Design of a framework for enabling TSN support in heterogeneous platforms with virtualization and preliminary experimental results

Abstract

The increasing complexity of modern applications calls for more complex embedded computing resources, which integrate several processing units with specialized hardware and virtualization support on a single platform to boost the computation capabilities. These subsystems require a communication system able to support different flows with diverse real-time requirements. In this context, the Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) family of standards plays an important role. This work proposes the design and the implementation of a framework for enabling TSN communications in heterogeneous platforms with virtualization. Preliminary experimental results are reported, which provide some insights on the limitations and advantages of the proposed framework.