodity

users of, 54, 55

Wireless Internet, fundamentals of, 3–29

future of wireless technology, 27–28

modulation techniques, 7–14

generations of wireless systems based on wireless access technologies, 9–11

performance elements of wireless communications, 8–9

3G wireless systems, 11–12

2.5G wireless systems, 12

UMTS, 13–14

wireless system topologies, 7–8

principles of wireless communications, 6–7

wireless devices and standards, 18–23

Java-enabled wireless devices, 23

WAP, 20–23

wireless devices, 18–20

wireless Internet applications, 23–27

corporate applications, 25–26

messaging applications, 24–25

mobile commerce, 25

mobile Web services, 26

wireless application service providers, 26

wireless teaching and learning, 26–27

wireless Internet architectures, 14–18

wireless Internet networks, 14–16

wireless Internet topologies, 16–18

Wireless Internet security, 53–73

security of network infrastructure components, 66–71

gap in WAP, 66–67

WAP gateway architectures, 67–71

security of transmission methods, 56–61

code division multiple access technology, 60–61

frequency division multiple access technology, 57

global systems for mobile communications, 58–60

other methods, 61

time division multiple access technology, 57–58

security of wireless devices, 62–66

authentication, 62–63

confidentiality, 64–65

malicious code and viruses, 65–66

types of applications available, 55–56

users of wireless Internet, 54–55

Wireless Internet > wireless + Internet, 31–51

framework for technology creation, 39–43

geography of information, 41–42

geography of signal transmission, 42–43

geography of wireless Internet users, 40–41

research initiatives, 43–50

adaptive network architectures, 43–47

IP-based core network, 48–50

WLANs and cellular networks, 33–39

cellular trends, 36–38

personal area networks, 38–39

technology gaps, 39

uniting WLANs and cellular, 38

WLAN trends, 35–36

Wireless LAN (WLAN), 198, 228, 275, 373

bit rates, 33, 36

carrier frequencies, 36

demand for, 440

IEEE 802.11, 127

interoperability, 235

modem, 32, 34

operator, 38

radio access, 38

service prices, 34

Wireless link emulator (WLE), 172

Wireless local area network (WLAN), 32, 246

Wireless local loop (WLL), 443

Wireless Markup Language (WML), 187, 499, 500, 519, 560

basis of on XML, 189

user input, 188

Wireless Network Transmission Time (WNTT), 555, 556, 558

Wireless office services (WOS), 445, 446

Wireless Payment Services, 506

Wireless personal area networks (WPANs), 235, 236, 373

Wireless Session Protocol (WSP), 21, 457, 458

Wireless system(s)

architecture, 15

characteristics of generations of, 13

topologies

network topology, 7

point-to-point, 7

Wireless technologies, first-generation, 114

Wireless Telephony Applications (WTA), 188

Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP), 21, 457, 458

Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS), 21, 64, 189, 505–506

difference between SSL and, 65

packets, decryption of, 189

protocols

Alert Protocol, 458

Change Cipher Spec Protocol, 458

Handshake Protocol, 458

Wireless Transaction Protocol, 458

-SSL encryption translation, 70

use of, 66

Wireless Validation Services, 506

Wireline Network Transmission Time (WLNTT), 554–555

WLAN, see Wireless LAN

WLE, see Wireless link emulator

WLL, see Wireless local loop

WLNTT, see Wireline Network Transmission Time

WMA, see Microsoft Windows Media Audio

WML, see Wireless Markup Language

WMLScript, 520

WMV, see Microsoft Windows Media Video

WNTT, see Wireless Network Transmission Time

World Health Organization (WHO), 512

World Wide Web, 31, 39

Worldwide Web Consortium, 186

WOS, see Wireless office services

WPANs, see Wireless personal area networks

WSDL, see Web Service Description Language

WSP, see Wireless Session Protocol

WTA, see Wireless Telephony Applications

WTLS, see Wireless Transport Layer Security

WTP, see Wireless Transaction Protocol