An application software download concept for safety-critical embedded platforms

Christoph Dropmann (1) , Drausio Linardi Rossi (1)

1 Fraunhofer IESE - Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering

Application download is a promising concept for embedded systems in safety-critical domains such as automotive. Systems could be kept up to date without maintenance visits and new business models could be developed. However, the protection of safety-critical software against applications that are not known at system design time is rarely addressed. This paper presents a concept for downloading non-safety-critical software applications into a safety-critical system. The platform´s partitioning is realized via memory, execution time, and service protection.

Mots clés: Embedded Application Download; Safety; Software Interferences; Segregation; Partitioning

Domaines: Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]

Christoph Dropmann, Drausio Linardi Rossi. An application software download concept for safety-critical embedded platforms. CARS 2015 - Critical Automotive applications: Robustness & Safety, Sep 2015, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01193016⟩