Demystifying IEEE 1394: an ìinside-outî look at 1394 software layers and the software interaction between them
CompactPCI AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA Systems — January 13, 2001

This article attempts to demystify the de facto standard for high-speed communications between electronic devices by taking an in-depth look at the basic communications layers of the IEEE-1394 standard- the Physical Layer, Link Layer, Transaction Layer, and Node Controller Layer.