Comparative updates tracking to synchronize local operating parameters with centrally maintained reference parameters in a multiprocessing system
US6167408A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99954
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a multiprocessing system, a configuration manager maintains various reference parameters that are selectively copied by subordinate managed units to form local operating parameters, which subsequently govern operation of these managed units. A comparative technique is employed to track reference parameter updates, and synchronize each local operating parameter counterpart accordingly. At the configuration manager, reference parameters include reference profiles and reference characteristics. Each reference profile specifies one or more of the reference characteristics. At each managed unit, the operating parameters include subcribed-to profiles and operating characteristics; both are initially copied from the configuration manager's reference profiles/characteristics. Each local operating profile specifies one or more of the operating characteristics. Each managed unit operates according to its locally maintained operating characteristics. When certain update criteria are satisfied, a managed unit and the configuration manager cooperatively synchronize the manage unit's local operating profiles and characteristics with the configuration manager's reference profiles and character…
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