GPRS and 3G Wireless Applications

To ensure competitive advantage for their companies in wireless product development, developers need to understand how wireless technologies work, what impact they have on applications being developed, and how to use them to optimize products for success in the marketplace. Designed to answer these and other wireless development questions, this unique handbook explores how a host of relevant technologies work together with the new worldwide standards for wireless technologies--General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Third Generation (3G). Leading expert Christoffer Andersson clearly explains how GPRS and 3G control the mobile environment, then goes on to describe how the emerging radio technology of Bluetooth fits in with WAP and Java, how wireless applications work with HTTP and TCP/IP on the Internet, and how to create "always-on" wireless applications.

Auteur

CHRISTOFFER ANDERSSON is Senior Specialist and Manager of Special
Projects for Terminals & Applications 2G/3G at Ericsson. He
served as Head of Technology for Ericsson's Mobile Applications
Initiative (formerly GPRS Applications Alliance), helping
application developers-including such industry giants as Microsoft,
IBM, and Oracle-to optimize their products for wireless
environments. Andersson is a frequent speaker for Ericsson at major
events, has designed software and radio network algorithms for 3G
wireless systems, and holds multiple patents in this area.

ERICSSON is a world leader in mobile Internet. With more than
100,000 employees and for 125 years, its vast wealth of accumulated
knowledge has spread to more than 140 countries.

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Get into the wireless space and create the future applications of the mobile Internet

GPRS and 3G Wireless Applications

With mobile Internet ready to take off, you'll want to know what it takes to develop applications for this exploding new market. In this book, industry expert Christoffer Andersson guides you step-by-step through all the technical issues that underlie the development of software and content for wireless networks and devices.

You'll discover how GPRS and 3G systems have evolved, how they affect applications, and how to work with existing and emerging protocols. You'll get concrete tips and advice on testing and optimizing software, choosing architectures and platforms, security issues, and much more.

Andersson even explains how to market your applications successfully. This book is the first complete reference on the most important technologies to ever hit the mobile Internet!

The CD-ROM contains:

• WAP development kits
• A number of emulators of current mobile devices
• Testing templates you can use on your own applications
• Java SDKs

Contenu
Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

THE MOBILE NETWORKS.

Basic Concepts.

The Mobile Evolution.

GPRS--Wireless Packet Data.

3G Wireless Systems.

Bluetooth--Cutting the Cord!

OPTIMIZING THE TRANSMISSION.

Unwiring the Internet.

The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

Adapting for Wireless Challenges.

APPLICATIONS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS.

Application Architectures.

Mobile Internet Devices.

Operating Systems and Application Environments.

Security.

Location-Based Services.

Testing the Wireless Applications.

Getting It All Together.

Acronym List.

Index.