The present disclosure provides techniques for controlling transmissions in time-sensitive networks (TSNs) and/or for time-sensitive applications (TSAs), including techniques for providing low latency and scalable gate control for TSNs and TSAs, configuring multiple TSAs to share the same physical network link, and enabling TSNs/TSAs to utilize Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) mechanisms.

The present disclosure provides techniques for controlling transmissions in time-sensitive networks (TSNs) and/or for time-sensitive applications (TSAs), including techniques for providing low latency and scalable gate control for TSNs and TSAs, configuring multiple TSAs to share the same physical network link, and enabling TSNs/TSAs to utilize Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) mechanisms.

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for configuration of time-sensitive networks. Time-sensitive networks utilize traffic shaping to provide for efficient and predictable flows of data through the network. A network configuration tool can be used to determine how data should be routed and shaped through the network towards its destination. The network configuration tool calculates the maximum burst size at an output port of a switch by analyzing groups of data flows that pass through the output port, rather than analyzing the data flows individually.

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for configuration of time-sensitive networks. Time-sensitive networks utilize traffic shaping to provide for efficient and predictable flows of data through the network. A network configuration tool can be used to determine how data should be routed and shaped through the network towards its destination. The network configuration tool calculates the maximum burst size at an output port of a switch by analyzing groups of data flows that pass through the output port, rather than analyzing the data flows individually.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a network connection device, at least one processor, and a memory operably connected to the at least one processor, wherein the memory store instructions which are configured to, when executed, control the electronic device to receive a data packet from the network connection device, identify an Internet protocol (IP) type of a server, based on header information of the received data packet, identify information related to packet mergence set according to the identified IP type of the server and an IP type of the electronic device, and merge the data packets received from the network connection device or flush the data packets as a network stack, based on the identified information related to the packet mergence.

The invention relates to a method for efficiently discarding data packets destined to a mobile station connected to both a master base station and a secondary base station. The master base station configures a secondary discard function in a lower layer of the secondary base station, based on the master discard function in the higher layer of the master base station. The master base station forwards the data packet from the higher layer to the lower of the secondary base station. The secondary discard function of the lower layer at the secondary base station discards the received data packet upon expiry of the secondary timer started by the lower layer upon reception of the data packet from the higher layer at the master base station.

Methods and systems are provided for latency-oriented router. An incoming packet is received on a first interface. The type of the incoming packet is determined. Upon the detection that the incoming packet belongs to latency-critical traffic, the incoming packet is duplicated into one or more copies. Subsequently, the duplicated copies are sent to a second interface in a delayed fashion where the duplicated copies are spread over a time period. The duplicated copies are received and processed at the second interface.

Methods and systems are provided for latency-oriented router. An incoming packet is received on a first interface. The type of the incoming packet is determined. Upon the detection that the incoming packet belongs to latency-critical traffic, the incoming packet is duplicated into one or more copies. Subsequently, the duplicated copies are sent to a second interface in a delayed fashion where the duplicated copies are spread over a time period. The duplicated copies are received and processed at the second interface.

A transfer device includes: a frame information acquisition unit configured to monitor downstream frames between host devices and OLTs and calculate a statistical value of the downstream frames per a fixed cycle; a frame storage unit configured to store the downstream frames in a plurality of queues; a frame sorting unit configured to input the downstream frames to the queues; and a distribution control unit configured to determine the number of frames to be sequentially input to the queues and increase the number of distributed frames of at least one of the host devices input to an OLT, the OLT having a smaller value of a total number of frames input from all the host devices than a maximum number of rounded frames obtained by dividing a value of a total number of frames input until the frames of all the host devices take turns around the plurality of queues by the number of OLTs. As a result, a delay requirement can be satisfied while a memory size of the queue and power consumption required for the frame sorting process are reduced.

A transfer device includes: a frame information acquisition unit configured to monitor downstream frames between host devices and OLTs and calculate a statistical value of the downstream frames per a fixed cycle; a frame storage unit configured to store the downstream frames in a plurality of queues; a frame sorting unit configured to input the downstream frames to the queues; and a distribution control unit configured to determine the number of frames to be sequentially input to the queues and increase the number of distributed frames of at least one of the host devices input to an OLT, the OLT having a smaller value of a total number of frames input from all the host devices than a maximum number of rounded frames obtained by dividing a value of a total number of frames input until the frames of all the host devices take turns around the plurality of queues by the number of OLTs. As a result, a delay requirement can be satisfied while a memory size of the queue and power consumption required for the frame sorting process are reduced.