Practical Modeling and Analysis of Blockchain Radio Access Network

【Author】 Ling, Xintong; Le, Yuwei; Wang, Jiaheng; Ding, Zhi; Gao, Xiqi

【Source】IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS

【影响因子】6.166

【Abstract】The continually rising demand for wireless services and applications in the era of Internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) presents a significant number of unprecedented challenges to existing network structures. To meet the rapid growth need of mobile data services, blockchain radio access network (B-RAN) has emerged as a decentralized, trustworthy radio access paradigm spurred by blockchain technologies. However, many characteristics of B-RAN remain unclear and hard to characterize. In this study, we develop an analytical framework to model B-RAN and provide some basic fundamental analysis. Starting from block generation, we establish a queuing model based on a time-homogeneous Markov chain. From the queuing model, we evaluate the performance of B-RAN with respect to latency and security considerations. We uncover a more comprehensive picture of the achievable performance of B-RAN by connecting latency and security. At last, we present experimental results via an innovative prototype and validate the proposed model.

【Keywords】Blockchain; Analytical models; Security; Wireless communication; Smart contracts; Prototypes; Analytical modeling; blockchain; open wireless architecture; radio access networks (RANs)

【发表时间】2021 FEB

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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