@conference {Gianni2012,
	title = {A model-based Signal-In-Space interface specification to support the design of Galileo receivers},
	booktitle = {6th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies: Multi-GNSS Navigation Technologies Galileo{\textquoteright}s Here, NAVITEC 2012 and European Workshop on GNSS Signals and Signal Processing},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 1},
	abstract = {The design and development of Galileo receivers will be a key factor to determine the market approach and penetration. The massive use of the Galileo services will be impacted, as well as the estimated economical return of the Galileo linked activities. In general, GNSS receivers use similar mathematical models for the computation of the global positioning from a standard parameter set. However, receivers design and implementation solutions are often inherently dependent on the specific parameter representations defined in the Signal-In-Space (SIS) interface specifications. In this paper, we introduce Interface Communication Modeling Language (ICML) as a model-based approach for the SIS interface specification to support the engineering of Galileo receivers. We argue that a model-based specification can potentially bring several technical benefits to the design of Galileo receivers, including support for specification communication among stakeholders, reuse and adaptation of existing GPS software and chipsets, and receiver-side multi GNSS interoperability, for example. As a result, a model-based SIS interface specification can contribute to increase the use of the Galileo services by reducing the impact of the technical factors leading to the extra costs. In the paper, we present the overall layout of the ICML language and preliminary applications. In particular, we present a simplified excerpt of a Galileo-like SIS specification and functional schema of GNSS receivers and show how the ICML-based specification can support the design of Galileo receivers. An important caveat: no endorsement is made for the use of the ICML language for the official Galileo SIS interface specification. {\textcopyright} 2012 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Communication, Computer software reusability, Design, GALILEO, Global positioning system, Information theory, Interface control documents, Interface specification, Mathematical models, Model-based systems engineering, Receivers (containers), Signal processing, Signal receivers, Specifications, SysML, Technology, UML},
	isbn = {9781467320115},
	doi = {10.1109/NAVITEC.2012.6423066},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874274251\&partnerID=40\&md5=c5bbcc7395ef038a87c8dcbae3e8f360},
	author = {Gianni, D. and Lisi, M. and De Simone, P. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Luglio, M.}
}
@conference {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio2007210,
	title = {Software technologies for the interoperability and reusability of distributed simulators},
	booktitle = {SISO European Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2007, EURO SIW 2007},
	year = {2007},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {210-219},
	abstract = {Giving interoperability and reusability capabilities to distributed simulators is fundamental to the widespread use of distributed simulation. The HLA standard has introduced considerable improvements with respect to previous standards, though it suffers from shortcomings such as (1) lack of interoperability among different IEEE-compliant implementations, (2) no support to the adaptation and integration of individual federates and (3) poor reusability, which is limited to entire federates only. In this paper, we present two independent technologies that overcome such shortcomings. The first technology consists of a CORBA-HLA architecture that overcomes limitation (1), the second technology is a new development framework called SimJ that overcomes limitations (2) and (3). The CORBA-HLA architecture decouples federates from the specific HLA implementation so that federates can be effortlessly run on top of any HLA implementation that exposes services through an IEEE-complaint IDL interface. The SimJ framework eases the development of individual federates by providing a uniform and standard interface for local and distributed simulators, and makes it possible the reuse of components smaller than entire federates in both local and distributed simulators.},
	keywords = {Adaptability, Common object request broker architecture (CORBA), Computer architecture, Computer software reusability, Distributed simulations, Framework, HLA, Interoperability, Middleware, Reusability, Simulators, Software technology, Standard interface, Technology},
	isbn = {9781615671700},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84865354509\&partnerID=40\&md5=3cad39842c91176c439ae7bf7e6b17a1},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Gianni, D. and Iazeolla, G.}
}
