An Onboard IoT-Based Communication System for Autonomous Vehicles

Automotive industry is facing multiple challenges in developing future vehicles from the traditional and combustion driven motors to transform them into electric cars, smart cars, and fully Autonomous Vehicles. Two major challenges of the transition regard high-speed computational and communications power onboard the auto platform. This paper proposes a communication platform called SC-Hub that integrates IoT, 5G, Mobile Edge Computing, V ANET, and Special Sensors. The goal is to deliver a fast, reliable, and efficient communications system onboard the smart vehicle, and thus support an Intelligent Transportation System in the fleet. Our solution also supports the Internet of Vehicles where multiple smart vehicles can configure fleets on the road. A preliminary simulation study suggests that an onboard communication hub can dramatically reduce packet retransmissions in fleets while increasing throughput: