The programmer´s view of MARS

Author

Kopetz, H. ; Fohler, G. ; Grunsteidl, G. ; Kantz, H. ; Pospischil, G. ; Puschner, P. ; Reisinger, J. ; Schlatterbeck, R. ; Schutz, W. ; Vrchoticky, A. ; Zainlinger, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Tech. Inf., Tech. Univ. Wien, Vienna, Austria

fYear

1992

fDate

2-4 Dec 1992

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

226

Abstract

The authors propose a system architecture, MARS, which supports a strict separation of the issues of synchronization and timeliness, data transformation, and the dependability aspects (e.g., error detection, error handling, and redundancy management. The systematic development of fault-tolerant real-time systems with guaranteed timeliness requires an appropriate system architecture and a rigorous design methodology. The authors propose a system with strict separation of the issues of synchronization, dependability aspects, and data transformation. Dependability aspects are handled by the architecture. Synchronization and programming in the large are handled at the design level. The programmer only has to be concerned with a sequential program for which he has to meet a so-called time budget. The architecture and many tools have been implemented and can be demonstrated on a fault-tolerant prototype application

Keywords

computer architecture; fault tolerant computing; programming environments; real-time systems; MARS; data transformation; dependability aspects; error detection; error handling; fault-tolerant prototype application; fault-tolerant real-time systems; redundancy management; sequential program; synchronization; system architecture; timeliness; Application software; Computer architecture; Control systems; Electronic mail; Fault tolerant systems; Mars; Programming profession; Real time systems; Redundancy; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real-Time Systems Symposium, 1992

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3195-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REAL.1992.242660

Filename

242660