Framework to Enable Scalable and Distributed Application Development

In real-time middleware, latency is a critical aspect. When the input rate exceeds a certain threshold, queuing will result in an exponentially increasing delay. Distributed computing enables scaling so that this growing latency is kept at a constant minimum. When developing a generic framework, redundancy, platform independency, fault tolerance and transparency are important features that need to be taken care of. The authors’ test case, a localization system that is used to track multiple objects, is an example of such a heavy loaded and latency critical system. This specific test case requires that the framework quickly scales and reacts to changing loads, making this research challenging and innovative.