Deterministic Scheduling in Network-on-Chip Using the Trajectory Approach

In this paper, we consider the problem of guaranteeing real-time end-to-end transmission time for flows sent on a Network-on-Chip (NoC) with First-in First-out (FIFO) scheduling on each node. We show how to adapt the Trajectory approach, used in the context of Avionics Full DupleX switched Ethernet (AFDX) networks to characterize end-to-end transmission delays, to the context of NoC-based Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). We characterize the benefit of the Trajectory approach on an example.