Personal area network

[1] A PAN provides data transmission among devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets and personal digital assistants.

Wired personal area networks provide short connections between peripherals.

IEEE 802.15 has produced standards for several types of PANs operating in the ISM band including Bluetooth.

Typical WPAN devices that use IrDA include printers, keyboards, and other serial communication interfaces.

[4] Media related to Personal area networks (PAN) at Wikimedia Commons

A cell phone connected to a laptop using the USB interface, letting them communicate with each other, is a simple example of a wired personal area network (PAN)
An in-car microphone connected to a Bluetooth receiver designed to receive calls from a connected cell phone - an example of a WPAN