Autonomous Driving as System of Systems: roadmap for accelerating development

Driving automation is probably the most trending research topic at the current time, with huge investments from governments, research centers, and private companies. The majority of the current research and development in this area is focused towards autonomous driving capabilities in a mixed environment. Having a reference model of what land transportation would look like once fully automated is challenging due to the complexity of such system, but important nonetheless for any planning activities in order to avoid wasting time and effort, and to accelerate the transition towards a fully autonomous transportation SoS. In this paper, we model land transportation SoS, propose an internet-inspired reference model for autonomous driving, and a roadmap for accelerating its development.