Please explain the role of wireless middleware?
• Interface with a variety of proprietary radio protocols from Motorola, Ericsson, Qualcomm and others. • Provide a common API that uses standards-based TCP/IP calls. • Provide an optimized radio protocol to conserve the use of radio bandwidth – replace the chatty TCP/IP protocol with one that is more efficient. • Support concepts like Smart IP and Mobile IP that allows IP-based applications to be run in a radio environment without paying a performance penalty. Q23 – I have heard TCP/IP is not the best protocol for wireless. Yet it is a universal transport protocol. What do I do? Use products that pretend to the application that they are dealing with TCP/IP network but actually use an optimized UDP or UDP-like protocol. Smart IP from Nettech is one such product. Q24- How do I keep my data on my PDA, PC and server in synch? There are a number of data synchronization products that allow you to do this. Click on our product guide. Q25 – Should I develop my applications in Java or Windows
