Integration of Blockchain and Mobile Edge Computing

Integration of Blockchain and Mobile Edge Computing

Aarti Sharma, Mamtesh Nadiyan, Seema Sabharwal
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6864-7.ch009
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Abstract

This chapter begins with the fundamentals of blockchain and MEC. Integrating new technologies like blockchain and MEC is seen as a potential paradigm for managing the voluminous amounts of data produced by today's pervasive mobile devices and subsequently powering intelligent services. With blockchain technology, they can boost the safety of existing MEC systems by using decentralized, immutable, secure, private, and service-efficient smart contracts. These smart contracts fall into three broad categories: public blockchains, consortium blockchains, and private blockchains. Moreover, this chapter discusses the classification and current defence mechanisms of security threats. Potential solutions to MEC's main security challenges are then discussed. Following that, the authors present a classification to assist developers of various architectures in selecting an appropriate platform for specific applications, as well as insights into potential research directions. Finally, the authors present key blockchain and MEC convergence features, followed by some conclusions.
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A. Fundamental Principle Of Blockchain And Mec System

  • ❖ Over the years, cloud computing has evolved into an essential component of data processing. In contrast, cloud servers deployed globally must process enormous amounts of data. In addition, response times and QoS deterioration grow with the user's separation from the cloud. Moreover, computing time is significantly affected by the performance of the user's device. In the future, edge devices will be able to store, compute, and analyse data as we move towards next-generation computing technologies. It is possible to create a wide range of applications using 5G networks and blockchain technology. These include trade and finance, smart cities, smart hospitals, supply chain management, the internet of vehicles, the energy internet, digital asset management, and the industrial internet. A 5G network integrated with blockchain technology offers the following technical benefits (Mafakheri et al., 2018):

  • ❖ Blockchain smart contracts can be used to control IoT devices via data capitalization methods. New studies have been proposed to use smart-contract-based transactions to exchange data commodities for industrial IoT. Access to equipment can be controlled and scheduled via blockchain platforms. In IoT devices, authentication technologies can be implemented through blockchain over fibre and 5G networks (“Survey on Blockchain for Internet of Things,” 2019).

  • ❖ Each blockchain network can operate independently in different slices. To improve 5G network spectrum utilisation for blockchain data, slice technology can be combined with virtualization resource mapping or network function virtualization (NFV).

  • ❖ Blockchain technology has the potential to be integrated into 5G networks and mobile edge computing (MEC) applications like distributed resource allocation. To effectively reduce network congestion and maximise terminal node users' service quality experiences, predefined rules are implemented on mobile edge computing networks (MECs) using blockchain smart contracts.

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