Embedded and Networking Systems

5	Flexible and Scalable Power Management Framework for RTOS-Based Embedded Systems Muhamed Fauzi, Thambipillai Srikanthan, and Siew-Kei Lam

5.1    Introduction

5.2    Related Work

5.2.1    Advantages of Proposed Framework

5.3    Proposed RTOS Power Management Framework

5.3.1    RTOS-ACPI Subsystem

5.3.2    RTOS-ACPI Service Calls

5.3.3    ACPI Source Language (ASL) Tables

5.3.3.1    Updating ASL Table to Accommodate New Device

5.3.4    ASL Translator

5.3.5    Namespace

5.3.6    Namespace Manager

5.3.7    Methods

5.3.8    Basic Policy Manager (BPM)

5.4    Implementation of RTOS-ACPI Framework

5.5    Power Management Policies

5.5.1    Implementing Power Policy Algorithms

5.6    Power Saving and Real-Time Ability

5.7    Conclusion

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