A Metropolitan Area Network, or MAN, is a series of LANs (Local Area Networks) that are interconnected through various means in a Metropolitan area such as a city and its subburbs. If a company has a ...

A wide area network spans a large geographic area such as a city, state, or country. It can be private to connect parts of a business, or it can be public to connect smaller networks. The easiest way ...

As demand skyrockets for high-speed Internet access, metropolitan-area networks are developing as the crucial link between local-area networks and long-haul or wide-area networks. In one sense, metro ...

Resilient Packet Ring is a new technology that has been optimized for the unique requirements of metropolitan-area networks. This market is expected to grow faster during the next five years than that ...