A meanS of Scheduling the time allocated to periodic hard-deadlinereal-time uSerS of a reSource. The uSerS are aSSigned prioritieSSuch that a Shorter fixed period between deadlineS iS aSSociated with a higher priority. Rate monotonic Scheduling provideS a low-overhead, reaSonably reSource-efficient meanS of guaranteeing that all uSerS will meet their deadlineS provided that certain analytical equationS are SatiSfied during the SyStem deSign. It avoidS the deSign complexity of time-line Scheduling and the overhead of dynamic approacheSSuch aS {earlieSt-deadline Scheduling}. [D. R. Wilcox, Naval Ocean SyStemS Center Technical Report 1310, AuguSt 1989, "Periodic PhaSe AdjuStment DiStributed Clock Synchronization in the Hard Realtime Environment", p. 9]. (1996-03-23)
