• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.12A no.5 s.95
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• pp.365-374
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• 2005

Schedulability analysis is necessary to build reliable embedded real-time systems. For schedulability analysis, worst-case execution time(WCET) analysis that computes upper bounds of the execution times of tasks, is required indispensably. WCET analysis is done in two phases. The first phase is high-level analysis that analyzes control flow and finds longest paths of the program. The second phase is low-level analysis that computes execution cycles of basic blocks taking into account the hardware architecture. In this thesis, we design and implement integrated WCET analysis tools. We develop the WCET analysis tools for XScale-based system called WATER(WCET Analysis Tool for Embedded Real-time system). WATER consist of high-level flow analyzer and low-level execution time analyzer. Also, We compare real measurement for execution of program with analysis result calculated by WATER.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.271-281
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• 2007

Real-time support of embedded OS is not optional, but essential in contemporary embedded systems. In order to achieve these system#s real-time property, it is crucial that schedulability analysis for tasks having its property have been accomplished before system execution. Acquiring Worst-Case Execution Time(WCET) of task is a core part of schedulability analysis. Because traditional WCET tools analyze only its estimation of application task(i.e. program), it is not considered that application tasks are affected by scheduling primitives(e.g. scheduler, interrupt service routine, etc.) of OS when it schedules them. In this paper, we design and implement WCET analysis tool which deliberates on scheduling primitives of system using embedded Linux widely used in embedded OSes. This tool can estimate either WCET of normal application programs or corresponding primitives which have an influence on schduling property in embedded Linux kernel. Therefore, precision of estimation about schedulability analysis is improved. We develop this tool as Eclipse#s plug-in to work properly in any platform and support convenient interface or functionality for user.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10b
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• pp.340-342
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• 2004

인공위성과 원자력발전소와 같은 안전필수시스템의 경우, 각 작업이 주기 안에 완료되어야 하는 실시간적 특성을 가진다. 시스템이 이와 같은 요구사항을 만족하는가를 판단하기 위해서는 프로그램의 최장수행시간을 분석하는 것이 필수적이다 본 논문에서는 프로그램을 직접 실행하지 않고 최장수행시간을 분석하기 위해 구현한 Time bounder 도구를 소개하며, 다목적실용위성 2호에 탑재되는 프로그램을 대상으로 수행한 실험 결과를 분석한다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.269-276
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• 2004

There has been considerable activity in recent years in developing timing analysis algorithms for distributed real-time control systems. However, it is difficult for control engineers to analyze the timing behavior of distributed real-time control systems because the algorithms was developed in a software engineer's position and the calculation of the algorithm is very complex. Therefore, there is a need to develop a timing analysis tool, which can handle the calculation complexity of the timing analysis algorithms in order to help control engineers easily analyze or develop the distributed real-time control systems. In this paper, an interactive timing analysis tool, called RAT (Response-time Analysis Tool), is introduced. RAT can perform the schedulability analysis for development of distributed real-time control systems. The schedulability analysis can verify whether all real-time tasks and messages in a system will be completed by their deadlines in the system design phase. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of end-to-end scheduling, RAT can perform the schedulability analysis for series of tasks and messages in a precedence relationship.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.194-203
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• 2005

The process of guaranteeing that a distributed real-time control system will meet its timing constraints, is referred to as schedulability analysis. However, schedulability analysis algorithm cannot be simply used to analyze the system because of complex calculations of algorithm. It is difficult for control engineer to understand the algorithm because it was developed in a software engineer's position. In this paper we introduce a Response-time Analysis Tool(RAT) which provides easy way far system designer to analyze the system by encapsulating calculation complexity. Based on the RAT, control engineer can verify whether all real-time tasks and messages in a system will be completed by their deadline in the system design phase.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.06b
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• pp.255-260
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• 2007

내장 실시간 시스템은 논리적 정확성과 시간적 정확성을 모두 만족해야 하는 내장 시스템이다. 시스템의 시간적 정확성을 위해서는 해당 시스템에서 동작하는 태스크들의 스케줄링 가능성을 검사해야 한다. 스케줄링 가능성을 분석하기 위해서는 태스크의 실행 시간 분석이 선행 되어야 한다. 하지만 태스크의 실행 시간은 실행 시점에 따라 가변적이기 때문에 태스크의 정확한 실행 시간을 알아내기는 힘들다. 따라서 가능한 모든 경우를 고려하여 해당 태스크를 구성하는 코드 경로 중 최악의 경로일 경우의 실행 시간인 최악 실행 시간을 이용한다. 기존의 정적 최악 실행 시간 분석을 하는 도구의 경우 동적인 상황의 정보 부재로 인해 최악 실행 시간의 과대 측정 비율이 높다는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 정적 최악 실행 시간 분석 시 과대 측정 비율을 줄이기 위해 대상 기기에 실행 정보를 적용한 RunInfo(WCET analysis tool using the Run-Time Information) 분석 도구를 설계하고 구현한다. 실행 정보를 정의하고, RunInfo 분석 도구의 구조에 대해 설명한다. 그리고 실행 정보를 적용할 때, 고려할 점에 대해 알아본다. 성능 평가를 위해 RunInfo 분석 도구의 과대 측정 비율을 기존의 분석도구와 비교한다.