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Using Big Packet Protocol Framework to Support Low Latency based Large Scale Networks

Authors:
Kiran Makhijani
Renwei Li
Hesham El Boukary

Keywords: Big Packet Protocol; BPP; High-Precision Networking; Programmable Networks; SLA

Abstract:
The performance of many automation-based services over networks continue to demand lower latency and higher reliability. With Industry 4.0 initiative, the scale of such applications will grow over time requiring large-scale High Precision Communications as its foundation. IP-based networks with existing service delivery models do not support time related guarantees. In contrast, Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) which is a data link layer technology supports many paradigms of High Precision Communications but capabilities are limited to subnets with only a few number of connected devices. A network layer (IP-based) solution is needed to overcome limitations of flooding and control overheads in layer 2, in order to expand the use of TSN services over broader domains. In particular, an extensible IP-based data plane approach exploiting already available hardware capabilities of TSN solution can be envisioned. This paper discusses one such approach using Big Packet Protocol (BPP) and develops a cross-layer forwarder method to combine benefits of BPP high-precision directives in network-layer with time-sensitive capabilities of TSN.

Pages: 9 to 16

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: June 2, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4006

ISBN: 978-1-61208-711-5

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from June 2, 2019 to June 6, 2019