Telecommunications Essentials

Wireless PANs

As we continue to distribute intelligence into smaller and smaller devices and everyday accessories, the area domain of the network is reduced, until it rests upon our very selves, in the form of PANs. Many approaches to PAN are under investigation and development, including the use of our own human energy fields to create a low-power network to provide connectivity between the badge-based computers, smart wearables, and implants that are on or in the person.

A wireless PAN is a network that serves a single person or a small workgroup. Limited distance, limited throughput, low volume, and peripheral sharing are characteristics of PANs. Today, PANs are generally used to transfer data between a laptop or PDA, or a desktop machine ...