Title :
A floating communication processor architecture in a distributed real-time system
Author :
Shin, Kang G. ; Muthuswamy, Yogesh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The issues involved in providing hardware communication support at each mode in a distributed real-time system are studied. First, a general architecture for each node of the system is described. An algorithm for message handling by dedicated hardware called a communication processor (CP) is proposed, to maximize the number of requests handled over the various constraints. A floating CP architecture is proposed, to maximize the number of requests handled under the various constraints. A floating CP architecture is proposed to maximize the utilization of the processors at a node and provide greater fault-tolerance in the system
Keywords :
computer architecture; distributed processing; fault tolerant computing; real-time systems; dedicated hardware; distributed real-time system; fault-tolerance; floating communication processor architecture; hardware communication support; message handling; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Data structures; Distributed computing; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Laboratories; Message passing; Real time systems;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.I: Architecture Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1911-2
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.47151
