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I did my Masters Thesis work at the MIT Media Lab with my advisor Neil Gershenfeld, finished in June 1995. We also filed and had issued US Patent 5914701 "Non-contact system for sensing and signalling by externally induced intra-body currents", Abstract: Wireless apparatus with transmitter and receiver coupled through user detects current which flows through circuitry to electrode which is asymmetrically coupled to ground so as to recover data from it. Along with several follow-up patents. Regards, Tom Zimmerman, IBM Almaden Research Center tzim@almaden.ibm.com

Computer Area Network??[edit]

A Personal Area Network is not specifically designed for just computer use, it for any device to use around one's person (such as a walkman communicating to headphones). I recommend changing the term computer devices to electronic devices. -MrLaister 24/04/07 its the top network out there that a person can use personally — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.89.209.79 (talk) 08:15, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done ~Kvng (talk) 16:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Protocols or Standards for PAN (not Wireless)[edit]

I am seeing no references to the standards or protocols that "PAN" relies on. The article is too heavily weighted in describing WPAN and radio technologies that can be used to carry PAN. "PAN" should probably operate over most any connection, even persons banging rocks together. The wireless carrier is a distractor and has moved the focus away from what PAN is. Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is brief discussion of wired technology in Personal_area_network#Wired. ~Kvng (talk) 16:22, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Skinplex[edit]

Skinplex no longer mentioned here or at Body area network. ~Kvng (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The Skinplex section under WPAN does not describe how it incorporates PAN or WPAN. From viewing the posted external link, it appears to be a near-field sensor and not an actual 802.15 data bus. It also appears to be a commercial plug or advertisement. This may be related to Body area network IEEE 802.15.6 but it is unclear. If so, the section should be retitled as "Body Area Network" and possibly with Skinplex added as an example. Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 19:18, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

pan[edit]

is a network between an individual to communicate between an — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.214.15.174 (talk) 13:35, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]