Resource Management in Real-Time Systems and Networks

Real-time systems and networks are of increasing importance in many
applications, including automated factories, telecommunication systems, defense
systems, and space systems. This book introduces the concepts and state-of-the-art
research developments of resource management in real-time systems and networks.
Unlike other texts in the field, it covers the entire spectrum of issues in resource
management, including task scheduling in uniprocessor real-time systems; task
scheduling, fault-tolerant task scheduling, and resource reclaiming in
multiprocessor real-time systems; conventional task scheduling and object-based task
scheduling in distributed real-time systems; message scheduling; QoS routing;
dependable communication; multicast communication; and medium access protocols in
real-time networks. It provides algorithmic treatments for all of the issues
addressed, highlighting the intuition behind each algorithm and giving examples. The
book also includes two chapters of case studies.