Energy Optimization on Dynamic Multiple Functions Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems

A new generation of automotive electronic systems is a typical cyber-physical systems (CPS) based on an integrated architecture, in which multiple functions can be executed on one electronic control unit (ECU) and one function can be assigned to different ECU. Heterogeneity and dynamics are essential characteristics of automotive CPS (ACPS). Considering heterogeneity and dynamics of ACPS, optimizing functional safety and energy consumption in system design is still a challenge. In this paper, we focus on the collaborative optimization of functional safety and energy consumption with global method in the context of prioritizing functional safety. Considering the requirements of functional safety, we propose a deadline driven processor merging for multiple dynamic functions (DPMMDF) algorithm to maximizes the number of functions that meet deadlines when a function arrives dynamically from the perspective of global optimization. Further, we use a global energy saving for multiple dynamic functions (GESMDF) algorithm, combined with the integrated architecture features, to optimize the energy consumption of ACPS by selecting multiple candidate executable ECUs for a task. Experimental results show that combination of the proposed two algorithms can effectively reduce deadline missed ratio (DMR), and minimize energy consumption compared with existing methods.