Title: Designing Embedded Communications Software Author(s): T. Sridhar, T. Sridar Pages: 212 Publisher: CMP Books; 1 edition Publication date: 2003 Language: English Format: CHM ISBN-10: 157820125X ISBN-13: Description: Create network communications software with a thorough understanding of the essential system-level design and implementation choices and how they affect the performance and maintainability of your embedded system. An examination of the OSI 7-layer model serves as a starting point for a logical partitioning of software functionality in a communications system. With this foundation, you explore a development model that addresses the complete range of issues in the design of embedded communications software, including real-time operating systems, hardware and software partitioning, layering, and protocol stacks.
Delve into the design techniques (state tables, upper- and lower-level interfaces, configuration techniques, buffer and timer management) that enable clean, understandable implementations of even complex protocols. Explore specialized design issues, including task and table management, as well as implementation issues that include:
- how device and network management capabilities should interact with the stack
- how to handle system startup and configuration
- what special requirements multi-board designs impose
Combine the recommended design and development processes-complete with a list of appropriate equipment and tools-with your newfound perspective to tackle your next project.
About the Author
T. Sridhar is CTO & vice president of engineering at FutureSoft where his work includes software architecture design for communications systems. Communications software development has been his specialty for over 15 years, including the development of switches and routers, and most recently, the implementation of distributed and plane separated architectures using network processors. Sridhar has taught classes at the Embedded Systems Conference and contributed articles in Communications System Design, and Embedded System Programming magazines, among others. He has an MSEE from the University of Texas at Austin and a BE in Electronics and communications from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India.
Table of Contents
Designing Embedded Communications Software
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Software Considerations in Communications Systems
Chapter 3 - Software Partitioning
Chapter 4 - Protocol Software
Chapter 5 - Tables and Other Data Structures
Chapter 6 - Buffer and Timer Management
Chapter 7 - Management Software
Chapter 8 - Multi-Board Communications Software Design
Chapter 9 - Going About the Development
Appendix A - Examples from Commercial Systems
Glossary of - Common Terms and Acronyms
References
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars
Title: Designing Embedded Communications Software