Wireless Application Protocol
by Jessy Felicia 2301880710
WAP, or Wireless Application Protocol, is a long-defunct standard or protocol for transmitting and displaying wirelessly transmitted data to mobile smartphones, PDAs, and other portable electronic devices. A person using a mobile smartphone may make purchases, order things online, and more. Using wap, information may be viewed without the need for a cable network. The WAP gateway receives the request from the mobile device when it wants to connect to the Internet. An Internet protocol translator (IP translator) translates WAP requests.
WAP architecture consists of three stages:
Tools for wireless internet content creators may be found in the Wireless Application Environment (WAE). WMLScript, the scripting language for WAP, is included.
A protocol called Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) ensures that data is properly formatted and encoded before it is transferred. For example, verifying the accuracy of data sent between users, verifying the number of messages transmitted, and syncing data across transactions
It is a security layer or a layer of security that WTLS provides. TLS (Transport Layer Security) in TCP/IP is essentially identical to WTLS.
WAP offers several benefits, such as WAP technology that is simple to use, enabling us to access data everywhere on the condition that it has a phone signal, media that can run WAP very much, including computers, mobile phones, PDAs, and the newest communication technology equipped with a WAP browser. Particularly in this day and age of lightning-fast technological advancement, this is even more important. WAP technology may be used to disseminate information, communicate, and more.
In addition to their many advantages, WAP devices have a number of limitations, including lower CPU capabilities, memory size limitations, power consumption savings that typically use batteries, smaller and limited display sizes, and different device inputs than are typically found in wired devices such as computers.
Information technology is advancing at a fast pace. Mobile phones have become a necessity for individuals of all walks of life, and today practically all of the internet’s content can be accessed via each individual’s phone. The field of commerce was the first to embrace the new technology. People who used to buy by hand are now able to do it simply by sitting in front of a computer or using a mobile device to access the internet. When this is realized and the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is used, electronic commerce (e-commerce) may be established.
M-commerce refers to the practice of doing business using mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. M-Commerce is seen as a source of corporate innovation. Because of the ease with which mobile phones allow people to do business, investors are increasingly turning to them in order to create groundbreaking new ventures.
Many types of m-commerce exist, including financial services, mobile portals, mobile games, and location-based commerce, but there are some drawbacks to WAP-based m-commerce, including revenue sharing, software used, m-commerce circulating in the community still many use some standard or free open source software applications, and the technology used by clients is not suitable/immature. Wireless markup language (WML) has various drawbacks for m-commerce, including a tiny display and restricted user input capability, constant internet connectivity, and often limited memory and processing capabilities in the devices employed.
References
https://docplayer.info/42887459-M-commerce-aksesoris-komputer-berbasis-wap.html
Utilization of Mobile Phone WAP Technology – 68-127-2-PB.pdf
http://pasca.unhas.ac.id/jurnal/files/3dcfee3af6e2078164c602fdaab48503.pdf