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GPRS: Applicability and Expectations

Overview The purpose of this white paper is to find out how the users’ habits change when mobile Internet gets available through a packet switched connection on mobile devices. The theory behind GPRS and WAP is being explained, as well as the architecture, security aspects and the way of constructing applications with Java 2 for mobile devices. The paper also gives the reader a glance into the future and covers the area with EDGE, 3G UMTS and 4G.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Vajaxo University	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	August 2002	Downloads	6
Format	White Papers
Topics	GSM, Mobile - Wireless Communications, WAP

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