| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus are disclosed for scheduling control inputs in an embedded real-time system through anonymous events. An object-oriented design pattern is provided that treats all events anonymously using an abstracted interface. Events are said to be anonymous since the details of each event are irrelevant, i.e., only the resource usage of the event is characterized and exposed. Deadlines and priorities are assigned to each event, as appropriate for the required quality of service (i.e., urgent events, routine events or deferred events). Response times for each event are appropriate to the quality of service associated with the event. Guaranteed response time determinism for time-critical events is implemented by re-clocking the event to a periodic time indication, such as a video synchronization signal delineating frames in a video feed. Events are validated against system resources at the time the events are submitted to the system to ensure that sufficient resources will exist when the event is to be executed, and if sufficient resources will exist, a commitment is provided.</p> |
