Short Link Application Layer Protocols Overview

Short link services provide application layer protocols for both Infrared and Object broker exchange (OBEX).

This overview identifies the short link services application layer protocols.

Familiarity with APIs of ECOM, ESOCK and EUSER is assumed. The components and APIs described in this section make heavy use of each.

The following three Short Link components are available in the Application Layer Protocols collection:

• Infrared Transfer Protocol

• OBEX Protocol

• OBEX Extensions

They are introduced below.

Protocol used for transferring pictures over an IR connection.

IrTranP APIs

• Picture Transfer

Protocol for handling Object Broker Exchange (OBEX) communications over various transports.

OBEX Protocol APIs

• OBEX Protocol

• IrOBEX

• OBEX Common Transport

APIs provided to extend the basic functionality of the OBEX Protocol.

OBEX Extension APIs

• OBEX Server Packet Access

• OBEX Server Notifiers

• OBEX Client Error Handling