Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) is an

open standard An open standard is a standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone. It is also a prerequisite to use open license, non-discrimination and extensibility. Typically, anybody can participate in the development. There is no single definitio ...

Open Mobile Alliance OMA SpecWorks, previously the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) is a standards organization which develops open, international technical standards for the mobile phone industry. It is a nonprofit Non-governmental organization (NGO), not a formal govern ...

web site for maintaining high level session. Wireless session that starts when the user connects to one URL and ends when the user leaves that URL. The session wide properties are defined once at the beginning of the session, which has the benefit of saving bandwidth due to the nature of wireless communication. The session establishing process does not have long connection algorithms. WSP is based on HTTP 1.1 with few enhancements. WSP provides the upper-level

application layer An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communications protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network. An ''application layer'' abstraction is specified in both the Internet Protocol ...

of WAP with a consistent interface for two session services. The first is a connection-oriented service that operates above a transaction layer protocol WTP and the second is a connection less service that operates above a secure or non-secure datagram transport service. Therefore, WSP exists for two reasons. First, in the connection-mode it enhances the HTTP 1.1's performance over wireless environment. Second, it provides a

session layer In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the session layer is layer 5. The session layer provides the mechanism for opening, closing and managing a session between end-user application processes, i.e., a semi-permanent dialogue. ...

so the whole WAP environment resembles ISO

OSI Reference Model The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that 'provides a common basis for the coordination of SOstandards development for the purpose of systems interconnection'. In the OSI reference model, the communications ...

References

External links

Open Mobile AllianceWSP on the Wireshark Wiki
Open Mobile Alliance standards Session layer protocols Wireless Application Protocol {{compu-network-stub