A Comprehensive Survey of Wireless Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN): Architecture, Technologies, Applications, and Open Issues

TL;DR

This survey reviews wireless Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), covering its architecture, technologies, industrial applications, challenges, and future research directions, emphasizing its role in critical wireless industrial communication.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of wireless TSN, highlighting current technologies, applications, and open issues, which was lacking in existing literature.

Findings

Wireless TSN architectures are evolving to meet industrial needs.

Key wireless technologies for TSN include Wi-Fi, 5G, and Bluetooth.

Open challenges include synchronization, reliability, and security.

Abstract

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is expected to be a key component of critical machine-type communication networks in areas such as Industry 4.0, robotics and autonomous vehicles. With rising mobility requirements in industrial applications and the prevalence of wireless networks, wireless network integration into TSN is becoming increasingly important. This survey article presents a comprehensive review of the current literature on wireless TSN, including an overview of the architecture of a wireless TSN network and an examination of the various wireless technologies and protocols that can be or are used in such networks. In addition, the article discusses industrial applications of wireless TSN, among them industrial automation, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. The article concludes by summarizing the challenges and open issues related to the integration of TSN into wireless networks, and by offering suggestions for future research directions.