Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

A Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) is a network that connects several LANs with each other. The Metropolitan Area Network is also known as the campus network or city network. In many cases, cities connect to each other with a MAN. The MAN is mainly used for transmitting data and video, for which high speed is required. MAN backbone lines use fiber optics for the high transmission rates. Metro Ethernet is used to transmit the data. Metro Ethernet enables high speeds that are significantly higher than the speed of the Internet. This makes them comparable with LAN networks in terms of speed.