OpenSplice | DDS

OpenSplice DDS

Angelo CORSARO, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer
OMG DDS Sig Co-Chair
PrismTech
angelo.corsaro @prismtech.com
 PrismTech
A privately-held UK Company with

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Worldwide operations

Specialized in High Performance

OpenSplice DDS

Communication Middleware and

Tools

R&D Centres in Canada, France,

Netherlands, and UK

A Gartner “Cool Vendor”

 DDS Everywhere Platform
A DDS-based, interoperable

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product family addressing
systems needs from Embedded
and Mobile to Enterprise and
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Cloud

An Open Source core providing

free access to the OpenSplice
Ecosystem, security of supply and
a vibrant, innovative community
 DDS Everywhere!
Embedded JVM
OpenSplice DDS

DDS
Enterprise OS
MQTT, AMQP,
JMS, REST,
....

RTOS
Embedded OS
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Use Cases
 Defense and Aerospace

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OpenSplice DDS

Integrated Modular Vetronics Training & Simulation Systems Naval Combat Systems

Air Traffic Control & Management Unmanned Air Vehicles Aerospace Applications
 Commercial Applications

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OpenSplice DDS

Agricultural Vehicle Systems Large Scale SCADA Systems Smart Cities

Train Control Systems Complex Medical Devices High Frequency Auto-Trading

 Defense & Aerospace
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Thales Naval Netherlands

TACTICOS Combat Management System

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OpenSplice DDS used at core of THALES
TACTICOS Combat Management System
Deployed in 18 navies on 100+ ships ranging
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from small frigates to aircraft carriers

OpenSplice DDS used to distribute soft &
hard real-time sensor and actuator data
Thales Naval Netherlands has depended on
OpenSplice DDS and its previous
implementations of over 20 years in their
Combat Management Systems
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Nexter
Armoured Vehicle Systems

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Nexter manufactures Armored Vehicle for
Infantry Combat systems which are used in
more than 100 countries worldwide
OpenSplice DDS is used at the foundation of
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the Electronics Architecture for Next

Generation Military Vehicle
OpenSplice DDS is the core for the Integrated
Modular Vetronics to assure Vehicle re-
configuration options and Fault Resilience
Tactical Data Distribution using both
OpenSplice DCPS Publish Subscribe and
OpenSplice RMI (Remote Method Invocation)
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UAV Programs
OpenSplice used in the UAV in-flight mission

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management systems
Provides a Distributed Data Service for over
2,000 sensor targets
OpenSplice DDS Federated (Shared Memory)
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architecture enables traffic shaping over low-

bandwidth environments
Federated Shared Memory also provides
optimal memory management, ensuring that
only a single copy of data resides on any
given machine. Memory management is a
key considerations for these UAV programs
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NASA KSC
Constellation program

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Large scale SCADA application for
ground launch control
OpenSplice DDS monitors thousands of
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sensors and electronic systems for next

generation space vehicle programs
NASA using OpenSplice to monitor and
“roll back” data points to identify
problems with launch control systems
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Naval Navigation Systems

Used in sonars and navigation systems for

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naval forces
OpenSplice DDS selected in order to
deliver system long term availability and
reliability
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OpenSplice enables the system to create

redundant navigation data and
environment dataflows
OpenSplice DDS Real-Time Network
Protocol is used to deliver the high
performance data distribution
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Battlefield Tracking System

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The mission critical real-time tracking
system uses OpenSplice DDS in order to
monitor objects on the battlefield
Provides key decision makers with quality
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track information to support situational

awareness and time-critical targeting
OpenSplice DDS locational decoupling
allowing the system to scale in order to
meet various deployment configurations
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Simulation
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Military Training Simulations

OpenSplice DDS used for Weapon

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Simulation Training systems
Metrics from small training arms are
wirelessly transmitted to simulation
OpenSplice DDS

servers during live training exercises

Metrics are collected to provide real-
time diagnostics to simulation servers
OpenSplice DDS used to link to
several HLA Based systems to form a
network of simulators
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Nextel NADS
Nextel Aerospace Defence & Security

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Nextel Aerospace Defence & Security
(NADS) is a leading European company
providing Innovative Simulation and Net-
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Centric solutions for military & aerospace

market
OpenSplice DDS is used within the
SimWare real time simulation framework
and is foreseen as the replacement of
the HLA communication technology
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Smart Cities
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City of Nice -- France

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 City Service ‐ Architecture

Urbiotica 
APPLICATIONS
User, City agent
Urbiotica MESH network

City Message BUS – Opensplice DDS Data 

warehouse

Esper – Park 
systems
Existing 

Control
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Smart-Grids
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Grand Coulee Dam

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The Grand Coulee Dam is the largest
hydro-electric power plant in the United
States
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The dam network connects a 40,000-

point SCADA system controlling 30
generators and the transmission
switchyard
In September 2011 USACE successfully
deployed using OpenSplice DDS
 Grand Coulee Dam
OpenSplice DDS is used as the

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communication mechanism for
the Generic Data Acquisition and
Control System (GDACS)

The dam network connects a 40,000+

OpenSplice DDS

point SCADA system controlling 30

generators and the transmission
switchyard

OpenSplice DDS was selected because

of its unique scalability, determinism,
and robustness in presence of overload
situations
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Cool Vehicles
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Agricultural Vehicle Systems

GPS data correction to improve accuracy
enabling automated steering, precision

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ploughing, seeding, fertilizing and spraying
Tethered control between combine harvester
and grain cart enabling unloading on-the-go
OpenSplice DDS is used to distribute data
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between the components inside the

Combine system
Communications between the Combine and
the Grain Carts is made possible using the
OpenSplice DDS DDSI network protocol
The OpenSplice Unicast networking capability
allows OpenSplice DDS to run over ad-hoc
wireless networks
 Race Car Video Feed

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Successfully proved
OpenSplice DDS for
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distributing racing car

video
 Transportation
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CoFlight
EU Air Traffic Control
Large ATM program to replace existing Flight
Data Processors (FDPs)

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OpenSplice DDS connects the most critical
components of the CoFlight FDP running at a
SWAL-2 assurance level
OpenSplice DDS distributes and caches 6GBytes
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worth of flights data plans over redundant LANs

OpenSplice DDS distributes the “external” Flight
Data Plan to Controllers, Control Towers, etc.
OpenSplice DDS Gateway provides
interoperability with other Interoperable Centers
Pan-European
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Train Control System

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Scalable train control system for
country-wide route setting processes
OpenSplice DDS

Hierarchical distributed control-system

with WAN and LAN scope
OpenSplice chosen over other
messaging technologies for its real-
time characteristics as well as
scalability
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Medical
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Complex Medical Devices

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OpenSplice is used in technologically
advanced scanning and treatment
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devices
OpenSplice monitors sensors within the
devices in real-time
OpenSplice data logging and advanced
networking capabilities seen as key
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Financial
 High Frequency Auto-
Trading
OpenSplice DDS used as

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ultra-low latency
infrastructure in High-
Frequency Auto-Trading to:
OpenSplice DDS

Distribute Market Data

Distribute and share financial
instruments among auto-
trading components
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