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(a) TTEthernet network consisting of twenty end systems connected in “snowflake” topology
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(b) Schedule for TT frames designed with blank intervals for RC and BE traffic. Time is depicted on
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FIGURE 8.6
Example Network Topology and Assigned Schedule for the Different Traffic Classes
(TT, RC and BE)
TTEthernet addresses the collision problem associated with the integration of
synchronized and unsynchronized traffic by assigning each frame a priority. While
the SAE AS6802