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Real-Time Distribution Middleware from the Ada Perspective

Authors:

Héctor Pérez,

J. Javier Gutiérrez,

Daniel Sangorrín,

Michael González HarbourAuthors Info & Claims

Ada-Europe '08: Proceedings of the 13th Ada-Europe international conference on Reliable Software Technologies

Pages 268 - 281

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68624-8_20

Published: 16 June 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Standards for distribution middleware sometimes impose restrictions and often allow the implementations to decide on aspects that are fundamental to the correct and efficient behaviour of the applications using them, especially when these applications have real-time requirements. This work presents a study of two standard approaches for distribution middleware that can be used from Ada applications: RT-CORBA, and the Distributed Systems Annex (DSA) of Ada. The study focuses on the problems associated with the real-time behaviour of some implementations of these approaches, and on possible solutions that can be derived from our experience with Ada implementations. Moreover, the paper considers the problem of integration of the distribution middleware with a new generation of scheduling mechanisms based on contracts.

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Ada-Europe '08: Proceedings of the 13th Ada-Europe international conference on Reliable Software Technologies

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2532636
Tijero HGutiérrez JHarbour M(2013)Adapting the end-to-end flow model for distributed Ada to the ravenscar profileACM SIGAda Ada Letters10.1145/2492312.249231933:1(53-63)Online publication date: 11-Jun-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2492312.2492319
Rodríguez-López IGarcía-Valls M(2011)Architecting a common bridge abstraction over different middleware paradigmsProceedings of the 16th Ada-Europe international conference on Reliable software technologies10.5555/2018027.2018041(132-146)Online publication date: 20-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2018027.2018041
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Pérez Tijero HGutierrez J(2009)Experience in integrating interchangeable scheduling policies into a distribution middleware for AdaACM SIGAda Ada Letters10.1145/1653616.164743829:3(73-78)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2009
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Pérez Tijero HGutierrez JGicca GBoleng J(2009)Experience in integrating interchangeable scheduling policies into a distribution middleware for AdaProceedings of the ACM SIGAda annual international conference on Ada and related technologies10.1145/1647420.1647438(73-78)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2009
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