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Abstract. In this paper, we introduce a component-based software architecture that facilitates reconfigurability and state migration in a semantically correct manner for fault tolerant systems. The main focus and contribution of the paper is on the ontology framework that is based on object orientation techniques for coherent reconfiguration of software components in the events of faults at runtime, preserving state consistency and also facilitating state ontology evolution. Our proposed approach is realised in C++, which is integrated in the lightweight middleware MIREA.
MIREA is a reconfigurable component-based middleware targeted at embedded systems that may not have abundant resources to utilise, such as sensor systems or embedded control applications. The middleware supports software componentisation, redundancy and diversity with different software designs in order to ensure the independence of common operational/development errors. Moreover, any unforeseen errors can be dealt with by dynamically reconfiguring software components and restoring states.
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Kwon, J., Hailes, S. (2011). A Lightweight Component-Based Reconfigurable Middleware Architecture and State Ontology for Fault Tolerant Embedded Systems. In: Par, G., Morrow, P. (eds) Sensor Systems and Software. S-CUBE 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23583-2_8
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