<s>
mLAN	B-Protocol
,	O
short	O
for	O
Music	O
Local	O
Area	O
Network	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
protocol	O
for	O
synchronized	O
transmission	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
multi-channel	O
digital	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
control	O
signals	O
and	O
multi-port	O
MIDI	O
over	O
a	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
protocol	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Yamaha	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
publicly	O
introduced	O
in	O
January	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mLAN	B-Protocol
uses	O
several	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
IEEE	B-Protocol
1394	I-Protocol
(	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
)	O
standard	O
such	O
as	O
isochronous	O
transfer	O
and	O
intelligent	O
connection	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
proper	O
driver	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
computer-based	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
can	O
interact	O
with	O
mLAN-compliant	O
hardware	O
via	O
any	O
OHCI-compliant	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
mLAN	B-Protocol
consumes	O
the	O
entire	O
bus	O
bandwidth	O
when	O
operating	O
and	O
non-mLAN	O
devices	O
cannot	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
Firewire	B-Protocol
connection	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
hard	O
drives	O
,	O
optical	O
drives	O
or	O
other	O
sound	O
devices	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
Firewire	B-Protocol
bus	O
when	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
Manager	O
software	O
is	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transport	O
layers	O
of	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
have	O
been	O
standardized	O
as	O
IEC	O
61883	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2005	O
,	O
over	O
100	O
manufacturers	O
were	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
Alliance	O
however	O
very	O
few	O
actual	O
products	O
had	O
surfaced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2008	O
,	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
appeared	O
to	O
have	O
reached	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
its	O
product	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
developers	O
discontinued	O
or	O
retracted	O
their	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
products	O
from	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
Yamaha	O
itself	O
ceased	O
any	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
hardware	O
or	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
software	O
and	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
more	O
recent	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
based	O
products	O
from	O
Yamaha	O
could	O
interoperate	O
with	O
earlier	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
devices	O
using	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
any	O
mention	O
of	O
mLAN	B-Protocol
is	O
notably	O
absent	O
from	O
new	O
product	O
announcements	O
and	O
driver	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
