Appendix A. Wireless Protocols

If you're new to mobile development, the plethora of wireless telephony acronyms can be confusing at first. The good news is that, for the most part, you can ignore them because you don't know exactly which environment your application will run in. The bad news is that your application should be prepared to run in all of the environments.

To help you follow the debates, standards, and discussions that inevitably arise when discussing cellular and wireless technologies, this appendix introduces the main protocols in historical order.