A taxonomy of coordination mechanisms used by real-time processes

Abstract

A taxonomy of the coordination mechanisms for the synchronization and communication of concurrent processes is proposed. The taxonomy deals with the issues of a real-time software architecture that are application domain independent. The taxonomy will help the designer select the best coordination mechanism for a particular situation.A software reuse domain analysis methodology has been used to develop the taxonomy. While Ada is the programming language that has been considered here, some of the attributes and guidelines are still valid for other programming languages.