System-of-Systems development based on deterministic Ethernet

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Deterministic Ethernet, which has been originally designed as avionics communication platform with focus on in-vehicle communications provides inherent features that allow to tightly couple multiple vehicles. Thus, individual Deterministic Ethernet -based systems can connect to each other to form a Deterministic Ethernet -based System-of-Systems (SoS). While the inherent Deterministic Ethernet features require a wired connection between the individual systems, there is a need to explore the possibilities to construct Deterministic Ethernet -based SoS that leverage wireless connections to each other and/or to a common navigation reference such as the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Therefore, the focus of this PhD will be on construction of System-of-Systems using Deterministic Ethernet based on individual Deterministic Ethernet systems that coordinate their actions by means of a GNSS reference with a possibility of a wireless implementation. The benefits of this development should identified and quantified for the relevant use cases, e.g. commanding the swarms of UAVs or UAV to ground station coordination.The PhD thesis will explore the research hypothesis, both by analytical means (potentially based on simulations) as well as by means of practical evaluation on a Deterministic Ethernet Development System.