IEEE 1516.1:2000

New IEEE Standard - Superseded.
The high level architecture (HLA) has been developed to provide a common architecture for distributed modeling and simulation. The HLA defines an integrated approach that provides a common framework for the interconnection of interacting simulations. This document, the second in a family of three related HLA documents, defines the standard services of and interfaces to the HLA Runtime Infrastructure (RTI). These services are used by the interacting simulations to achieve a coordinated exchange of information when they participate in a distributed federation. The standards contained in this architecture are interrelated and need to be considered as a product set, when changes are made. They each have value independently.

This document defines the interface between federates (simulations, supporting utilities, or interfaces to live systems) and the underlying software services that support inter-federate communication in a distributed simulation domain.
The High Level Architecture (HLA) has been developed to provide a common architecture for distributed, computer-based modeling and simulation. To facilitate inter-federate communications, HLA federates interact with a runtime infrastructure (analogous to a special-purpose distributed operating system) using a standard application program interface. This specification defines the standard services and interfaces to be used by the federates in order to support efficient information exchange when participating in a distributed federation execution. A federation execution occurs when sets of federates are brought together to support an objective.