The TMO Scheme for Wide-Area Distributed Real-Time Computing and Distributed Time-Triggered Simulation

Some parts of our recent efforts on establishing a technical foundation for wide-area distributed real-time computing (DRC) and distributed time-triggered simulation (DTS) are briefly reviewed. The basic building-block of our technology framework is the time- triggered message-triggered object (TMO) specification and programming scheme. The TMO scheme for local-area DRC has been established in a sound form and its practicality and attractiveness have been extensively demonstrated. However, its extension to fit into wide-area-network based DRC is in an early stage. The distributed time-triggered simulation (DTS) scheme is a new type of an approach to real-time simulation based on parallel/distributed computing. The TMO scheme facilitates DTS in efficient forms. Recent developments in TMO-structured wide-area DRC and DTS and the supporting tools are briefly reviewed.