COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPUTER NETWORKING
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Question
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Campus Area Network (CAN)
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Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
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Local Area Network (LAN)
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Personal Area Network (PAN)
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Detailed explanation-1: -A campus area network (CAN) is a computer network that spans a limited geographic area. CANs interconnect multiple local area networks (LAN) within an educational or corporate campus. Most CANs connect to the public Internet.
Detailed explanation-2: -A campus network is a proprietary local area network (LAN) or set of interconnected LANs serving a corporation, government agency, university or similar organization.
Detailed explanation-3: -Campus networks are normally interconnected with high speed Ethernet links operating over optical fiber such as gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
Detailed explanation-4: -A campus area network (CAN) is a network of multiple interconnected local area networks (LAN) in a limited geographical area. A CAN is smaller than a wide area network (WAN) or metropolitan area network (MAN). A CAN is also known as a corporate area network (CAN).