Multitasking
Abstract
In Chapter 13, we discussed task scheduling in general. In this chapter, we focus on design issues concerning multiple tasks. Multitasking refers to a design or implementation strategy by which a system is decomposed into multiple tasks that work cooperatively to offer system services. Multitasking brings service concurrency, allowing a system to respond to external events or requests concurrently. Multitasking also offers a greater flexibility, allowing a system to employ advanced priority-based scheduling policies to meet the critical timing constraints of individual tasks. The multitask design process starts with a system context diagram, from which one or more tasks can be identified for each type of external ...
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