Title :
A model for describing communication between aggregate objects in the specification and design of embedded systems
Author :
Svarstad, Kjetil ; Nicolescu, Gabriela ; Jerraya, Ahmed A.
Author_Institution :
Signal Process. & Syst. Design Group, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
The elevation of design description abstractions is a well accepted technique for handling the complexity and shortening the design time of modern embedded systems. It is shown that abstractions for communication are as important as for behaviour for specification and system level abstractions, and an extension on a novel higher level communication mechanism which has features for supporting the description of complex aggregate associations between objects in specifications such as UML is investigated. The communication primitives have been implemented as extensions to SystemC, and a comprehensive example from a UML specification through functional specification down to an executable SystemC description is included
Keywords :
C++ language; embedded systems; object-oriented methods; specification languages; SystemC; UML specification; aggregate objects; communication primitives; design description abstractions; embedded systems; functional specification; higher level communication mechanism; system level abstractions; Aggregates; Costs; Electronic mail; Embedded system; Informatics; Object oriented modeling; Routing protocols; Signal design; Telecommunications; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2001. Conference and Exhibition 2001. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0993-2
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2001.915004
