학술논문

MuScADeL: A Deployment DSL Based on a Multiscale Characterization Framework
Document Type
Conference
Source
2014 IEEE 38th International Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW), 2014 IEEE 38th International. :708-715 Jul, 2014
Subject
Computing and Processing
Probes
DSL
Cities and towns
Middleware
Runtime
Computer architecture
Multiscale distributed systems
Software deployment
Domain-specific language
Language
Abstract
With the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, ambient systems move from locally distributed systems to Internet distributed systems. These systems become huge in term of number of devices and imply high heterogeneity (e.g., Of devices, of networks). They are continuously evolving with appearing and disappearing devices at runtime. The inner complexity of these systems, called multiscale systems, requires autonomic deployment middleware. Such middleware should deploy components where and when necessary, and adapt the architecture of the deployed systems considering the different scales of the systems. In this paper, we define MuScADeL, a domain-specific language (DSL) dedicated to multiscale and autonomic software deployment. MuScADeL allows designers to abstractly define deployment properties without exact knowledge of the devices and networks the system will be deployed on. This DSL is based on a scale-awareness framework, which helps designers to characterize the multiscale nature of a system from several viewpoints such as device, network, administration and geography. With MuScADeL, deployment designers may express multiscale properties of systems to deploy. MuScADeL is a building block for deployment middleware that targets multiscale distributed systems. We illustrate the possibilities of MuScADeL through a smart transport scenario.