Frequency-based communication system and method

A method comprising:

• generating a schedule for transmission of signals within a time-sensitive network, wherein the schedule defines multiple slots assigned to different frequency sub-bands within a frequency band, the slots having designated transmission intervals and each of the different frequency sub-bands representing a range of frequencies in the frequency band;
• obtaining a first signal of the signals from a publishing device, the first signal represented in a frequency domain by a plurality of distinct frequency components of the first signal, the plurality of distinct frequency components having different frequencies from each other;
• and
• transmitting the first signal through the time-sensitive network to a listening device such that the first signal is received at the listening device within a designated time window according to the schedule,
• wherein each of the plurality of distinct frequency components of the first signal is transmitted through the time-sensitive network using a specific frequency sub-band of the frequency sub-bands assigned to one of the slots corresponding to a frequency of the respective frequency component.

A communication system comprising:

• a scheduler device including one or more processors configured to generate a schedule for communication of signals through nodes of a time-sensitive network that are communicatively connected to each other via links of the time-sensitive network, at least a first signal of the signals represented in a frequency domain by a plurality of distinct frequency components of the first signal and received into the time-sensitive network from a publishing device, the plurality of distinct frequency components having different frequencies from each other,
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the schedule by assigning multiple slots having designated transmission intervals to different frequency sub-bands within a frequency band, each of the different frequency sub-bands representing a range of frequencies in the frequency band, and
• wherein the schedule is generated to direct the nodes to communicate the plurality of distinct frequency components of the first signal through the time-sensitive network based on the frequency sub-bands assigned to the slots such that the nodes transmit a first frequency component of the first signal within a first slot of the slots that is assigned to a frequency sub-band that contains a frequency of the first frequency component and the nodes transmit a second frequency component of the first signal within a second slot of the slots that is assigned to a different frequency sub-band that contains a frequency of the second frequency component.