DDS

HLA
What is HLA raised to the power of DDS?
 SimWare RTI
where HLA meets DDS
 Simulation today: Use of different standards

 HLA and DIS cover more than the 70%

TENA of the demand. Both are standards
OO design embraced by IEEE and SISO and
Information management known worldwide
Ownership
transfer  These architectures have significant
Save & Restore
overlap in capabilities and
Initialize a Pass interactions requirements
federation
DIS
QOS Support
options Multiple message types
Resign Unreliable
Synchronize Networks

Event CTIA
ordering
Persistent
HLA Database
 An assessment of HLA present capabilities
 A IEEE and NATO (Stanag 4603)
standards
 An accepted standard for
interoperating simulators
 Has meta-data model (OMT)
 Define rules for interoperability
 Many COTS from different
vendors
 Services are part of HLA
 Wire protocol does not exist
 The entire standard tries to
limit communication
 QoS are very limited.
 Lack of plug&play capacities.
 Performance is not enough for
massive data distribution
across heterogeneous
networks.
 API is hard to use
 No security standard
 Model is rigid
 Meet DDS
in simulation
DDS was born in 2003 as the real time backbone in Frigates…
… has now a full spectrum of applications
DDS en otros ámbitos industriales

– In simulation
– In RTES
– In Scada
– In Smart grids
Real time systems in
– In BI
Frigates
– In Medicine

2003 2012
Why use DDS in Simulation?
Data
Data
COMMUNICATION Write
r
Reader

Data Data
Write Reader
r

• DDS is centered in controlling the TOPIC “D”

Data
TOPIC “A”
communication Write
r Data
[DDS Global Data Space] Reader

• HLA tries to minimize the TOPIC “B”

communication. It cannot control it Data

TOPIC “C” Data
Write

•
Write
DIS trust the communication r
r

SCALABILITY and FAULT TOLERANCE

• DDS has automatic discovery, is fully

publish-subscriber, no single point of
failure
• HLA is central server based: scalability
and fault tolerance are difficult
Why use DDS in Simulation?

LESS-THAN-PERFECT COMMUNICATIONS

• DDS has been proved over small

bandwidth (4800 bps in digital network
radios)
• DDS can cope with heterogeneous
networks

REAL TIME SIMULATION

• Military platforms use DDS as the

communication backbone
• Simulating with DDS can incorporate
this data in real time
When worlds collide
 HLA and DDS; DDS and HLA: the odd couple?

SimWare has put

together the
simulation stardard
–HLA- plus the best
communication in
real time –DDS-

The result is called

SimWare RTI
SimWare RTI : The first RTI to join DDS with HLA RTI

 HLA Run Time Infrastructure designed for real time

performance in large federations
 IEEE 1516 HLA API for virtual and live simulations
 Use DDS for Data Distribution  functionality of an
HLA RTI with the features, performance, power and
reliability of OMG DDS standard
 No gateways needed to connect HLA to DDS
 Full HLA services support as required in virtual & live
simulations :
 federation management
 declaration management
 object management
 ownership management
 Try now SimWare RTI 1.2!!!
• Includes complete SimWare 4.2
• Also include the new SimWare RTI 1.2; HLA running over DDS
without data bridges
Please address any questions about this presentation to:

José Ramón Martínez Salio

Technical Presales Director
jrmartinez@nads.es

@NADS_news /NEXTELADS jrmses Nextel Aerospace