Architecture of the city's digital twin platform

I.V. Chukhraev; I.A. Krysin; M.M. Perelmuter; N.A. Tikhonov; K.S. Dzhanaev

doi:10.18127/j20700814-202602-03

Architecture of the city's digital twin platform

I.V. Chukhraev¹, I.A. Krysin², M.M. Perelmuter³, N.A. Tikhonov⁴, K.S. Dzhanaev⁵

research article UDC 004.94 Pages: 18-23 doi.org/10.18127/j20700814-202602-03

^1,2,4,5 Kaluga Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Kaluga, Russia)
³ LLC "Digital twin of the city" (Kaluga, Russia)

Keywords: Digital twin of the city platform architecture microservices Kubernetes the core of the platform scalability

Abstract

The digital twin of a city is a complex system that integrates data from multiple sources, ensures its semantic coherence, and provides tools for analysis and modeling. The digital twin platform of a city has an architecture where the core of the platform plays a central role, acting as a link element and integrating processing modules using an object-oriented approach. The article describes the architecture of a digital city twin based on a microservice model and modern data processing technologies. Key components are considered: the system core, processing modules, distributed data storage. Special attention is paid to the principles of scalability, interoperability and security. Examples of using Kubernetes for orchestration, a data bus for event management and a Saga-pattern for ensuring consistency are given.

Received: 04.03.2026
Approved after review: 18.03.2026
Accepted: 31.03.2026

How to cite

Чухраев И.В., Крысин И.А., Перельмутер М.М., Тихонов Н.А., Джанаев К.С. Архитектура платформы «Цифровой Двойник Города» // Информационно-измерительные и управляющие системы. 2026. Т. 24. № 2. С. 18−23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/j20700814-202602-03

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