Patricia Derler and Thomas Huining Feng and Edward A. Lee and Slobodan Matic and Hiren D. Patel and Yang Zhao and Jia Zou

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2008-72

May 28, 2008

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-72.pdf

We describe a programming model called PTIDES (Programming Temporally Integrated Distributed Embedded Systems), that extends the discrete-event model of computation with a carefully chosen relationship between real time and model time. PTIDES provides a framework for exploring a family of execution strategies for distributed embedded systems. Our objective in this paper is to present an execution strategy that 1) allows independent events to be processed out of time stamp order, 2) uses clock synchronization as a replacement for null message communication across distributed platforms, 3) defines a notion of when events are safe to process and 4) presents an implementation of a PTIDES model. This work puts forward an execution strategy that is aggressive in concurrent execution of events.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Derler:EECS-2008-72,
    Author= {Derler, Patricia and Feng, Thomas Huining and Lee, Edward A. and Matic, Slobodan and Patel, Hiren D. and Zhao, Yang and Zou, Jia},
    Title= {PTIDES: A Programming Model for Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems},
    Year= {2008},
    Month= {May},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-72.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2008-72},
    Abstract= {We describe a programming model called PTIDES (Programming Temporally Integrated Distributed Embedded Systems), that extends the discrete-event model of computation with a carefully chosen relationship between real time and model time. PTIDES provides a framework for exploring a family of execution strategies for distributed embedded systems. Our objective in this paper is to present an execution strategy that 1) allows independent events to be processed out of time stamp order, 2) uses clock synchronization as a replacement for null message communication across distributed platforms, 3) defines a notion of when events are safe to process and 4) presents an implementation of a PTIDES model. This work puts forward an execution strategy that is aggressive in concurrent execution of events.},
}

EndNote citation:

%0 Report
%A Derler, Patricia 
%A Feng, Thomas Huining 
%A Lee, Edward A. 
%A Matic, Slobodan 
%A Patel, Hiren D. 
%A Zhao, Yang 
%A Zou, Jia 
%T PTIDES: A Programming Model for Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2008
%8 May 28
%@ UCB/EECS-2008-72
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2008/EECS-2008-72.html
%F Derler:EECS-2008-72