Patent ID: 7152134

Claim:
A method of interfacing a legacy MIL-STD 1553 data bus to a wideband IEEE-1394 data bus with a legacy interface having a bus controller module, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data intended for a legacy MIL-STD 1533 node at the legacy interface from a wideband IEEE-1394 capable node on the wideband IEEE-1394 data bus; converting the data to a legacy MIL-STD 1553 format comprising at least one data word; transmitting the at least one data word on the legacy MIL-STD 1553 data bus; receiving a reply to the at least one legacy word on the legacy MIL-STD 1553 data bus; and forwarding the reply to a wideband IEEE-1394 capable node using the bus controller module in the legacy interface.