ABSTRACT
The networked embedded systems appear in a variety of application domains such as automotive, train, aircraft, office building, and industrial areas—primarily for monitoring and control, environment monitoring, and, in future, control, as well. The benefits of using distributed systems and an evolutionary need to replace point–to–point wiring connections in these systems by a single bus are some of the most important ones. The networked embedded systems used in safety–critical applications such as Fly–by–Wire and Steer–by–Wire require a high level of dependability to ensure that a system failure does not lead to a state in which human life, property, or environment are endangered. The different domains impose varying constraints on the networked embedded systems in terms of performance, safety requirements, or Quality of Services. The networked embedded systems pose a multitude of challenges in their design, particularly for safety–critical applications, deployment, and maintenance.
