Universal Ethernet Networks Based on the Cycle Reservation Scheduling

In this paper, we propose a network architecture, uEthernet (universal Ethernet), which can support wide variety of customized end-to-end quality by adding the concept on time-based resource allocation and deterministic switching to conventional Ethernet switching. We draw requirements on converting Ethernet network into a unified transport network in view of customized end-to-end quality and suggest an integrated frame network by providing asynchronous frame forwarding and synchronous frame switching on a unified switch.