Service guarantee exploration for mixed-criticality systems

Hang Su, Nan Guan, Dakai Zhu

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48 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Most mixed-criticality scheduling algorithms have the problem of service interruption for low-critical tasks, which has prompted several recent studies on providing various service guarantees for such tasks. In this paper, focusing on dual-criticality systems, we explore the best achievable service guarantees for low-critical tasks in different running modes and investigate their trade-offs. Specifically, the Elastic Mixed-Criticality (E-MC) task model is first extended to allow each low-critical task to have a pair of small and large periods, which represent its service guarantees in the low and high running modes, respectively. To improve system schedulability under a mode-switch EDF scheduler, virtual deadlines for high-critical tasks are also incorporated. Then, we develop new demand bound functions (DBFs) following a unified approach and analyze the corresponding schedulability conditions. The service guarantees for low-critical tasks are explored via the adjustment of their paired periods. We show that, compared to the state-of-the-art solution, the proposed schedulability test derived from the refined DBFs can accommodate smaller periods and thus achieve better service guarantees for low-critical tasks. Moreover, there are some interesting trade-offs between the service guarantees and a few guidelines are attained for properly specifying them.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRTCSA 2014 - 20th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781479939534
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event20th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, RTCSA 2014 - Chongqing, China
Duration: 20 Aug 201422 Aug 2014

Conference

Conference20th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, RTCSA 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChongqing
Period20/08/1422/08/14

Keywords

  • Demand Bound Analysis
  • Mixed-Criticality Systems
  • Service Guarantees

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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