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Are Distributed Ledger Technologies Ready for Smart Transportation Systems?

Year: 2020

Type: preprint

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to understand whether Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) are ready to support complex services, such as those related to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). In smart transportation services, a huge amount of sensed data is generated by a multitude of vehicles. While DLTs provide very interesting features, such as immutability, traceability and verifiability of data, some doubts on the scalability and responsiveness of these technologies appear to be well-founded. We propose an architecture for ITS that resorts to DLT features. Moreover, we provide experimental results of a real test-bed over IOTA, a promising DLT for IoT. Results clearly show that, while the viability of the proposal cannot be rejected, further work is needed on the responsiveness of DLT infrastructures.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2001.09018

Authors: Zichichi, Mirko, Ferretti, Stefano, D'Angelo, Gabriele

Institution: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3002139075

Cites: 18

Cited by: 1

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