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WAP
Wireless Application Protocol. Wireless Application Protocol is the de facto
worldwide standard for providing Internet communications and advanced
telephony services on digital mobile phones, pagers, digital assistants and
other wireless terminals. The WAP Forum was established in 1997 by Nokia,
Ericcson, Motorola and Unwired Planet (now Phone.com). Its current
members comprise over 200 leading firms in the wireless communication
field.
WCDMA-DS
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. A radio interface for UMTS.
Characterised by use of a wider band than CDMA. Has additional advantages
of high transfer rate, and increased system capacity and communication
quality by statistical multiplexing, etc. WCDMA efficiently utilizes the radio
spectrum to provide a maximum data rate of 2 Mbit/s. Originally, WCDMA
was written with a “3G” indication. However, since it is now being reviewed
under 30 Harmonisation together with two other systems, it is more precisely
specified here as WCDMA-DS.
WLAN
Wireless Local Access Network. This type of network enables wireless access to
an Ethernet network from a PC or other communication device via an access
point, The Nokia WLAN format comprises a 2.4 GHz frequency band (no
licensing fee), a PC card and an access point connected to wired
infrastructure. Nokia applies an open standard (IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.11b)
enabling wideband data access at data rates ranging from 2 Mbps to a
maximum 11 Mbps.
WML
Wireless Markup Language is a markup language developed specifically for
wireless applications. WML is based on XML
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