- Deitel Presents an Introduction to WML & WAP (Part 2 of 2)
- Jun 7, 2002
- DEITEL™ discusses the Wireless Markup language (WML), the markup language used to create presentational layer of WAP applications delivered to wireless handheld devices. This is the second article in a two-part series, which presents an introduction to WAP and WML.
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- Deitel Presents an Introduction to WML & WAP (Part 1 of 2)
- May 31, 2002
- This DEITEL™ article discusses the Wireless Markup language (WML), the markup language used to create presentational layer of WAP applications delivered to wireless handheld devices. This first article in a two-part series presents an introduction to WAP and WML.
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- The i-mode Network and Delivery Protocols
- May 31, 2002
- This excerpt provides a broad overview of the planning that went into building the NTT DoCoMo i-mode network and presents the server architecture and data-delivery protocols that are used.
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- WDM Technology and Issues in WDM Optical Networks
- May 24, 2002
- Understand the "big picture" of WDM optical networks. This excerpt introduces several issues concerning the design of these networks, from routing and wavelength assignment to optical multicast routing.
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- Wizarding Up a WAP Application
- May 24, 2002
- Discover decks, cards, and links, and build your first WAP application! Then watch your tiny little application in action.
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- Deitel Presents Location-based Services: Big Help or Big Brother?
- May 10, 2002
- The ability to locate users and provide them with information is crucial to the development of the wireless internet, but it also raises significant privacy concerns. Deitel™ reviews the potential benefits and dangers of location-based services.
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- Optical Networks: Capacity and Components
- May 1, 2002
- Networking guru Uyless Black explains how optical networks have revolutionized the world of telecommunications, principally because of their extraordinary transmission capacity.
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- Mobile Telephony: What Makes it Mobile?
- Apr 19, 2002
- What makes mobile telephony work? Basestations and mobile switching centers, for starters. Read on to learn about frequency reuse, air interfaces, and the specific inner workings of an actual cellular phone.
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- Data Communications: Use the Right Medium for your Message
- Apr 12, 2002
- Learn when to use twisted pair cable, satellites, or fiber-optics to get your message across. From economic considerations to bandwidth limitations, here's a guide to your options.
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- The Wireless Network Evolution
- Apr 12, 2002
- Wireless networks include local, metropolitan, wide, and global areas. This excerpt explains the evolution of such networks, their basic principles of operation, and their architectures.
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- Mitigating the Degradation Effects of Fading Channels
- Apr 5, 2002
- This article outlines the tools for dealing with the deleterious effect of fading, and how to mitigate these effects so that the channel approaches AWGN performance.
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- Mobile Database Review: Microsoft Databases for Windows CE
- Apr 5, 2002
- In the fourth and final segment of his review of popular mobile database offerings, Bryan Morgan takes a look at two popular database offerings for Windows CE from Microsoft: Pocket Access 2002 and SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition (commonly referred to as SQL Server CE).
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- Night of the Living Wi-Fi's (A Security Parable for Our Times)
- Apr 5, 2002
- Ed Skoudis' true-to-life scenario sends chills up the spine of any business with employees using unsecured wireless access.
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- Mobile Database Review: Building Java Mobile Apps With PointBase
- Mar 29, 2002
- Third in a series of reviews of popular mobile database products, this article by Bryan Morgan describes the PointBase RDBMS.
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- WAP Development with WML (Wireless Markup Language)
- Mar 29, 2002
- This sample chapter describes the evolution of WML and what it's about. It explains what WML can and can't do, provides a comparison to other markup languages, covers WML structure and syntax, and illustrates the essential WML elements and attributes used with all WAP applications.
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- Mobile Database Review: Oracle 9i Lite
- Feb 22, 2002
- Second in a series of reviews of popular mobile database products, this article presents Bryan Morgan's take on Oracle9i Lite.
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- Mobile Database Review: Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio 8.0
- Feb 15, 2002
- In this first of a series of articles reviewing popular mobile database products, Bryan Morgan says some nice things about Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio 8.0.
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- Unplug and Stay Connected
- Feb 8, 2002
- Wireless technology is, of course, a natural for road trips. Here are some decisions to consider in order to fit your needs and budget.
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- Concepts for Working with Wireless Applications
- Feb 1, 2002
- The wireless development process involves four steps: identifying the user of the final product, building relevant content, developing the application, and testing the application with a real device on a real network in a typical user situation.
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- Building the Four Wireless Application Families of the Wireless Internet
- Jan 11, 2002
- Wireless apps may work on itty-bitty equipment, but they still need to serve up hot games and hotter gossip.
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