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RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A Programming Model for Time-Synchronized Distributed Real-Time Systems
Discrete-event (DE) models are formal system specifications that have analyzable deterministic behaviors. Using a global, consistent notion of time, DE components communicate via...
Yang Zhao, Jie Liu, Edward A. Lee
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Middleware Support for Aperiodic Tasks in Distributed Real-Time Systems
Many mission-critical distributed real-time applications must handle aperiodic tasks with end-to-end deadlines. However, existing middleware (e.g., RT-CORBA) lacks schedulability ...
Yuanfang Zhang, Chenyang Lu, Christopher D. Gill, ...
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Resource-Locking Durations in EDF-Scheduled Systems
The duration of time for which each application locks each shared resource is critically important in composing multiple independently-developed applications upon a shared “open...
Nathan Fisher, Marko Bertogna, Sanjoy K. Baruah
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Performance Debugging of Real-Time Systems Using Multicriteria Schedulability Analysis
Most of today’s real-time embedded systems consist of a heterogeneous mix of fully-programmable processors, fixed-function components or hardware accelerators, and partially-pr...
Unmesh D. Bordoloi, Samarjit Chakraborty
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Hijack: Taking Control of COTS Systems for Real-Time User-Level Services
This paper focuses on a technique to empower commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems with an execution environment, and corresponding services, to support realtime and embedded ap...
Gabriel Parmer, Richard West
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Soft Real-Time Scheduling on Performance Asymmetric Multicore Platforms
This paper discusses an approach for supporting soft realtime periodic tasks in Linux on performance asymmetric multicore platforms (AMPs). Such architectures consist of a large n...
John M. Calandrino, Dan P. Baumberger, Tong Li, Sc...
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Full Duplex Switched Ethernet for Next Generation "1553B"-Based Applications
Over the last thirty years, the MIL-STD 1553B data bus has been used in many embedded systems, like aircrafts, ships, missiles and satellites. However, the increasing number and c...
Ahlem Mifdaoui, Fabrice Frances, Christian Fraboul
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Reliability-Aware Energy Management for Periodic Real-Time Tasks
The prominent energy management technique in real-time embedded systems, Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS), was recently shown to have direct and adverse effects on sys...
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Real-Time Task Replication for Fault Tolerance in Identical Multiprocessor Systems
Multiprocessor platforms have been widely adopted in both embedded and server systems. In addition to the performance improvement, multiprocessor systems could have the flexibili...
Jian-Jia Chen, Chuan-Yue Yang, Tei-Wei Kuo, Shau-Y...
RTAS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Preemption Threshold Scheduling: Stack Optimality, Enhancements and Analysis
Using preemption threshold scheduling (PTS) in a multi-threaded real-time embedded system reduces system preemptions and hence reduces run-time overhead while still ensuring real-...
Rony Ghattas, Alexander G. Dean