EP4434205A1 - Configuration dynamique de la planification de transmission des flux dans les réseaux déterministes - Google Patents
Configuration dynamique de la planification de transmission des flux dans les réseaux déterministesInfo
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- the present invention is in the field of telecommunications networks, and more particularly relates to a method for the dynamic reconfiguration of the transmission planning of multi-QoS flows in deterministic networks or time-sensitive networks (TSN) "Time Sensitive Networking".
- TSN time-sensitive networks
- TSN is a set of standards, defined by the IEEE 802.1 working group, which extend the Ethernet network to meet the stringent requirements of real-time communications.
- This type of network is intended to be used mainly in industrial networks, intra-vehicular networks, 5G/6G core networks.
- TSN The TSN specifications (IEEE 802.1) provide deterministic services, allowing the real-time transmission of data in a predictable framework within a known space of time, in industrial environments, such as control applications machines in production processes, sensor to the cloud (“cloud” according to established anglicism). TSN provides guaranteed latency and quality of service with time synchronization.
- Time synchronization corresponds to the IEEE 802.1 AS standard, where all devices participating in real-time communication must have a common understanding of time.
- the IEEE 802.1 Qbv standard which is one of TSN's main standards, and designated by Qbv in the remainder of the description, offers a mechanism for ensuring bounded latencies. It allows switches in a TSN network to control traffic in switch egress port queues, according to a predefined transmission schedule (the IEEE Timing Scheduler
- the IEEE 802.1 Qbv time scheduler is designed to separate communication on the Ethernet network into repeated time cycles of fixed length. Within these cycles, different time slots can be configured and assigned to one or more of eight Ethernet priorities.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the structure of a switch making it possible to apply the Qbv planning principle in a compound TSN network a plurality of source/destination equipment connected to switches via Ethernet links.
- Switch serve as intermediaries between transmitting terminals or Speaker(s) ("Talker(s)” in English) of data streams and receiving terminals or Listener(s) (" Listener(s)” in English), by managing the multiplexing of data, i.e. their reception, processing and retransmission.
- Figure 1 shows a TSN switch 100 with only two input ports ("ingress port” in English) and a single output port ("egress port” in English), by way of non-limiting example on the number of input and output ports.
- a first data stream, composed of 'A' data fragments, is received by a first input port 102
- a second data stream, composed of 'B' data fragments is received by a second input port. entry 104.
- the output of each of the input ports is coupled to a stream distribution module 108 which assigns the data of each stream to an appropriate queue, eight in number in general (Q0 yes 10-0 to Q7 yes 10-7), depending on the priority of each flow.
- a priority filter determines which specific stream is transmitted to the corresponding priority queues according to a priority code point (PCP) .
- PCP priority code point
- Scheduled traffic (which has the highest priority by default) enters a priority queue, and unscheduled traffic enters a non-priority queue.
- the output of the queues is associated with a structure 112 of logic gates, each logic gate having two states “open” or “closed”.
- the current state of each gate is a function of the content of a GCL control list (“Gate Control List” in English) 114.
- GCL control list (“Gate Control List” in English) 114.
- the frames which are in the queue of associated with this gate can pass, and be transmitted to the output port 106 via the analog switch 112. This is for example illustrated for the queue Q7 with a bit set to '1' in the CGL at time t0 , which then makes it possible to transmit the data B to the output port 106.
- a door is in a closed state (then corresponding to a bit set to 0 in the list), the frames that are in the queue associated with this door cannot be transmitted in the network.
- the IEEE 802.1 Qcc standard provides two main approaches (the centralized one and the distributed one) to configure the TSN mechanisms [IEEE802.1 Qcc]. In this standard, it is emphasized that the centralized approach is the most favored to ensure the configuration of IEEE 802.1 Qbv. However, this standard does not provide the algorithms which make it possible to decide and generate the GCL to be deployed in the network.
- simulation tools such as "RTaW-Pegase” or mathematical optimization tools such as ILP formulations ("Integer Linear Programming") or SMT solvers (“Satisfiability modulo Theories”).
- these engineering tools are not suitable for an incremental and dynamic configuration like that of the IEEE 802.1 Qbv. Indeed, for these tools to be able to provide the correct Qbv configuration to deploy, it would be necessary to have a pre-knowledge of all the flows that could circulate in the TSN network. Even using these tools to generate the new IEEE802.1 Qbv configuration for each new flow, latencies would be added in the configuration due to having to retrieve the list of flows that exist there in the network, the topology, the characteristics of the new flow, and having to provide this information to the tool in order to find the Qbv configuration to deploy. This could take a few hours before being able to accept/reject the new flow and deploy the decided configuration. For these reasons, these engineering tools are rather suitable for determining a configuration for a closed network where the flows are known in advance and where there are no new flows during the operation of the network. They are intended for offline use before deploying the network.
- the heuristic adopts the so-called hyper-period method, i.e. where the cycle duration corresponds to the least common multiple (lcm) of all the periods of the TSN flows. For this, it is necessary to have prior knowledge of the TSN streams that may be present in the network.
- a disadvantage is that the hyper-period method complicates the allocation of resources, and the execution time of the heuristic increases according to the adopted cycle time. Indeed, the number of time slots to be reserved depends on the period of the flow and the cycle duration. For example, if the cycle is 1ms and the stream has a period of 200ps, there are 5 time slots to place for that stream. The greater the cycle_duration / flow_period ratio, the more complex the search for time slots available in the current cycle. Moreover, it is not explained in this article how the heuristic manages the reservation of time slots throughout the routing path of each flow.
- the present invention addresses in particular the IEEE 802.1 Qbv configuration, online, as new flows arrive, in a network of TSN switches supporting the IEEE 802.1 Qbv mechanism.
- the method of the invention makes it possible, when one or more new flows appear within a deterministic network, to quickly determine online a new flow transmission schedule, and makes it possible to deploy the new planning in the network so as to support this or these new flows without compromising the quality of service (QoS) of the other flows already present in the network.
- QoS quality of service
- the invention proposes an efficient distribution of time resources (i.e. time slots or “time slots”) between the access TSN switches (i.e. the switches directly connected to the transmitting and receiving terminals of data streams) in order to ensure the temporal isolation of the flows and thus provide a solution to the interference that there could be between flows of the same priority arriving at the same switch and borrowing the same queue for the same output port.
- time resources i.e. time slots or “time slots”
- the distribution of time resources is dynamic and can be adapted according to the number of streams served by each TSN switch.
- time slots are reserved for network control frames (for example, IEEE 802.1 AS time synchronization frames, LLDP topology discovery frames, etc.) and the rest of the ranges of time available on a basic cycle is distributed according to the method of the invention between the access TSN switches.
- network control frames for example, IEEE 802.1 AS time synchronization frames, LLDP topology discovery frames, etc.
- the allocation of time slots is based on a less complex algorithm than those presented in the prior art, and it makes it possible to accept/or reject a stream quickly.
- the proposed solution for calculating a new planning adopts a cycle of a fixed duration which is reduced to a reference period, and in which the period of a periodic flow can be a multiple of the cycle.
- this makes it possible to effectively reduce the number of time slots in the GCL, makes it easier to update the GCL and makes the configuration of the GCL simpler and more efficient.
- the method proposed makes it possible to calculate a scheduling of the streams more quickly while guaranteeing low latency and effectively reducing the execution time.
- the present invention can be implemented in industrial networks (domains of the factory of the future, industry 4.0 / highly reconfigurable factories), intra-vehicular networks (domains of vehicles of any type: automobile, truck, bus , train, boat, etc.), or even in the heart of the 5G/6G network (to convey real-time communications).
- a method for the dynamic reconfiguration of a data stream transmission schedule in a time-sensitive deterministic network.
- the data streams are sent by sender terminals to receiver terminals via switches grouping access switches SWj coupled to the sender and receiver terminals and core network switches to route the flows between the access switches, the switches being configured to apply stream transmission cycles according to a stream transmission schedule defined by a time scheduler, the method is implemented by computer and comprising the steps of: receiving at least one request to add a new stream STi in the network, the new stream having to be transmitted from a transmitter terminal to an access switch SWj; - determining if a flow transmission schedule is in progress for said access switch SWj;
- a new flow transmission planning such that: the duration of the transmission cycle is the same for all the switches of the network; each transmission cycle includes the same number of time slots to transmit the streams; the time slots of a given cycle are distributed among all the access switches of the network; and determining for the access switch SWj if there are enough time slots available, among the number of time slots allocated to it, to transmit the new stream, according to the new schedule;
- the step of determining whether a flow transmission planning is in progress for said access switch SWj comprises steps consisting in: identifying an output port Pk of said access switch SWj to transmit the new flow in the network; retrieving the current configuration of the transmission schedule for said output port P k ; And determining whether a stream transmission schedule is in progress on said output port P k .
- the step of calculating a new flow transmission schedule includes the steps of: determining the number of access switches in the network; retrieve a predefined value or calculate a value for a fixed reference duration for a transmission cycle; dividing the fixed reference duration into a plurality of time slots of equal duration, the duration of a time slot being equal to the time required to send the smallest frame of a stream among the existing streams; and assigning over the fixed reference duration, to each access switch a number of time slots among the plurality of time slots, the number of time slots allocated to each access switch depending on the number of existing flows passing through each access switch.
- the predefined or calculated value of the fixed reference duration corresponds either to the smallest period value among the critical flow periods received at system startup, or to the greatest common divisor of all the critical flow periods among the flows existing.
- the method comprises a step consisting in reserving one or more control time slots for the network control traffic.
- the method comprises a step of adding the new stream to a list of streams without allocation of time slots, if there are not sufficient time slots available to transmit the new stream.
- the method further comprises steps making it possible to process the list of flows without allocation of time slots, said steps consisting in searching for a flow without allocation, whether there are time slots not used by the other access switches than that receiving said unassigned stream, and if so, the steps of allocating at least one of said unused time slots to said unassigned stream according to the priority of said unassigned stream.
- the method further comprises, if there are no time slots not used by the other access switches than the one receiving said stream without allocation, steps consisting in determining whether said stream has a higher priority than a stream existing stream, and if so steps consisting in freeing the time slots of an existing flow of lower priority in order to allocate it to said flow without allocation.
- the invention also relates to a device for the dynamic reconfiguration of a data stream transmission schedule in a time-sensitive deterministic network, the data streams being transmitted by transmitter terminals to receiver terminals via switches grouping together access switches SWj coupled to the transmitting and receiving terminals, and core network switches for routing the flows between the access switches, the switches being configured to apply flow transmission cycles according to a flow transmission schedule defined by a time scheduler, the device comprising means for implementing the steps of the method of the invention.
- the method of the present invention can be implemented in the two network management infrastructures presented in the IEEE 802.1 Qcc standard, namely the centralized infrastructure and the distributed infrastructure.
- the method is executed at the level of the central controller CNC (“Central Network Controller”).
- CNC Central Network Controller
- each switch of a TSN network determines the allocation of time slots and it publishes this allocation to its neighbors.
- the invention also relates to a computer program product which comprises code instructions making it possible to perform the steps of the method of the invention, when the program is executed on a computer.
- FIG.1 is a simplified example of the structure of a TSN switch
- FIG.2 illustrates the reservation of control time slots for network control traffic in a basic Qbv cycle
- FIG.3 illustrates an allocation of time slots for different TSN flows in a Qbv cycle of fixed duration, according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG.4a illustrates an example of distribution of time slots in a TSN network consisting of three access switches, according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG.4b illustrates an example of changing the distribution of time slots depending on the load of each access switch, according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG.5 is a flowchart of the steps of the stream transmission planning reconfiguration method, according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG.6 is a flowchart of the steps of the method for recovering available time slots not used by the other access switches, according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG.7 illustrates a TSN network environment according to a centralized IEEE 802.1 Qcc approach, making it possible to implement the method of the invention
- FIG.8 is a flowchart to illustrate in a centralized network environment, different steps of the process for reserving network resources for new flows, according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG.9 illustrates a TSN network environment according to an IEEE 802.1 Qcc distributed approach, making it possible to implement the method of the invention.
- the general principle of the invention for proposing a dynamic configuration architecture for the planning of frame transmissions at the level of TSN switches is based on an approach which makes it possible to decide to allocate or free up time slots for streams, in a fast and dynamic way.
- time range time slot
- time slots time slots
- the cycle Qbv means the cycle as defined by the IEEE 802.1 Qbv standard.
- the duration of the Qbv cycle is in principle determined from the periods of the periodic critical flows (the ppcm), which greatly complicates the insertion of new flows into a spinning cycle.
- the duration of a cycle Qbv is taken as a fixed duration, which can correspond either to the smallest period value among the periods of the critical flows received at system start-up, or to the largest divisor (gcd) of all critical flow periods.
- the method of the invention will look for a time slot available over the entire Qbv cycle and allocate it, reserve it for this flow. This approach thus makes it possible to reduce the complexity of the allocation of time slots.
- the flows do not necessarily have the same period, the method can process flows whose period coincides with the cycle duration, and the time slot allocated to this type of flow is then entirely contained in the duration of the cycle Qbv .
- the method also makes it possible to process streams whose period is a multiple of the cycle duration, and the time slot allocated to this type of stream is then distributed over several cycles. By example for a flow whose period is twice the duration of the cycle, a time slot reserved for this type of flow will be used one cycle out of 2.
- the topology of TSN networks for the implementation of the invention is considered to include two categories of TSN switches: (i) access switches corresponding to TSN switches which are directly connected to terminals which use the network (providing and/or receiving a stream); and (ii) core network switches which are TSN switches whose role is to route, transfer, flows between access switches and a last switch coupled to a destination terminal of a flow.
- the method of the present invention operates for access switches only in order to limit the distribution of times slots on these switches because they are the gateway for flows to the TSN network.
- the method does not perform time slot allocation on the core network switches because they only route the flows coming from the access switches, by applying the flow allocation which is determined at the level of the access switches. .
- the method for allocating time slots of the invention will make it possible to determine, among the time slots not reserved for network control traffic, a distribution of time slots to be allocated to different flows which may have periods different.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the allocation of times slots for different TSN streams in a Qbv cycle of fixed duration according to the invention.
- the cycle is taken with a fixed duration equal to 1 ms, a first flow 'f 1 ' taken with a period of 1 ms, a second flow 'f2' and a third flow 'f3' each having a period of 3 ms.
- the flow f1 then needs a time slot every cycle, and streams f2 and f3 need a time slot every three cycles.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to associate with the time slot a parameter designated by “phase” which makes it possible to identify the occurrences of time slots that are not used, and distribute them over several streams.
- phase a parameter designated by “phase” which makes it possible to identify the occurrences of time slots that are not used, and distribute them over several streams.
- time slots for a given flow will depend on the route that the flow will take, i.e. the various TSN switches crossed, and on the availability of times slots in each of the TSN switches visited. Also, the more the network topology grows, the more the complexity of a time slot reservation algorithm increases. Indeed, the algorithm must be able to find an available time slot on each switch visited and also able to respect the flow constraints in terms of latency. Moreover, if the algorithm must reassign certain time slots (already assigned to other existing flows) so that a new flow has the adequate time slot, such an algorithm must be able to check the impact of this reassignment on the schedules of other switches.
- the method of the present invention makes it possible to respect these constraints while reducing the complexity of the reservation algorithm.
- the cycle duration for operating the algorithm is considered to be fixed and the same for all TSN switches, and each cycle is divided into an identical number of time slots, the duration of a time slot being taken as equal to the time required to send the smallest frame of a stream, i.e. for an Ethernet stream, a time slot will be equal to the duration of a 64 Byte frame.
- the algorithm operated by the method of the invention will reserve two time slots in each cycle for this stream.
- FIG. 4a illustrates an example of the distribution of time slots according to one embodiment of the invention, in a TSN network consisting of three TSN access switches (S1, S2, S3).
- a receiver terminal L1 connected to the network subscribes to four transmitter terminals (T1, T2, T3, T4) connected to the network.
- the receiver terminal receives streams from each transmitter via different paths, the streams transiting through different switches.
- a stream f1_T1 emitted by transmitter T1 is transmitted to receiver L1 via switches S1 and S3
- a stream f2_T2 emitted by transmitter T2 is transmitted to receiver L1 via switches S2 and S3
- a stream f3_T3 transmitted by transmitter T3 is transmitted to receiver L1 via switches S2 and S3
- a stream f4-T4 transmitted by transmitter T4 is transmitted to receiver L1 via switch S3.
- the application of the method of the invention makes it possible to control the transmissions at the level of the output port of the switch S3, i.e. at the level of the management of the GCL, with an allocation of time slots distributed between all the three switches S1, S2 and S3.
- the allocation of time slots for the flow f1_T1 outgoing from T1 to S1 consists in finding at the level of the switch S1, a slot available in the cycle, among the slots allocated to the switch S1.
- the allocation of time slots for the flow f2_T2 outgoing from T2 to S2 and the flow f3_T3 outgoing from T3 to S2 consists in finding at the level of the switch S2, slots available in the cycle, among the slots allocated to switch S2. It is the same for the flow f4-T4 outgoing from T4 to S3, where the allocation of time slots consists in finding at the level of the switch S3, a time slot available in the cycle among the slots allocated to the switch S3.
- the time slot allocation method of the invention allows a dynamic distribution of time slots between the various network access switches, depending on the number of streams that pass through each switch.
- FIG. 4b gives an illustration of a change in the distribution of time slots depending on the load of each switch, taking into account the number of flows associated with each switch.
- a switch S1 is crossed by a single flow f1_T1 and a switch S2 is crossed by three flows, the flow f2-T2 emitted by a terminal T2, the flow f3_T3 emitted by a terminal T3, and the flow f5_T3 emitted via terminal T3.
- the method of the invention allows the switch S2 to be able to recover at the level of the access switch S3 which is the exit switch to the recipient L1, time slots not used by the switch S1, in order to allocate them to a flow of switch S2. This is illustrated at switch S3, by flow f5_T3 appearing in the range of time slots allocated to switch S1.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the steps of the method 500 for allocating time slots according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the steps are applied in a deterministic network of the TSN type composed of a plurality of TSN switches grouping together access switches SWi and core network switches, the network being used by a plurality of transmitting terminals (Speakers) to send streams data to receiver terminals (listeners) via access switches and possibly core network switches according to a transmission schedule predefined by a time scheduler designed to separate the communication on the network into repeated time cycles of fixed length, the streams which may include streams of different priority, critical streams and non-critical streams.
- the method which allows a reconfiguration of the flow transmission planning comprises steps consisting of:
- Step 502 Receive requests to admit new incoming streams (ST-i, STi, ...ST n ) into the network.
- the method can operate sequentially upon receipt of a new request for the addition of one or more streams, operate after a waiting time for receiving several requests, or operate upon receipt of a group of requests.
- the method can determine the priority of the streams and operate according to the priority level of these streams, by processing the stream with the highest priority first.
- Step 504 the method makes it possible to identify, for a new stream STi, the output port P k in the access switch SWj coupled to the transmitter terminal of this stream, which will send this new stream STi in the network.
- Step 506 retrieve the current configuration of the transmission schedule for the access switch SWj and determine if there is a schedule in progress at the level of the output port P k ?
- step 510 determines whether among the set of time slots assigned to this access switch SWj, there are time slots available for the stream STi.
- step 506 if there is no planning in progress for the output port P k , the method makes it possible to generate a new planning which takes into account the new stream STi.
- Step 508 the method operates a first level of allocation of time slots for all the access switches of the network.
- step 508 includes steps of:
- the reference duration is a fixed value, which can either correspond to the smallest period value among the periods of the critical flows received at system start-up, or correspond to the greatest common divisor of all periods of critical flows;
- a number of time slots necessary for its transmission means one or more time slots over a cycle.
- the method before allocating the time slots to the access switches, the method makes it possible to reserve at the start of the cycle, one or more time slots for control flows for network control traffic .
- the step of allocating to each access switch a number of time slots is then done among the remaining time slots.
- step 510 by determining whether among the set of time slots assigned to the access switch SWj, there remain time slots available for the STi stream.
- Step 512 If not, that is to say if no time slot is available for the stream STi among the set of time slots assigned to the access switch SWj, the method makes it possible to add the new STi stream to a list of streams without allocation of time slots.
- Step 514 If yes, that is to say if there is at least one time slot available for the new stream STi among the set of time slots allocated to the access switch SWj, the method continues on a second level of allocation to reserve the number of time slots which is required to transmit the entire stream STi (relative to the period of the stream).
- This second level of allocation for a new stream also makes it possible to determine, depending on the length of the frames of the stream, whether there is a need to reserve a time slot for each cycle or on different cycles.
- the method uses the aforementioned 'phase' parameter illustrated in FIG. 3, to identify the distribution of the flux over one or more cycles.
- Step 516 When the allocation of time slot(s) for the new stream STi is finished, the method iterates steps 504 to 514 to process a new time slot allocation request for a new stream.
- Step 518 When all the requests are processed with or without the allocation of time slots for each stream, the main allocation process ends.
- an additional process 600 makes it possible to process the list of streams which have not received time slots ( these streams having been added to this list at step 512).
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the steps of the method 600 for processing the streams which have not been assigned to time slots by the initial allocation method 500.
- the method 600 will make it possible to recover, if there are, time slots not used by other access switches and which are then available, and allow them to be reallocated to all or to some of the streams of the list of streams without allocation.
- the method allows reallocation of unused time slots to priority streams from the list of streams without allocation.
- the method 600 thus aims to identify, in the sets of time slots associated with the other switches, those which are not used. If unused time slots are identified, the method makes it possible in one embodiment to reserve them for high priority flows, and to associate these time slots respectively with each access switch which is used by these priority flows .
- a next step 606 the method makes it possible to determine whether there is at least one available time slot (or one available time slot phase if the stream to be added has a period of more than one cycle time , this detail not being repeated below), in all of the other switches SW t , t + j, excluding the first access switch SWj identified.
- step 608 If there is at least one time slot available (yes branch of 606), the method allows step 608 to reserve this time slot for the processed stream Sti, and to associate it with the first switch SWj identified.
- step 606 if at least one available time slot has not been identified in all of the other access switches or if the number of remaining slots available does not allow transmission of the entire flow (branch no), the method makes it possible to determine in the next step 610 whether the analyzed flow STi is a critical flow, in the sense of the critical flows TSN.
- the method makes it possible to reject the request to add the stream STi at the next step 618, then loops back to process a next stream , the list of unassigned streams being updated.
- the method makes it possible to reject (step 618) the request adding the analyzed stream ST i; then loops back to process a next stream, the list of unassigned streams being updated.
- step 620 consisting of:
- the method then allows the next step 622 to finalize the request to add this new stream, and loops back to process a next stream.
- the list of unassigned flows and the list of reserved time slots with their occupancy status are updated.
- the TSN network When all of the requests for adding new streams have been processed, either by the 500 stream allocation process alone (if time slots have been allocated to all the streams), or with the complementary process 600 (to process streams from the list of unassigned streams), the TSN network has a new stream transmission schedule that complies with the specifications of the IEEE 802.1 standard.
- the flows can be dynamic, in that there can be appearance of a flow or disappearance of a flow.
- the disappearance of a stream will involve the release of a time slot which was previously allocated to it.
- the disappearance event of a stream can be processed by issuing a "Leave request" type request sent by the application itself or by the access switch which identifies non-use of the time slot time associated with this stream for several cycles (for example after 4 cycles, if no transmission has been performed for a given time slot, the access switch can issue a “Leave request”). Once the disappearance request is received, it is processed in order to release the corresponding time slot which then becomes available again for a new flow.
- a time slot allocation consists of a new entry in a "Gate Control List" (GCL) to open a door to the queue to which the new flow in this slot is assigned. of time.
- GCL Gate Control List
- the time slot allocation carried out by the method of the invention is done without changing the duration of the transmission cycle Qbv.
- the distribution of the time slots between the access switches translates as follows: in a switch SWj, all the doors of all the queues are closed when its time slots are reserved for another switch SW k . This makes it possible to ensure the exclusivity of the time slots for each of the access switches.
- the update of the operational GCL configuration is done at the end of the current cycle in order to limit a latency variation problem that the current streams could suffer.
- the cycle duration Qbv is defined during the initial phase, when the network starts up and the first flows arrive.
- the cycle duration is not changed during the operational phase of the TSN network.
- the network reaches a state or a significant percentage where new flow requests are rejected for lack of availability of time slots (for example 70% of requests are rejected), a total reconfiguration can be planned. of the network which is planned at an appropriate moment where the cycle time is reconsidered as well as all the GCL planning. For example in the scenario of a factory, a complete reconfiguration can be planned when the production lines are stopped.
- the IEEE 802.1 Qcc standard mainly proposes two approaches: a centralized approach and a distributed approach. The process described can be implemented in each of these two configurations.
- FIG. 7 The centralized approach provided by the IEEE 802.1 Qcc standard is illustrated by Figure 7, and Figure 8 shows a flowchart of the steps of the method of reservation of network resources for new streams according to the invention as implemented in a centralized approach.
- All of the network's TSN switches are controlled, managed and configured by a centralized CNC ("Centralized Network Configuration") entity.
- the terminals (Speakers / Listeners) that will use the TSN network provide the characteristics of their stream to a CUC ("Centralized User Configuration") entity using third-party software ("middleware") such as OPC UA, ROS, DDS ....
- the role of the CUC entity is to group together requests from terminals/applications to use the TSN network and to provide them to the CNC entity. Requests are analyzed by the CNC while having information on the current capacities of the TSN network. If the reservation of resources for new streams is possible, the CNC replies to the CUC that these terminals/applications can use the network.
- the CNC can also provide these terminals/applications with the time slot to use (i.e. when to start using the network). For example, it can tell an application to start sending its data in x milliseconds. In the event that the reservation of resources is impossible for certain flows, the CNC rejects the requests associated with these flows.
- the method of the invention can be implemented and implemented at the CNC level.
- a first step 802 the CNC receives from the CUC a request to accept 'n' new streams STi.
- the CNC extracts the characteristics of the streams, retrieves the network topology and the Qbv configuration (step 804).
- step 806 it calculates a routing path for an STi stream to be processed.
- the next step 808 consists in operating the resource allocation method 500 described with reference to FIG. 5 and possibly followed by the complementary method 600 described with reference to FIG. 6.
- the CNC makes it possible (step 810) to generate the configuration Qbv in each switch for the new streams accepted, then (step 812) to broadcast the routing rules and Qbv configuration in each switch involved in the routing of new accepted flows. Finally, the CNC sends (step 814) to the CUC the list of streams accepted and the configuration to be used in the terminal nodes.
- a distribution of time resources between access switches of a TSN network which is dynamic and which varies according to the number of streams served by each of the access switches.
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