Planning of Personal Area Network (II)
N Thilak, Johnson Ihyeh Agbinya · OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars (University of Technology Sydney) · 2009
Personal area network (PAN) is a computer network used for communication among computer devices which including telephones and personal digital assistants close to one person. The devices mayor may not belong to the person. Its range is typically a few meters. It is used for intrapersonal communication, connecting higher level network and the internet [I]. Personal area networks can be wired with computer buses such as USB and FireWire. A wireless personal area network (WPAN) can also be made possible with network technologies such as IrDA, Bluetooth, UWB, Z-Wave and ZigBee. The different technologies are explained below.