Near-me Area Networks
- (Harvard University - Joyce Yang)
- Overview
A near-me area network (NAN) is a communication network that focuses on wireless communication among devices in close proximity.
Unlike local area networks (LANs), where the devices are in the same network segment and share the same broadcast domain, the devices in a NAN can belong to different proprietary network infrastructures (for example, different mobile carriers). If two devices are geographically close, the communication path between them might, in fact, traverse a long distance, going from a LAN, through the Internet, and to another LAN.
NAN applications focus on two-way communications among devices within a certain proximity to each other, but don't generally concern themselves with the devices' exact locations.
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