DesCaRTeS: a run-time system with SR-like functionality for programming a network of embedded systems

摘要

This paper describes a run-time system (DesCaRTeS) that has been used for developing applications that run on a network of embedded system controllers. DesCaRTeS is written in Dynamic C and provides Dynamic C programs with easy-to-use functionality to run on such networks, send and receive messages, perform remote procedure calls, and dynamically create processes. This paper reports on some of the applications for which DesCaRTeS has been used, the experience in developing them using DesCaRTeS, and the experience gained in developing DesCaRTeS. It also presents performance comparisons between these applications written using DesCaRTeS and equivalent applications written using native Dynamic C.