Title :
Evaluating schedulers for multimedia processing on buffer-constrained SoC platforms
Author :
Maxiaguine, Alexander ; Künzli, Simon ; Thiele, Lothar ; Chakraborty, Samarjit
Author_Institution :
Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Scheduling on-chip resources using analytical techniques is becoming increasingly important in multimedia processing. This article presents an analytical framework for designing and evaluating schedulers for SoC multimedia platforms. The modeling technique subsumes standard event models used in real-time scheduling and accurately captures the variability in task execution requirements.
Keywords :
buffer storage; multimedia computing; processor scheduling; real-time systems; resource allocation; system-on-chip; buffer-constrained SoC platforms; multimedia processing; on-chip resources scheduling; real-time scheduling; task execution requirements; Computational intelligence; Computer architecture; Costs; Decoding; Digital audio players; IP networks; Instruments; Standards development; Streaming media; Technology management;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2004.60