Dr. rer. nat. Steffen Lindner

Summer Term 2023

• Network Softwarization (Lecturing selected chapters)

Winter Term 2022/2023

• Grundlagen des Internets (Supervising)

Summer Term 2021

• Grundlagen des Internets (Supervising)
• Network Softwarization (Lecturing selected chapters)

Winter Term 2020/2021

• Programmierprojekt (Supervising)

Summer Term 2020

• Grundlagen des Internets (Supervising)
• Programmierprojekt (Supervising)

Winter Term 2019/2020

• Programmierprojekt (Supervising)

Summer Term 2019

• Grundlagen des Internets (Supervising)
• Programmierprojekt (Supervising)

Ongoing 

Concluded 

KITOS develops concepts for the management of TSN-based networks supported by artificial intelligence (AI).
In the project, the consortium partners develop AI algorithms that give networks the necessary dynamics and reliability for industry 4.0 scenarios and allow users to use them easily and without in-depth network or AI knowledge. Intelligent tools support decision making, allow more efficient use of resources and enable higher performance configurations. For active operation, the network management is secured against failures with AI-supported error detection and adaptation mechanisms.

https://kitos-projekt.de

In this project, new concepts for congestion management in packet-based communication networks, in particular for IP technology, are developed and investigated. Congestion management detects congestion in a network and resolves it. Challenges are delay limitation, high resource utilization, and fair bandwidth partition in case of congestion.

1. F. Ihle, S. Lindner and M. Menth: P4-PSFP: P4-Based Per-Stream Filtering and Policing for Time-Sensitive Networking, in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, accepted
2. M. Fluechter, S. Lindner, L. Osswald, J. Arnaud, and M. Menth: Autonomous Integration of TSN-unaware Applications with QoS Requirements in TSN Networks, (preprint), accepted for Computer Communications, 2024, Elsevier
3. T. Stueber, L. Osswald, S. Lindner, M. Menth: A Survey of Scheduling in Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), in IEEE Access, vol. 11, p. 61192-61233, June 2023, IEEE
4. S. Lindner, M. Häberle, and M. Menth: P4TG: 1 Tb/s Traffic Generation for Ethernet/IP Networks, in IEEE Access, vol. 11, p. 17525-17535, Feb. 2023, IEEE
5. S. Lindner, D. Merling, and M. Menth: Learning Multicast Patterns for Efficient BIER Forwarding with P4, (preprint), in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (Special Section on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Managing Networks, Systems, and Services), vol. 20, no. 2, June 2023, IEEE
6. F. Hauser, M. Häberle, D. Merling, S. Lindner, V. Gurevich, F. Zeiger, R. Frank, and M. Menth: A Survey on Data Plane Programming with P4: Fundamentals, Advances, and Applied Research, (preprint), in Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), vol. 212, March 2023, Elsevier
7. S. Lindner, G. Paradzik, and M. Menth: Alternative Best Effort (ABE) for Service Differentiation: Trading Loss versus Delay, (preprint), in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 31, no. 4, p. 1642 - 1656, Aug. 2023, IEEE
8. D. Merling, S. Lindner, and M. Menth: Robust LFA Protection for Software-Defined Networks (RoLPS), in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (Special Section on Design and Management of Resilient Networks), vol. 18, no. 3, Sept. 2021, IEEE
9. D. Merling, S. Lindner, and M. Menth: Hardware-based Evaluation of Scalable and Resilient Multicast with BIER in P4 (preprint), in IEEE Access, vol. 9, p. 34500 - 34514, March 2021, IEEE
10. D. Merling, S. Lindner, and M. Menth: P4-Based Implementation of BIER and BIER-FRR for Scalable and Resilient Multicast, (preprint), in Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), vol. 196, Nov. 2020, Elsevier

1. L. Osswald, S. Lindner, L. Bechtel, T. Heer, and M. Menth: Secure Resource Allocation Protocol (SecRAP) for Time-Sensitive Networking, accepted, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Sept. 2024, Padova, Italy
2. L. Osswald, S. Lindner, L. Wuesteney, and M. Menth: RAP Extensions for the Hybrid Configuration Model, (preprint), in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Sept. 2021, Vasteras, Sweden
3. D. Merling, S. Lindner, and M. Menth: Comparison of Fast-Reroute Mechanisms for BIER-Based IP Multicast, (preprint), in Prodeedings of the International Conference on Software Defined Systems, June 2020, Paris, France.

1. S. Lindner, D. Merling, M. Häberle, and M. Menth: P4-Protect: 1+1 Path Protection for P4, (preprint), in Proceedings of the 3rd P4 Workshop in Europe in conjunction with ACM CoNEXT 2020, December 2020, Barcelona, Spain.
2. S. Lindner, M. Haeberle, F. Heimgaertner, N. Nayak, S. Schildt, D. Grewe, H. Loehr, and M. Menth: P4 In-Network Source Protection for Sensor Failover, (preprint), in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR) in conjunktion with IFIP Networking 2020, June 2020, Paris, France.

1. T. Eckert, M. Menth, S. Lindner: Stateless Multicast Replication with Segment Routed Recursive Tree Structures (RTS), Oct. 2023 
2. S. Lindner, M. Häberle, B. Steinert, G. Paradzik, and M. Menth: P4TG: 1 Tb/s Traffic Generation for Ethernet/IP Networks (Demo), Networked Systems (NetSys), Sept. 2023, Potsdam, Germany
3. H. Chen et al.: BIER Fast ReRoute, July 2021

1. S. Lindner, D. Merling, and M. Menth: Efficient P4-based BIER Implementation on Tofino, IETF 115, November 2022.
2. H. Chen, M. McBride, S. Lindner, M. Menth, A. Wang, G. Mishra, Y. Liu, Y. Fan, L. Liu, X. Liu: BIER Fast Reroute, IETF 111, Juli 2021.
3. S. Lindner, M. Haeberle, D. Merling, and M. Menth: P4-Protect: 1+1 Path Protection for P4,  2. KuVS Fachgespräch Network Softwarization, Tübingen, Deutschland, April 2020.