Control reconfiguration

About: Control reconfiguration is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 22423 publications have been published within this topic receiving 334217 citations.

Using distributed topology update and preplanned configurations to achieve trunk network survivability

Abstract: The authors present a new approach for trunk network survivability. This modular approach is intended for a telephone trunk network consisting of high-bandwidth fiber-optic links connected through reconfigurable digital cross-connect nodes. It works for both node and link failures. This approach comprises a distributed protocol with two parts. First, the surviving digital cross-connect nodes are caused to converge to an agreement on the topology (i.e., what is up and what is down). Second, based on the agreed topology and on a precomputed plan for that topology, the digital cross-connect nodes are reconfigured to restore as much call-carrying capacity as possible. The modularity of this approach comes from separating the problem of devising a distributed fault-tolerant protocol to determine what the failure is from the problem of designing a network reconfiguration for that failure. >

Wireless sensor networks for health monitoring

Abstract: We propose a platform for health monitoring using wireless sensor networks. Our platform is a new architecture called CustoMed that will reduce the customization and reconfiguration time for medical systems that use reconfigurable embedded systems. This architecture is a network enabled system that supports various wearable sensors and contains on-board general computing capabilities for executing individually tailored event detection, alerts, and network communication with various medical informatics services. The customization of such system with a large number of "med nodes" is extremely fast even by non-engineering staff. In this paper, we present the architecture of such device along with experimental analysis that evaluates the performance of such system.

Two Flows for Partial Reconfiguration: Module Based or Small Bit Manipulations

Abstract: An important feature in the Xilinx VirtexTM architecture is the ability to reconfigure a portion of the FPGA while the remainder of the design is still operational. Partial reconfiguration is useful for applications that require the loading of different designs into the same area of the device or the flexibility to change portions of a design without having to either reset or completely reconfigure the entire device. With this capability, entirely new application areas become possible:

Method for resource control in parallel environments using program organization and run-time support

Abstract: A system and method for dynamic scheduling and allocation of resources to parallel applications during the course of their execution. By establishing well-defined interactions between an executing job and the parallel system, the system and method support dynamic reconfiguration of processor partitions, dynamic distribution and redistribution of data, communication among cooperating applications, and various other monitoring actions. The interactions occur only at specific points in the execution of the program where the aforementioned operations can be performed efficiently.