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• Keep the GPRS context active even after the closing of a socket, allowing the application to keep

the same IP address;

• Also Mobile terminated (incoming) connections can be made, now it is possible to receive

incoming TCP connection requests;

• A new internal firewall has been implemented in order to guarantee a certain level of security on

internet applications.

4.1.2

Easy GPRS definition

The Easy GPRS feature provides a way to replace the need of an Internet TCP/IP stack at the
terminal equipment side. The steps that will be required to obtain a virtual serial connection (that is
actually a socket) to the Internet peer are:

• configuring the GPRS Access

• configuring the embedded TCP/IP stack behavior

• defining the Internet Peer to be contacted

• request the GPRS and socket connections to be opened (host is connected)

• exchange raw data

• close the socket and GPRS context

All these steps are achieved through AT commands.
As for common modem interface, two logical status are involved: command mode and data traffic
mode.

• In Command Mode (CM), some AT commands are provided to configure the Data Module

Internet stack and to start up the data traffic.

• In data traffic mode (Socket Mode, SKTM), the client can send/receive a raw data stream which

will be encapsulated in the previously configured TCP / IP packets which will be sent to the other
side of the network and vice versa. Control plane of ongoing socket connection is deployed
internally to the module.

For more detailed information regarding GPRS please consult Easy GPRS User Guide and AT
Commands Reference Guide.