A Side Chain Consensus-Based Decentralized Autonomous Vehicle Group Formation and Maintenance Method in a Highway Scene

【Author】 Cheng, JiuJun; Xu, Guowang; Yuan, Guiyuan; Yang, Lu; Huang, Zhenhua; Huang, Chenxi; de Albuquerque, Victor Hugo C.

【Source】IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS

【影响因子】11.648

【Abstract】Forming a stable autonomous vehicle group is extremely challenging in a highway scene that has several entrances and exits. Existing studies focus on centralized autonomous vehicle groups with leading nodes. Such groups suffer from unbalanced computing tasks, asymmetric information, and weak stability. This article introduces a side chain consensus-based decentralized autonomous vehicle group formation method in a highway scene. First, we side chain consensus to describe states of autonomous vehicles. Then, we give decentralized autonomous vehicle group formation and maintenance methods based on side chain consensus. Finally, we conduct simulations to evaluate the quality of side chain consensus and stability of vehicle groups, which shows that our method has better properties in the balance of computing tasks, information symmetry, and stability than existing methods.

【Keywords】Autonomous vehicles; Blockchains; Road transportation; Task analysis; Maintenance engineering; Informatics; Stability criteria; Autonomous vehicle group; block chain; decentralization; highway scene; side chain consensus

【发表时间】2022 DEC

【收录时间】2022-10-17

【文献类型】实验仿真

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区块链技术-核心技术-共识机制