Trends in Architecture and Middleware of Radio Telescope Control System

Table 2

Middleware framework used by major radio telescope.

Name	Diameter	Country	Middleware
LMT	1 × 50	Mexico	CORBA
TMRT	1 × 65	China	ICE
ALMA	66 × 12	Chile	ACS
SRT	1 × 64	Italy	ACS
FAST	1 × 500	China	CORBA + EPICS
ASKAP	36 × 12	Australia	ICE + EPICS
GMRT	30 × 45	India	Tango
SKA	—	—	Tango

CORBA : Common Object Request Broker Architecture; ICE : Internet Communications Engine; EPICS : Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System; ACS : ALMA Control System.