Edge Computing Resource Allocation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Mobile Network With Blockchain Applications

【Author】 Xu, Haitao; Huang, Wentao; Zhou, Yunhui; Yang, Dongmei; Li, Ming; Han, Zhu

【Source】IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

【影响因子】8.346

【Abstract】Mobile edge computing is becoming a major trend in providing computation capacities at the edge of mobile networks. Meanwhile, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been considered as distinctly important integrated components to extend services coverage. In order to provide users with higher and satisfied quality of services, edge computing resources need to be allocated between edge computing stations (ECSs) and UAVs in mobile networks. However, there are significant security and privacy problems due to the open environments of ECSs and UAVs. In this paper, we propose a resource pricing and trading scheme based on Stackelberg dynamic game to optimally allocate edge computing resources between ECSs and UAVs, and blockchain technology is applied to record the entire resources trading process to protect the security and privacy. The ECSs control the resources price of the allocated edge computing resources, where the UAVs follow the price announced by the ECSs and make optimal decisions on the edge computing resources demands. Blockchain is integrated in the resource trading process to ensure the security and privacy. Numerical simulations are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

【Keywords】Edge computing; Blockchain; Security; Resource management; Games; Task analysis; Privacy; Edge computing; unmanned aerial vehicles; resource pricing; resource allocation; blockchain; Stackelberg game

【发表时间】2021 MAY

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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