Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)

What is Time-Sensitive Networking?

Time-Sensitive Networking is a set of standards designed to improve the real-time properties of current Ethernet networks. This therefore is comprised of several individual standards that are currently being defined in the TSN Task Group of the IEEE 802.1 standardization organization.

However, Ethernet TSN is not an independent communication protocol. Instead, it defines functions. 

 

Advantages and features of the new TSN standard

The data transmission of real-time-critical applications (such as closed-loop controls, signal acquisition in power grids, or motion control) and data-intensive applications (such as video streams or IT systems) is currently implemented in separate networks in order to prevent mutual interference. However, the growing flexibilization and digitalization of work processes require the increasing convergence of IT and OT, and therefore the consolidation of previously separate systems.

By extending and adapting existing Ethernet standards, TSN creates a convergence between information technology (IT) and the industrial operational technology (OT) in industrial networks. This means that both real time-critical data and data-intensive applications (such as video streams) can be implemented via a shared Ethernet cable, without interfering with each other.

In today's dynamic Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) landscape, Industrial Ethernet grapples with soaring demands. To tackle this challenge, 3onedata's webinar spotlights the transformative impact of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) technology on traditional Industrial Ethernet. 3C-LINK can offer series Ethernet Switch support TSN standard.