Consistent Distributed Computing Platform

The main purpose of the TTA is to provide a consistent distributed computing base to all correct nodes in order that reliable distributed applications can be built with manageable effort.

Unification of Interfaces - Temporal Firewalls

A good architecture must be based on a small number of orthogonal concepts that are reused in many different situations. The effort needed for understanding complex systems is reduced. The control error propagation is eliminated by design through temporal firewalls.

Scalability

A time-triggered archicture is intended for the design of complex distributed real-time applications. The effort needed to understand a particular system function is independent of the system size. Therefore a complex system that supports many different functions can be constructed most efficiently.

System Integration and Composability

In order to implement a communication architecture in a highly efficient way, the system needs to support composability. Composability allows changing a control unit without influencing the function of other control units. When a component is integrated, no testing of the complete system is needed because reliable tests of the components are sufficient. Composability involves no changes of the system's behavior if the complete system or a single part is in operation. Composability is one of the basic properties of a time-triggered archicture.