2019/01/18 by Michael Kuperberg, Kuperberg, Michael, Daniel Kindler +3 · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · #68M14 #Digital Platforms and Economics #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Electrical engineering #Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Parallel #Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1901.06236
openalex publication_date 2019/01/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Conventional railway operations employ specialized software and hardware to\nensure safe and secure train operations. Track occupation and signaling are\ngoverned by central control offices, while trains (and their drivers) receive\ninstructions. To make this setup more dynamic, the train operations can be\ndecentralized by enabling the trains to find routes and make decisions which\nare safeguarded and protocolled in an auditable manner. In this paper, we\npresent the findings of a first-of-its-kind blockchain-based prototype\nimplementation for railway control, based on decentralization but also ensuring\nthat the overall system state remains conflict-free and safe. We also show how\na blockchain-based approach simplifies usage billing and enables a\ntrain-to-train/machine-to-machine economy. Finally, first ideas addressing the\nuse of blockchain as a life-cycle approach for condition based monitoring and\npredictive maintenance in train operations are outlined.\n