Copyright 2002 by
Prentice Hall, Inc.
6-11
To connect a laptop computer to a cell phone or to connect computers in a room creating an ad hoc LAN or to create a PAN in one’s office
§ PAN is a short
distance network (30 ft.)
§ Uses:
§Synchronize a laptop
and a PDA
§Dispense money to a
toll booth
Wireless is the Next Frontier: Personal Area Networks (PANs)