COURSE OUTLINE

1. Distributed Simulation Fundamentals

• Networked Simulation Environments
• Real-time and Discrete Event Simulation
• Distributed Simulation Models
• Legacy Simulation Architectures
• Entity State/Event Communication
• Dead Reckoning & Coordinate Systems

2. Introduction to the HLA

• Key Ideas, Goals, & Terminology/Related Simulation Design Concepts
• How does HLA relate to other solutions?
• Server based simulation environments
• HLA in web-based courseware

3. Network Architecture Overview

• UDP/IP, TCP/IP, & IP Multicast
• HLA-imposed Network Considerations & Strategies
• Hardware Selection Issues for Networks and Simulation Hosts

4. HLA Object Models (IEEE 1516.2)

• What is a Conceptual Object Model & why is it critical to your program?
• Federation Object Models (FOM)
• How does FOM design relate to implementation cost and runtime performance?
• What are Simulation Object Models (SOM) and how do they relate to FOMs?
• LAB: Object Model Development Tools

5. HLA Federate Implementation Issues

• What are the critical design issues for an HLA Federate?
• Middleware issues in Federate design
• Designing for multiple FOMs?
• What commercial Middleware tools are available? Key selection criteria!

6. HLA Federation Operational Issues

• The FOM is only part of getting a Federation up and running!
• What are the risks/limitations and how to design around them?
• Federation planning and developing operational guidelines

7. Run-time Infrastructure Standards and Software

• Functional View of RTI Software
• RTI v1.3 vs. IEEE 1516.1
• What RTIs are available & how to choose?
• How difficult is it to change RTIs?
• RTI Configuration Issues
• Getting the network to function as planned!
• Lightweight and Connectionless RTI Operating Modes

8. Run-time Infrastructure Services (HLA v1.3 and IEEE 1516.1)

• LAB: Installing & Configuring Your RTI
• Federation Management Services
• LAB: Establishing A Federation Execution
• Declaration Management Services
• LAB: Sending & Receiving Interactions
• Object Management Services / Data Distribution Management
• LAB: Sending & Receiving Objects Attributes
• Time Management Services / Ownership Management Services
• LAB: Transferring Object/Attribute Ownership
• The Management Object Model
• LAB: Integrating Management Functionality Into Your Sim
• Mapping Federates to New FOM Representations

9. Tactical Environments and Servers

• Weapons, Damage, SNE, LOS & others
• Techniques to Support Server Model Integration via HLA and DIS
• Mixing DIS/HLA servers via a Gateway
• Issues and Strategies for Federation Data Collection
• Case Study: Designing a Data Collector!

10. Middleware Design & Integration Strategies

• What is Middleware responsible for? Usually more than you think!
• Supporting multiple FOMs
• Commercial Middleware, selecting a package that is right for you!
• Portability to post-HLA technologies
• Minimize impacts from FOM & infrastructure changes
• Plug-n-play interface strategies
• HLA Compliance and Testing

11. Gateways, Bridges, Interface Types

• Understanding Gateways
• Interface vs. Gateway: Trades & Costs
• What is a HLA Bridge
• The Real-time Platform Reference FOM (RPR-FOM)
• LAB: Planning And Utilization Of Gateway Technologies