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WPAN

(Wireless Personal Area Network) Wireless transmission over a short distance. For example, Bluetooth is widely used to provide wireless connectivity from a cellphone to a headset or vehicle audio system. In the home, WPANs are expected to provide cable-free connections for alarms, appliances and entertainment systems. There are numerous technologies that fall under the WPAN umbrella from the IEEE (see 802.15). See UWB, Bluetooth, wireless LAN, Passive Wi-Fi and personal area network.
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Huang, "V-band fully-integrated CMOS LNA and DAT PA for 60 GHz WPAN applications," EuMC'10, 284-287, 2010.
CMOS Low Noise Amplifier Design for Microwave and mmWave Applications
1, there are N DEVs in the WPAN, each of them equips an antenna array to achieve directivity control.
A 60GHz wireless cooperative communication system based on switching beamforming
Zigbee is a low-data-rate, low-power, and low-cost wireless networking protocol based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs) [1].
Review of 2.4 GHz-band digital receivers for Zigbee applications
Garcia, 60 GHz Technology for GBPS WLAN and WPAN: From Theory to Practice, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2011.
Dielectric loaded exponentially tapered slot antenna for wireless communications at 60 GHz
For example, a halo could be the set of sensors and actuators plus a controller, a tiny PC and a smartphone creating a User's Wireless Personal Area Network (WPANs).
Halos networks: a competitive way to Internet of-with Things
This report also "addresses the mission of the associated WPAN alliances." That sounds like a plot summary for an upcoming George Lucas film, doesn't it?
Technobabble
These networks include wireless personal area networks (WPANs), wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless metropolitan area networks (WMANs), and cellular networks.
Trends in the convergence of wireless networks
Coverage includes the most popular applications in WWAN (GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA), WLAN (Bluetooth and WiFi), WMAN (WiMAX), and WPAN (UWB and RFID).
Antennas for base stations in wireless communications
In addition, the WORKABOUT PRO offers a range of simultaneously supported radio options, including WWAN (GSM/GPRS/,EDGE/,UMTS/HSDPA), WPAN (Bluetooth(R)), WLAN (802.11b/g) and GPS.
AT&T/PSION TEKLOGIX UNVEILS UMTS/HSDPA-POWERED DEVICE
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