Ensuring Reliable and Predictable Behavior of IEEE 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination

Maile L, Voitlein D, Hielscher KS, German R (2022)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: In press

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Future Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Book Volume: 2022-May

Pages Range: 2706-2712

Conference Proceedings Title: ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications

Event location: Seoul, South Korea KR

ISBN: 978-1-5386-8348-4

URI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9838905

DOI: 10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9838905

Abstract

Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication has received significant research attention. A key part of this evolution are the Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) standards, which extend Ethernet with real-time mechanisms. To guarantee high reliability, the standard IEEE 802.1CB-2017 Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability enables redundant communication over disjoint paths. While this mechanism is essential for time-critical applications, the standard contains some fundamental limitations that can compromise safety. Although some of these limitations have been addressed, none of the previous works provide solutions to these problems. This paper presents solutions to four main limitations of the IEEE 802.1CB-2017 standard. These are 1) choosing match versus vector recovery algorithm, 2) defining the length of the sequence history, 3) setting a timer to reset the sequence history, and 4) dimensioning the burst size in case of link failures. We show how these challenges can be solved by using best-and worst-case path delays of the network. We have performed simulations to illustrate the impact of the limitations and prove the correctness of our solutions. Thereby, we demonstrate how our solutions can improve reliability in TSN networks and propose these methods as guidance for users of the IEEE 802.1CB standard.

Authors with CRIS profile

Lisa Maile Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems) Kai-Steffen Hielscher Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems) Reinhard German Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems)

Related research project(s)

Network Calculus for Time-Sensitive Networking (NC for TSN) Oct. 1, 2018 - Oct. 1, 2021

How to cite

APA:

Maile, L., Voitlein, D., Hielscher, K.-S., & German, R. (2022). Ensuring Reliable and Predictable Behavior of IEEE 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination. In ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications (pp. 2706-2712). Seoul, South Korea, KR: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Maile, Lisa, et al. "Ensuring Reliable and Predictable Behavior of IEEE 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination." Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2022, Seoul, South Korea Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. 2706-2712.

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