Ph.D. Project: Service Oriented Architecture for complex critical embedded systems - a case study focused on avionics

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Ph.D. Student: Douglas Rodrigues

Project title: Service Oriented Architecture for complex critical embedded systems - a case study focused on avionics

Abstract: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has wide use in business computer applications and Web services are its more common implementation. The use of SOA has also been proposed for embedded systems, although little can be found in the literature on its use for critical embedded systems. This project discusses the use of SOA for the development of this class of systems, specifically for avionics systems, focusing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Critical embedded systems have specific requirements, such as high reliability and real-time response, making the use of SOA more challenging than in typical applications. The proposed approach considers that critical embedded systems have complex sections of low criticality, in which the use of SOA can help to make the development of these parts more simple and flexible. In particular, SOA should be used for the definition and implementation of flexible and dynamic services, through a framework called Knowledge Based Framework for Dynamically Changing Applications (KBF) and for the use of SSI/SSP (Smart Sensor Interface/Smart Sensor Protocol), a plug-and-play mechanism for the interconnection of mission oriented intelligent sensors in general-purpose UAVs.

Keywords: Service-oriented architecture, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Period: 2011 - nowadays

 

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