Method to configure real-time communications in a network with time-triggered and rate-constrained traffic

A network configuration for the transmission of communication flows in a real-time communication network, wherein the network comprises components, which are connected by links, wherein an arrangement of the components and links of the network is described by a network topology, wherein said components of the network communicate via a defined set of communication flows, wherein the method comprises a first, a second, and a third module, as well as a first and a second feedback loop, wherein in a first step the first module computes, based on said network topology and said set of communication constraints, one route for each communication flow of said set of communication flows, and wherein, in a second step, after the first step has finished, said second module, computes a time-triggered schedule for the communication of said TT flows, so that one or more of the constraints related to said TT flows are fulfilled.