Generic applications of GPRS include information services, internet access, email, and web browsing. It allows access to content like sports scores, weather, flight information and news headlines. Mobile internet browsing and mobile commerce/banking are well-suited for GPRS due to its higher bandwidth. GPRS also enables specific applications like chat services, multimedia messaging, virtual private networks, personal information management, job dispatch, unified messaging, vehicle positioning, and location-based services/telematics.
1. APPLICATIONS OF GPRS
R.Uma Selvi, MCA., M.Phil.,
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Applications
V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women
2. There are many applications suitable for GPRS
Many of them are of generic type and some of them
are specific to GPRS
Generic applications are
Information Services
Internet access
email
Web Browsing
Generic Applications
APPLICATIONS OF GPRS
3. They offer content like
Sports scores
weather
Flight information
News headlines
Prayer reminders etc …
Due to higher bandwidth, mobile Internet browsing will be
better suited to GPRS
Mobile commerce and Banking over wireless is another
generic applications.
Some Indian banks are offering banking over GPRS/WAP
4. GPRS Specific Applications
Chat
Very popular service.
Groups of like-minded people use chat services as a
means to communicate and discuss matters of common
interest
Use different chat services:
Through internet(Yahoo, Google, ICQ)
SMS
GPRS will offer ubiquitous chat by integrating Internet
chat and wireless chat using SMS and WAP
5. Multimedia Service
Multimedia objects like photographs, pictures, postcards,
greeting cards, presentations, static web pages can be
sent and received over the mobile network.
Moving images help to monitor parking lots or building
sites for intruders or thieves.
It can also be used by law enforcement agents,
journalists, and insurance agents for sending images of
accident site
Doctors can use these applications to send pictures of
patients from a health center for expert help
6. Virtual Private Network
GPRS used to offer VPN services.
Many bank ATM machines use VSAT (Very Small
Aperture Terminal) to connect the ATM system with the
banks server.
Bandwidth in GPRS is higher, so many banks migrating
VSAT to GPRS-based networks
7. Personal Information Management
Personal diary, address book, appointment are useful
to mobile individual.
Some of these are kept in the phone, some in the
intranet.
GPRS can be used to integrate address book, the diary
of the phone with diary at the home office
8. Job Sheet Dispatch
GPRS used to assign and communicate job sheets from
office-based staff to mobile field staff
When customer requiring a visit by field sales or service
representative can then be escalated to those mobile
workers.
If job dispatch applications combined with vehicle
positioning applications, nearest available suitable
personnel can be deployed to serve a customer
9. Unified Messaging
It uses single mailbox for all messages(voice mail, fax, e-
mail, SMS, MMS)
With the various mailboxes in unified messaging
systems allow variety of access methods to recover
message of different types
Some use text-to-voice system to read e-mail, faxes over
a normal phone line.
Alter the user on the terminal type of their choice when
messages are received.
10. Vechicle Positioning
This application integrates GPS that tell people where
they are.
GPS is a free-to-use global network
Vehicle positioning application can be used to deliver
several services such as
Remote vehicle diagnostics
Adhoc stolen vehicle tracking
New rental car fleet tariffs
In India this is popular in logistics industry
11. Location –Based Services And Telematics
To link push or pull information services with a user’s
location
Examples:
Hotel
Restaurant finders
Roadside assistance
City specific news
Intelligent Transportation System(ITS) are built around
GPRS & GPS.
Location can be determined either through GPS or cell
identification from operator
