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In wireless local area networks (WLANs), collision-free channel access is desirable for real-time services that require guaranteed bandwidth and bounded delay. In WLANs with a single access point (AP), collision-free access can be achieved by applying the point coordination function (PCF), where the AP polls all associated clients for data transmissions. However, in larger WLANs with multiple APs,...
Real-time search algorithms solve the problem of path planning, regardless the size and complexity of the maps, and the massive presence of entities in the same environment. In such methods, the learning step aims to avoid local minima and improve the results for future searches, ensuring the convergence to the optimal path when the same planning task is solved repeatedly. However, performing search...
Real-time applications such as software defined radios have different reception modes and their real-time requirements are a result of periodic sources and sinks in the form of ADCs and DACs. Tools are under development that automatically translate a sequential specification of a radio application, that often includes nested while loops to describe the modes, into a parallel task graph and map this...
Industrial Ethernet-based motor drives offer many advantages for motion applications. This paper presents the implementation and analysis of a motor drive with the EtherCAT, an open real-time Ethernet standard, for high-precision motion systems. Considering the characteristics of the multitasked software and the network interface, we analyze the delay in actuating the motor in response to a command...
Nowadays, data reliability and availability are big challenges that the designers of large data centers have to face. Remote mirroring technology is an effective approach for data protection. It maintains a complete copy of primary site at geographically distant locations. Data consistency is the key point of the replication process in the remote mirroring system. This paper improves the consistency...
The ubiquitous presence of powerful low-power wireless systems on chip (SoC) able to operate in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band has brought a new enhanced operational choice for real-time Radio Control (RC) applications such as aircrafts and cars in the hobby grade category. Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) has become the dominant transmission technique for the previously...
This paper presents the mapping of an object detection application for aerial image based vehicle detection on highways onto a configurable heterogeneous RISC/coprocessor architecture. An extended pipelined processing scheme exploits the coprocessor features for parallel task processing. An alternative latency minimized processing scheme removes data dependencies in the application and improves parallel...
Current Software-Defined Radio applications (waveforms) are tailored to specific hardware. Processor vendors frequently adapt internal OS mechanisms for its specific architecture (e.g. scheduling and synchronization). The Abstraction Layer and Operating Environment (ALOE) is an open source SDR operating environment that isolates platform architecture from the application design. An integrated resource...
Reliable communication is crucial for successful deployment of a wireless sensor network. Many environmental factors can affect the performance of radio links, and the deployment of a network without real-time information about link qualities can be a demanding task. This paper describes the CiNetView application that is intended to support the deployment and monitoring of wireless sensor network...
Many wireless sensor network applications could be substantially improved if they enhance the description of the events transmitting scalar sensor data along with audio and video. For example, an intrusion detection system would reduce the number of false positives if, in addition to the alarm, the system would also transmitted a picture or video of the intruder. The problem is how to overcome the...
Distributed real-time applications implement distributed applications with timeliness requirements. Such systems require a deterministic communication medium with bounded communication delays. Ethernet is a widely used commodity network with a large number of appliances and network components and represents a natural fit for real-time application; unfortunately, standard Ethernet provides no bounded...
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