Apparatuses and methods for routing packets between a time-sensitive networking (TSN) network and a non-TSN network by virtual local area network (VLAN) tag manipulation

An apparatus including a storage medium and a controller is provided. The storage medium stores a first mapping of stream Identifiers (IDs) to VLAN tags, and a second mapping of the stream IDs to VLAN tag indications. The controller is coupled to the storage medium and configured to route a packet between a Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) network and a non-TSN network according to the first and second mappings. The routing of the packet includes inserting or removing a VLAN tag in or from the packet according to the stream ID of the packet and the first and second mappings, so as to enable interoperability between the TSN network and the non-TSN network. 一种包括存储媒体以及控制器的装置。存储媒体存储串流识别码与虚拟区网标签之间的第一映射、以及串流识别码与虚拟区网标签指标之间的第二映射。控制器耦接至存储媒体，并根据第一映射与第二映射在时间敏感网络与非时间敏感网络之间路由封包。封包的路由包括：根据封包的串流识别码以及第一映射与第二映射对封包插入或移除虚拟区网标签，以致能时间敏感网络与非时间敏感网络之间的互通性。