SMART IP Enabling IP Applications On Wireless Networks

ABSTRACT

We know that applications such as browsers, e-mail and others utilize the TCP/IP transport protocol to communicate over the internet, intranets or LANs (and now, wireless networks). However, these applications tend to be “chatty.” Also, since TCP/IP was designed for an always connected, high-speed, wired environment, it is overhead laden, making it difficult to run in a wireless environment.

The basic theme of this paper is Smart IP which is wireless middleware that can drastically improve the performance of web-based and other IP applications, resulting in reduced communication costs, improved battery life, improved user experience and reduced development effort.

Nettech Systems, a leading supplier of wireless middleware, has recently introduced Smart IP, a product designed to overcome these obstacles. Smart IP allows TCP/IP based applications to run efficiently over wireless networks without modification.

Here we describe that, Smart IP optimizes the wireless data communication on two levels. First, it substitutes the TCP/IP transport protocol with Nettech’s optimized wireless transport layer. Next, it allows developers or corporations to create Intelligent Protocol Agents, which are used to streamline the application’s transactions and optimize high-level protocols.

In this paper we are focusing on how this optimization of data, which we are sending over the wireless network, takes place. We are also discussing about how Smart IP works, how the transportation problem is solved & other benefits of using Smart IP.