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Routing the Pi-Containers in the Physical Internet using the PI-BGP Protocol

Salah Gontara, Amine Boufaied, Ouajdi Korbaa

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Abstract

The Internet is known for its ability to scale and adapt its routes to every change. These routes are made by every Autonomous System (AS) peering with each other as neighbors with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Unfortunately, this amount of trust, between all these Autonomous Systems allowing protocols like the BGP to function properly, is not found in the Physical world between logistic service providers. The Physical Internet, however, with its standardized PI-Containers and Internet-derived protocols, has every promising aspect to face this challenge. We propose in this paper a new routing approach based on the PI-BGP (Physical Internet-Border Gateway Protocol) equivalent of the BGP in the Internet. We developed this new protocol to offer a new perspective to tackle the problem of routing the PI-containers in the Physical Internet.

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The Internet is known for its ability to scale and adapt its routes to every change. These routes are made by every Autonomous System (AS) peering with each other as neighbors with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Unfortunately, this amount of trust, between all these Autonomous Systems allowing protocols like the BGP to function properly, is not found in the Physical world between logistic service providers. The Physical Internet, however, with its standardized PI-Containers and Internet-derived protocols, has every promising aspect to face this challenge. We propose in this paper a new routing approach based on the PI-BGP (Physical Internet-Border Gateway Protocol) equivalent of the BGP in the Internet. We developed this new protocol to offer a new perspective to tackle the problem of routing the PI-containers in the Physical Internet.

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The Internet is known for its ability to scale and adapt its routes to every change. These routes are made by every Autonomous System (AS) peering with each other as neighbors with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Unfortunately, this amount of trust, between all these Autonomous Systems allowing protocols like the BGP to function properly, is not found in the Physical world between logistic service providers. The Physical Internet, however, with its standardized PI-Containers and Internet-derived protocols, has every promising aspect to face this challenge. We propose in this paper a new routing approach based on the PI-BGP (Physical Internet-Border Gateway Protocol) equivalent of the BGP in the Internet. We developed this new protocol to offer a new perspective to tackle the problem of routing the PI-containers in the Physical Internet.

Key concepts: Border Gateway Protocol, Default-free zone, Peering, The Internet, Internet layer, Computer network, Network mapping, Computer science

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