I-WAP: an intelligent WAP site management system

• Published in: IEEE transactions on mobile computing Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 82 - 95
• Main Authors: Gwo-Jen Hwang, Tseng, J.C.R., Yu-San Huang
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.04.2002; IEEE Computer Society; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Access methods and protocols, osi model; Access protocols; Applied sciences; Cell phones; Computer science; control theory; systems; Content management; Costs; Exact sciences and technology; Extensible Markup Language; HTML; HyperText Markup Language; Information systems. Data bases; Internet; Management systems; Markup languages; Memory organisation. Data processing; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Personal computers; Screens; Software; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Teleprocessing networks. Isdn; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless communications; Performance evaluation; Mobile radiocommunication; Translation; Wireless markup language; Wireless telecommunication; WAP; Information access; Algorithm; Internet access; HTML language; Web site; Database management system; Intelligent system
• ISSN: 1536-1233; 1558-0660
• DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2002.1038345

The popularity regarding wireless communications is such that more and more WAP sites have been developed with wireless markup language (WML). Meanwhile, to translate hypertext markup language (HTML) pages into proper WML ones becomes imperative since it is difficult for WAP users to read most contents designed for PC users via their mobile phone screens. However, for those sites that have been maintained with hypertext markup language (HTML), considerable time and manpower costs will be incurred to rebuild them with WML. In this paper, we propose an intelligent WAP site management system to cope with these problems. With the help of the intelligent management system, the original contents of HTML Web sites can be automatically translated to proper WAP content in an efficient way. As a consequence, the costs associated with maintaining WAP sites could be significantly reduced. The management system also allows the system manager to define the relevance of numerals and keywords for removing unimportant or meaningless contents. The original contents will be reduced and reorganized to fit the size of mobile phone screens, thus reducing the communication cost and enhancing readability. Numerical results gained through various experiments have evinced the effective performance of the WAP management system.