A Distributed Blockchain-based Broker for Efficient Resource Provisioning in 5G Networks

Togou, Mohammed Amine; Bi, Ting; Dev, Kapal; McDonnell, Kevin; Milenovic, Aleksandar; Tewari, Hitesh; Muntean, Gabriel‐Miro

doi:10.1109/iwcmc48107.2020.9148565

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“…The world of mobile communications is not an exception to this list [28], [238]. Blockchain can play a cardinal role in improving (i) management and orchestration in terms of interference, resource, spectrum and mobility management [239]- [242], (ii) operations in terms of cell-free communication and 3D-networking, and (iii) business models in terms of decentralized and trustless digital markets involving various stakeholders like Infrastructure Providers (InPs), network tenants, industry verticals, Over-The-Top (OTT) providers, and edge providers [238], [243]. Further, blockchain has an immense potential to strengthen the existing service arena of mobile networks as well as set the floor for futuristic applications and use case of 6G.…”

Section: Blockchain/dltmentioning

confidence: 99%

Survey on 6G Frontiers: Trends, Applications, Requirements, Technologies and Future Research

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Kalla

Pham

et al. 2021

IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.

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Emerging applications such as Internet of Everything, Holographic Telepresence, collaborative robots, and space and deep-sea tourism are already highlighting the limitations of existing fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks. These limitations are in terms of data-rate, latency, reliability, availability, processing, connection density and global coverage, spanning over ground, underwater and space. The sixth-generation (6G) of mobile networks are expected to burgeon in the coming decade to address these limitations. The development of 6G vision, applications, technologies and standards has already become a popular research theme in academia and the industry. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey of the current developments towards 6G. We highlight the societal and technological trends that initiate the drive towards 6G. Emerging applications to realize the demands raised by 6G driving trends are discussed subsequently. We also elaborate the requirements that are necessary to realize the 6G applications. Then we present the key enabling technologies in detail. We also outline current research projects and activities including standardization efforts towards the development of 6G. Finally, we summarize lessons learned from state-of-the-art research and discuss technical challenges that would shed a new light on future research directions towards 6G.

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Section: Blockchain/dltmentioning

confidence: 99%

Survey on 6G Frontiers: Trends, Applications, Requirements, Technologies and Future Research

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Pham

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“…In the literature, the integration of Blockchain and network slicing concepts has already been explored in different contributions [140]- [150]. In this section we analyze the literature.…”

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“…Currently, in the literature the works in [145]- [150] introduce the idea of a Blockchain-based broker, which facilitates the trading of network slices, by benefiting from the introduction of Blockchain. Among the possible tasks of the network slice broker there is to create a generic marketplace to trade VNFs, to lease network slices, the billing management, or the management of auctions to choose the appropriate service providers.…”

Section: ) Blockchain and Smart Contract-based Network Slice Brokermentioning

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Distributed Ledger Technologies for Network Slicing: A Survey

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Network slicing is one of the fundamental tenets of Fifth Generation (5G)/Sixth Generation (6G) networks. Deploying slices requires end-to-end (E2E) control of services and the underlying resources in a network substrate featuring an increasing number of stakeholders. Beyond the technical difficulties this entails, there is a long list of administrative negotiations among parties that do not necessarily trust each other, which often requires costly manual processes, including the legal construction of neutral entities. In this context, Blockchain comes to the rescue by bringing its decentralized yet immutable and auditable lemdger, which has a high potential in the telco arena. In this sense, it may help to automate some of the above costly processes. There have been some proposals in this direction that are applied to various problems among different stakeholders. This paper aims at structuring this field of knowledge by, first, providing introductions to network slicing and blockchain technologies. Then, state-of-the-art is presented through a global architecture that aggregates the various proposals into a coherent whole while showing the motivation behind applying Blockchain and smart contracts to network slicing. And finally, some limitations of current work, future challenges and research directions are also presented.

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“…Blockchain 3.0 discusses different solutions, which can make Blockchain applicable to user demands. Blockchain applications extend beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum and are applied in different domains such as finance, education, e-commerce, the internet of things [14,15], health, and governance [16,17]. In the following subsections, we will focus on the existing application of BlockChain Technology, its opportunities in distributed Product Life Cycle Management (PLM), and challenges of the existing ERP access control mechanism.…”

Section: History Of Blockchain and Erpmentioning

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Blockchain Based Enhanced ERP Transaction Integrity Architecture and PoET Consensus

Aslam¹,

Maqbool²,

Akhtar³

et al. 2022

Computers, Materials &Amp; Continua

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is extensively used for the management of business processes. ERP offers a system of integrated applications with a shared central database. Storing all business-critical information in a central place raises various issues such as data integrity assurance and a single point of failure, which makes the database vulnerable. This paper investigates database and Blockchain integration, where the Blockchain network works in synchronization with the database system, and offers a mechanism to validate the transactions and ensure data integrity. Limited research exists on Blockchain-based solutions for the single point of failure in ERP. We established in our study that for concurrent access control and monitoring of ERP, private permissioned Blockchain using Proof of Elapsed Time consensus is more suitable. The study also investigated the bottleneck issue of transaction processing rates (TPR) of Blockchain consensus, specifically ERP's TPR. The paper presents system architecture that integrates Blockchain with an ERP system using an application interface.

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A Distributed Blockchain-based Broker for Efficient Resource Provisioning in 5G Networks

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Survey on 6G Frontiers: Trends, Applications, Requirements, Technologies and Future Research

Survey on 6G Frontiers: Trends, Applications, Requirements, Technologies and Future Research

Distributed Ledger Technologies for Network Slicing: A Survey

Blockchain Based Enhanced ERP Transaction Integrity Architecture and PoET Consensus

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