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1394 Trade Association Establishes Content Protection for 1394 Protocol Adaptation to 802.11 Broadband Wireless Standard
DALLAS, June 21, 2002 - The 1394 Trade Association announced today that its Wireless Working Group (WWG) has resolved the issue of commercial entertainment content protection for devices that comply with the WWG 1394 Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) for 802.11.The Wireless Working Group is chartered to deliver IEEE 1394 into the wireless domain. Its initial focus is on developing an implementation specification for a 1394 PAL to IEEE 802.11. "Digital Transmission Content Protection, most commonly referred to as DTCP, is an approved standard for content protection in a wired 1394 environment," said Steve Bard, Chair of the Wireless Working Group. "The WWG 1394 PAL facilitates the use of data protected by DTCP across 802.11."
The Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator, LLC (DTLA) has indicated support for the use of DTCP through a 1394 PAL over 802.11, based upon information provided by the Wireless Working Group. Michael B. Ayers, President of DTLA said, "A 1394 PAL makes 802.11 transparent to DTCP, and does not require a supplemental DTCP mapping."
"The 1394 PAL extends the use of 1394 standards and protocols over 802.11, including DTCP, and underscores the Trade Association's commitment to support existing standards and protocols when developing Trade Association Implementation Specifications," said James Snider, Executive Director of the 1394 Trade Association.
DTLA, also known as "5C," was formed in 1998 by five leading technology companies -- Hitachi, Ltd., Intel Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation -- to license their jointly-developed DTCP technology for protection of video and audio content against unauthorized interception or retransmission in the digital home environment.
Further information about the technology and licensing of DTCP is available at the DTLA website, http://www.dtcp.com, or from License Management International, LLC at http://www.lmicp.com.
About the 1394 Trade Association
The 1394 Trade Association is an international
organization dedicated to the advancement and proliferation of the IEEE 1394/FireWire
standard. The association supports a broad range of standards development
activities, and sponsors vigorous compliance and interoperability programs. For
more information about 1394/FireWire and the 1394 Trade Association, visit www.1394ta.org
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