User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement

Jisu Kwon; Moon Gi Seok; Daejin Park

doi:10.1109/COOLCHIPS49199.2020.9097638

User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement

Jisu Kwon
, Moon Gi Seok
, Daejin Park

Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Kyungpook National University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

Abstract

In applications where firmware updates are frequent, such as edge devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks with embedded systems, the update process is considered a significant role in improving device performance. This paper proposed a user insensible sliding firmware update technique based on a function block that reduces flash memory usage by handling only part of function blocks instead of the entire firmware, and device's pause time by allowing the user to use the device between function block updates. The proposed technique was evaluated using the target board with the actual ARM core. As a result, the flash memory usage overhead was reduced by 63.64%, paused minimum time was reduced by 79.98% at once update process, and energy consumption reduced by 78.78%. We show that user insensible sliding firmware update has great potential for implementing IoT networks that change behavior quickly by being aware of the environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728163475
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COOLCHIPS49199.2020.9097638
State	Published - Apr 2020
Event	23rd IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Kokubunji, Japan Duration: 15 Apr 2020 → 17 Apr 2020

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Name	IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings

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Conference	23rd IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kokubunji
Period	15/04/20 → 17/04/20

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

embedded system
firmware update
flash memory
linker script
memory map

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Kwon, J., Seok, M. G., & Park, D. (2020). User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement. In IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings Article 9097638 (IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/COOLCHIPS49199.2020.9097638

Kwon, Jisu ; Seok, Moon Gi ; Park, Daejin. / User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement. IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. (IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings).

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Kwon, J, Seok, MG & Park, D 2020, User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement. in IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings., 9097638, IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 23rd IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020, Kokubunji, Japan, 15/04/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/COOLCHIPS49199.2020.9097638

User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement. / Kwon, Jisu; Seok, Moon Gi; Park, Daejin.
IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9097638 (IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips and Systems, COOL CHIPS 2020 - Proceedings).

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User Insensible Sliding Firmware Update Technique for Flash-Area/Time-Cost Reduction toward Low-Power Embedded Software Replacement

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