Deterministic Ethernet is a technology that introduces time scheduling to standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, providing deterministic real-time communication. By using global time synchronization and shared scheduling among components, it successfully merges real-time and non-real-time traffic within a single network infrastructure. This ensures that latency for critical communications is consistently maintained, a feature crucial for applications such as autonomous driving, aerospace, and machine-to-machine communication. Deterministic Ethernet supports guarantee of service, maintaining operation in the presence of faults and allowing for intricate control over network traffic through precise message forwarding even at the packet level.
