CONVERGE -- Future IRS-Infrastructures as Open Service Networks

TL;DR

This paper presents the design of an open, secure, and flexible Car2X communication network architecture for intelligent transport systems, enabling dynamic, cross-border integration of various service providers and actors.

Contribution

It introduces a novel service-oriented architecture for publishing and discovering transport services based on geographical and organizational contexts.

Findings

Design of a flexible Car2X network architecture

Integration of diverse service providers and actors

Focus on secure, decentralized, cross-border communication

Abstract

In the past years there has been significant progress in Intelligent Transport Systems in the domains of traffic management, driver assistance and driver information. Within the German research project COmmunication Network VEhicle Road Global Extension (CONVERGE), a system architecture for the flexible interaction between different service providers and communication network operators will be designed and implemented, called Car2X Systems Network architecture. The Car2X Systems Network will establish a completely new open communication-, services-, and organization architecture that reflects state of the art communication technologies and IT security. Through well-defined access methods, service providers like traffic control centers or vehicle manufacturers can be integrated into the open and secure system network. The ultimate goal is the decentralized and dynamic coupling of all systems and actors across national and organizational borders. This paper is focusing on the requirements and the concept of a service-oriented architecture for publishing and finding services inside the system with intelligent information distribution based on geographical and organizational conditions.