IEEEStd802.1Qbv-2015definesenhancementsfortime-sensitivenetworking(TSN)byspecifyingtime-awareshapermechanismsforscheduledtraffic.Thestandardintroducestheconceptoftimegatesthatcontrolwhenframesareallowedtobetransmittedfromqueues,enablingpreciseschedulingoftime-criticaldataflows.Thesegatesoperateaccordingtoapredefinedschedulesynchronizedacrossthenetwork,ensuringdeterministiclatencyforscheduledtrafficwhilecoexistingwithnon-scheduledtraffic.ThestandardprovidesthefoundationfordeterministicEthernetcommunicationinindustrialautomation,automotive,andotherapplicationsrequiringguaranteedlatencyandboundedjitter.
