Reconfiguration Strategies for Critical Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems

Abstract

This paper describes the architecture and mechanisms proposed in the context of the DFT4FTT project for implementing Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems (ADESs), that is, distributed systems with real-time, dependability and adaptivity requirements. The focus is on the reconfiguration strategies that allow, not only to change the system behaviour, but to improve its tolerance to permanent hardware faults.