I found the following posted to a Mac Rumor site:



http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040511S0001
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040511S0001>



The 1394 Trade Association has
<http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techweb.com%2Fwire%2Fstor
y%2FTWB20040511S0001> approved a specification which would allow the
development of wireless Firewire devices.

The new Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) for IEEE 1394 over IEEE 802.15.3 was
approved Monday. In a statement, the trade association said: ?The PAL is
designed as a standard convergence layer between the 802.15.3 MAC and
applications developed for wired 1394. It builds upon the 1394
infrastructure--for example, data formats, connection-management schemes,
and time synchronization procedures--and takes advantage of the excellent
quality of service available in 802.15.3.?

Examples of new products with the new specification include wireless
connections to DVD players and hard drives from set top boxes. Prototype
products are expected before the end of the year.

Apple has been an early adopter of Firewire, so adoption of this technology
could be expected.







Jon Hamm
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