Executable radio software system and method

• US 20030114163A1
• Filed: 07/29/2002
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Bickle, Gerald L., Marks, Jimmie T., Eyermann, Philip A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,367,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services

Abstract

An executable radio software system including a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer. The core framework layer includes isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selectively compilable by a directive to reduce the dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform. Also, the core framework layer includes an embedded distributed parser responsive to the Domain profiles of the applications for more efficiently installing and running an application.

Claims

1. An executable radio software system comprising:

a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer, the core framework layer including isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selectively compilable by a directive to reduce the dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

3. The system of claim 1 in which there are a plurality of compiler directives and macros.

4. An executable radio software system comprising:

a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer, the core framework layer including an embedded distributed XML parser that parses the Domain profiles of the applications for more efficiently installing and running an application.

5. The system of claim 4 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

6. The system of claim 4 in which the core framework layer further includes a Domain Management subsystem configured to invoke the parser only upon the installation of a new application or device.

7. The system of claim 4 in which the Domain profiles are SCA defined.

8. An executable radio software system comprising:

a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer, the core framework layer including a Domain Management subsystem responsive to the state of a device change for preventing application usage of a device when the device is busy, off-line, or disabled to thus more efficiently deploy the application.

9. The system of claim 8 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

10. The system of claim 8 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user if the device is busy, off-line, or disabled.

11. An executable radio software system comprising:

a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer, the core framework layer including a Domain Management subsystem responsive to a device failure or an application failure and configured to restart the device or application in response.

12. The system of claim 11 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

13. The system of claim 11 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user in the event of a device failure or an application failure.

14. An executable radio software system comprising:

a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer, the core framework layer including one or more secondary Domain Management subsystems each configured to manage a specific Domain of a system; and

a primary Domain Management subsystem configured to manage all of the secondary Domain Management subsystems of the system.

15. The system of claim 14 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

16. The system of claim 14 in which at least one secondary Domain Management subsystem is configured to automatically manage the other secondary Domain Management subsystems in the case of a failure of the primary Domain Management subsystem.

17. An executable radio software system comprising:

a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer, the core framework layer including a Domain Management subsystem configured to choose a radio frequency path from a set of radio frequency paths of a communication channel selected based on the waveform requirements of the application.

18. An executable radio software system core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a CORBA middleware layer, the core framework layer comprising:

isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selectively compilable by a directive to reduce the dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform;

a CORBA defined embedded distributed parser responsive to the SCA Domain profiles of the applications for more efficiently installing and running an application; and

a Domain Management subsystem configured;

to be responsive to the state of a device for preventing application usage of a device when the device is busy, off-line, or disabled to thus more efficiently deploy the application,

to be responsive to a device failure or an application failure and in response to restart the device or application,

to include one or more secondary Domain Management subsystem each configured to manage a specific Domain of a system and a primary Domain Management subsystem configured to manage all of the secondary Domain Management subsystems, and

to choose a radio frequency path of a set of radio frequency paths of a communication channel selected based on the waveform of the application.

19. The system of claim 18 in which the Domain Management subsystem is configured to invoke the parser only upon the installation of a new application or device.

20. The system of claim 18 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user if the device is busy, off-line, or disabled.

21. The system of claim 18 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user in the event of a device failure or an application failure.

22. The system of claim 18 in which at least one secondary Domain Manager is configured to manage the other secondary Domain Managers in the case of a failure of the primary Domain Manager.

23. An executable radio software method comprising:

establishing a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer; and

isolating platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selectively compilable by a directive to reduce the dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform.

24. The method of claim 23 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

25. The method of claim 23 in which there are a plurality of compiler directions and macros.

26. An executable radio software method comprising:

establishing a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer; and

embedding a distributed XML parser that parses the Domain profiles of the applications for more efficiently installing and running an application.

27. The method of claim 26 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

28. The method of claim 26 further including invoking the parser only upon the installation of a new application or device.

29. The method of claim 26 in which the Domain profiles are SCA defined.

30. An executable radio software method comprising:

establishing a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer; and

responding to the state of a device change for preventing application usage of a device when the device is busy, off-line, or disabled to thus more efficiently deploy the application.

31. The method of claim 30 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

32. The method of claim 30 is further including notifying the user if the device is busy, off-line, or disabled.

33. An executable radio software method comprising:

establishing a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer; and

responding to a device failure or an application failure and restarting the device or application in response.

34. The method of claim 33 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

35. The method of claim 33 further including notifying the user in the event of a device failure or an application failure.

36. An executable radio software method comprising:

establishing a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer;

invoking one or more secondary Domain Management subsystems to manage a specific Domain of a method; and

invoking a primary Domain Management subsystem to manage all of the secondary Domain Management subsystems.

37. The method of claim 36 in which the middleware layer includes CORBA and RTOS.

38. The method of claim 36 in which at least one secondary Domain Management subsystem is configured to automatically manage the other secondary Domain Management subsystem in the case of a failure of the primary Domain Management subsystem.

39. An executable radio software method comprising:

establishing a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer; and

invoking a Domain Management subsystem to choose a radio frequency path from a set of radio frequency paths of a communication channel selected based on the waveform requirements of the application.

40. An executable radio software method for a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a CORBA middleware layer, the method comprising:

isolating platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selectively compilable by a directive to reduce the dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform;

embedding a CORBA defined distributed parser responsive to the SCA Domain profiles of the applications for more efficiently installing and running an application;

responding to the state of a device for preventing application usage of a device when the device is busy, off-line, or disabled to thus more efficiently deploy the application;

responding to a device failure or an application failure and in response to restart the device or application;

invoking one or more secondary Domain Management subsystem each configured to manage a specific Domain of a method and a primary Domain Management subsystem configured to manage all of the secondary Domain Management subsystems; and

choosing a radio frequency path of a set of radio frequency paths of a communication channel selected based on the waveform of the application.

41. The method of claim 40 in which the Domain Management subsystem is configured to invoke the parser only upon the installation of a new application or device.

42. The method of claim 40 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user if the device is busy, off-line, or disabled.

43. The method of claim 40 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user in the event of a device failure or an application failure.

44. The method of claim 40 in which at least one secondary Domain Manager is configured to manage the other secondary Domain Managers in the case of a failure of the primary Domain Manager.