New Multi-Token based Protocol for Flexible Networked Microcontrollers

Imen Khemaissia, Olfa Mosbahi, Mohamed Khalgui

2014

Abstract

This research paper deals with reconfigurable networked microcontrollers following the STM32F4 technology. These controllers based on the token ring architecture, are planned to be reconfigurable according to user requirements, and should be automatically adapted at run-time to their environment. A reconfiguration scenario is assumed to be any run-time automatic addition/removal/update of OS periodic tasks to/from different STM32F4 microcontrollers. Nevertheless, if simultaneous and concurrent scenarios appear in different controllers, then we can get unpredictable critical behaviors of the whole distributed system. A multi-agent architecture is defined where Request and Coordination Agents are assigned to each microcontroller to handle local reconfiguration scenarios after coordination with remote controllers. A tool is developed to simulate a real-case study. We discuss the paper’s contribution by analyzing the experimental results that we did on Networked STM32F4 microcontrollers.

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Khemaissia I., Mosbahi O. and Khalgui M. (2014). New Multi-Token based Protocol for Flexible Networked Microcontrollers . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-036-9, pages 464-469. DOI: 10.5220/0005014304640469


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@conference{icsoft-ea14,
author={Imen Khemaissia and Olfa Mosbahi and Mohamed Khalgui},
title={New Multi-Token based Protocol for Flexible Networked Microcontrollers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={464-469},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005014304640469},
isbn={978-989-758-036-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2014)
TI - New Multi-Token based Protocol for Flexible Networked Microcontrollers
SN - 978-989-758-036-9
AU - Khemaissia I.
AU - Mosbahi O.
AU - Khalgui M.
PY - 2014
SP - 464
EP - 469
DO - 10.5220/0005014304640469