Operating systems for low-end smart devices: a survey and a proposed solution framework

Abstract

Everything around us is getting smarter with whole new world of technology called smart device that has changed the way we interact in our daily lives. Smart Devices comprise of both high-end and low-end devices with respect to software and hardware platform. High-End smart devices can run on the conventional OS like Linux though for low-end smart devices it is impossible to run as such because of stringent resource constraints. In this paper, detail survey and comparative analysis of various operating systems available for low-end smart devices is carried out to bring light on their features and potential pitfalls. Furthermore, survey in contour of feedback at various technical institutes is done to gather the research problems faced in context of smart device operating systems. This survey resulted in finding the essential requirements primarily an operating system must meet to run on low-end smart devices. The findings contribute to the proposal of a generic framework for automatically generating application specific lightweight operating system for low-end smart devices.