Towards an Analysis of Garbage Collection Techniques for Embedded Real-Time Java Systems

From a real-time perspective, the Garbage Collector (GC) introduces unpredictable pauses that are not tolerated by real-time tasks. Real-time collectors eliminate this problem but introduce a high overhead. Another approach is to use Memory Regions (MR) within which allocation and deallocation are customized. This facility is supported by the memory model of the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ). This paper provides an indepth analytical investigation of the problems and solutions of Java garbage collection techniques regarding it use in embedded real-time systems.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: RTCSA
• Authors: M. Teresa Higuera-Toledano
• Keywords: Real-time, Real-Time Computing, Real-time Perspective, Real-time Tasks, RTCSA 2006