A Local Area Network (LAN) is not a strategy for deploying a Wide Area Network (WAN). WAN deployment strategies include using the public Internet, private enterprise WANs, or carrier-managed WANs. LANs, by definition, serve local, not wide-area, connectivity. ISA/IEC 62443 standards refer to different strategies for extending network communications over broader geographic regions, but do not classify LAN as a WAN deployment option.
[Reference: ISA/IEC 62443-3-3:2013, Section 4.2.3.4 (“Communications network technologies”); Glossary definitions for LAN and WAN., , ]
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