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Non-Preemptive Fixed Priority Scheduling for Design of Real-Time Embedded Systems

실시간 내장형 시스템의 설계를 위할 비선점형 고정우선순위 스케줄링

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Abstract

Embedded systems widely used in ubiquitous environments usually employ an event-driven programming model instead of thread-based programming model in order to create a more robust system that uses less memory. However, as the software for embedded systems becomes more complex, it becomes hard to program as a single event handler using the event-driven programming model. This paper discusses the implementation of non-preemptive real-time scheduling theory for the design of embedded systems. To this end, we present an efficient schedulability test method for a given non-preemptive task set using a sufficient condition. This paper also shows that the notion of sub-tasks in embedded systems can overcome the problem of low utilization that is a main drawback of non-preemptive scheduling.

유비쿼터스 환경에서 널리 사용되고 있는 내장형 시스템에서는 메모리 사용량의 감소와 신뢰성 등의 이유로 쓰레드 기반 프로그래밍 모델보다는 이벤트-구동형 프로그래밍 모델을 채용하는 경우가 많다. 그러나 내장형 시스템의 소프트웨어가 점점 더 복잡해지면서, 내장형 시스템을 위한 소프트웨어를 이벤트-구동형 프로그래밍 모델의 단일 이벤트 핸들러로 프로그램 하는 것은 매우 어려운 과제가 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 내장형 시스템의 설계에 비선점형 스케줄링 기법을 도입하기 위하여, 다항시간의 스케줄 가능성 평가를 위한 충분조건과 이를 이용한 효율적인 스케줄 가능성 검사 방법을 제시하며, 또한 내장형 시스템에서의 서브-태스크의 활용이 비선점형 스케줄링을 채용했을 때의 단점인 낮은 처리기 이용률을 극복할 수 있는 방안임을 보인다.

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