FUTURE OF LVC SIMULATION EVOLVING TOWARDS THE MSaaS CONCEPT

Jose-Ramon Martinez-Salio

Jose-Maria Lopez

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A new Disruption is arriving : usingSimulation as Services

Simulation forIndividual training

Simulationfor TeamTraining

Simulationfor JointTraining

Simulation

for Concept-Design& Experimentation(CD&E)

(M&S as a

Service or

MSaaS)

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But Simulation Architectures are not disrupting…

Propietary Architecture

Stand-aloneSimulator

(Individual Training)

DIS, HLA, TENA

Federation of stand-aloneSimulators

(TeamTraining)

Gateways

Live-Virtual-Constructive(LVC) Federation

(Joint Training and CD&E)

Network-ConnectedSimulators

(MSaaS)

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Simulation systems are still design to work standalone,

Existing simulation standards were not designed with a System of

Systems (SoS) approach.

Interoperability is limited and only at a system level at best

The Challenges

Run over any available platform

24x7 availability

Quick scenario set-up

Over any kind of network

Fast availability

Easy search (indexing&tagging)

Seamless integration

No error allowed in client side

In integration

In operation

MSaaS will change the way we build M&S Systems

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Concept is close to (or inspired

by) “apps” in smart-phones

Sim apps as black-boxes:

users don´t need to know

about:

Security

How the services are

implemented

How to interoperate everything

Certification of Assets : users

got what was promised

The Quest for MSaaS : Looking for the M&S Apps Store

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A platform to support the

deployment of Simulation services

in the cloud must be created

Simulation Assets must evolve to a

Cloud Architecture

New business models must be

implemented

What we need to use Sim Assets in the Cloud?

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Here, we will take a look only

in the technical issues

A Big Chasm to cross before to goto MSaaS

Number of features

Level of Net-Centricity

Net-Centric

Simulator

Improving

capabilities

going to the

Cloud

What should be…

Stand-alone

Simulator

Simulator in a

HLA/DIS Fed

Many

restrictions

because of

gateways

But now we have …

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Technical Challenge to solve : Simulation Architectures

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Simulators withdifferent architectures

and protocols

Federation of Simulations

With existing

architectures even

simple federations

are complex.

Gateway

How to solve the problem : Goingbeyond actual sim architectures

InstructorStation

Simulation Network Build your assets with an

Open Architecture to avoidgateways

Design with Data-Centricarchitecture

Encapsulate the standardsinto the platform

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Sim Models

Image Generator

SimEngine

Cockpit

Open platform

InstructorStation

Sim Models

Cockpit

Image Generator

InstructorStation

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Using a Layered Simulation Architecture (LSA) for MSaaS

Layered SimulationArchitecture

C2SIM

DISHLA Converging multiple

standards in one commonplatfform.

Leveraging a standard well known in operationalsystems : OMG DDS (Data DistributionServices)

Improving integrabilityand interoperability withcommon services

LSA is trying to provide a solutionto pains found on LVCAR

Gateway solutions are

difficult to develop, upgrade

and maintain

Lack of Convergence of

Simulation Architectures

Lack of common data models,

protocols and data distribution

mechanisms

Performance requisites are

not guaranteed

Lack of plug&play capability

Proprietary Architectures of

the simulators

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LSA follows an open innovationapproach to solve LVCAR pains

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Main reasons to use SISO LSA as a Platform for MSaaS

Provides a SoS architecture

Provides a common platform to cohabitatedifferent standards

Leverage Object Modeling Group (OMG) DDS standard, to have an open wire protocolfor simulation

Layered architecture can provide a commonplatform to the services in the Cloud

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Others reasons to use SISO LSA as a Platform for MSaaS

OMG DDS is useful in any kind of network and condition. It is availablein almost any type of Operating System, platform and network.

DDS can make easier the integrationof Live assets, because DDS is already in use in many operational systems.

We can have also a solution to the thesecurity challenge, using securityprofile in OMG DDS std.

Where are we now with LSA?

Nominating standard at SISO by LSA Study Group. Final report

and Product Nomination (PN) available at SISO reflector.

Several use cases already available, see references in paper.

PN’s plan is to have a first draft of the standard at the end of 2015

and a full mapping with HLA and DIS at the end of 2016.

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QUESTIONS?

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