DMAVA: Distributed Multi-Autonomous Vehicle Architecture Using Autoware
This work proposes the first fully distributed, decentralized multi-vehicle cooperative simulation framework based on Autoware, addressing the limitations of existing autonomous driving simulators that are often restricted to single-vehicle scenarios or rely on centralized control. The architecture concurrently executes multiple instances of Autoware Universe within a shared Unity environment, integrating ROS 2 Humble, AWSIM Labs, and the Zenoh communication layer to achieve low-latency, cross-host real-time synchronization. It enables advanced cooperative applications such as multi-vehicle autonomous valet parking and demonstrates, in a multi-machine setup, the feasibility and scalability of stable localization, reliable inter-vehicle communication, and closed-loop control without centralized coordination.