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Can Android Run on Time? Extending and Measuring the Android Platform's Timeliness

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ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Volume 17, Issue 6

Article No.: 97, Pages 1 - 26

https://doi.org/10.1145/3289257

Published: 09 January 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Time predictability is difficult to achieve in the complex, layered execution environments that are common in modern embedded devices such as smartphones. We explore adopting the Android programming model for a range of embedded applications that extends beyond mobile devices, under the constraint that changes to widely used libraries should be minimized. The challenges we explore include the interplay between real-time activities and the rest of the system, how to express the timeliness requirements of components, and how well those requirements can be met on stock embedded platforms. We detail the design and implementation of our modifications to the Android framework along with a real-time VM and OS, and we provide experimental data validating feasibility over five applications.

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ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems Volume 17, Issue 6

November 2018

186 pages

ISSN:1539-9087

EISSN:1558-3465

DOI:10.1145/3299750

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Published: 09 January 2019

Accepted: 01 October 2018

Revised: 01 September 2018

Received: 01 December 2017

Published in TECS Volume 17, Issue 6

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