Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Distance Learning Programmes Division

Second Semester 2007-2008

Comprehensive Examination (EC-2 Regular)

Course No. : IS ZC424
Course Title : SOFTWARE FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Nature of Exam : Open Book
Weightage : 60%
Duration : 3 Hours
Date of Exam : 30/03/2008 (FN)
Note:
1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.
2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3. Mobile phones and computers of any kind should not be brought inside the examination hall.
4. Use of any unfair means will result in severe disciplinary action.

Q.1 Apply the ROPES process and perform the requirements analysis for Smart Home
Controller (SHC) given below. Requirements analysis phase consists of
developing Use Case diagrams with associated Use Case sequence diagrams and
requirements text. Smart home controller specification is given below. Note the
specification given below is only of indicative nature and needs to be elaborated
during use-case modeling:

SHC device monitors the home for various sensors and actuators.
It can detect smoke, fire, theft etc and inform the user as well as security
agencies.

It can also be accessed by user remotely to know the status of certain electronic
devices or configure them for certain activities. Clearly mention your assumptions
wherever applicable. [20]

Q.2 The web is a client/server system consisting of web browsers and servers. A web
browser can send requests to a web server, wait for a resource to be sent in
response to the request, and then render the resource on screen. A web server is a
system which waits for HTTP requests to arrive. If such a request is received, the
web server analyzes it, finds the requested file in the file system, and formulates an
HTTP response consisting of a set of headers and the file. An external user can
interact through web browser to get the information from the web server.

(a) Identify the various actors and use cases for above mentioned system and
draw the use case diagram to show the association among them.
(b) Identify the various objects in the system and draw a sequence diagram to
show the interaction among these.
(c) Show the behavior model of the system with the help of state chart
diagrams. [3 + 3 + 4 = 10]

No. of Pages = 2
No. of Questions = 4

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Q.3 Why real-time systems usually have to be implemented using concurrent
processes? Explain with suitable examples. Discuss the various techniques to
achieve the concurrency in a single processor system. [10]

Q.4 A weather mapping system is required to generate weather maps on a regular basis
using data collected from remote, unattended weather stations and other data
sources such as weather observers, balloons and satellites. Weather stations
transmit their data to the computer in response to a request from that machine. The
area computer system validates the collected data and integrates the data from
different sources. The integrated data is archived and, using data from this archive
and a digitized map database, a set of local weather maps is created. Maps may be
printed for distribution on a special purpose map printer or may be displayed in a
number of different formats.


(a) Use the ROPES process to design the above mentioned weather mapping
system and give a layered architecture for it.
(b) Identify the various subsystems and draw the subsystem diagrams using
UML 2.0 notations to show the relationship among various objects.
(c) Identify real time constraints and various quality of service (QoS) attributes
in the system if any? [6 + 10 + 4 = 20]




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