Home-Area Network (HAN)
A Home-Area Network (HAN) is a network control point for a variety of devices that are connected to a home network and located within a home. These can include any sort of computing device, smartphone, entertainment system, etc. A HAN is generally used for wireless devices and can serve as a master control system, allowing new connections and monitoring the performance of existing ones.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Home-Area Network (HAN)
Small businesses will only interact with a HAN if that business is based inside/works out of an individual's (such as a freelancer or home-based eCommerce business). In that instance, a HAN can help prioritize the data needs of the business during working hours, and can be modified to allow guest devices to connect.
Related terms
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Intranet
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Scalability
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data Center
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Synchronous
- Multitenancy
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Services
- Authorization
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
