Blockchain-Empowered Service Management for the Decentralized Metaverse of Things

Abstract

The future of networking will be driven by the current emerging trends of combining the physical and virtual realities in cyberspace. Considering the ambient pandemic challenges, the role of virtual and augmented reality will definitely grow over time by transforming into the paradigm of the Metaverse of Things, where each person, thing or other entity will simultaneously exist within multiple synchronized realities. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for future metaverse applications composed of multiple synchronized data flows from multiple operators through multiple wearable devices and with different quality requirements. A new service quality model is proposed based on a customizable utility function for each individual data flow. The proposed approach is based on dynamic fine-grained data flow allocation and service selection using non-fungible tokens, which can be traded over the blockchain among users and operators in a decentralized mobile network environment.

MetaChain: A Novel Blockchain-based Framework for Metaverse Applications

“…Proof: It follows from Lemma 1 that η is the global optimal solution of (P3), and thus it satisfies (16). Moreover, constraints ( 16) and ( 14) are identical.…”

“…As Metaverse is an emerging topic, applications of blockchain in Metaverse are still very limited. There are just a few recent works [14]- [16] focusing on this topic. Specifically, in [14], the authors propose a blockchain-based secure mutual authentication scheme for Metaverse environments.…”

“…If the transaction is successfully validated, it will be recorded in the Repo (which is a distributed ledger) along with the resulting change in MUs' accounts. In [16], the authors propose a blockchain-enabled framework for Metaverse service management. Particularly, in the proposed framework, the mobile network operators can offer their services to MUs with different service level agreements and prices.…”

“…From the above, we can observe that [14]- [16] only utilize conventional blockchain technology for managing MUs identities and transactions without taking into account specific challenges of Metaverse, such as the huge resource demand or the associated scalability issues. To the best of our knowledge, our proposed MetaShard framework is the first in the literature that can encourage MUs to contribute resources to the Metaverse and blockchain network as well as address the scalability issue of blockchain.…”

Interfacing the Metaverse: Are We Ready for the Distributed Wearable Smartphone?

“…However, apart from that, a key advantage of 6G will be the flexibility of the architecture and communication standard, which will range from low throughput links for IoT to the ultra-high throughput links for XR experience [5]. In addition, 6G will feature a multi-flow service provision by intelligent deterministic timesensitive networking, which can facilitate metaverse applications that rely on multiple data sources and user devices [6].…”