A framework for node-level fault tolerance in distributed real-time systems

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 656-665

  Aidemark, Joakim ^a   Folkesson, Peter ^b   Karlsson, Johan ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME SYSTEMS; FAIL-SILENT NODES; NODE-LEVEL FAULT TOLERANCE (NLFT); SYSTEM DEPENDABILITY;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ERROR CORRECTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 27544464832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2005.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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