A Personal Area Network (PAN) is used for communication among devices like phones and personal digital assistants, either for intrapersonal communication or for internet access. Wireless PANs (WPANs) utilize technologies such as Bluetooth and infrared, allowing connections within limited ranges of up to several meters. While WPANs offer advantages like simple setup and portability, they face limitations in range, slower data rates compared to LANs, and potentially higher costs for WPAN-enabled devices.

1. PERSONAL AREA
NETWORK (PAN)
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2. WHAT IS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN)
• It is a computer network used for communication among computerized
devices, including telephones and personal digital assistants.
• PANs can be used for communication among the personal devices themselves
(intrapersonal communication), or for connecting to a higher level network
and the Internet (an uplink).

3. WPAN
• A wireless personal area network (WPAN) is a PAN carried over wireless
network technologies such as IrDA, Bluetooth, Wireless USB, Z-Wave,
ZigBee, or even Body Area Network.
• The reach of a WPAN varies from a few centimeters to a few meters. A PAN
may also be carried over wired computer buses such as USB and FireWire.

4. WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR WPAN:
• Bluetooth
• Infrared Data Association
• Wi-Fi

5. BLUETOOTH
• A Bluetooth PAN is also called a piconet.
• Bluetooth uses short-range radio waves over distances upto approximately
10 metres.
• A cable attached the antenna to a Bluetooth card in a computer. They later
named the antenna “The BlueSniper. “
• Bluetooth devices such as a keyboards, pointing devices, audio head sets,
printers, etc.

6. INFRARED DATA ASSOCIATION
• Infrared Data Association uses infrared light, which has a frequency below
the human eye’s sensitivity.
• It is used in cellphones and TV remote ps3 controllers controls.
• Typical WPAN devices that use IrDA include printers, keyboards, and other
serial data interfaces.

7. WIFI
• Wifi uses radio waves for connection over distances up to around 91 metres,
usually in a local area network (LAN) environment.
• Wifi can be used to connect local area networks, to connect cellphones to
the Internet to download music and other multimedia, to allow PC
multimedia content to be stream to the TV(Wireless Multimedia Adapter),
and to connect video game consoles to their networks (Nintendo WiFi
Connection).

8. ADVANTAGES OF WPAN
• Dynamic network setup
• Usually quick and relatively simple to setup
• WPAN enabled devices are usually portable
• Needs less technical skills to deploy than LANs and WLANs.

9. DISADVANTAGES OF WPAN
• Typically have limited range
• Currently limited to relatively slow data rates when compared with WLAN
technologies.
• As small devices that are often associated with WPANs often have limited
potential for adding extra hardware it is sometimes difficult to find suitable
upgrade equipment.
• Devices with inbuilt WPAN technologies can be considerably more
expensive than devices without WPAN technologies.

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