Building on the Realtime Platform Reference and EnviroFed FOMs
Abstract
Since the inception of HLA, there has been much discussion on how to create interoperable federates. Much of the early HLA work focused on creating new federations starting from scratch. In practice, this is rarely the case. Creating a federation is a labor- and money-intensive process. This paper discusses the approach used to create a new federation using existing federates with different FOMs. Our approach draws on the work performed by the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Reference FOM Study Group and the SISO's ongoing Base Object Models Study Group. Under DTRA sponsorship, ITT and Litton/TASC created a new federation and resulting FOM using the Nuclear, Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Environment Server (NCBR) and Ocean, Atmosphere, and Space Environmental Services (OASES meteorological server). The NCBR and OASES use the SISO Real-time Platform Reference and DMSO's EnviroFed FOMs, respectively. The merged FOM allows the NCBR and OASES to maintain their current level of interoperability with other federates while adding the new capability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA529695
Entities
People
- Dennis L. Jones
- James Gerding
- Michael J. O’connor
- Robert A. Reynolds
Organizations
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency