HLA Evolved – A Summary of Major Technical Improvements.pdfVIP

HLA Evolved – A Summary of Major Technical Improvements Björn Möller Katherine L Morse Mike Lightner Reed Little Robert Lutz bjorn.moller@pitch.se katherine.l.morse@ MLightner@ little@ robert.lutz@ Keywords: HLA Evolved, FOM Modules, Web Services, Fault Tolerance, DLC, RTI ABSTRACT: “HLA Evolved ” is the code name for the new version of the High Level Architecture that is expected to be completed in late 2008. This version gives developers and users of distributed simulation a large number of new development, deployment and net centric capabilities. While the new HLA version contains hundreds of updates, this paper focuses on the major technical improvements. Some comments on migration are also given. This paper looks at the following topics: - Modular federation object models (FOMs) and simulation object models (SOMs) make it possible to maintain HLA object models in a more flexible and scalable way, to separate local extensions from standardized models, to support partial federation agreements and even to gradually extend the object model of long - running federations. - Web Services support through the new Web Services Description Language application program interface