Novel Bridge for networking IEEE 1394 clusters via UWB over Coaxial Cable for HANA & AV/C Digital Multimedia Networks

The 1394-to-coax bridge described here has been developed to enable digital multimedia home networks using the existing coax infrastructures as backbone for networking HANA (high-definition audio-video network alliance) devices as well as legacy IEEE 1394 (AV/C) digital multimedia devices which are connected to different 1394 clusters widespread over the consumer's home. The implementation is based in the future standard "Networking IEEE 1394 Clusters via UWB over coaxial cable" , currently in development. One of our main goals was to provide a platform which verifies this standard.