WAP Wireless Application Protocol Dictionary

3G
    The next generation of wireless technology beyond personal communications services.
     The World Administrative Radio Conference assigned 230 megahertz of spectrum at 2 GHz for multimedia 3G networks.
      These networks must be able to transmit wireless data at 144 kilobits per second at mobile user speeds, 384 kbps at pedestrian user speeds and 2 megabits per second in fixed locations.
      The International Telecommunication Union seeks to coordinate 3G standards through its International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 project.
       In early July, the ITU received 10 proposals for 3G systems and is currently holding a series of meetings to evaluate the specifications.

1.5
-way paging: Refers to guaranteed message receipt or advanced messaging, ensuring subscribers receive messages sent when they're out of range, but users cannot send text pages.
Two-way paging allows users to send and receive. Coined by SkyTel Communications Inc.

1.7
-way paging:
A paging service that offers more than guaranteed messaging but not as much as full two-way paging. The subscriber has limited response messaging, such as canned messages, rather than the ability to create responses.

1996
Telecommunications Act: Legislation designed to spur competition among wireless and wireline carriers.
Signed into law by President Clinton Feb. 8, 1996.

5ESS
A registered trademark name for Lucent Technologies Inc.'s electronic switching system.

802.11
(IEEE) the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard protocol for wireless local area network interoperability. Medium and Physical Layer for 1 Mbps and 2 Mbps between fixed and portabe and moving stations within local area

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