The Ethernet TSN Verification IP provides an effective & efficient way to verify the components interfacing with an IP or SoC. The Ethernet TSN VIP is fully compliant with IEEE standard 802.3-2018 specification and TSN features as compliant to the standards mentioned by the IEEE 802.1 working group. This VIP is light weight with easy plug-and- play interface so that there is no hit on the design cycle time.
TSN Verification IP
Overview
Key Features
- Provides Ethernet fully compliant to 802.3-2018 supporting all Media Independent Interfaces for (1/10/25/40/50/100/ 200/400 G)
- QBV support
- Capable of handling VLAN-tagged frames
- Supports cyclic queuing and forwarding for all traffic classes
- Traffic flow control with Credit Based Shaper
- Time Aware shaper for handling Time-Sensitive Streams
- Provides EEE capability with support for low power client
- Capability exchange and setup using the LLDP packet exchange
- PFC operation supported
- PAUSE frame operation supported
- MAC Merge capable of handling express and preemptable traffic classes supported
- Handling of interspersed traffic
- Verify - Respond mechanism for initialization of preemption capability between two ends of the link
- MAC Security capable as per IEEE 802.1 AE - 2006 Ø AES-GCM 128 capable
- Can handle Controlled and Uncontrolled port traffic
- Timing synchronization capable using gPTP as per IEEE 802.1 AS
- Also supports PTP (delay-request and peer to peer )
- BMCA determination
- Supports clock data recovery(CDR)
- Supports for MMD registers, MDIO interface supported
- Callback support in layers to provide user control
- Rich set of configuration and parameters
- Provides static as well as dynamic error injection capability
- On the fly protocol checking and assertion checks
- Built in coverage analysis
- Graphical analyser to show transactions for easy debugging
Benefits
- Available in native System Verilog (UVM/OVM/ VMM) and Verilog
- Unique development methodology to ensure the highest levels of quality
- Availability of Compliance & Regression Test Suites
- 24X5 customer support
- Unique and customizable licensing models
- Exhaustive set of assertions and coverage points with connectivity example for all the components
- Consistency of interface, installation, operation, and documentation across all our VIPs
- Provide complete solution and easy integration in IP and SoC environment
Block Diagram
Deliverables
- Ethernet BFM's for
- TSN
- MAC-Sec
- MAC layer
- Reconciliation layer
- PCS Layer
- PMA layer
- PMD layer
- AN layer
- FEC layers (RS-FEC, BASE-R FEC)
- Ethernet layered monitors and scoreboard
- Test Environment & Test Suite:
- Basic and Directed Protocol Tests
- Random Tests
- Error Scenario Tests
- Assertions & Cover Point Tests
- User Test Suite
- Integration guide , user manual and release notes
- GUI analyser to view simulation packet flow