A network formed by devices lying within a range of about 10 metres, such as a phone paired to a laptop, is a:

1. Networks are categorised by the geographical area they cover. 2. A Personal Area Network connects a few personal devices such as laptops, phones and printers. 3. All these devices lie within an approximate range of 10 metres. 4. A LAN reaches up to about 1 km, a MAN 30 to 40 km, and a WAN spans countries. 5. A phone joined to a laptop by USB is a wired PAN; two phones on Bluetooth form a wireless PAN. _Source: syllabus Computer Science Class 12, Ch 10 'Computer Networks', S10.3.1 Personal Area Network (PAN)_