Designing a simulation so that it can embrace today's simulation architectures and fidelity standards, on current and next generation platforms, is not a trivial exercise. The ever expanding complexity in simulation architectures has left many programs behind as intelligent simulation servers and new design concepts are in active development. DiSTI's Professional Services group has extensive experience in the design and development of distributed simulation architectures and can help assure that your program is not on the wrong path.

DiSTI engineers have designed and implemented many customized simulation architectures for consulting clients around the globe. DiSTI's Professional Services group can work with your model builders to provide a solid architectural basis for a working simulation and let your modeling experts focus on the models themselves while we provide solid infrastructure support.

Simulation Architecture Design & Development

DiSTI Professional Services group can help you with the design and implementation of a high quality simulation architecture that is both extensible and friendly to future expansion with natural technology evolution.

• Design the core architecture for your simulation environment
• Assist in the selection of commercial of the shelf components
• Integrate simulation components into a coherent application
• Design and develop custom data distribution architectures (CORBA / HLA / ActiveX / many others )

Networked Simulation Interface Development

Getting your simulation onto the network and interoperating with other models can be a complex task. Issues ranging from protocol selection/design to the HLA FOM negotiation process are often long drawn out efforts that can damage schedules and trigger cost overruns. There are a variety of technology specific nuances that can become serious problems if you are not aware of them early in the design process.

• DiSTI Professional Service engineers have worked with most of the high quality commercial solutions on the market today. This experience can be utilized to help you get the best fitting product(s) for your simulation without costly delays from weak tools.
• DiSTI Professional Service engineers have designed numerous simulation interface packages that are widely utilized in simulations and commercial simulation products.
• DiSTI has extensive experience in design and development of simulation interface software ranging from the traditional DIS (IEEE 1278.1a) implementations to the more recent High Level Architecture (HLA) requirements.
• Should a traditional network solution not fit your needs, DiSTI can help you to implement a variety of more custom, cost / schedule efficient, dedicated solutions.

Networked Simulation Translation Development (Gateways & Bridges)

The reality of the modern distributed simulation environment is that a multitude of different, incompatible representations may be waiting for you at your next exercise. DiSTI Professional Services group can help you develop strategies for these situations.

The most common solution to many of these problems involves the use of intermediary systems that convert dissimilar representations in real-time. DiSTI can help you determine the best, most efficient choice that is appropriate to your environment.

• Federation (FOM) Gateways
• Runtime Infrastructure (RTI) Bridges
• Custom Protocol Translations (eg DIS to HLA)
• Intelligent Agent Data Routers

While proper use of these technologies can solve many network specific problems, the issue of interoperability goes far beyond simple network connectivity. Let DiSTI's Professional Services group help you make the best connections possible and prevent unforeseen architectural design issues from disrupting your program.