Real-time reconfiguration in multimedia embedded systems Articles uri icon

publication date

  • August 2011

start page

  • 1280

end page

  • 1287

issue

  • 3

volume

  • 57

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0098-3063

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1558-4127

abstract

  • This paper presents a software framework containing a reconfiguration mechanism that provides realtime execution guarantees in intensive media processing consumer electronic devices. Our approach offers real-time guarantees during all of the system operation, i.e., not only during the normal media processing mode but also in the event of reconfigurations (a reconfiguration is a transition among two different system states). This approach enhances the budget scheduling model to provide a time-partition that guarantees the availability of resources during transitions. Results are presented that validate the proposed approach.

keywords

  • dynamic scheduling; media; multimedia communication; real time systems; resource management; software; streaming media