If WAP doesn't replace IP, then why does the WAP protocol specification
include the protocol layers that are equivalent (and replacements for)
the IP layer?
-Bob
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Bob Wise
Chief Architect
Vsys, Inc. - "The Softswitch Company"
www.vsys.com
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Subject: Re: IP over MIME (was Re: WAP Is A Trap -- Reject WAP)
"Brijesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> WAP's goal is not to replace IP, but mediate between non-IP wireless
> devices, and existing IP based wire line applications.
So then obvious the Right Thing is to put an IP stack on each of those
devices. Then such "mediation" is unnecessary.
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