A
wireless personal area network (
WPAN) is a personal,
short distance area wireless
network for
interconnecting
devices centered around an individual person's workspace.
WPANs address wireless networking and mobile computing devices such as
PCs,
PDAs,
peripherals, cell phones, pagers and
consumer electronics. WPANs are also called
short wireless distance networks.
See also wireless local-area
network (WLAN).