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SmartDV’s Ethernet TSN Verification IP is a comprehensive solution for verifying Time-Sensitive Networking designs across the complete IEEE 802.1 TSN protocol suite layered over IEEE 802.3 Ethernet physical layers. Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3-2022 consolidated Ethernet standard and the complete IEEE 802.1 TSN toolbox including IEEE 802.1AS-2020 and its amendments, it supports complete verification of TX BFM, RX BFM, and Monitor components across Ethernet speeds from 100 Mbps through 400 Gbps, covering all TSN protocols for scheduled traffic, stream reservation, frame preemption, path control, ingress policing, time synchronization, fronthaul, and cyclic queuing, along with IEEE 1588 precision timestamping, Energy Efficient Ethernet, LLDP, and MDIO Clause 22 and 45 support.

SmartDV’s Ethernet TSN VIP supports UVM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog, and integrates seamlessly into diverse verification environments. It is simulator-independent and compatible with all leading EDA simulators, providing flexibility across simulation platforms.

With the complete IEEE 802.1 TSN protocol suite including the latest automotive and aerospace TSN profiles, IEEE 802.1ASed-2026 fault-tolerant timing, UNH test suite coverage, comprehensive error injection across all protocol layers, pause frame generation and detection, built-in functional coverage, and a complete test suite, SmartDV’s Ethernet TSN VIP enables verification teams to thoroughly validate TSN network interface designs for industrial automation, automotive in-vehicle networking, aerospace, 5G fronthaul, and professional audio and video applications.

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Ethernet TSN VIP
Key Features
  • Comprehensive Ethernet Physical Layer Coverage – Supports all Ethernet speeds from 100M through 400G including GMII, TBI, SGMII/SGMITBI, QSGMII, USGMII, RGMII/RTBI, MII, SMII, RMII, XGMII, XLGMII, CGMII, and all associated PHY types, backplane auto-negotiation, FEC, scrambler, and CDR across all supported link rates.
  • IEEE 802.1AS-2020 and gPTP Support – Supports IEEE 802.1AS-2020 generalized Precision Time Protocol for time synchronization across TSN networks, IEEE 802.1ASed-2026 Fault-Tolerant Timing with Time Integrity for redundant grandmaster and multi-path synchronization, and IEEE 802.1ASds-2026 half-duplex MAC support, enabling complete precision timing verification for safety-critical and deterministic networking applications.
  • Scheduled Traffic and Stream Reservation – Supports IEEE 802.1Qbv Time-Aware Shaper for scheduled traffic with gate control lists, IEEE 802.1Qat Stream Reservation Protocol, IEEE 802.1QAV Credit-Based Shaper for bandwidth reservation, and IEEE 802.1Qch Cyclic Queuing and Forwarding for isochronous traffic, covering all TSN traffic scheduling and shaping mechanisms.
  • Frame Preemption and Seamless Redundancy – Supports IEEE 802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic for frame preemption of low-priority frames, IEEE 802.1Qbu Frame Preemption, and IEEE 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability for seamless redundancy and high availability in critical TSN networks.
  • Path Control, Policing, and FRER – Supports IEEE 802.1Qca Path Control and Reservation for explicit route-based traffic forwarding, IEEE 802.1Qci Per-Stream Filtering and Policing for ingress traffic control and attack mitigation, and IEEE 802.1Q Bridges and Bridged Networks as the foundational TSN protocol.
  • TSN Configuration and Management – Supports IEEE 802.1Qcc Stream Reservation Protocol Enhancements and centralized network configuration, IEEE 802.1Qcr Asynchronous Traffic Shaping, IEEE 802.1CM Time-Sensitive Networking for Fronthaul as amended by 802.1CMde-2020, IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol, and IEEE 802.1AC MAC Service Definition.
  • Automotive, Aerospace, and Industrial TSN Profiles – Supports IEEE 802.1DG-2025 TSN Profile for Automotive In-Vehicle Ethernet Communications and IEEE 802.1DP-2025/SAE AS6675 TSN Profile for Aerospace Onboard Ethernet Communications, providing complete vertical-specific TSN verification coverage for automotive and aerospace network designs.
  • Precision Timing, EEE, and MDIO Support – Provides full IEEE 1588-2002 and IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol support, IEEE 802.1AZ Energy Efficient Ethernet, and MDIO Master and Slave per Clause 22 and Clause 45.
  • Comprehensive Error Injection and Detection – Supports injection and detection of all Ethernet error types across all protocol layers including undersize and oversize frames, CRC errors, framing errors, pause frame errors, disparity and auto-negotiation errors, invalid code group insertion, invalid /K/ character insertion, invalid AN sequence errors, and missing /K/ characters for packet boundaries, with pause frame generation and detection and Monitor-based protocol violation detection.
  • Complete Verification Infrastructure – Provides the UNH test suite, built-in functional coverage analysis, status counters for bus events, and callbacks in TX BFM, RX BFM, and Monitor for user-defined event handling and protocol violation notification.
Compliance and Compatibility
  • Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3-2022 (consolidated base standard) for all supported Ethernet speeds
  • Supports complete IEEE 802.1 TSN protocol suite including 802.1Qat, 802.1QAV, 802.1Q, 802.1AS-2020, 802.1Qbv, 802.1Qbu, 802.1Qca, 802.1CB, 802.1Qcc, 802.1Qci, 802.1Qch, 802.1CM, 802.1Qcr, and 802.3br
  • Supports IEEE 802.1ASed-2026 (Fault-Tolerant Timing with Time Integrity)
  • Supports IEEE 802.1DG-2025 (TSN Profile for Automotive In-Vehicle Ethernet)
  • Supports IEEE 802.1DP-2025/SAE AS6675 (TSN Profile for Aerospace Onboard Ethernet)
  • Supports IEEE 1588-2002 and IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol
  • Supports IEEE 802.1AZ Energy Efficient Ethernet, IEEE 802.1AB LLDP, and IEEE 802.1AC
  • Supports MDIO Clause 22 and Clause 45
  • Compatible with UVM, OVM, VMM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog verification environments
  • Compatible with all major EDA simulators including Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa, Aldec Riviera-PRO, and Verilator

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