SMADS - An ITS in a Wide-Area Public Transportation Network

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an untraditional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) that deploys in a wide-area public transportation network. Based on emerging digitalized supply chain service (including logistics), peer-to-peer/ad-hoc network, blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, our proposed SMADS system has these new features and advantages compared to traditional transportation systems: self-organizing, multi-relayed, across-strangers, decentralized, and sharing-economy-based. We identify two essential requirements for this network system — availability and reliability. To meet these requirements, we compare this network system with existing similar ones and pinpoint two major technical challenges — connectivity/routing maintenance and trust management. We apply latest development in technologies in above-mentioned areas to design solutions to address these challenges. The resulted system can operate on top of existing multiple separate segments of transportation links to form a wide-area transportation network, which enlarges services with low cost. Additionally, the notion has potential application in a wide range of various services. We hope to bring this to readers’ attention for further discussion and improvement.

Keywords: Blockchain, Connectivity, ITS, Network, Routing.

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