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A wide area network (WAN) connects one node to another over relatively large distances via an arbitrary graph of switching nodes. For the transmission of digital data, then data is either sent through a public data network (PDN) or through dedicated company connections.
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Buchanan, W. (1996). WAN: X.25 packet switching. In: Applied Data Communications and Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1207-9_7
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