Full-duplex transmission is an attractive air interface technology to improve spectral efficiency in future wireless systems. This paper introduces potential use cases for full-duplex transmission in small area radio communication systems, and evaluates the achievable performance gains of full-duplex transmission over half-duplex transmission in different network set-ups. Additionally, this paper introduces DUPLO full-duplex transceiver hardware demonstrator and characterizes with practical measurements the achievable performance in short-range communications.