Witness of Things Blockchain-based distributed decision record-keeping system for autonomous vehicles


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Ayvaz S., Cetin S. C.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT UNMANNED SYSTEMS, cilt.7, sa.2, ss.72-87, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1108/ijius-05-2018-0011
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT UNMANNED SYSTEMS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Communication Abstracts, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-87
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Blockchain, Autonomous driving and communication, Self-driving vehicles, Autonomous vehicles, Vehicular communication networks, SMART, CHALLENGES, INTERNET, NETWORK, SECURE, IOT
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model for autonomous cars to establish trusted parties by combining distributed ledgers and self-driving cars in the traffic to provide single version of the truth and thus build public trust. Design/methodology/approach The model, which the authors call Witness of Things, is based on keeping decision logs of autonomous vehicles in distributed ledgers through the use of vehicular networks and vehicle-to-vehicle/vehicle-to-infrastructure (or vice versa) communications. The model provides a single version of the truth and thus helps enable the autonomous vehicle industry, related organizations and governmental institutions to discover the true causes of road accidents and their consequences in investigations. Findings In this paper, the authors explored one of the potential effects of blockchain protocol on autonomous vehicles. The framework provides a solution for operating autonomous cars in an untrusted environment without needing a central authority. The model can also be generalized and applied to other intelligent unmanned systems. Originality/value This study proposes a blockchain protocol-based record-keeping model for autonomous cars to establish trusted parties in the traffic and protect single version of the truth.