A Membership Service for a Distributed, Embedded System Based on a Time-Triggered FlexRay Network

Mitzlaff M, Lang M, Kapitza R, Schröder-Preikschat W (2010)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2010

Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Edited Volumes: EDCC-8 - Proceedings of the 8th European Dependable Computing Conference

City/Town: Los Alamitos

Pages Range: 155-162

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the Eight European Dependable Computing Conference

Event location: Valencia, Spain ES

ISBN: 978-0-7695-4007-8

DOI: 10.1109/EDCC.2010.27

Abstract

The FlexRay bus system is the new de-facto standard for connecting electronic control units (ECUs) in cars. Because of its time-triggered message scheduling, it is regarded as the basis for applications like drive-by-wire. In order to fulfill the associated safety requirements, a reliable membership service is mandatory for providing consensus on all fault-free nodes. However, the FlexRay specification misses to define such a service. Consequently, it is not a part of the communication controllers but has to be realized in the software that is executed by the ECUs. This paper proposes a membership protocol especially tailored for FlexRay-based distributed systems such as envisioned by the AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR) standard. It features low runtime overhead and imposes small scheduling restrictions on the ECU. We have verified the correctness of the main characteristics of the protocol by means of model checking and have practically evaluated it in a cluster of common automotive microcontrollers. © 2010 IEEE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Rüdiger Kapitza Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4 (Verteilte Systeme und Betriebssysteme) Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4 (Verteilte Systeme und Betriebssysteme)

How to cite

APA:

Mitzlaff, M., Lang, M., Kapitza, R., & Schröder-Preikschat, W. (2010). A Membership Service for a Distributed, Embedded System Based on a Time-Triggered FlexRay Network. In Proceedings of the Eight European Dependable Computing Conference (pp. 155-162). Valencia, Spain, ES: Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society.

MLA:

Mitzlaff, Martin, et al. "A Membership Service for a Distributed, Embedded System Based on a Time-Triggered FlexRay Network." Proceedings of the Eighth European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC 2010), Valencia, Spain Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, 2010. 155-162.

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