1394 Trade Association Creates IEEE 1394 Baseband Over Coax
Task Group to Develop Specification for Automotive, Home, Industrial
Networking
Dallas, Feb. 15, 2007 -- The 1394 Trade Association has
established a new task group to develop an IEEE 1394 baseband over coaxial
cable PMD specification for use across a wide range of automotive,
residential, and industrial networking applications.
The task group will work under the auspices of the 1394 Trade Association’s
Silicon Working Group, with support from the group’s Automotive Working Group.
It will be chaired by Les Baxter, a veteran member of the Trade Association
who is the founder of Baxter Enterprises and chair of the IEEE P1394r
committee, which is updating and revising the entire suite of IEEE 1394
standards.
A prototype of this technology has been demonstrated by Eqcologic NV, a 1394
Trade Association member company.
Baxter said the task group will create two documents -- a requirements
document and the PMD specification, which will include power options as well
as the electrical transmission specification. Proposed performance will be
bi-directional at data rates of 800 Megabits/second over 18 meters of coax
with up to five inline connectors. Development of the 1394 baseband over coax
specification will complement the coax bridge and UTP PMD specifications
already developed by the 1394 Trade Association.
Baxter said, “The baseband coax PMD will be a simple, low-cost interface that
will provide high throughput in harsh EMC environments while using economical
coaxial cables and standard connectors. The baseband coax interface also will
have the potential to support higher data rates and/or longer distances.”
The IEEE 1394 standard is the optimal method for delivering high quality audio
and video, because the bandwidth required for A/V streaming is guaranteed, and
because 1394 uses a reference clock to maintain optimal A/V signal
synchronization.
The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization dedicated to the
advancement and enhancement of the IEEE 1394 standard. For more information
visit www.1394ta.org
Contact:
Dick Davies
415 652 7515
ipra@rcn.com
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