He wants to build a system that could be used for a PAN (Personal Area Network). To do this he’ll have to figure out a way to build the system inexpensively and using less than a watt of power.

This chapter discusses security for personal area networks (PANs). An overview of different PAN security issues and solutions is given. We define a PAN reference and trust model. A PAN security ...

Hospitals often use LANs. It allows doctors and nurses to share patient notes between different devices on the hospital's network. A PAN or Personal Area Network is when devices like bluetooth ...