Transportation Internet: Concepts, Models, and Architectures

TL;DR

This paper introduces the Transportation Internet, applying Internet paradigms to transportation systems, establishing models and architectures, and demonstrating feasibility through prototypes and simulations, aiming to revolutionize future transportation.

Contribution

It is the first to propose the Transportation Internet concept, developing fundamental models and architectures, and validating them with prototypes and simulations.

Findings

Established fundamental models like switching, routing, and hierarchical models.

Proposed new architectures such as transportation routers and software-defined transportation.

Validated feasibility through prototype and simulation results.

Abstract

Disruptive changes in vehicles and transportation have been triggered by automated, connected, electrified and shared mobility. Autonomous vehicles, like Internet data packets, are transported from one address to another through the road network. The Internet has become a general network transmission paradigm, and the Energy Internet is a successful application of this paradigm to the field of energy. By introducing the Internet paradigm to the field of transportation, this paper is the first to propose the Transportation Internet. Based on the concept of the Transportation Internet, fundamental models, such as the switching, routing, and hierarchical models, are established to form basic theories; new architectures, such as transportation routers and software defined transportation, are proposed to make transportation interconnected and open; system verifications, such as prototype and simulation, are also carried out to prove feasibility and advancement. The Transportation Internet, which is of far-reaching significance in science and industry, has brought systematic breakthroughs in theory, architecture, and technology, explored innovative research directions, and provided an Internet-like solution for the new generation of transportation.