{"id":55,"date":"2021-05-27T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T10:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2021-05-27T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T11:09:23","slug":"pan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/pan\/","title":{"rendered":"PAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A&nbsp;<strong>personal area network<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>PAN<\/strong>) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/computer-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/computer-network\/\">computer network<\/a>&nbsp;for interconnecting&nbsp;electronic devices&nbsp;centered on an individual person&#8217;s workspace.<sup>[1]<\/sup>&nbsp;A PAN provides&nbsp;data transmission&nbsp;among devices such as&nbsp;computers,&nbsp;smartphones,&nbsp;tablets&nbsp;and&nbsp;personal digital assistants. PANs can be used for communication among the personal devices themselves, or for connecting to a higher level network and the Internet where one master device takes up the role as&nbsp;gateway. A PAN may be wireless or carried over wired interfaces such as&nbsp;USB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<strong>wireless personal area network<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>WPAN<\/strong>) is a PAN carried over a low-powered, short-distance&nbsp;wireless network&nbsp;technology such as&nbsp;IrDA,&nbsp;Wireless USB,&nbsp;Bluetooth&nbsp;or&nbsp;ZigBee. The reach of a WPAN varies from a few centimeters to a few meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/personal-area-network-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/personal-area-network-1.jpg 200w, http:\/\/mexpansions.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/personal-area-network-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Wireless In PAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A wireless personal area network (WPAN) is a personal area network in which the connections are wireless.&nbsp;IEEE 802.15&nbsp;has produced standards for several types of PANs operating in the&nbsp;ISM band&nbsp;including&nbsp;Bluetooth. The&nbsp;Infrared Data Association&nbsp;(IrDA) has produced standards for WPANs that operate using&nbsp;infrared communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Wired in PAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wired personal area networks provide short connections between peripherals. Example technologies include&nbsp;USB,&nbsp;IEEE-1394&nbsp;and&nbsp;Thunderbolt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Bluetooth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluetooth uses short-range radio waves. Uses in a WPAN include, for example, Bluetooth devices such as keyboards, pointing devices, audio headsets, and printers may connect to&nbsp;smartwatches,&nbsp;cell phones, or computers. A Bluetooth WPAN is also called a&nbsp;, and is composed of up to 8 active devices in a master-slave relationship (a very large number of additional devices can be connected in &#8220;parked&#8221; mode). The first Bluetooth device in the piconet is the master, and all other devices are slaves that communicate with the master. A piconet typically has a range of 10 metres (33&nbsp;ft), although ranges of up to 100 metres (330&nbsp;ft) can be reached under ideal circumstances. Long-range Bluetooth routers with augmented antenna arrays connect Bluetooth devices up to 1,000 feet.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_area_network#cite_note-2\">]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;Bluetooth mesh networking&nbsp;the range and number of devices is extended by using&nbsp;mesh networking&nbsp;techniques to relay information from one device to another. Such a network doesn&#8217;t have a master device and may or may not be treated as a WPAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>IrDA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>IrDA uses&nbsp;infrared&nbsp;light, which has a frequency below the human eye&#8217;s sensitivity. Infrared is used in other wireless communications applications, for instance, in&nbsp;remote controls. Typical WPAN devices that use IrDA include printers, keyboards, and other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serial_communication\">serial communication<\/a>&nbsp;interfaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;personal area network&nbsp;(PAN) is a&nbsp;computer network&nbsp;for interconnecting&nbsp;electronic devices&nbsp;centered on an individual person&#8217;s workspace.[1]&nbsp;A PAN provides&nbsp;data transmission&nbsp;among devices such as&nbsp;computers,&nbsp;smartphones,&nbsp;tablets&nbsp;and&nbsp;personal digital assistants. PANs can be used for communication among the personal devices themselves, or for connecting to a higher level network and the Internet where one master device takes up the role as&nbsp;gateway. 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