Method for monitoring, at the correct time, TT Ethernet messages
First Claim
1. A method for the time-correct monitoring of Time Triggered Ethernet (TT) messages transmitted by a Time Triggered Ethernet (TTEthernet switch) in a distributed real-time computer system including at least the TTEthernet switch and a monitoring node where the TTEthernet switch includes a plurality of communication channels and at least one monitoring channel, wherein the TTEthernet switch has a global time with the precision P and the accuracy A, and wherein the TTEthernet switch contains a selection data structure, where the selection data structure indicates each TT message class to be monitored wherein each TT message class is identified by an offset and a scheduled period, the method comprising:
- detecting a TT message of a TT message class to be monitored in the TTEthernet switch using the selection data structure based on an offset of the TT message and the time of transmission, generating a copy of the TT message in the TTEthernet switch, sending the copy of the TT message from the TTEthernet switch via one of the at least one monitoring channels to a monitoring node, and autonomously sending an Ethernet (ET) message containing an identifier and the exact time of transmission of the TT message via one of the at least one monitoring channels from the TTEthernet switch to a monitoring node subsequent to sending the copy of the TT message.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for monitoring, at the correct time, TTEthernet (TT) messages communicated by a TTEthernet switch (TTE switch) in a distributed real-time computer system. According to the invention, the TTE switch has a global time having precision P and accuracy A, and the TTE switch has a plurality of communication channels and one or more monitoring channels, and the TTE switch contains a selection data structure that specifies which TT message classes are to be monitored, and a copy of a TT message which belongs to a TT message class selected for monitoring is formed in the TTE switch and is transmitted by the TTE switch via a monitoring channel to a monitoring node, and the TTE switch subsequently autonomously transmits an ET message containing an identifier and the exact transmission time of the monitored TT message via a monitoring channel to a monitoring node.
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1. A method for the time-correct monitoring of Time Triggered Ethernet (TT) messages transmitted by a Time Triggered Ethernet (TTEthernet switch) in a distributed real-time computer system including at least the TTEthernet switch and a monitoring node where the TTEthernet switch includes a plurality of communication channels and at least one monitoring channel, wherein the TTEthernet switch has a global time with the precision P and the accuracy A, and wherein the TTEthernet switch contains a selection data structure, where the selection data structure indicates each TT message class to be monitored wherein each TT message class is identified by an offset and a scheduled period, the method comprising:
- detecting a TT message of a TT message class to be monitored in the TTEthernet switch using the selection data structure based on an offset of the TT message and the time of transmission, generating a copy of the TT message in the TTEthernet switch, sending the copy of the TT message from the TTEthernet switch via one of the at least one monitoring channels to a monitoring node, and autonomously sending an Ethernet (ET) message containing an identifier and the exact time of transmission of the TT message via one of the at least one monitoring channels from the TTEthernet switch to a monitoring node subsequent to sending the copy of the TT message.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A Time Triggered Ethernet (TTE switch) for a distributed real-time computer system, wherein the distributed real-time computer system includes a plurality of node computers and at least one TTE switch, and wherein the at least one TTE switch transmits Time Triggered Ethernet (TT) messages within the distributed real-time computer system, the TTE switch comprising:
- equipment for maintaining a global time with the precision P and the accuracy A;
a plurality of communication channels;
at least one monitoring channel;
a memory storing a selection storing data structure indicating each type of TT message to be monitored wherein each TT message class is identified by an offset and a scheduled period; and
where the TTE switch is configured to detect a TT message of one of the types of TT messages indicated to be monitored in the selection storing data structure based on an offset of the TT message and the time of transmission, generate a copy of the TT message send the copy of the TT message to a monitoring node in the distributed real-time network via one of the at least one monitoring channels, and subsequently autonomously send an Ethernet (ET) message containing an identifier and exact transmission time of the TT message via one of the at least one monitoring channels to the monitoring node. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- equipment for maintaining a global time with the precision P and the accuracy A;
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