We consider a component to be an encapsulated hardware-software unit that can be used as a building block in the construction of a larger system and that delivers a specified service across a component interface. The problem of composition of a set of components can be broken down into the following two subproblems, the composition of the component services and the incorporation of the components into an integrated software/hardware architecture. We focus on the problem of component service composition
['Hermann Kopetz']
Composition of component services