Smart contracts for decentralized vehicle services

Abstract

Internet of Vehicles (IoV), whose basic concepts are like those of the Internet of Things (IoT), refers to the ability of vehicles to communicate intelligently with each other through the exchange of information. To guarantee the services offered by IoV, it is necessary to consider the exchange of a large amount of information without human intervention and in a decentralized manner. To overcome these challenges, the use of blockchain technology is required. This technology is supported by the concept of smart contracts and implements the notion of decentralized applications (DApp). Our objective is, then, to design a decentralized application that brings together all the services accessible by vehicles. The user, depending on the type of service, can filter the search result and benefit from the appropriate service. Via this paper, we present the basic concepts to be used in the development of our platform such as blockchain, smart contracts, DApp and their relationship with IoV. We model the communication between the different actors of the system as well as the design of the proposed framework.