Research projects using RTI DDS

 Real-Time availability of information is of most importance in large scale distributed interactive simulation in network-centric communication. Information generated from multiple federates must be distributed and made available to interested parties and providing the required QoS for consistent communication. The remainder of this Project discusses design alternative for realizing high performance distributed interactive simulation (DIS) application using the OMG Data Distribution Service (DDS), which is a QoS enabled publish/subscribe platform standard for time-critical, data-centric and large scale distributed networks. The considered application, in the civil domain, is used for remote education in driving schools. An experimental design evaluates the bandwidth and the latency performance of DDS and a comparison with the High Level Architecture performance is given

 The Computer Engineering Department in University of Bologna is teaching DDS in its Computer Networks class. The course covers in depth the issues raised by design of typical distributed system services and those supported by the underlying infrastructure, specifically in for heterogeneous distributed systems even those consisting of many nodes.

The objective of this class is to give the ability to analyze the common solutions to problems in distributed systems, and provide the tools to follow the rapid evolution of Information and Communication Technologies, with particular attention to the realities of new developments of Internet services, specifically:

  • Scalability
  • Predictability
  • Concurrency and parallelism
  • Latency constraints
  • Partial Failure
  • Heterogeneity (at different levels)

More details can be seen at: http://www-lia.deis.unibo.it/Courses/RetiLM/Lucidi.html

Course material covering DDS can be found at: http://www-lia.deis.unibo.it/Courses/RetiLM/lucidi/ddsx2.pdf

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The Wireless and Multimedia Networking Lab researches both the DDS technology as well as the use of DDS for demanding real-time applications. We have serveral research areas, including:

  • Use of DDS for multimedia applications, specifically audio and video distribution on disadvantaged links.
  • Scalable discovery protocols for DDS.
  • Deployment and configuration of DDS applications.
  • Integration of DDS with other networking technologies.

See some of our contributions here or visit our website.

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