Contents

• • • • Trademark Information
  
  
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
  • Executive Summary
    • Technological Scope
    • Efficiency is the Key Requirement
    • Conventional Origins of Protocols
    • Expect the Unexpected
    • Our Solution
    • A Brief History of LEAP
    • Making Our Solution Widespread
    • Complete and Ready
    • How to Participate
    • Who We Are
    • About The LEAP Manifesto
      • Manifesto Organization
      • Draft Articles
      • Getting the Manifesto
  
  
• The LEAP Protocols
  • Overview of the LEAP Protocols
    • Introduction
    • The Need for Efficiency
    • Technical Overview of LEAP
      • The ESRO Layer: Efficient Transport Services
      • The EMSD Layer: Efficient E-Mail
      • The EHTD Layer: Efficient Web Browsing
      • Other Efficient LEAP Applications
    • Efficiency Characteristics of LEAP
    • LEAP: A Basis for Convergence
    • The End-User's Experience
    • The LEAP Development Process
      • Patent-Freedom
      • RFC Publication
      • Open Maintenance Organizations
    • LEAPing over WAP
    • A Brief History of LEAP
  • The LEAP Protocol Development Model
    • Introduction
    • Protocol Phases of Development
      • Initial Protocol Development
      • Global Parameter Assignment
      • Protocol Publication
      • Patent-Freedom
      • Maintenance and Enhancement
      • Endorsement by a Standards Body
    • Economic Consequences of Protocols
      • Principles for Maintaining Protocol Integrity
    • Standards Organizations: Do They Mean Anything?
    • Our Independence of the IETF
      • Do We Need the IETF?
  • Free Protocols Foundation Policies and Procedures
    • Introduction
      • The Patent Debate
      • How Patents Affect Protocols
      • Difficulties Relating to Software and Protocol Patents
      • Terminology
      • About the Free Protocol Processes and Procedures
      • About this Document
    • The Protocol Development Process
      • Phases of Development
      • Role of the Free Protocols Foundation
      • Coordination of Activities
    • The Free Protocols Foundation
      • General Philosophy
      • Purpose, Activities and Scope
      • Other Activities
    • Free Protocol Development Working Groups
    • Patent-Free Declarations
      • Author's Declaration
      • Working Group Declaration
    • Patents, Copyright and Confidentiality - Policy Statement
      • Policy Statement Principles
      • General Policy
      • Confidentiality Obligations
      • Rights and Permissions of All Contributions
      • FPF Role Regarding Free Protocol Specifications
  • ESRO: A Foundation for the Development of Efficient Protocols
    • Overview of ESRO
      • The Need for ESRO
      • ESRO Requirements and Goals
      • Terminology
    • Other Related Protocols
      • RPC
      • ROSE
      • WAP's WTP
      • T/TCP
      • RDP
      • VMTP
      • TCP
      • UDP
      • UDP Plus Ad Hoc Re-Transmissions
    • The ESRO Protocol
      • Efficiency Characteristics of ESRO
      • Why We Adopted the Remote Operations Model
      • RFC Publication of the ESRO Protocol
      • Maintenance of the ESRO Protocol via ESRO.org
    • Use of ESRO
      • Common ESRO Application Design Considerations
    • Example Applications
      • Horizontal Applications
      • EMSD: Efficient E-Mail
      • EHTD: Efficient Web Browsing
      • Other Efficient Horizontal Applications
      • Vertical Applications
    • Existing Implementations of ESRO
      • ESROS Application Programming Interface
  • EMSD: The LEAP E-Mail Component
    • Introduction
      • Terminology
    • Existing Internet Mail Submission and Delivery
    • Overview of EMSD
      • Protocol Layering
      • EMSD Protocol Components
      • Efficient Short Remote Operations (ESRO)
      • Anticipated Uses of EMSD
    • EMSD Design Goals and Requirements
    • Rationale for Key Design Decisions
      • Deviation from the SMTP Model
      • Use of ESRO Instead of TCP
      • Use of the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Model
      • Use of ASN.1
    • Relationship of EMSD to Other Mail Protocols
    • Obtaining the EMSD Protocols
  • Efficiency of EMSD
    • Preface
    • Introduction
      • Efficient Mail Submission & Delivery
    • Study Overview
    • Submission
      • SMTP Submission from PC to Unix
      • EMSD Submission from PC to Unix
    • Delivery
      • SMTP Delivery from Unix to Unix
      • Message Delivery via POP Mailbox
      • Message Delivery via IMAP Mailbox
      • EMSD Delivery from Unix to PC
    • Results Summary
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgments
  • A Brief History of LEAP
    • Overview
    • Time-Line History
    • Acronym Apology
  • The Future of LEAP
    • Where We Are Today
    • Invitations to Participate
    • Preview of Coming Attractions
      • MailMeAnywhere.org
      • ByName.net and ByNumber.net
  
  
• LEAPing Over Closed Solutions
  • The WAP Trap
    • Introduction
      • The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
      • Characteristics of Successful Protocols
      • About this Document
    • WAP - A Procedural Fraud
      • Not Open in Terms of Development and Maintenance
      • No Assurance of Availability and Stability
      • Not Patent-Free
      • No Legitimacy as a Standard
    • WAP - A Technical Failure
      • User Interface Assumptions
      • Extreme Accommodation to Existing Networks
      • Excessive Re-Invention in the Name of Wireless
      • Vulnerable Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
      • Bungled Protocol Number Assignment
    • WAP - A Basic Misconception
      • The Wrong Answer Initially: Mobile Web Browsing
      • The Right Answer Initially: Mobile Messaging
      • Unsupported Claims
    • Conclusion: WAP is a Trap
    • Preventing the Harm of WAP
      • Reform the WAP Forum
      • Spread the Word about the WAP Fraud
      • Reject WAP at Engineering Level
      • Reject WAP at Consumer Level
      • Adopt an Alternative to WAP
    • LEAP: One Alternative To WAP
  • LEAP: One Alternative to WAP
    • Introduction
      • The WAP Trap
      • About this Document
    • The Need for Efficiency
    • LEAP: The Lightweight & Efficient Application Protocols
      • A Brief History of LEAP
      • Technical Overview of LEAP
      • Processes and Procedures
    • Comparison of LEAP to WAP
      • Patent Restrictions
      • Openness of Publication
      • Openness of Maintenance
      • Technical Deficiencies
      • Initial Focus
      • Hype versus Reality
    • Making LEAP Widespread
    • Other Alternatives to WAP
    • Summary
      • The LEAP Manifesto
  • WAP Scraps
    • Introduction
      • Claiming the Day
      • Mobile Web Browsing: An Open Industry Model
      • About this Document
    • Mobile Web Browsing: Past, Present and Future
      • The Past: WAP
      • The Present: XHTML
      • The Importance of Efficiency
      • The Future: XHTML + LEAP
      • Invitation to Participate
    • WAP: A Salvage Operation
      • Engineering Salvage: Scrapping WAP Layer by Layer
      • Business Salvage: Cutting Financial Losses
      • Psychological Salvage: Saving Face
    • In Pursuit of Integrity
      • The WAP Hype Machine Fraud
      • Protocol Integrity
      • Engineering Integrity
  • Operation Whiteberry
    • Introduction
      • The Problem
      • The Solution
      • Free Protocols Foundation Endorsement of Operation WhiteBerry
    • Mobile Messaging Requirements
    • The BlackBerry Solution
      • How BlackBerry Works
      • BlackBerry: Mobile Messaging Confirmation
      • BlackBerry: A Closed Solution
      • BlackBerry: Not All Things to All People
      • Strategic Myopia: More Closed Solutions
    • The WhiteBerry Solution
      • Technological Components of WhiteBerry
      • The Unifying Component: A Set of Open Protocols
      • The Key to WhiteBerry: The LEAP Protocols
      • How WhiteBerry Works
      • Putting Everything Together for the End User
      • Technical Challenges & Responses
      • WhiteBerry versus BlackBerry
    • Initial Development Framework
      • Open-Source Software Implementations
      • The MailMeAnywhere Development Forum
      • Initial Subscriber Services
      • Initial WhiteBerry Implementation
    • Mobile Messaging Security
      • BlackBerry Security
      • WhiteBerry Security
    • The Business Case for WhiteBerry
      • Immediate Opportunity: Installed Hardware Base
      • Precedents for Success
      • Shifting Opportunities: Winners & Losers
      • Business Conservativism
    • A Framework for Participation
      • Device Integration
      • Modem Integration
      • Network Services Integration
      • Systems and Solutions Integration
      • How to Participate
    • Beyond Operation WhiteBerry
    • Summary
  
  
• Making LEAP Widespread
  • Strategy for Making LEAP Widespread
    • Introduction
    • The Power of Free Software
      • Irrelevance of the Supply Chain Model
      • Bypassing the Telecommunications Gatekeepers
    • How LEAP Will Become Widespread
    • NEDA's Free Software Base
    • Neda's Free Software Licensing Strategy
  • EMSD on Windows CE
    • Preface
    • Summary
    • About This Document
    • Background
      • Components involved
    • CDPD, EMSD and Windows CE: High Level Architecture
      • EMSD and WinCE Messaging
      • WinCE and CDPD Modem integration
      • EMSD Message Transfer Service and Back End Mailbox Issues
    • Windows CE Inbox integration with EMSD
    • End User Experience
      • Assumptions
      • Acquisition
      • Installation
    • Conclusions
  • EMSD on Palm OS
    • Introduction
      • Windows CE Integration Strategy
      • Palm OS Integration Strategy
    • Palm OS Mail User Agents
      • Separate Mail User Interface and Mail Transport Service
      • Integrated Mail User Interface and Mail Transport Service
    • Invitation To Participate
  • Trying out LEAP
  • WhiteBerry and Bluetooth
    • Introduction
      • Bluetooth vs.
      • Industry Characteristics and Trends
    • What is WhiteBerry?
    • The WhiteBerry/ Messaging Solution
      • Basic WhiteBerry/ Implementation Architecture
      • A Word About SMS
    • Mail Notification
    • Mail Notification in the WhiteBerry/ Model
    • Development Framework and Resources
      • Development Support from Neda Communications, Inc.
      • Invitation to Cell Phone Manufacturers
      • Open-Source Software Licensing
  • Use of EMSD for Mail Notification
    • Introduction
      • Intended Audience
    • The EMSD Protocol
    • Mail Notification
      • Mail Notification Implementation Model
      • Mail Notification in Mobile Environments
    • Development Framework and Resources
      • Open-Source Software Availability
  • Lessons From History: Comparitive Case Studies
    • Introduction
    • Characteristics of Successful Protocols
    • Case Study I: The World Wide Web
      • Prerequisites
      • Open Protocol Specifications
      • Open Standards Organization
      • Widespread Client Software
      • Widespread Server Software
      • Open-Source Software
      • Service Providers
    • Case Study II: Pretty Good Privacy
  
  
• The Mobile Messaging Industry
  • The Mobile Messaging Industry
    • Introduction
    • The Next Big Thing: Mobile Messaging
      • The Mobile Messaging End-User
    • Comparison to Paging
    • Timeliness of Mobile Messaging
    • Market Forecasts
    • Current Status of the Mobile Messaging Industry
    • Differences among Mobile Messaging Providers
    • The Fundamental Obstacle: Lack of Inter-Operability
    • The Key Enabling Requirement: A Standard Protocol
    • Protocol Requirements
  
  
• APPENDIX
  • General Information
    • Device Options for the Mobile Professional
      • Device Options for Cell Phones and PDAs: Integrated vs. Specialist
      • Device Options for Mobile Messaging
      • Mobile Messaging via PDA: One Major Disadvantage
      • Summary: Cell Phone/PDA Integration a Viable Option
  • Glossary of Terms
  
  
• Index
• Bibliography