DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM WITH TASK MIGRATION

THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE COMPUTING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON-BOARD A COMBAT SHIP VIA A LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO MIGRATE CRITICAL TASKS FROM ONE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) TO ANOTHER. THIS CAPABILITY IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING PERFORMANCE AND PREVENTING THE CORRUPTION OF STATE VARIABLES IN THE DATABASE DURING CPU FAILURES AND/OR DESTRUCTION. TASK MIGRATION CAN ALSO BE EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND OBTAINING OTHER BENEFITS DURING NORMAL OPERATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO APPLY DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION (DRA) TECHNIQUES, IN WHICH THE PROPOSAL AUTHORS ARE WORLD-RECOGNIZED LEADERS, TO PRODUCING AN INNOVATIVE AND POWERFUL DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM FOR COMBAT SHIP COMPUTER NETWORKS. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PROJECT TEAM IN APPLYING THESE TECHNIQUES TO THE DRTO/S IN OTHER DEFENSE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE RESEARCH.