What Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Protocol Data Units (PDU) Should My Australian Defence Force Simulator Have

摘要

In 2003 the author attended the AEW&C Operational Mission System (OMS) simulator preliminary design review. The design for the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) interface on this simulator was not well developed and a significant amount of work was required to bring the AEW&C OMS simulator's DIS interface up to a suitable standard to provide a useful level of interoperability. This report documents the processes used to develop a minimum, basic set of DIS message packets (Protocol Data Units (PDUs)) that should provide sufficient interoperability to enable the (or any other ADF) simulator to participate in a DIS, Wide Area Network, training exercise at the time the simulator is accepted by the ADF without expensive after acceptance modification. Although used for the AEW&C OMS simulator the recommended, base, minimum set of DIS PDUs is not directed at any particular platform or project and is meant to be the generic starting point for any ADF simulator DIS interface. An analysis of platform specific functionality would also be required to provide additional platform specific DIS PDUs.