Title :
Shortening the Boot Time of Android OS
Author :
Xia Yang ; Nan Sang ; Alves-Foss, Jim
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
A variation of the suspend-resume technique eliminates the need to initialize the Linux kernel, and when combined with approaches to enhance external memory read speed and shrink the suspend image, can decrease Android OS boot time by up to 90 percent.
Keywords :
Android (operating system); Android OS boot time shortening; Linux kernel; external memory read speed; suspend-resume technique; Androids; Digital TV; Embedded systems; Humanoid robots; Kernel; Linux; Smart phones; Android; U-boot; boot time; embedded systems; fast-boot; suspend-resume;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2013.264
