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WAP & WML

Notes 4. WAP content and applications are specified in a set of well-known content formats based
on the familiar WWW content formats. Explain.
5. WAP is a communication protocol and also application environment. Discuss.

6. WAP utilizes proxy technology between the wireless domain and the WWW. Comment.
7. The content encoders translate WAP content into compact encoded formats to limit the
size of data over the network. Give reasons.

8. The WAE plays the role of host for the WAP browser. Give reasons to support your
answer.
9. WAP will provide multiple applications, for business and customer markets. Comment.

10. WML allows you to tell the browser to keep other applications from linking into decks
within your application. Explain.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) 2. unique

3. WPA2 4. MAC address
5. network servers 6. browser
7. protocols 8. requests
9. Wireless Application Environment (WAE) 10. Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP)
11. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 12. WTLS

13. Reliability 14. Sendreferer
15. path

12.7 Further Readings

Books Demon Hougland, Essential WAP for Professional, 2001, Prentice Hall PTR.
Paul Wallace Andrea Hoffmann, Mika Tuppola, I – Mode Developer Guide, 2002,
Addison- Wesley Professional.

Online links http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=30938&seqNum=2

http://www.yellowtom.co.uk/159856

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