Real-Time CORBA

This paper presents a survey of results in developing Real-Time CORBA, a st andard for rear-time management of distributed objects. This paper includes background on two areas that have been combined to realize Rear-Time CORBA : the CORBA standards that have been produced by the international Object M anagement Group; and techniques for distributed real-time computing that ha ve been produced in the research community. The survey describes major RT C ORBA research efforts, commercial development efforts, and standardization efforts by the Object Management Group.