5G Configured Grant Scheduling for 5G-TSN Integration for the Support of Industry 4.0

Jul 16, 2026

Factories evolving under Industry 4.0 rely on digitalized, data-based ecosystems and new services such as digital twins, XR, and cooperative robots, which demand highly reliable and deterministic communication with strict latency and reliability bounds. 5G can meet these needs, but effective industrial deployment requires integration with TSN, the standard wired deterministic Ethernet technology for bounded-latency services. A key challenge is coordinating TSN and 5G schedulers. The proposed Configured Grant scheme coordinates 5G scheduling with TSN-provided traffic characteristics to meet end-to-end latency requirements and significantly increases the number of TSN flows served compared with a commonly used CG baseline.

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Introduction

Industry 4.0 communication requirements

Complementary roles of 5G and TSN

TSN–5G integration framework and scheduling coordination

© IFIP, 2023. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission ofIFIP for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in: A. Larrañaga, M.C. Lucas-Estañ, I. Martínez, J. Gozalvez, "5G Configured Grant Scheduling for 5G-TSN Integration for the Support of Industry 4.0", Proc. of the 18th Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services Conference (WONS 2023), 30th January-1st February 2023, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10062219](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10062219) . 5G Configured Grant Scheduling for 5G-TSN Integration for the Support of Industry 4.0 Ana Larrañaga1, M. Carmen Lucas-Estañ2, Imanol Martinez1, Javier Gozalvez2 1HW and Communication Systems Area, Ikerlan Technology Research Centre, Mondragón 20500, Spain 2UWICORE Laboratory, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Elche 03202, Spain {ana.larranaga, [imartinez}@ikerlan.es](imartinez}@ikerlan.es), {m.lucas, [j.gozalvez}@umh.es](j.gozalvez}@umh.es) Abstract— Factories are evolving towards digitalized databased ecosystems under the paradigm of the Industry 4.0 where new industrial services allow the implementation of more robust, resilient and customized manufacturing systems. Such services (e.g., digital twins, extended reality or cooperative robots) will require highly reliable and deterministic communication networks capable of supporting stringent latency and reliability requirements. 5G networks and their future evolution have the necessary capabilities to meet these requirements. However, the use of 5G in industrial environments requires its effective and efficient integration with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), which is becoming the standard wired technology for Industry 4.0 environments. TSN provides unprecedented deterministic service levels with perfectly bounded latencies. The integration of the industrial 5G and TSN networks will be key to support the flexibility and determinism demanded by the Industry 4.0 paradigm. A critical aspect to achieve this integration is the coordination of the schedulers of both networks. TSN has information about the capabilities of the 5G-TSN integrated network, and it is incharge of deciding the path and scheduling for each TSN traffic flow. The scheduling in 5G must be done according to the scheduling decisions and information provided by TSN to guarantee the end-to-end latency requirements of TSN traffic. In this context, this paper proposes a novel Configured Grant scheduling scheme for 5G integrated into a TSN network that aims to meet the latency requirements of the different TSN flows. The proposed scheme exploits the information provided by TSN about the characteristics of the TSN traffic to coordinate its decision with the scheduling of TSN. This study demonstrates that the proposed scheduling scheme considerably increases the number of TSN flows that can be satisfactorily served in the integrated 5G-TSN network compared with a commonly used Configured Grant (CG) scheduling scheme. Keywords—5G; 5G-TSN integration; Deterministic; Low Latency; TSN; Configured Grant; scheduling; Industry 4.0. I. INTRODUCTION Factories are evolving towards digitalized data-based ecosystems where new industrial services, such as digital twins, extended reality (XR) or cooperative robots, emerge and allow the implementation of more robust and resilient manufacturing systems. Industrial environment and processes will be accurately monitored in real-time thanks to Industrial IoT (Industrial IoT or IIoT) networks that will connect machines, mobile robots, sensors, and user terminals, allowing data to be collected, analyzed, and distributed instantly [1] . Factories of the future will then require highly reliable communication networks capable of supporting the stringent latency, bandwidth, and reliability requirements of demanding industrial applications. In addition, the communication networks that will suppor

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What does the proposed Configured Grant scheduling scheme achieve?

The scheme coordinates 5G scheduling using information provided by TSN about TSN traffic characteristics. It targets meeting latency requirements across different TSN flows and increases the number of satisfiable TSN flows compared with a commonly used CG scheduling approach.

Jul 16, 2026

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