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{{Informal|date=October 2021}}

'''Wireless Session Protocol''' (WSP) is an [[open standard]]<ref>[https://www.openmobilealliance.org/release/Browser_Protocol_Stack/V2_1-20050204/OMA-WAP-TS-WSP-V1_0-20020920-C.pdf WSP Specification] - [[Open Mobile Alliance]] web site</ref> for maintaining high-level wireless sessions. The protocol is involved from the second that 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, saving bandwidth over continuous monitoring. 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]] of WAP with a consistent interface for two session services. The first is a connection-oriented service that operates above a transaction layer protocol [[Wireless Transaction Protocol|WTP]] and the second is a connectionless service that operates above a secure or non-secure data-gram transport service. Therefore, WSP exists for two reasons: First, the connection mode enhances HTTP 1.1's performance over the wireless environment. Second, it provides a [[session layer]] so the whole WAP environment resembles the [[OSI model|OSI Reference Model]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.openmobilealliance.org/ Open Mobile Alliance]
*[https://wiki.wireshark.org/Wireless_Session_Protocol WSP on the Wireshark Wiki]

{{Open Mobile Alliance standards}}

[[Category:Open Mobile Alliance standards]]
[[Category:Session layer protocols]]
[[Category:Wireless Application Protocol]]

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