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An integrated heuristic approach to power-aware real-time scheduling

  • Pedro Mejia
  • , Eugene Levner
  • , Daniel Mossé

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel scheduling framework for a dynamic real-time environment that experiences power consumption constraints. This framework is capable of dynamically adjusting the voltage/ speed of the system, such that no task in the system misses its deadline and the total energy savings of the system are maximized. Each task in the system consumes a certain amount of energy, which depends on a speed chosen for execution. The process of selecting speeds for execution while maximizing the energy savings of the system requires the exploration of a large number of combinations, which is too time consuming to be computed on-line. Thus, we propose an integrated heuristic methodology which executes an optimization procedure and an approximate greedy algorithm in a low computation time. This scheme allows the scheduler to handle power-aware real-time tasks with low cost while maximizing the use of the available resources and without jeopardizing the temporal constraints of the system. Simulation results show that our heuristic methodology achieves a performance with near-optimal results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPower-Aware Computer Systems - 2nd International Workshop, PACS 2002, Revised Papers
EditorsBabak Falsafi, T.N. Vijaykumar
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages68-83
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)3540010289, 9783540010289
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Workshop on Power-Aware Computer Systems, PACS 2002 - Cambridge, United States
Duration: 2 Feb 20022 Feb 2002

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2325
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Power-Aware Computer Systems, PACS 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period2/02/022/02/02

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.

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