APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING PARTICIPANTS OF A SIMULATION

An apparatus for synchronizing participants of a simulation, including: a plurality of partitions, a backplane, and a synchronizer. Each partition is configured to run a respective simulation participant independently from other simulation participants. The backplane connects the plurality of partitions and is configured to transfer data between the plurality of partitions. The data include time stamps indicating a partition time of a simulation participant on at least one partition. The synchronizer is configured to synchronize the multiple partitions by stopping the running simulation participant of the at least one partition, when a time stamp of the running simulation participant is outside a synchronization window. The synchronization window has a predetermined time length indicating a range of acceptable time stamps (T1, T2) and starts with time (T0) associated with a time stamp of a slowest running simulation participant.