The Research of High Level Data Communication Middleware of Display Cluster Used in Real Time Simulation Environment

Author

Gang Li ; Xinsheng Li

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Fundamental Sci. on Synthetic Vision, Sichuan Univ., Chengdu, China

fYear

2012

fDate

14-16 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

277

Lastpage

280

Abstract

This article describes a middleware used in display cluster of real time visual simulation system. This middleware which based on TCP/IP protocol provides the communication infrastructure for visual simulation system. It provides unified process logic and interfaces for various status and frame data and the packing/unpacking functions of simulation data without concerning the details of the data. We found two classes of display synchronization problems and provided the resolution of them. The middleware provides a group of APIs which hide the details of data packing/unpacking, processing and transmission and meets the requirement of flexibility, efficiency and extensibility. This middleware has been successfully implemented to the display cluster of several tower simulation system.

Keywords

application program interfaces; data communication; digital simulation; local area networks; middleware; rendering (computer graphics); synchronisation; transport protocols; virtual reality; API; Ethernet; TCP/IP protocol; communication infrastructure; data packing-unpacking functions; display cluster; display synchronization problems; frame data; high level data communication middleware; parallel rendering system; real-time simulation environment; real-time virtual simulation system; real-time visual simulation system; tower simulation system; Data models; Protocols; Rendering (computer graphics); Solid modeling; Synchronization; Tiles; Visualization; display cluster; display synchronization; middleware; visual simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT), 2012 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-4879-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PDCAT.2012.128

Filename

6589276