Distributed rescheduling of bounded flows in a time sensitive network

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more network interfaces to communicate with a network;
• a processor coupled to the network interfaces and configured to execute one or more processes;
• and
• a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to:
• determine that a latency between a receive timeslot of a channel hopping schedule of the apparatus and a transmit timeslot of the channel hopping schedule is greater than a latency threshold for a particular traffic flow to be received during the receive timeslot;
• request an additional transmit timeslot for the channel hopping schedule from a parent node of the apparatus in the network;
• receive an indication of a newly allocated transmit timeslot for the channel hopping schedule from the parent node;
• and
• map the receive timeslot to one of the transmit timeslots of the channel hopping schedule, wherein the particular traffic flow is to be forwarded to a second device during the mapped transmit timeslot.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software when executed by a processor operable to:

• determine that a latency between a receive timeslot of a channel hopping schedule and a transmit timeslot of the channel hopping schedule is greater than a latency threshold for a particular traffic flow to be received during the receive timeslot;
• request an additional transmit timeslot for the channel hopping schedule from a parent node;
• receive an indication of a newly allocated transmit timeslot for the channel hopping schedule from the parent node;
• and
• map the receive timeslot to one of the transmit timeslots of the channel hopping schedule, wherein the particular traffic flow is to be forwarded to a second device during the mapped transmit timeslot.