TSN Translator for 3GPP to TSN Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack a seamless integration of 3GPP wireless networks with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) networks, which is essential for providing deterministic quality of service and mobility in industrial environments, as they are managed independently without overarching entities to handle interactions between the two domains.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of a TSN Translator and TSN Translator Client that transparently integrate 3GPP networks into TSN domains, acting as intermediaries to translate TSN protocols into 3GPP commands and vice versa, enabling wireless communication with guaranteed quality of service and handling network discovery and resource management efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If 3GPP wireless networks and TSN networks are managed independently without integration, then each network can maintain its own management simplicity, but the ability to provide deterministic QoS across wireless and wireline domains is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a TSN translator as an intermediary device that bridges the 3GPP wireless network and TSN wireline network. The translator translates TSN protocols into 3GPP commands and vice versa, enabling seamless integration while maintaining the independence of each network domain. This mediator allows deterministic QoS to be provided across the hybrid network without requiring complete integration of the management systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wired links are used to connect sensors and controllers in TSN networks, then deterministic communication is guaranteed, but mobility and scalability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The TSN translator acts as a mediator that enables wireless devices to participate in TSN networks with deterministic guarantees. By translating between TSN protocols and 3GPP wireless protocols, the translator allows sensors and controllers to communicate wirelessly while maintaining the deterministic communication properties required by TSN applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical wired connection system with a wireless communication system. By using 3GPP wireless networks instead of physical cables, the system gains mobility and scalability while the TSN translator ensures that deterministic communication guarantees are maintained through protocol translation and QoS parameter mapping.
3Adaptability or versatility
If TSN protocols are directly implemented over 3GPP wireless networks without translation, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but compatibility and interoperability between the two network domains are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The TSN translator serves as an intermediary that performs protocol translation between TSN and 3GPP domains. It converts TSN protocols into 3GPP commands for wireless transmission and translates incoming 3GPP commands back into TSN protocols, enabling full compatibility and interoperability between the two network domains while allowing each to maintain its native protocol stack.
Data Source
AI summary
It is provided a method comprising monitoring if a reservation request is received from a controller, wherein the reservation request requests to reserve resources for a data session having a first quality of service; translating the reservation request into a request for providing a data session of a wireless network having a requested quality of service corresponding to the first quality of service if the reservation request is received; forwarding the request for providing the data session to the wireless network; translating an indication of a provided quality of service of the data session comprised in a response to the request for providing the data session received from the wireless network into an indication of a reserved quality of service corresponding to the provided quality of service; responding to the reservation request by a reservation response; wherein the reservation response comprises the indication of the reserved quality of service.