Integrated tsn and 5g system

Abstract

A method of transmitting data between a time-sensitive networking, TSN, system and a 5G network, the method comprising receiving, from the time-sensitive networking, TSN, system, data comprising a plurality of frames, defining k disjoint paths for transmitting the data across the 5G network, where k≥2 and for each frame of the data, performing, by the 5G network, at least one of the processes (a) and (b), (a) transmitting k copies of the frame to a transmission destination via a respective one of the disjoint paths, determining, based on a redundancy policy of the 5G network indicating a protocol for deleting redundant copies of frames of TSN traffic, whether one or more of the transmitted k copies received at the transmission destination are redundant and eliminating the copies determined to be redundant and (b) generating, based on a redundancy policy of the 5G network indicating a protocol for replicating frames of TSN traffic, k copies of the frame; and transmitting the copies of the frame to a transmission destination via a respective one of the disjoint paths.

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