<s>
A	O
campus	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
,	O
campus	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
,	O
corporate	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
or	O
CAN	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
made	O
up	O
of	O
an	O
interconnection	O
of	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
networks	I-General_Concept
(	O
LANs	B-General_Concept
)	O
within	O
a	O
limited	O
geographical	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
networking	O
equipments	O
(	O
switches	B-Protocol
,	O
routers	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
transmission	O
media	O
(	O
optical	B-Architecture
fiber	I-Architecture
,	O
copper	O
plant	O
,	O
Cat5	B-Protocol
cabling	I-Protocol
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
campus	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
is	O
larger	O
than	O
a	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
but	O
smaller	O
than	O
a	O
metropolitan	O
area	O
network	O
(	O
MAN	O
)	O
or	O
wide	O
area	O
network	O
(	O
WAN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
College	O
or	O
university	O
campus	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
networks	I-General_Concept
often	O
interconnect	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
buildings	O
,	O
including	O
administrative	O
buildings	O
,	O
academic	O
buildings	O
,	O
university	O
libraries	O
,	O
campus	O
or	O
student	O
centers	O
,	O
residence	O
halls	O
,	O
gymnasiums	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
outlying	O
structures	O
,	O
like	O
conference	O
centers	O
,	O
technology	O
centers	O
,	O
and	O
training	O
institutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
examples	O
include	O
the	O
Stanford	O
University	B-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
,	O
Project	B-Operating_System
Athena	I-Operating_System
at	O
MIT	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Andrew	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
a	O
university	O
campus	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
corporate	O
campus	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
serves	O
to	O
connect	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Campus	B-General_Concept
networks	I-General_Concept
are	O
normally	O
interconnected	O
with	O
high	O
speed	O
Ethernet	O
links	O
operating	O
over	O
optical	B-Architecture
fiber	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
gigabit	O
Ethernet	O
and	O
10	O
Gigabit	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
