Campus Area Network

What Does Campus Area Network Mean?

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).

Techopedia Explains Campus Area Network

In most cases, CANs own shared network devices and data exchange media.

CAN benefits are as follows:

• Cost-effective
• Wireless, versus cable
• Multidepartmental network access
• Single shared data transfer rate (DTR)

The following are examples of CAN implementations:

• Stanford University’s SUNet network
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Project Athena