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IoT driven technology: V2V Delay tolerant data distribution product analysis for a connected vehicle startup
| Resumo: | Internet of Things (IoT) is a connected network of devices that communicate seamlessly with each other, with the ability to share data without requiring human interaction. IoT applied in vehicles is the basis for the development of smart cities and a future where vehicles are constantly connected and communicating with each other via V2V, either via Wi-Fi, DSRC, broadband cellular networks (that include 5G) and CV2X. So, mobility is reshaping towards a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) business, soon expected to be fully CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrical) increasing its safety and passengers’ quality of experience since fewer tasks are expected from the driver. Veniam, an 8-year old tech startup, emerges as the creator of the “Internet of Moving Things” levering the available Wi-Fi networks in vehicular communication, allowing cost-effective results for the increasing data needs. Albeit the industry has no clear path on how the vehicles will communicate, currently it is highly dependent on costly cellular solutions (3G/4G). This dissertation focuses on analysing one of Veniam’s technological products: V2V Delay Tolerant for non-safety applications. As the current market focuses on high-priority safety applications using mainly cell communications, Veniam possesses a temporary competitive advantage, since there is not yet a lot of research done in the field. Hence, an extensive product analysis is made. For the theoretical part, together with the literature review on most recent technologies for the vehicle communication system and connectivity, a critical market analysis is performed related to the automotive landscape, vehicle connectivity data needs, data costs and where Veniam positions itself among the competitors, understanding the current trends, needs, and requirements both for the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end-customers. For the practical part, a vehicular simulation using Julia (.jl) is carried to understand the impact of the file size, chunking and seeding strategies on the behavior of the V2V Offload (%) and adaptability to the product, where the experiments were carried both for file fragmentation and replication. To compile the insights from the theoretical and practical aspects, the results are showcased in a data visualisation PowerBI dashboard. The retrieved results were used to test if there is an actual market fit for the Veniam’s V2V solution, where the conclusions are encouraging since it was proved that the technology is capable of fulfilling delay-tolerant use cases. Overall, the thesis states that for V2V Delay Tolerant applications, the Wi-Fi leveraging of underused capacity in the product highly satisfies the stakeholders’ needs, both efficiency and costly wise, being advised to Veniam constant research around this ingenious topic to maintain a sustained competitive advantage. |
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| Autores principais: | Martins, Mariana Sampaio Osório Costa |
| Assunto: | Content distribution Delay tolerant Internet of things Over the air Vehicle-to-vehicle Através do ar Internet das coisas Veículo-para-veículo Tolerante a atrasos |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Internet of Things (IoT) is a connected network of devices that communicate seamlessly with each other, with the ability to share data without requiring human interaction. IoT applied in vehicles is the basis for the development of smart cities and a future where vehicles are constantly connected and communicating with each other via V2V, either via Wi-Fi, DSRC, broadband cellular networks (that include 5G) and CV2X. So, mobility is reshaping towards a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) business, soon expected to be fully CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrical) increasing its safety and passengers’ quality of experience since fewer tasks are expected from the driver. Veniam, an 8-year old tech startup, emerges as the creator of the “Internet of Moving Things” levering the available Wi-Fi networks in vehicular communication, allowing cost-effective results for the increasing data needs. Albeit the industry has no clear path on how the vehicles will communicate, currently it is highly dependent on costly cellular solutions (3G/4G). This dissertation focuses on analysing one of Veniam’s technological products: V2V Delay Tolerant for non-safety applications. As the current market focuses on high-priority safety applications using mainly cell communications, Veniam possesses a temporary competitive advantage, since there is not yet a lot of research done in the field. Hence, an extensive product analysis is made. For the theoretical part, together with the literature review on most recent technologies for the vehicle communication system and connectivity, a critical market analysis is performed related to the automotive landscape, vehicle connectivity data needs, data costs and where Veniam positions itself among the competitors, understanding the current trends, needs, and requirements both for the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end-customers. For the practical part, a vehicular simulation using Julia (.jl) is carried to understand the impact of the file size, chunking and seeding strategies on the behavior of the V2V Offload (%) and adaptability to the product, where the experiments were carried both for file fragmentation and replication. To compile the insights from the theoretical and practical aspects, the results are showcased in a data visualisation PowerBI dashboard. The retrieved results were used to test if there is an actual market fit for the Veniam’s V2V solution, where the conclusions are encouraging since it was proved that the technology is capable of fulfilling delay-tolerant use cases. Overall, the thesis states that for V2V Delay Tolerant applications, the Wi-Fi leveraging of underused capacity in the product highly satisfies the stakeholders’ needs, both efficiency and costly wise, being advised to Veniam constant research around this ingenious topic to maintain a sustained competitive advantage. |
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