Executable radio software system and method

• US 7,367,020 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2002
• Issued: 04/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Bickle, Gerald L., Marks, Jimmie T., Eyermann, Philip A.
• Primary Examiner(s): An; Meng-Al T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Francis; Mark P.
• Application Number:
  US10/207,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20030114163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,101 Days
• Field of Search: 709224-237, 709/238, 714/4, 714/752, 707/103.R, 707 1- 10, 345/744, 455/422.1, 455/414, 717168-174, 717/104, 717/106, 717/140, 717/143, 717/164, 706/60, 705/22
• US Class Current: 717/143
• 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 core framework layer stored in a computer storage medium and executed by a processor or computer responsive to one or more applications and a 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 a dependency of the core framework layer on a specific platform;

middleware layer defined embedded distributed parser responsive to Software Communication Architecture 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 channel of a set of radio frequency channels based on waveform application characteristics.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the Domain Management subsystem is configured to invoke the parser only upon the installation of a new application or device.

3. The system of claim 1 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user if the device is busy, off-line, or disabled.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user in the event of a device failure or an application failure.

5. The system of claim 1 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.

6. An executable radio software method for a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a 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 middleware defined distributed parser responsive to Software Communication Architecture 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 channel of a set of radio frequency channels based on waveform application characteristics.

7. The method of claim 6 in which the Domain Management subsystem is configured to invoke the parser only upon the installation of a new application or device.

8. The method of claim 6 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user if the device is busy, off-line, or disabled.

9. The method of claim 6 in which the Domain Management subsystem is further configured to notify the user in the event of a device failure or an application failure.

10. The method of claim 6 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.