@proceedings {7728,
	title = {Real-Time Communicating Tasks on COTS-Based Distributed Platforms: Task Models and End-to-End Scheduling},
	journal = {Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium},
	year = {1998},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	address = {Madrid, Spain},
	abstract = {This paper describes our current work on scheduling communicating real-time tasks in a distributed environment. Unique challenges are presented when one tries to build distributed realtime applications using standard off-the-shelf systems which are in common use but are not necessarily designed for real-time systems. In particular, one must deal with (1) mapping application real-time requirements into system schedulable entities, (2) end-to-end scheduling in the face of possible priority inversion, (3) limited real-time scheduling support and limited number of priorities, and (4) integrating real-time and non-real-time tasks in the same platform. Due to space limitations, this paper focuses on solving the first two challenges. The complete solution will be presented in a forthcoming paper. We have implemented these solutions in our network middleware MidART running on PCs with Windows NT operating system over Ethernet LANs.},
	author = {Shen, C. and Gonzalez, O.}
}
