Multi-Domain Time-Sensitive Networks - An East-Westbound Protocol for Dynamic TSN-Stream Configuration Across Domains

Bohm, Martin; Ohms, Jannis; Wermser, Diederich

doi:10.1109/etfa.2019.8869280

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Single-Domain [28,34,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]] Multi-Domain [49][50][51][52][53] • Single-domain: In the research on single-domain TSN, some literature has improved and expanded distributed protocols (RAP and SRP) to achieve faster convergence speed. Another part of the literature adopts a purely centralized approach for configuration management of single-domain TSN.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, Ref. [48] further combined the fully centralized model described in IEEE 802.1Qcc-2018 [2] (as shown in Figure 3c), to divide the TSSDN architecture into more detailed module functions, and also introduces a unified control layer. Ref.…”

Section: Single/multi-domain Referencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ref. [53] utilized a distributed approach by adding an east-west bound interface to the TSN domain controller. Through this interface, TSN controllers can communicate on the control plane to negotiate resource reservation for cross-domain TSN flows.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Recent Advances in Time-Sensitive Network Configuration Management: A Literature Review

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At present, many network applications are seeking to implement Time-Sensitive Network (TSN) technology, which not only furnishes communication transmission services that are deterministic, low-latency, highly dependable, and have ample bandwidth, but also enables unified configuration management, permitting different network types to function under a single management system. These characteristics enable it to be widely used in many fields such as industrial sensor and actuator networks, in-vehicle networks, data center networks, and edge computing. Nonetheless, TSN’s configuration management faces numerous difficulties and challenges related to network deployment, automated operation, and maintenance, as well as real-time and safety assurance, rendering it exceedingly intricate. In recent years, some studies have been conducted on TSN configuration management, encompassing various aspects such as system design, key technologies for configuration management, protocol enhancement, and application development. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of systematic summaries of these studies. Hence, this article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of TSN configuration management. Drawing upon more than 70 relevant publications and the pertinent standards established by the IEEE 802.1 TSN working group, we first introduce the system architecture of TSN configuration management from a macro perspective and then explore specific technical details. Additionally, we demonstrate its application scenarios through practical cases and finally highlight the challenges and future research directions. We aspire to provide a comprehensive reference for peers and new researchers interested in TSN configuration management.

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“…Furthermore, in [89], an interesting TSN architecture is used to enable fog computing. Additionally, authors of [90] propose a solution to configure a multiple-domain TSN network and in [91] a learning-based selfconfiguration mechanism is developed to automatically reconfigure a TSN network basing on proper traffic measurements. In this regard, recently, automated configuration mechanisms and tools seem to attract interest from the research community, since they allow a seamless on-the-fly reconfiguration of dynamic TSN networks.…”

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A Comprehensive Review on Time Sensitive Networks with a Special Focus on Its Applicability to Industrial Smart and Distributed Measurement Systems

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The groundbreaking transformations triggered by the Industry 4.0 paradigm have dramatically reshaped the requirements for control and communication systems within the factory systems of the future. The aforementioned technological revolution strongly affects industrial smart and distributed measurement systems as well, pointing to ever more integrated and intelligent equipment devoted to derive accurate measurements. Moreover, as factory automation uses ever wider and complex smart distributed measurement systems, the well-known Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm finds its viability also in the industrial context, namely Industrial IoT (IIoT). In this context, communication networks and protocols play a key role, directly impacting on the measurement accuracy, causality, reliability and safety. The requirements coming both from Industry 4.0 and the IIoT, such as the coexistence of time-sensitive and best effort traffic, the need for enhanced horizontal and vertical integration, and interoperability between Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), fostered the development of enhanced communication subsystems. Indeed, established technologies, such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi, widespread in the consumer and office fields, are intrinsically non-deterministic and unable to support critical traffic. In the last years, the IEEE 802.1 Working Group defined an extensive set of standards, comprehensively known as Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), aiming at reshaping the Ethernet standard to support for time-, mission- and safety-critical traffic. In this paper, a comprehensive overview of the TSN Working Group standardization activity is provided, while contextualizing TSN within the complex existing industrial technological panorama, particularly focusing on industrial distributed measurement systems. In particular, this paper has to be considered a technical review of the most important features of TSN, while underlining its applicability to the measurement field. Furthermore, the adoption of TSN within the Wi-Fi technology is addressed in the last part of the survey, since wireless communication represents an appealing opportunity in the industrial measurement context. In this respect, a test case is presented, to point out the need for wirelessly connected sensors networks. In particular, by reviewing some literature contributions it has been possible to show how wireless technologies offer the flexibility necessary to support advanced mobile IIoT applications.

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“…We present a use case in which machines of different Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) providers, located in their own interconnected TSN domains, perform physically cooperative tasks requiring communication between their robot control, dynamically established between the TSN domains using an east-westbound protocol. In [7], we presented an early-stage east-westbound protocol for the MDTSN control plane.…”

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Multi-Domain Time-Sensitive Networks—Control Plane Mechanisms for Dynamic Inter-Domain Stream Configuration

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Inter-domain communication in time-sensitive networks (TSN) has been identified as a requirement for various use cases. The TSN Toolbox provides standards for dynamic stream reservations, which is needed for, e.g., batch size 1 production, but these standards do not support the interaction on the control plane between multiple TSN domains. This paper presents control plane mechanisms for multi-domain time sensitive networks (MDTSNs) integrating an east–westbound protocol in the existing TSN control plane, in order to achieve multi-domain on-demand end-to-end bounded-latency TSN streams. Solutions for issues resulting from MDTSN, particularly the inter-domain forwarding offset, are presented. A proof of concept has been implemented and evaluated in a physical MDTSN test environment in order to prove the viability of the mechanisms developed.

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Multi-Domain Time-Sensitive Networks - An East-Westbound Protocol for Dynamic TSN-Stream Configuration Across Domains

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Recent Advances in Time-Sensitive Network Configuration Management: A Literature Review

Recent Advances in Time-Sensitive Network Configuration Management: A Literature Review

A Comprehensive Review on Time Sensitive Networks with a Special Focus on Its Applicability to Industrial Smart and Distributed Measurement Systems

Multi-Domain Time-Sensitive Networks—Control Plane Mechanisms for Dynamic Inter-Domain Stream Configuration

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