Emulating Integrated 5G-TSN Scenarios

The combination of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) and 5G networks opens the way to industrial communications scenarios where the strict quality-of-service (QoS) guarantees provided by TSN are combined with the mobility and flexibility provided by 5G. The 5G-TSN architecture has been defined and standardized by 3GPP. However, some of its mechanisms and parameters are not defined by the standards. There are few works which focus on the challenges and implementation details involved in building a 5G-TSN testbed. This paper describes a functional testbed built with TSN hardware and 5G emulators, discusses the design choices, and describes the results obtained.