"Rune Allnor" <[email protected]> writes:

> On 22 Mar, 15:11, Randy Yates <y...@ieee.org> wrote:
>> "Rune Allnor" <all...@tele.ntnu.no> writes:
>> > On 22 Mar, 14:24, Randy Yates <y...@ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>> >> In my opinion any discussion of latency should be removed from the
>> >> definition of "real-time." These are two "orthogonal" concepts.
>>
>> > Interesting. Could you elaborate?
>>
>> A real-time system is a system that has a period and a well-defined
>> maximum amount of work to be done in that period and that can perform
>> that amount of work in that period.
>>
>> Latency is input to output delay.
>
> Ah, right. So a TV set is a real time system because of the
> frame rate, and all the work that needs to be done between
> frames. A satellite TV system is also restricted by the
> frame rate; the two-way travel time back and forth to the
> satellite doesn't affect that.

Precisely.

> Yes, I think you are right.

Thank you.
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