Patent ID: 11916737
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A communication system, comprising:
a plurality of time sensitive network (TSN) switches;
a plurality of communication devices that are configured to transfer data via the communication system; and
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
ascertain respective operating parameters of respective ones of the plurality of communication devices, the operating parameters being associated with at least one respective operating phase of the plurality of communication devices; and
for each respective one of the TSN switches:
ascertain, based on the ascertained operating parameters, a respective schedule of use of the respective TSN switch by different ones of the plurality of communication devices; and
transfer the respective schedule to the respective TSN switch;

wherein the transfer of the respective schedules provides the communication devices with respective periods of uncontested use of the TSN switches, without providing, for other resources of the communication system, periods of uncontested use of the other resources by the communication devices.