Communication system and method for integrating a data distribution service into a time sensitive network

A system comprising:

• a scheduling device of a data distribution service (DDS) configured to determine bandwidth for communication of time sensitive communications between devices of a control system using the DDS in a time sensitive network (TSN), wherein the scheduling device also is configured to determine available bandwidth for communication of non-time sensitive communications of the control system using the DDS in the TSN, the scheduling device configured to control communication of the non-time sensitive communications in the TSN without preventing communication of the time sensitive communications in the TSN based on the available bandwidth;
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• a traffic shaper of the TSN configured to receive a communication change from the control system at the TSN, wherein the scheduling device is configured to change one or more of the bandwidth for the communication of the time sensitive communications or the available bandwidth for the communication of the non-time sensitive communications in the TSN without restarting the TSN.

A distributed communication device comprising:

• a controller configured to one or more of store or access routing instructions that direct where data packets are to be forwarded within a time sensitive network (TSN) for one or more writing devices and one or more reader devices of a data distribution service (DDS);
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• routing hardware configured to be remotely located from the controller and to receive instructions from the controller to change where the data packets are forwarded within the TSN.