Ideas on reference models, formal languages and communication design patterns in a physical internet

Jean-Yves Colin (1) , Moustafa Nakechbandi (1) , Hervé Mathieu (2)

1 RI2C - LITIS - Equipe Réseaux d'interactions et Intelligence Collective
2 ISEL École d'ingénieurs - Institut supérieur d'études logistiques

This work is an attempt to start to define more formal communication languages and interfaces between layers of a reference model of a physical internet. We first present the electronic Internet and OSI communication models, and then our NOLI model and the original OLI model of Montreuil 2009, and we compare them. Next, we present common communication "Design Patterns". Focusing on the interactions inside a specific node, we identify several types of exchanges. We discuss the usefulness of the presented communication patterns in the context of layers communication in a Physical Internet, and the types of exchanges identified.

Mots clés: Physical Internet; Digital Internet; Layered Reference Model; Pattern Languages; Communication Protocols

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Jean-Yves Colin, Moustafa Nakechbandi, Hervé Mathieu. Ideas on reference models, formal languages and communication design patterns in a physical internet. 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Logistics & Transport (ICALT 2019), Jun 2019, Marrakech, Morocco. ⟨hal-02123033⟩