Date of Award
6-6-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2025
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
First Advisor
Yuhong Liu
Abstract
The rapid growth of connected and autonomous vehicles demands robust and scalable security solutions. This project introduces AVSWU-Pack, a modular simulation framework designed to evaluate and simulate blockchain-based communication in autonomous vehicular networks adapted directly from Dr. Gabriel Solomon’s work(2). Built on top of Veins, SUMO, INET, and OMNeT++, the platform enables vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communication with secure data exchange via gRPC-based integration with a Polkadot blockchain node. The simulation framework utilizes a Veins-like project built with Polkadot-Substrate to simulate a VANET that communicates vehicle information to the blockchain. Deployable in a basic VirtualBox environment, the system enables controlled experimentation, standardized workspace, and real-time data. Further encouraging research for decentralized trust models, smart contract enforcement, and transaction-based messaging for the realistic urban mobility scenarios. Dr. Gabriel Solomon’s results validate the framework’s ability to simulate urban environments with message propagation, validate and monitor transactions, and communication using a blockchain.
Recommended Citation
Strauss, Hudson, "Autonomous Vehicle Software Update with Blockchain: A Simulation Platform" (2025). Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses. 312.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/cseng_senior/312
