Towards a Reference Architecture for Cargo Ports

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are physical systems whose operations coordinated, monitored, and controlled by computing communication functions. These typically heterogeneous, including Internet of Things information technology subsystems, can present a myriad implementation details, making them very complex systems. An important type CPS is maritime container terminal (cargo port), which facility where cargo containers transported between ships land vehicles for onward transportation vice versa. A port performs four basic functions: receiving, storing, staging, loading both import export containers. We here process patterns that describe the functional aspects ports pattern describes their structural properties (patterns encapsulated solutions to recurrent problems). semantic found in any be adapted other CPSs. decompose these into use cases interactions with system. then integrate assemble partial reference architecture (RA) shows all while also indicating typical stakeholders ports. validate proposed architecture, highlighting its theoretical practical value. Software system designers need start from conceptual abstract view subsequently refined add more details. The architectures an effective way organize non-functional system, as well unify design aspects. This is, until now, only published RA ports, it useful guideline port.