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However, the inconsistent transmission rates between intra-satellite wired links and inter-satellite wireless links will undoubtedly result in unstable delay at the satellites. This disparity poses a challenge to ensuring deterministic communication for time-sensitive traffic. Aiming at this problem, we put forward an integrated scheduling algorithm based on matching game theory to concurrently determine the positions of wired and wireless time slots. First, we establish a theoretical model to quantify the influence of integrated scheduling on deterministic communication by elucidating the interrelationships among time-sensitive traffic, wired time slots, and wireless time slots. Second, drawing inspiration from scheduling sequences and matching game theory, the established integrated scheduling model is reformulated into a cyclic three-sided matching game model. Third, we design an integrated scheduling algorithm (ISA) to derive scheduling optimization solutions. 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