Introduction to Wireless Data
Overview The growth of mobile voice has been a huge success over the past decade, yet mobile data has been a failure. That is set to change. It is projected that by the end of this year there will be 100 million wireless devices in use. By 2003 half of all web accesses will be from mobile devices. By 2005 that 1 billion people will be accessing the Internet via wireless. By 2007 one third of people will be using mobile data. What Mosaic (first browser) did for the Internet, wireless is now going to do over again. We are at the brink of another Revolution. Just as the Internet re-wrote the rules, the wireless Internet is going to re-write the rules. No consumer, or corporate body is likely to be unaffected by the Revolution. Huge opportunities stood to be seized by nearly every corporate entity. This course gives the delegate an appreciation of the Revolution and covers the technologies that will enable the Revolution to take place. The delegate will understand what the key wireless data technologies are, how they relate to each other, what the future holds, what the wireless market is doing, and appreciate the wireless (Internet) market in general. Duration - 2 Days.
Who will benefit
Anyone who requires information on Wireless technology.
Prerequisites
Introduction to Telecommunications and GSM, with experience of Telecommunications technology.
By the end of the course delegates will be able to describe:
By the end of the course delegates will be able to describe: • GPRS, HSCSD, Bluetooth, EDGE, WAP and 802.11 • The relationships between the above technologies • The advantages/disadvantages of the above technologies • The need for Wireless data technologies • The Wireless market direction • 1G, 2G, 2G+ and 3G in relation to the Wireless Market • The forward evolutionary possibilities of the mobile Wireless Market
Course Content
The Internet Revolution Part Two History of Mobile Data Use. Projection - Mobile Data Use by 2007. Mobile Attractions. Mobile subscription over the last 10 years. Percentage of subscribers Using Data Mobile Market. Convergence of Wireless & the Internet. WAP Market. Who is supplying the Infrastructure? Background Packet Switching Vs Circuit Switching. Circuit Switching. Packet Switching. Cellular Evolution. 2nd Generation. 2G+/3G. Cellular Data Evolution. Transition from 2G to 3G Possibilities. Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE) Overview of EDGE. High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) What is HSCSD? Speed. The Advantages of HSCSD. The Disadvantages of HSCSD. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) What is GPRS? A Packet Technology. Speed. Immediacy. Internet Aware. Today's Data Service with GSM. GPRS - Logical Step for Wireless Data. GPRS Terminal Types.	Bluetooth Introduction to Bluetooth. Bluetooth Protocol Stack. Bluetooth Module. Bluetooth Applications. Wireless Application Protocol The Problem associated with WAP. Two Solutions. What services does it run on? What is WAP? Why WAP? The WAP Forum. WAP - Truth Vs Fiction. Example Application. Corporate Services. WAP Benefits Salesmen and Engineers. The WAP forum. Technical Constraints. Basic WAP transaction. WAP Gateways. WAP Transaction. 3 components in WAP transactions. WAP layers. The WAP Protocol Stack. WAP Transaction sequence. Bearers. WTLS. WTP. WAE. WAP improvements. WAE Services and Formats. Wireless Markup Language. WML example. WML example output. 802.11 Wireless LANs. Introduction to 802.11. Conclusion Further Reading Books. Further Reading Web Sites.