# Internet of Autonomous Vehicles: Architecture, Features, and Socio-Technological Challenges

## TL;DR

This paper introduces the Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (IoAV), a new network paradigm that enhances connectivity, performance, and societal integration of autonomous vehicles through innovative architecture and enabling technologies.

## Contribution

It proposes a novel layered architecture for IoAV, discusses its features and applications, and evaluates its performance improvements over existing systems.

## Key findings

- Significant reduction in transmission time
- Lower energy consumption in IoAV architecture
- Enhanced connectivity for autonomous vehicles

## Abstract

Mobility is the backbone of urban life and a vital economic factor in the development of the world. Rapid urbanization and the growth of mega-cities is bringing dramatic changes in the capabilities of vehicles. Innovative solutions like autonomy, electrification, and connectivity are on the horizon. How, then, we can provide ubiquitous connectivity to the legacy and autonomous vehicles? This paper seeks to answer this question by combining recent leaps of innovation in network virtualization with remarkable feats of wireless communications. To do so, this paper proposes a novel paradigm called the Internet of autonomous vehicles (IoAV). We begin painting the picture of IoAV by discussing the salient features, and applications of IoAV which is followed by a detailed discussion on the key enabling technologies. Next, we describe the proposed layered architecture of IoAV and uncover some critical functions of each layer. This is followed by the performance evaluation of IoAV which shows the significant advantage of the proposed architecture in terms of transmission time and energy consumption. Finally, to best capture the benefits of IoAV, we enumerate some social and technological challenges and explain how some unresolved issues can disrupt the widespread use of autonomous vehicles in the future.