Apparatus and method for handling frame overruns in a digital si

Details Apparatus and method for handling frame overruns in a digital si Apparatus and method for handling frame overruns in a digital si

1992-09-30

1995-02-07

Heckler, Thomas M.

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364DIG1, 3642817, 3642814, 3642316, G06F 938

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053882610

ABSTRACT:
In a computer system having a digital signal processor for processing a number of tasks within a frame, a method for handling a frame overrun wherein the tasks cannot be processed within the frame. First, the frame overrun is detected. Next, each of the tasks are compared with a processing time which had been allocated to it. A determination is made as to which of these tasks had exceeded its allotted processing time by the greatest amount. The worst case client is notified that its task has caused an overrun. All other non-system task clients are notified that a overrun has occurred. All but system support tasks are inactivated, and processing continues. Each client must determine the correct action to take, including restarting the tasks where they left off, restarting from the beginning, or quitting. Methods for handling more serious overruns are also described.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5136705 (1992-08-01), Stubbs et al.
patent: 5210872 (1993-05-01), Ferguson et al.

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