Generally,
networks types are distinguished based on their geographical span. A network
can be as small as distance between your mobile phone and its Bluetooth
headphone and as large as the internet itself, covering the whole geographical
world.
A
Personal Area Network (PAN) is smallest network which is very personal to a
user. This may include Bluetooth enabled devices or infra-red enabled devices.
PAN has connectivity range up to 10 meters. PAN may include wireless computer
keyboard and mouse, Bluetooth enabled headphones, wireless printers and TV
remotes.
A
computer network spanned inside a building and operated under single
administrative system is generally termed as Local Area Network (LAN).
Usually,LAN covers an organization’ offices, schools, colleges or universities.
Number of systems connected in LAN may vary from as least as two to as much as
16 million.
The
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) generally expands throughout a city such as
cable TV network. It can be in the form of Ethernet, Token-ring, ATM, or Fiber
Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
No comments:
Post a Comment