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AADLANNEXFORTHEFACE™TECHNICALSTANDARD,EDITION3.0.........................................3

TYPOGRAPHYCONVENTIONS...................................................................................................3

A. RATIONALE.......................................................................................................................3

B. BACKGROUNDANDASSUMPTIONS..................................................................................3

C. REFERENCEEXAMPLE.......................................................................................................8

D. PACKAGING......................................................................................................................9

E. DATAMODEL..................................................................................................................10

F. DATAMODELVIEWS.......................................................................................................11

G. UOPMODEL...................................................................................................................12

H. TSS.................................................................................................................................16

I. ROUTING.........................................................................................................................16

J. IOSS.................................................................................................................................19

K. FACEHEALTHMONITORINGANDFAULTMANAGEMENT(HMFM)..................................20

L. FACEPROFILES................................................................................................................20

M. FACELIFECYCLEMANAGEMENT.....................................................................................20

N. FACEARTIFACTPARSINGGUIDE.....................................................................................20

O. FACEPROPERTYSET.......................................................................................................21


AADLAnnexfortheFACE™TechnicalStandard,Edition3.0Version0.3.0,2018-04-04

TypographyConventionsRegularTextAADL Keyword FACEKeywordIntroductionFACEKeyword

A. Rationale1) Thisannexisintendedtohelpcomponentvendorsandsystemintegratorsusingthe

(FutureAirborneCapabilityEnvironment)FACETechnicalStandard.FACETechnicalStandardEdition3.01providesadatamodelingarchitecturebutdoesnotprovidemechanismsfordescribingcomponentbehaviorortimingproperties.ThisdocumentprovidesguidancefortranslatingaFACEStandardEdition3.0DataArchitectureXMImodel2intoAADLsothatbehaviorandtimingpropertiescanbeaddedandanalyzed.a) SeesectionJ.6oftheFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0forObjectConstraint

LanguagespecificationsfortheDataArchitecture.2) Thisannexsupportsthemodeling,analysis,andintegrationofFACEartifactsin

AADL.ItgivesAADLstyleguidelinesandanAADLpropertysettoprovideacommonapproachtousingAADLtoexpressarchitecturesthatincludeFACEcomponents.UsingcommonpropertiesandcomponentrepresentationsinAADLmakesAADLmodelsofFACEcomponentsportableandreusableandincreasestheutilityoftoolsthatoperateonsuchAADLmodels.

B. BackgroundandAssumptions3) ThisdocumentprovidesamappingforFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0and

AADL2.2.4) TheFACETechnicalStandardprovidesaframeworkfordataarchitecturethat

enablesserviceandapplicationportabilityacrossplatformsbyrequiring

1Unlessexplicitlynoted,allreferencestotheFACETechnicalStandardinthisdocumentrefertoEdition3.0.2TheFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0providesadataarchitecturemetamodelinanEMOFinsectionJ.5.


conformancetotheFACETechnicalStandard’sdatamodelingandsoftwareguidelines.a) AsillustratedinFigure2,theFACETechnicalStandardisdividedintolayers.

IndividualapplicationsorservicesthatresideinoneoftheselayersarecalledUnitsofPortability(UoPs3).UoPsinthePortableComponentsSegment(PCS)andthePlatformSpecificServicesSegment(PSSS)communicatewithoneanotherusingaTransportServiceSegment(TSS)library.ThePCScontainsgeneral-purposeapplications,whilethePSSSisolatesUoPsthatinteractwithdevicesthroughtheI/Osegment(IOS).TheTSSisanabstractgroupingofcomponents(includinglibraries)thatprovidedataexchangerelatedfunctionality.

b) CommunicationbetweenUoPsisaccomplishedusingparametersdictatedbyviews.ViewsandareconstructedfromaFACEdatamodelusingqueries.

c) InasystembuiltfromFACEconformantsoftware,thereisasingledataarchitecturemodel.ThisdataarchitecturemodeliscomposedbythesystemintegratorusingdatamodelsassociatedwitheachUoPinthesystem.

d) Thefieldsthatmakeupeachinter-UoPmessagearetakenfromthedatamodel.Eachfieldineachmessageisassociatedwithahierarchyofdatamodelelements.ThismeanstwoUoPsthatdonotneedtousepreciselythesamedatarepresentation(e.g.,metricorimperial)tocommunicatewithoneanother.i) ForfurtherinformationabouttheFACEDataArchitecture,seesection2.3of

theFACETechnicalStandard.5) TheFACETechnicalStandarddataarchitectureisdividedintothreelayers:TheData

Model,UoPModel,andtheIntegrationModel(seeFigure1).Thisdocumentprovidesguidanceforallthree.

3TheFACETechnicalStandarddefinestwoequivalentterms,UnitofPortability(UoP)andUnitofConformance(UoC).Thisdocumentusestheformer,asFACEconformanceisnotinthescopeofthisannex.


6) TheFACETechnicalStandarddatamodelprovidesarealizationhierarchyformultiplelevelsofdatadescription(conceptual,logical,andplatform).MostAADLanalysesarenotexpectedtorequirethatmultiplelevelsoftheFACETechnicalStandarddatamodelaremappedtoAADL.

a) Figure1DataArchitecture(extractedfromFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0)


7) AllcommunicationbetweentheFACEUoPsthatresideinthePCSorPSSSlayersisconductedviatheTSSinterfaceaccordingtoViewsdefinedintheDataModel(asshowninthetopandrightofFigure2).

8) InadditiontoitsdatamodelingapproachtointeroperabilityofUoPs,theFACETechnicalStandardalsoprovidesoperatingsysteminterfacespecificationsandI/Odeviceinterfacespecifications.I/OdeviceaccessisrepresentedintheFACEIOSS(I/OServiceSegment).TheoperatingsysteminterfaceisrepresentedintheFACEOSS(OperatingSystemSegment).SeetheleftandbottomofFigure2.

a) Figure2ArchitectureSegmentsExample.(ExtractedfromFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0)

9) ThetermsspecifictotheFACETechnicalStandardusedinthisannexaredefinedbelow:a) FACE(FutureAirborneCapabilityEnvironment):Agovernment-industry

softwarestandardandbusinessstrategyforacquisitionofaffordablesoftwaresystemsthatpromotesinnovationandrapidintegrationofportablecapabilitiesacrossglobaldefenseprograms.TheFACEStandardalsoprovidesadatamodelinglanguageusedtodescribecomponentinterfaces.

b) FACEConformance:Asoftwarecomponent(UnitofConformance(UoC))iscertifiedasFACEconformantwhenithassuccessfullybeenthroughanindependentverificationandcertificationprocess,whichisdefinedbytheFACEConformanceProgram.ThisincludestechnicalverificationbyadesignatedVerificationAuthority(VA)subsequentcertificationbytheFACECertificationAuthority(CA),andregistrationintheFACELibrary.ThiscertificationrepresentsthatthesoftwareUoCmeetstherequirementsoftheFACETechnicalStandard,whichwasdesignedtofacilitatesoftwareportability.AFACEconformantdataarchitectureisa.facefilethatadherestotheFACETechnicalStandardEdition


3.0metamodel.Seesection1.5oftheFACETechnicalStandardformoreinformation.

c) DataArchitectureModel:ThewholeofFigure1describesthecontentsoftheDataArchitectureModel.i) EachsystemofintegratedFACEconformantUoPswillultimatelyhaveone

DataModel,likelycreatedfrommultipleinputdatamodels.d) DataModel:Asetofconceptual,logical,andplatformentitiesusedasthebasis

forviewdefinition.Eachplatformentityrefinesalogicalentity,andeachlogicalentityrefinesaconceptualentity.SeetopofFigure1.i) Example:“Temperature”isconceptual,“DegreesCelsius”islogical,and

“32bitunsignedinteger”isplatform.e) UoPModel:AdescriptionoftheUoPsinagivensystemofFACEconformant

componentsandtheirassociatedviewsandconnections.SeemiddleofFigure1.i) TheconnectionsdescribedintheUoPModeldonotdescribeinter-UoP

communication.TheyprovideonlytheUoP’sexpectationsofthetypeofconnectionitwillhavewhenintegrated(e.g.,sampling).

ii) AnintegratorwillcombinemultipleUoPModels(oneforeachintegratedUoP)intotheirintegratedUoPModel.

iii) Thistermisnotequivalentto“USM,”whichisdefinedlaterinthissection.f) IntegrationModel:AmodeldescribingthecompositionofFACEUoPsina

systemandtheinter-UoPmessageroutingintheTSS.SeebottomofFigure1.g) View:AFACEviewisdocumentationofaTSAPIdataparameterthatcanbe

passedintheTSInterface.Aviewiscomposedofelementsofadatamodelandisdescribedbyaquery.i) Example:Aview“status”mightincludealtitude,airspeed,andground

speed.ii) ViewsarenominallydefinedintheplatformlayeroftheDataModel.iii) Query:AFACEqueryisanSQL-likeexpressiondescribingfeaturesofthe

FACEdatamodeltouseinaview.iv) Template:AFACEtemplateisusedtospecifythepresentationofdataina

platformview.v) UoP(UnitofPortability):AlsocalledUnitofConformance(UoC).Useofthe

termUnitofPortabilityhighlightstheportableandreusableattributesofasoftwarecomponentorDomainSpecificDataModel(DSDM)developedtotheFACETechnicalStandard.

vi) EachUoPmayhaveanassociatedUSMprovidingitsdatamodeldefinitionandUoPModeldefinition.

h) UoC(UnitofConformance):ADSDMorasoftwarecomponentdesignedtomeettherequirementsforanindividualFACEsegment.UoCsmustbeverifiedasconformanttotheFACETechnicalStandardtobecertified.i) AllFACEcomponentsinthePCS,TSS,PSSS,andIOSSareUoCs.ii) UoCandUoPareequivalentterms.


i) TSS(TransportServiceSegment):ATSSisresponsibleforexchangingdatabetweenUoPs.ATSSisalsoresponsibleformediatingdatabetweenUoPsandotherdataexchangefunctions.i) Forexample,aTSSmighttranslatea“status”parametertoa“heartbeat”

parameterwiththesamefieldsbutdifferentunits(perhapsmetersinsteadoffeet).

ii) TheTSSisoftenshownasasignalentityindiagramsillustratingsystemsofFACEconformantsoftware(suchasFigure2)howeverthereisnorestrictionlimitingasystemtoasingleTSS.

j) FACESharedDataModel:AninstanceofaDataModelwhosepurposeistodefinecommonlyuseditemsandtoserveasabasisforallotherdatamodels.i) TheFACEshareddatamodelprovidescommonconceptssuchas

temperature.k) USM(UoPSuppliedModel):Adatamodelprovidedbyasoftwaresupplierthat

documentsthedataexchangedbyaUoPviatheTSinterface.AnintegratedsystemmayincorporatemanyUSMs.i) TheUSMisprovidedasa.facefilewitheachUoP.

l) IntegratedDataModel:TheintegratorofasystemusingFACEconformancecomponentscombinesFACEUSMstocreatetheIntegratedDataModelforthesystem.

m) FACEUoPVendor:AUoPvendorcreatesthesoftware,datamodel,andUoPmodelassociatedwithaUoP.ThedatamodelandUoPmodelaredeliveredwiththeUoPsoftware.

n) IntegratorofFACEconformancecomponents:TheintegratorofasystemusingFACEconformancecomponentsisastakeholderresponsibleforresolvingUSMsfromFACEUoPvendorsandforconfiguringaTSSthatroutesdatabetweenUoPs.

o) FACEUUID:EveryelementintheDataModelhasauniqueidentifiercreatedusingtheUUIDstandard.

p) UoPInstance:AUoPInstanceisaconfigurationitemdescribingaUoP’srole(s)inagivensystemconfigurationasdescribedbytheIntegrationModel.AsingleUoPmayhavemultipleinstancesinasystem.

q) UoPConnection:AUoPConnectiondescribestheUoP’sassumptionsaboutitsconnection.AUoPConnectiondoesnotidentifythesenderorreceiverontheotherendoftheconnection(SeeFigure7).

r) UoPEndPoint:AUoPEndPointdescribestheroutingconfigurationassociatedwithasingleUoPConnection(SeeFigure7).

C. ReferenceExample10) ThisannexusestheFACEBasicAvionicsLightweightSourceArchetype(BALSA)

exampleasapointofreference.BALSAsourcecodeandFACEmodelsareavailabletomembersofTheOpenGroupFACEConsortium.a) UnderstandingofBALSAisnotrequiredtousethisannex.


Figure3:BALSAmodeledinAADL

D. Packaging11) Thisannexdoesnotprovidespecificpackagingrequirements.However,modelers

areencouragedtocreateseparatepackages.a) OnepackagefortheDataModelb) OneormorepackagesforUoPsc) OnepackageforeachIntegrationModel

12) TheUSMsforeachUoPwillcontributebothtotheDataModelpackageandtotheUoPpackage(s).

13) ExampleFile Description Notes

data_model.aadl data anddata implementations correspondingtoFACEentitiesandviews

IOS.aadl thread groupsforIOSUoCs

OSS.aadl componentsfortheOSS PSSS.aadl thread groupsforPSSS

UoPs

PCS.aadl thread groupsforPCSUoPs

TSS.aadl abstract definingaTSS


integration_model.aadl system and system implementation forasystemincludingFACE

conformantcomponents

Optionallyincludestimeandspacepartitioningviaprocessandvirtual processor

E. DataModel14) TheDataModel(topofFigure1)describesdatarelevanttoasystemusingFACE

conformantcomponents.a) TheSystemIntegratorusestheFACESharedDataModelandUSMsprovidedby

UoPvendorstoconstructaDataModel.b) UoPvendorsuseorextendtheSharedDataModel.Thismeansthatdifferent

UoPswillshareanontologicalhereditybetweentheirviews,easingthepathtotranslatingfromonetotheother.

15) EachentityintheDataModelismodeledinAADLasadata.a) ModelingtherealizationhierarchyofDataModelentitiesisnotnecessaryfor

mostAADLanalysis.

FACEEntity AADLEntity PropertiesDataModel package (optional)

DataModelEntityComposition:Conceptual

data • FACE::UUID • FACE::Realization_Tier => conceptual

DataModelEntityComposition:

Logical

data or data extends…

• FACE::UUID • FACE::Realization_Tier => logical

DataModelEntity:Platform

data or data extends…

• FACE::UUID • FACE::Realization_Tier => platform

• Memory_Properties::Data_Size

16) ExampleConceptual data aircraftID_Conceptual

properties FACE::UUID => "{0540db6f-67fd-430c-bc72-84126daa00cc }"; FACE::Realization_Tier => conceptual; end aircraftID_Conceptual;

Logical data aircraftID_Logical extends aircraftID_Conceptual properties FACE::UUID => "{ cf4c9604-f2a4-4e38-8937-05fd08e00f0a}"; FACE::Realization_Tier => logical; end AircraftID_Logical;


Platform data AircraftID_Platform extends aircraftID_logical properties FACE::UUID => "{5e4a3697-13b0-4c35-ba56-29f61f4cdc35}"; FACE::Realization_Tier => platform; end AircraftID_Platform;

F. DataModelViews17) AFACEPlatformViewiscomposedofdatafromtheplatformtieroftheFACEdata

model.a) APlatformView’scontentsaredefinedbyaquery,thesemanticsofwhichare

providedinsectionJ.3oftheFACETechnicalStandard.b) APlatformView’sorganizationisdefinedbyatemplate,thesemanticsofwhich

areprovidedinsectionJ.4oftheFACETechnicalStandard.c) EachPlatformViewismodeledasasingledata implementation.d) Thesubcomponentsofthedata implementationaredeterminedbythe

PlatformView’stemplateandthattemplate’sboundQuery.FACEEntity AADLEntity PropertiesConceptualView

data and data implementation

• FACE::UUID • FACE::Realization_Tier

=> Conceptual LogicalView data and data

implementation • FACE::UUID • FACE::Realization_Tier

=> logical PlatformView data and data

implementation• FACE::UUID • FACE::Realization_Tier

=> platform18) TheexampleinTable1showstheAADLdataanddata implementationfora

templateanditsboundQuerythatincludeanaircraftIDandtailNumber.PlatformView

data aircraft_config end aircraft_config; data implementation aircraft_config.impl subcomponents aircraftID: data AircraftID_Platform; tailNumber: data Tail_Number_Platform; properties FACE::Realization_Tier => platform; end aircraft_config.impl;

Table1ExampleplatformviewinAADL


G. UoPModel19) ThescopeoftheFACEDataArchitectureisrestrictedtothedataexchangedby

software.FACE3.0doesnotdescribethephysicalattributesofasystem(e.g.,bindinghardwaretosoftware).

20) AllAADLcomponentstranslatedfromFACEUoPsusetheFACE::UUIDpropertytodenotetheUUIDoftheFACEcomponentfromwhichtheywerederived.

21) AcollectionofUoPInstancesismodeledasasystem implementation.22) TheUoPmodeldoesnotincluderoutingofconnectionsbetweenUoPs.Connection

routingisdescribedintheFACEIntegrationModel.

Figure4:ExampleUoP(ADSB.impl)showninsideaprocess(ADSB.linux)

23) EachFACEUoPismodeledinAADLasathread group.a) TheFACETechnicalStandarddoesnotplacerequirementsonthreadingofUoPs,

howeverthestandarddoesprovideformultipleUoPsinasingleARINC653partitionorPOSIXprocess.InFigure4asingleUoPisshowninsideaprocess.However,asingleprocesscouldsupportmultipleUoPs.4

b) Asingle-threadedUoPismodeledasathread groupcontainingasinglethread.InFigure4theUoPiscalledADSB.ItisoftypeADSB.implandisfromthePSSSpackage.

c) UoPConnectionsontheUoParemodeledasportsontheUoPthread group.InFigure4theUoPConnectioniscalledATC_Data_In.

d) AADLportsonUoPsreferenceViewsviatypeconstraints.e) TheFACETechnicalStandardprovidesseveralrefinementsofUoPConnectionas

showninFigure5.Thefollowingaretheavailableconcrete(non-abstract)connectiontypes:i) AClientServerConnectionismodeledasanineventdataportandanout

event data port.

4ThisannextranslatesFACEelementstoAADLcomponentsthatcanbeusedinconjunctionwithaprocessorand/orvirtualprocessor,therebypermittingbutnotrequiringadherencetoARINC653orPOSIXAADLmodelingnorms.


ii) AQueuingConnectionismodeledasanineventdataportoranout event data port.

iii) SingleInstanceMessageConnectionismodeledasanin data port oran out data port.

FACEEntity AADLEntity Properties NotesUoP thread

group• FACE::UUID • FACE::FaceSegm

ent => PSSS or PCS

• FACE::Profile

Canalsobemodeledasanabstract,butthread groupispreferred.

UoPInstance thread group as subcomponent

Whenathread groupisusedassubcomponentofaprocess,itisactingasaUoPInstance.

UoPConnection Seeconcreteimplementations

• FACE::UUID • FACE::ViewUUID • Communication_

Properties::Input_Rate and Communication_Properties::Output_Rate

TherateofaUoPConnectionisspecifiedasaperiodinsecondsintheFACEUoPModel,requiringinversionforrepresentationinAADL.

ClientServerConnection(extendsUoPConnection)

An in event data port with data type fromassociatedviewandan out event data port with data type fromassociatedview

Associatedviews(requestTypeandresponseType)areassociatedwithportsdependingontheClientServerRolepropertyoftheconnection.Iftheconnection’sroleisClient,thentherequestTypeviewisassociatedwiththeout portandtheresponseType


viewisassociatedwiththein port.TheassociationisreversedforClientServerConnectionswithroleServer.

QueuingConnection(extendsUoPConnection)

in orout event data port with data type fromassociatedview.ThedirectionoftheportisdeterminedbytheMessageExchangeTypeproperty.InboundMessagecorrespondstoanin port,OutboundMessagecorrespondstoanout port.

Communication_Properties::Queue_Size setfrom Depth

SingleInstanceMessageConnetion(extendsUoPConnection)

in or out data port with data type fromassociatedview.ThedirectionoftheportisdeterminedbytheMessageExchangeTypeproperty.InboundMessagecorrespondstoanin port,OutboundMessa


gecorrespondstoanout port.

Figure5FACEUoPConnections,extractedfromtheFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0

24) EachthreaddefinedintheUoPismodeledasanAADLthread.

a) TheperiodpropertyofthethreadisassumedtobeinsecondsandisrepresentedAADLusingthePeriodproperty.

b) TherelativePrioritypropertyofthethreadisassumedtoimplyhighernumericalvaluemeanshigherpriorityandistranslateddirectlytotheAADLPriorityproperty.

c) ThetimeCapacitypropertyofthethreadisassumedtobeinsecondsandisrepresentedinAADLusingtheCompute_Execution_Timeproperty.

25) TheexampleshowninTable2showsathreadgroupcorrespondingtoanAutomaticDependentSurveillance-Broadcast(ADSB)UoP.

UoP thread group ADSB features

ADSB_From_ATCManager_Port: in data port balsa_data_model::atc_data.impl;

properties


FACE::UUID => "{5884a330-a191-498a-9378-11b61f3c1c77}"; FACE::FaceSegment => PCS;

end ADSB; Table2ExampleUoPinAADL

H. TSS26) ATSSismodeledinAADLasanabstractthatcanberefinedtoaccommodate

varyinglevelsofmodeldetail.

FACEEntity AADLEntity PropertiesTSS Anabstractforeach

TSSinthesystem• FACE::UUID • FACE::Segment=>TSS

TSS(addeddetail) AnabstractforeachTSSinthesystemimplementation,refinedasavirtual bus (forexample)

• FACE::UUID • FACE::Segment=>TSS

UoPtoUoPmessageroute

flow through oneormoreTSSabstract.

• FACE::UUID

I. Routing27) TheFACETechnicalStandardspecifies,butdoesnotrequire,aformalmodelforthe

configurationoftheTSScalledtheIntegrationModel.TheIntegrationModelincludestheroutingofdatabetweenUoPs.WhetherornottheyopttousetheFACETechnicalStandardIntegrationModel,systemintegratorswillhavetoconnectUoPs.Thisannexprovidesastandardstylefortheirinterconnection.a) ThisdocumentsupportsuseoftheFACEIntegrationModelasspecifiedbythe

FACETechnicalStandard.b) Thisdocumentprovidesguidancegenerallyapplicabletoroutingconfigurations.

28) TheFACETechnicalStandardintegrationmetamodelprovidesmechanismsfordescribinginter-UoPcommunication,includingviewtranslation(adaptingadatainterfaceparameterfromoneUoPtoanother).


a) TheentitiesoftheFACETechnicalStandardintegrationmetamodelareshowninFigure6andFigure7.

29) AUoPInstanceisaUoPasusedinanIntegrationModel.AsingleUoPmaybeusedmultipletimesinaFACEIntegrationModel.TheUoPismodeledasathread groupandthread group implementation(s).WhentheUoPisusedasasubcomponent,thesubcomponentactsasaUoPInstance.a) ThisannexdoesnotspecifyanAADLrepresentationoftheIntegrationModelas

awhole.b) Forexample,supposeamessageloggingUoPismodeledasathread group

namedloggerandimplementedasathread group implementationnamedlogger.impl.IftheFACEIntegrationModelcallsforaUoPInstancenamedmy_logger,anAADLsubcomponentoftypelogger.implwithnamemy_loggershouldbeused.

30) TheFACETechnicalStandarddoesnotspecifyorganizationofUoPsintoprocesses.MultipleUoPsmaybemodeledinasingleprocessorinmultipleprocesses.

31) AUoPintheUoPModeldefinesitsUoPConnections.TheseUoPConnectionsaremodeledasportsinthethread grouporthread group implementation.Whenthethread groupusedasasubcomponent,itsportsactasUoPEndPoints.a) AUoPEndPointisafeatureoftheFACETechnicalStandardIntegrationModel

anddescribespartoftheTSSconfiguration.EachUoPEndPointreferstoasingleUoPConnectionthatitservices(seeFigure7).

b) NotethataUoPConnectionisnotequivalenttoanAADLconnection.c) NotethataUoPEndPointisnotdirectlyequivalenttoanAADLport.A

UoPEndPointandaUoPConnectiontogetherdefineanAADLport.d) AADLportscorrespondingtoUoPConnectionsmaybeorganizedinto

feature groups.32) ATSNodeConnectiondescribestheconnectionfromaUoPtotheTSS(notto

anotherUoP)33) ATransportChannelismodeledasanAADLvirtualbustowhicha

ViewTransporterisbound.Forexample,aFACEIntegrationModelmightconfigureaviewtobetransportedbetweenUoPsbyaViewTransporterandadaptedbetweentypesusingaViewTransformation.

34) TheexampleinTable3showsUoPdataroutingthroughaTSS.ConnectionsgofromUoPstoaTSSandflowsdescribedatagoingfromUoPtoUoP.a) TheIntegrationModelaloneisinsufficienttodescribeflowsthattraversemore

thantwoUoPs.TheflowsinTable3includeinformationbeyondthatprovidedintheIntegrationModel.

UoPRoutingthroughTSS

connections AirConfig_To_TSS: port airConfig_PSSS.airconfig_out -> TSS.airconfig_in;

TSS_To_ATC_Port: port TSS.airconfig_out -> atc_PCS.airconfig_in;


ATC_To_TSS: port atc_PCS.adsb_out -> TSS.adsb_in; TSS_To_ADSB: port TSS.adsb_out -> ADSB_PSSS.ATC_Data_in;

flows AirConfig_ETE: end to end flow airconfig_PSSS.AirConfig_Source -> AirConfig_To_TSS ->

TSS.AirConfig_flow -> TSS_To_ATC_Port -> atc_PCS.airconfig_adsb_flow -> ATC_To_TSS -> TSS.adsb_flow -> TSS_To_ADSB -> ADSB_PSSS.ATC_Sink;

Table3ExampleUoPRoutingthroughaTSS

FACEEntity AADLEntity PropertiesIntegrationModel system

implementation• FACE::UUID

FACEEntity AADLEntity PropertiesUoPInstance thread group as

subcomponent• FACE::UUID

UoPOutputEndPoint port on thread

group as subcomponent

• FACE::UUID

TSNodePort port ona TSS abstract

• FACE::UUID

TSNodeConnection connection • FACE::UUID ViewTransporter abstract • FACE::UUID

TransportChannel bus with viewtransporterabstractorviewtransporterrefinement bound toit

• FACE::UUID

ViewFilter,ViewTransformation,ViewAggregation,ViewSource,ViewSink

abstract toberefinedonanimplementation-specificbasis

• FACE::UUID


Figure6FACEIntegrationPackage,extractedfromtheFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0

Figure7FACEIntegrationTransportPackage,extractedfromtheFACETechnicalStandardEdition3.0

J. IOSS35) TheIOSSLayer(bottomofFigure2)providesanAPIbutdoesnothaveaformal

exchangemodel,asIOSScomponentsareinherentlyspecifictoaparticularplatform.


a) IOSScomponentsaremodeledinAADLasabstracts.b) APSSSUoP’suseofIOSSfunctionsismodeledinAADLusingsubprogramcalls.c) ThephysicalcomponenttowhichtheIOSSserviceprovidesaccessismodeledin

AADLasadevice.d) ThebususedbytheIOSSservicetocommunicatewithitsphysicalcomponent(s)

ismodeledinAADLasabus access.FACEEntity AADLEntity PropertiesIOSSService abstract • FACE::UUID

• FACE::Profile • FACE::Segment=>IOSS

IOSSDevice Device • FACE::UUID • FACE::Segment=>IOSS

IOSSBus bus access • FACE::UUID • FACE::Segment=>IOSS

K. FACEHealthMonitoringandFaultManagement(HMFM)36) TheFACEHMFMAPIisasubsetoftheARINC653HMFMAPI,whichisdescribedin

theAADLARINC653annex.

L. FACEProfiles37) TheFACETechnicalStandardprovidesseveraloperatingsystemprofilesdescribing

whichsystemcallsarelegalforaUoC.

M. FACELifecycleManagement38) TheFACELifecycleManagementarchitectureisoutofscopeforthecurrentversion

ofthisdocument,howevertheLifecycleManagementAPIs,States,andTransitionswilllikelytranslatenaturallytotheAADLBehaviorAnnex.

N. FACEArtifactParsingGuide39) TheDataModel,UoPModel,andIntegrationModelareprovidedinastandardized

EMOFformatprovidedinsectionJ.5oftheFACETechnicalStandard.


O. FACEPropertySetpropertysetFACEis Profile:enumeration(security,safety_extended,safety,general)appliesto(all); Tier:typeenumeration(conceptual,logical,platform); UUID:aadlstringappliesto(all); Realization_Tier:FACE::Tierappliesto(all); segment:typeenumeration(PSSS,PCS,IOSS,OSS,TSS); FaceSegment:FACE::segmentappliesto(all);endFACE;

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