Paper Info
Title
A Framework for Automated Detection of Power-related Software Errors in Industrial Verification Processes
Abstract
The complexity of cell phones is continually increasing, with regards to both hardware and software parts. As many complex devices, their components are usually designed and verified separately by specialized teams of engineers and programmers. However, even if each isolated part is working flawlessly, it often happens that bugs in one software application arise due to the interaction with other modules. Those software misbehaviors become particularly critical when they affect the residual battery life, causing power dissipation. An automatic approach to detect power-affecting software defects is proposed. The approach is intended to be part of a qualifying verification plan and complete human expertise. Motorola, always at the forefront of researching innovations in the product development chain, experimented the approach on a mobile phone prototype during a partnership with Politecnico di Torino. Software errors unrevealed by all human-designed tests have been detected by the proposed framework, two out of three critical from the power consumption point of view, thus enabling Motorola to further improve its verification plans. Details of the tests and experimental results are presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s10836-010-5184-5
J. Electronic Testing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Diagnostics,Evolutionary algorithms,Mobile phones,Power consumption,Software testing,Testing tools
Personal software process,Software quality analyst,Computer science,Software quality control,Electronic engineering,Real-time computing,Software construction,Software verification and validation,Software development,Software framework,Software verification
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
6
0923-8174
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.85
14
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefano Gandini181.25
Walter Ruzzarin281.25
Ernesto Sánchez34911.26
Giovanni Squillero4992103.07
Alberto Tonda51199.86