Mobile Wireless
Allows users to access the Internet from any location
Next major challenge in networking: Widespread mobile high speed Internet access
Current Mobile wireless technologies
- Slow access speeds compared to DSL,cable modem
- WLAN: Higher speed, but limited range and locations
- Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- Based on Wireless Application Environment (WAE) and Wireless Markup Language (WML)
- Streamlines HTTP and HTML for use in the very limited low speed and small screens of mobile devices