We will be collaborating with NI, Bosch Rexroth, Cisco, Intel, KUKA, Schneider Electric on the world's first Time Sensitive Networking Testbed with the Industrial Internet Consortium. The testbed will deliver a new network infrastructure to support the future of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0.
The goal of this testbed is to display the value of new Ethernet IEEE 802 standards, referred to as Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), in an ecosystem of manufacturing applications.
The technology can support real-time control and synchronization, for example between motion applications and robots, over a single Ethernet network. TSN can at the same time support other common traffic found in manufacturing applications, driving convergence between IT and operational technologies. TSN’s value is derived from driving convergence and increased connectivity, unlocking the critical data needed to achieve the IIoT promise of improved operations driven by big data analytics and enabling new business models based on smart connected systems and machines.
The testbed will:
- Combine different critical control traffic (such as OPC UA) and best-effort traffic flows on a single, resilient network based on IEEE 802.1 TSN standards
- Demonstrate TSN’s real-time capability and vendor interoperability using standard, converged Ethernet
- Assess the security value of TSN and provide feedback on the ability to secure initial TSN functions
- Show ability for the IIoT to incorporate high-performance and latency-sensitive applications
- Deliver integration points for smart real-time edge cloud control systems into IIoT infrastructure and application
“Testbeds are a major focus and activity of the IIC and its members. Our testbeds are where the innovation and opportunities of the industrial Internet – new technologies, new applications, new products, new services and new processes – can be initiated, thought through and rigorously tested to ascertain their usefulness and viability before coming to market,” said Dr. Richard Soley, executive director of the IIC.
“As an innovator in the field of deterministic Ethernet, TTTech is delighted to join forces with industry leaders on the IIC TSN testbed. TTTech brings 20 years’ experience in time-scheduled networks and critical real-time controls to the IIC and looks forward to collaborating with the other testbed members to build an open, standard platform for the IIoT,” said Georg Kopetz, cofounder and member of the executive board for TTTech.
Find out more about the testbed in the related press release.
