Time-Triggered Ethernet Metamodel: Design and Application

Tiyam Robati (1) , Amine El Kouhen (1) , Abdelouahed Gherbi (1) , John Mullins (2)

1 ETS - Ecole de Technologie Supérieure [Montréal]
2 EPM - École Polytechnique de Montréal

The combination of the SAE Time Triggered Ethernet (TTEthernet) standard with the Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architectures supports the design, deployment and integration of mixed-critical avionic applications. In order to cope with the complexity of these tasks, we advocate for a model-driven engineering methodology. The key element of such methodology is the modeling language, which enables producing relevant models of the system. In this paper, we present a metamodel, which captures the main features and concepts defined in the SAE TTEthernet standard. We discuss how a combination of the TTEthernet metamodel with an IMA metamodel can be used to extend the AADL modeling language to model avionic applications deployed a TTEthernet-networked IMA platform. Finally, we present a case study to illustrate our approach.

Mots clés: MDE; ttethernet; IMA; AFDX; metamodel

Domaines: Génie logiciel [cs.SE]

Tiyam Robati, Amine El Kouhen, Abdelouahed Gherbi, John Mullins. Time-Triggered Ethernet Metamodel: Design and Application. Journal of Software, 2016, 11 (10), pp.1040-1053. ⟨10.17706/jsw.11.10.1040-1053⟩. ⟨hal-01383977⟩