Time-critical networks of various types are widely used in fields such as industrial automation. Many of these time-critical networking solutions are proprietary and closed, which can make them costly to work with. An alternative to these legacy solutions is Time-Sensitive Networking. Time Sensitive Networking, or TSN, is an open standard for time-critical communication over Ethernet hardware and protocols. Compared to proprietary and closed legacy solutions, a TSN can be easier to set up. There is still however a challenge in configuring a TSN since the configuration process is hardware dependent. This thesis sets out to ease the configuration process, making it more user-friendly by providing a tool for the generation of end-host configurations. Currently, no such readily available tool exists for configuration of Linux end-hosts in TSNs. This is done by implementing extensions to the incomplete TSN configuration middleware DETD to a state where it is a suitable solution to this problem. The extensions made to DETD consist of implementing support for configuring listener streams, adding the ability to configure the TAPRIO queueing discipline, and adding support for an additional network interface card in the form of the Intel I210. To verify the functionality of these extensions a simple testbed using two real-time Linux machines is used.

The advancement of technology has led to an increase in the demand for ultra-low end-to-end network latency in real-time applications with a target of below 10ms. The IEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards that supports the required low-latency wired communication with ultra-low jitter for real-time applications. TSN is designed for fixed networks thus it misses the flexibility of wireless networks.To overcome this limitation and to increase its applicability in different applications, an integration of TSN with other wireless technologies is needed. The fifth generation of cellular networks (5G) supports real-time applications with its Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) service. 5G URLLC is designed to meet the stringent timing requirements of these applications, such as providing reliable communication with latencies as low as 1ms. Seamless integration of TSN and 5G is needed to fully utilize the potential of these technologies in contemporary and future industrial applications. However, to achieve the end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of a TSN-5G network, a significant effort is required due to the large dissimilarity between these technologies. This thesis presents a comprehensive and well-structured snapshot of the existing research on TSN-5G integration that identifies gaps in the current research and highlights the opportunities for further research in the area of TSN-5G integration. In particular, the thesis identifies that the state of the art lacks an end-to-end mapping of QoS requirements and traffic forwarding mechanisms for a converged TSN-5G network. This lack of knowledge and tool support hampers the utilisation of ground-breaking technologies like TSN and 5G. Hence, the thesis develops novel techniques to support the end-to-end QoS mapping and traffic forwarding of a converged TSN-5G network for predictable communication.Furthermore, the thesis presents a translation technique between TSN and 5G with a proof-of-concept implementation in a well-known TSN network simulator. Moreover, a novel QoS mapping algorithm is proposed to support the systematic mapping of QoS characteristics and integration of traffic flows in a converged TSN-5G network. / PROVIDENT

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In real-time systems spanning a network, there is a need for deterministic communication. The best-effort approach which most of the Internets traffic follows is not suitable for this area since it does not guarantee packet delivery within a deadline and there is also no accurate measure of when the packet was sent. The network core and edge entities such as routers and hosts do not have any concept of time in normal networking, making real-time constraints more difficult to enforce. Time Sensitive Networking is a set of standards, all of which are related to solving the problem above. The most central of these standards is IEEE 802.1AS which defines the generic Precision Time Protocol that specifies how all the nodes of a network should synchronize their clocks to one master clock, giving them a common perception of time. This standard is a prerequisite for some of the other standards in the suite, for example, the 802.1Qbv standard defining a Time Aware Sharper which provides bounded latency for time-critical traffic. A common perception of time is also by itself needed by applications that have to orchestrate actions, with temporal relations to each other, across a network. These applications can be found within areas such as industrial automation and vehicular control systems. The problem that this thesis explores is how the precision of time synchronization of a Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) solution depends on variables in the network such as configuration, topology, and external factors. To find the correlation between the parameters and the precision of the time synchronization, several experiments have been conducted. The experiments were performed on a simple network of hardware components constituting a physical test bed and an oscilloscope was used to probe the clocks if its nodes and extract measurements. Our findings indicate several relationships between the tested parameters and the synchronization precision. The biggest conclusion we can make from our study is that the IEEE 802.1AS standard does not rely on the support of other standards to achieve sub-microsecond results when there is a best-effort traffic load on the network. The manipulated configuration of the standard has given results that in general coincide with the expected behavior. Finally, the data gathered on different topologies, that were tested showed no significant trends regarding the precision. / I realtidssystem som kommunicerar över nätverk finns det ett behov av deterministisk kommunikation. Det vanliga tillvägagångssättet som de mesta av internettrafiken följer är inte lämpligt för detta område eftersom det inte garanterar paketleverans inom en deadline och det inte heller finns något exakt mått av när paketet skickades. Nätverkets enheter som routrar och noder har inte någon uppfattning om tid i normala nätverk, vilket gör realtidsbegränsningar omöjliga att upprätthålla. Time Sensitive Networking är en uppsättning standarder, som alla är relaterade till att lösa problemet ovan. Den mest centrala av dessa standarder är IEEE 802.1AS som definierar generic precision Time Protocol som specificerar hur alla noder i ett nätverk ska synkronisera sina klockor till en masterklicka, vilket ger dem en gemensam tidsuppfattning. Denna standard är en förutsättning för några av de andra standarderna i sviten, till exempel 802.1Qbv-standrarden som definierar en Time Aware Scheduler som ger begränsad latens för tidskritisk trafik. En gemensam tidsuppfattning behövs också av applikationer som måste orkestrera operationer, med tidsmässiga relationer till varandra, över ett nätverk. Dessa applikationer finns inom områden som industriell automation och fordonsstyrningssystem. Problemet som denna avhandling undersöker är hur precisionen av tidssynkronisering av en TSN-lösning beror på variabler i nätverket så som konfiguration, topologi och externa faktorer. För att hitta korrelationen mellan parametrarna och precisionen i tidssynkroniseringen har flera experiment genomförts. Experimenten utfördes på ett enkelt nätverk av hårdvarukomponenter som utgör en fysisk testbädd och ett oscilloskop användes för att undersöka klockorna på dess noder och extrahera mätningarna. Våra resultat indikerar flera samband mellan de testade parametrarna och synkroniseringsprecisionen. Den största slutsatsen vi kan dra från vår studie är att IEEE 802.1AS-standaden inte förlitar sig på stöd från andra standarder för att uppnå resultat under mikrosekunder när det finns en annan trafikbelastning på nätverket. Den manipulerade konfigurationen av standarden har gett resultat som i allmänhet överensstämmer med det förväntade beteendet. Slutligen visade de insamlade data om olika typologier som testades inga signifikanta trender vad gäller precisionen.

The Target Positioning Sensor (TPS) is used by cranes to locate containers in ports and on cargo ships. The reliability of the communication network between the TPS and the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is important to optimise the productivity of the container terminal. Lost data messages between the network devices will lead to delays and production loss for the terminal. The main goal of this thesis project is to make the Ethernet-based network between the TPS and the PLC more reliable. The current sensor network protocol uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the project aims to replace that with the Transport Control Protocol (TCP). This includes designing a new message handling application and performing case studies on how to best handle compatibility issues between the TPS and the PLC, to improve the longevity of the application. The case studies led to considering an adaptable behaviour toward future software updates in different parts of the network. An application which used TCP to communicate between a PC and a PLC was developed, intended to be used as a reference during future integration into the actual sensor network. The TCP application works but needs to be improved before being implemented in a real system. In addition, the project also looked into Time-Sensitive Networking, which is a method of increasing link capacity and reliability in time-sensitive network implementations. This was done through a literature study on the IEEE Time-Sensitive Networking Standard, which showed that the application of the standard could be beneficial if more sensors are added to the network of if the sampling frequency of the TPS is increased.

Background.As a result of the digital era, vehicles are being digitalised in arapid pace. Autonomous vehicles and powerful infotainment systems are justparts of what is evolving within the vehicles. These systems require more in-formation to be transferred within the vehicle networks. As a solution for this,Ethernet was suggested. However, Ethernet is a ’best effort’ protocol which cannot be considered reliable. To solve that issue, specific implementations weredone to create Automotive Ethernet. However, the out-of-the-box vulnerabil-ities from Ethernet persist and need to be mitigated in a way that is suitableto the automotive domain. Objectives.This thesis investigates the vulnerabilities of Ethernet out-of-the-box and identify which vulnerabilities cause the largest threat in regard tothe safety of human lives and property. When such vulnerabilities are iden-tified, possible mitigation methods using security measures are investigated.Once two security measures are selected, an experiment is conducted to see ifthose can manage the latency requirements. Methods.To achieve the goals of this thesis, literature studies were conductedto learn of any vulnerabilities and possible mitigation. Then, those results areused in an OMNeT++experiment making it possible to record latency in a sim-ple automotive topology and then add the selected security measures to get atotal latency. This latency must be less than 10 ms to be considered safe in cars. Results. In the simulation, the baseline communication is found to take1.14957±0.02053 ms. When adding a security measure latency, the total dura-tion is found. For Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)-SecureHash Algorithm (SHA)-512 the total duration is 1.192274 ms using the up-per confidence interval. Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)- ED25519 has the total latency of 3.108424 ms using the upper confidenceinterval. Conclusions. According to the results, both HMAC-SHA-512 and ECDSA- ED25519 are valid choices to implement as a integrity and authenticity secu-rity measure. However, these results are based on a simulation and should beverified using physical hardware to ensure that these measures are valid. / Bakgrund.Som en påföljd av den digitala eran, så har fordon blivit digitalis-erade i ett hastigt tempo. Självkörande bilar och kraftfulla infotainmentsys-tem är bara några få av förändringarna som sker med bilarna. Dessa systemkräver att mer information skickas genom fordonets nätverk. För att nå dessahastigheter föreslogs Ethernet. Dock så är Ethernet ett så kallat ’best-effort’protokoll, vilket inte kan garantera tillförlitlig leverans av meddelanden. För attlösa detta har speciella tillämpningar skett, vilket skapar Automotive Ethernet.Det finns fortfarande sårbarheterna av Ethernet kvar, och behöver hanteras föratt tillämpningen skall vara lämplig för fordonsindustrin. Syfte.Denna studie undersöker vilka sårbarheter som finns i Ethernet ’out-of-the-box’ och identifierar vilka sårbarheter som har värst konsekvenser urperspektivet säkerhet för människor och egendom. Två säkerhetsimplementa-tioner väljs ut för att se över vidare de kan användas för kommunikation i bilar. Metod.För att nå arbetets mål, så genomfördes en literaturstudie för attundersöka sårbarheter och potentiella motverkningar. Studiens resulat använ-des sedan i en simulering för att kunna mäta fördröjningen av en enkel topologii en OMNeT++miljö. Sedan addera den tiden med exekveringstiden för säker-hetsimplementationerna för att få en total fördröjning. Kommunikationstidenmåste vara mindre än 10 ms för att räknas som säker för bilar. Resultat.I simuleringen, så ger mätningarna en basal kommunikation på1.14957±0.02053 ms. När säkerhetsimplementationerna tillsätts så får manden totala kommunikationstiden. För HMAC-SHA-512 mäts den totala kom-munikationstiden till 1.192274 ms genom att använda den övre gränsen av kon-fidensintervallet. För ECDSA - ED25519 mäts tiden till 3.108424 ms. Slutsatser.Enligt resultaten så är både HMAC-SHA-512 och ECDSA - ED25519möjliga alternativ för integritets- och äkthetstillämpningar i fordorns kommu-nikation. Dessa resultaten är dock framtagna ur en simulering och bör verifierasmed hjälp av fysisk hårdvara så mätningarna är sanningsenliga.

Industries such as automotive and industrial automation are pushing the limits of networking technology. The Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) standards offer a promising solution that can meet the demands of high-bandwidth applications with strict timing constraints, allowing time-critical traffic to coexist with other traffic. However, TSN is relatively new, with much research necessary before it is usable in the industry. This thesis addresses the problem of the common manual configuration of end stations, being time-consuming and error-prone. Through exploring the TSN standards, this thesis attempts to solve the configuration problem by providing a proof-of-concept for both design and implementation of a software architecture managing the end stations and automating their configuration process. Adopting an agile and iterative approach made the complexity of TSN manageable. Furthermore, this thesis has been guided by the research question: How can the configuration of a TSN end station be automated? The design was split into three components: an interface, a configuration manager, and a TSN library. In addition, a communication protocol between the end stations and the Centralized Network Configuration (CNC) is established. The implementation of the proposed design used Python for all three modules in the end station management software, with the REST protocol for the interface. After presenting the implementation, it was evaluated to show the performance of the implemented end station management software. The results showed that the management software would likely not be the bottleneck, as other components it depends on are considerably slower. This thesis and its research contribution offer a practical foundation for continued research and development, such as investigating the configuration of the end stations, providing proofs-of-concept for engineering tools with specific use cases, and finalizing a TSN system. / Industrier som fordons- och industriautomation tänjer på gränserna av nätverksteknik. Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) standarderna är en lovande lösning som lovar att möta kraven för applikationer med krav på hög bandbredd och strikta tidskrav, som samtidigt tillåter tidskritisk trafik att existera tillsammans med annan trafik. Dock är TSN relativt nytt och i stort behov av mer forskning innan det kan användas i industrin. Den här avhandlingen adresserar problemet med manuell konfiguration av ändstationer, som är både tidskrävande och felbenäget. Genom att utforksa TSN standarderna försöker den här avhandlingen lösa konfigurationsproblemet genom att ta fram ett koncept för design och implementation av en mjukvaruarkitektur för att hantera ändstationer och automatisera deras konfigurationsprocess. Genom att anta en agil och iterativ metod blev komplexiteten hos TSN hanterbar. Dessutom har den här avhandlingen styrts av forskningsfrågan: Hur kan konfigurationen av TSN ändstationer automatiseras? Designen delades upp i tre komponenter: ett gränssnitt, en konfigurationshanterare, samt ett TSN-bibliotek. Utöver detta etablerades ett kommunikationsprotokoll mellan ändstationer och en Centralized Network Configuration (CNC). Implementationen av den föreslagna designen använde sig av Python för de tre komponenterna, med REST-protokollet för gränssnittet. Efter presentationen av implementationen utvärderades den för att visa prestandan hos den implementerade mjukvaran för ändstationen. Resultaten visade att mjukvaran sannolikt inte skulle vara en flaskhals, då andra komponenter som den är beroende av, är betydligt långsammare. Den här avhandligen och dess forskningsbidrag erbjuder en praktiskt grund för fortsatt forskning och utveckling, som undersökning av konfigurationen för ändstationer, framtagning av koncept för ingenjörsverktyg med specifika användningsfall, samt att slutföra ett TSN-system.

Since the first time that internet was introduced to the world many things about it has changed. E-bay, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Ytube, Expedia are just a few examples that superimpose the obvious sense that almost all aspects of doing business has already emerged with or it is about to adopt the futures that the World Wide Web offers. Moreover now days with the use o Facebook, Jommla!, Drupal the use o internet come up to the level of users and as a result we have the increase of many Self Generated Brands. There is no doubt about it; the Internet and e- commerce has changed the way the world does business. The evolution in food commerce is inevitable. It started from the personal farming to local green grocers and Super Markets. It is a matter of time that internet will emerge with the food commerce. E-commerce and internet in general, however, is not a perfect system. The ambiguity of the Internet makes it easy for sites to appear credible, even when such credibility is not warranted. The Internet and e-commerce have the ability to revolutionize the world of agriculture, livestock, fishing , bakery etc . When everything runs smoothly, the system works great. However, what happens when the Achaia potato you bought turns out to be Egyptian? Or you find out the person you were chatting with lied about their yields? How exactly do you know you can trust the person or company that you are dealing with online? Not everything on the Internet is secure and not everything is credible. Furthermore it should be clearly stated to all of us that internet is not(yet) the one that produces ,delivers, consumes the products. It is just an audio visual mediator. / Από την πρώτη στιγμή που εισήχθη στο internet στον κόσμο πολλά πράγματα γι 'αυτό έχει αλλάξει. E-bay, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Ytube, Expedia είναι μερικά μόνο παραδείγματα που υπερέχουν την προφανή αίσθηση ότι σχεδόν όλες οι πτυχές της επιχειρηματικής δραστηριότητας έχει ήδη προκύψει με ή πρόκειται να λάβει τα futures ότι το World Wide Web προσφορές. Επιπλέον, τώρα ημέρες με τη χρήση o Facebook, Jommla!, Η χρήση του Drupal o internet έρχονται μέχρι το επίπεδο των χρηστών και ως αποτέλεσμα έχουμε την αύξηση του πολλά εμπορικά σήματα που δημιουργούνται Εαυτό. Δεν υπάρχει καμία αμφιβολία γι 'αυτό? Το Διαδίκτυο και το ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο έχει αλλάξει τον τρόπο που ο κόσμος κάνει τις επιχειρήσεις. Η εξέλιξη στο εμπόριο τροφίμων είναι αναπόφευκτη. Ξεκίνησε από την προσωπική καλλιέργεια στις τοπικές πράσινο παντοπωλεία και σούπερ μάρκετ. Είναι θέμα χρόνου ότι το Διαδίκτυο θα προκύψει με το εμπόριο τροφίμων. E-commerce και internet σε γενικές γραμμές, ωστόσο, δεν είναι ένα τέλειο σύστημα. Η ασάφεια του Internet το καθιστά εύκολο για τους χώρους να φαίνονται αξιόπιστες, ακόμη και όταν η αξιοπιστία δεν είναι δικαιολογημένη. Το Διαδίκτυο και το ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο έχει τη δυνατότητα να φέρει επανάσταση στον κόσμο της γεωργίας, της κτηνοτροφίας, της αλιείας, κλπ αρτοποιείο. Όταν όλα δουλεύουν ρολόι, το σύστημα λειτουργεί μεγάλο. Ωστόσο, τι συμβαίνει όταν η πατάτα Αχαΐας που αγοράσατε αποδειχθεί ότι είναι Αιγύπτιος; Ή μπορείτε να μάθετε το πρόσωπο με το οποίο συζητούσατε είπε ψέματα σχετικά με τις αποδόσεις τους; Πώς ακριβώς δεν ξέρετε ότι μπορείτε να εμπιστευθείτε το πρόσωπο ή εταιρεία που ασχολούνται με online; Δεν είναι όλα στο διαδίκτυο είναι ασφαλής και δεν είναι όλα αξιόπιστα. Επιπλέον, θα πρέπει να αναφέρεται σαφώς σε όλους μας ότι το Διαδίκτυο δεν είναι (ακόμη) το ένα που παράγει, προσφέρει, καταναλώνει τα προϊόντα. Είναι απλώς ένα οπτικοακουστικό μεσολαβητή.

Robust real-time communication is crucial in many safety-critical systems, such as air-crafts. One example of real-time communication within an aircraft is the Ethernet-based protocol called Proprietary Real-Time Ethernet (PRTE), used for sensor data and other hard real-time information exchange. Meanwhile Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) is an emerging group of standards being developed by IEEE, which extends standard Ethernet with real-time capabilities. This thesis investigates the possibility of augmenting a Proprietary Real-Time Ethernet (PRTE) network with TSN functionality, in order to allow for additional, less safety-critical, traffic classes on the same network infrastructure while ensuring real-time correctness of PRTE. A software simulation method through the OMNeT++ 6.0 and INET 4.4 frameworks is used to create and evaluate a small model network. Realistic PRTE traffic is modelled and generated with the help of an XML file with an incomplete PRTE schedule. The same PRTE schedule file is used to calculate an 802.1Qbv schedule for protective TSN windows, used to prevent the PRTE traffic from interference. Additional traffic classes in the form of best-effort traffic are introduced to the network, and multiple network traffic scenarios are considered to evaluate the performance of the network. Both the performance of the PRTE traffic and the non-real-time critical best-effort Ethernet traffic is assessed. The TSN features successfully protect the time-sensitive traffic from interference while inducing a negligible latency increase by introducing the 802.1Q header required by TSN. The best-effort traffic throughput is lowered by a small amount, which is expected as the scheduled traffic reserves bandwidth. The worst-case end-to-end latency of the best-effort traffic is slightly increased across the board, but remains fairly similar to the baseline scenario without TSN windows. Overall, the results are promising and prove that the method can guarantee both PRTE and best-effort performance with minor performance loss. / Robust realtidskommunikation är oumbärligt i många säkerhetskritiska system, som till exempel flygplan. Ett protokoll för realtidskommunikation inom flygplan är det Ethernet-baserade protokollet Proprietary Real-Time Ethernet (PRTE) som används för att skicka bland annat sensordata och annan realtidsinformation. Ett annat exempel är Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), som är en framväxande samling av standarder som utvecklas av IEEE. Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) utökar standard-Ethernet och introducerar realtidsfunktionalitet. Denna rapport undersöker möjligheten att utöka funktionaliteten i Proprietary Real-Time Ethernet (PRTE)-nätverk med TSN-funktionalitet och på så sätt tillåta lägre tidskritiska trafikklasser att kommunicera på samma nätverk, utan att kompromissa på realtids-korrektheten i Proprietary Real-Time Ethernet (PRTE). Mjukvarusimulering med OMNeT++ 6.0 och INET 4.4 används för att skapa och utvärdera små modellnätverk. Realistisk PRTE-trafik modelleras och genereras med hjälp av en XML-fil som innehåller ett ofullständigt PRTEschema. Samma schema-fil används för att generera ett schema med skyddande TSN-fönster enligt 802.1Qbv-standarden. Dessa fönster används för att skydda PRTE-trafiken från lägre prioriterad trafik, och tillåter då så kallad Best Efforttrafik mellan tidskritiska fönster. Olika mönster av Best Effort-trafik genereras och dess effekt på nätverket utvärderas. Både prestandan av PRTE och Best Effort-trafiken tas i beaktning. TSN-funktionerna lyckas med att skydda den tidskritiska trafiken, och leder endast till väldigt låga latens-ökningar på grund av att 802.1Q-headers introduceras. Överföringshastigheten för Best Effort-trafik minskade något, vilket var förväntat då de schemalagda TSN-fönstren tar upp bandbredd. Värstafallsfördröjningen i Best Effort-trafiken ökade något över lag, men höll sig förhållandevis nära grundscenariot utan TSN-fönster. Sammantaget är resultaten lovande och bevisar att metoden kan garantera leverans av PRTE-paket samtidigt som Best Effort-trafik skickas med små prestandaförluster.