<Dt> Campus area network </Dt> <P> A campus area network (CAN) is made up of an interconnection of LANs within a limited geographical area . The networking equipment (switches, routers) and transmission media (optical fiber, copper plant, Cat5 cabling, etc .) are almost entirely owned by the campus tenant / owner (an enterprise, university, government, etc .). </P> <P> For example, a university campus network is likely to link a variety of campus buildings to connect academic colleges or departments, the library, and student residence halls . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Backbone network </Dt> </Dl>

The wheel structure is an example of which type of kind of network