Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, 2nd Edition

42Time-Triggered Ethernet

Wilfried Steiner

TTTech Computertechnik AG

Michael Paulitsch

Airbus Group Innovations

1. 42.1 General Overview

2. 42.2 TTEthernet Traffic Classes and Traffic Integration

   1. Description of the Traffic Classes

   2. Integration of the Traffic Classes

3. 42.3 TTEthernet Synchronization Protocols

   1. Start-Up and Integration

   2. Clock Synchronization

   3. Clique Detection and Restart

4. 42.4 TTEthernet Example Configurations and Implementations

   1. Configurations

   2. Implementations

5. 42.5 TTEthernet in Orion

6. References

42.1 General Overview

Ethernet is the dominant network standard for local area networks (LAN). While originally designed for classic office applications, the growing communication demands in real-time systems led to adapting Ethernet for time-critical ...