Survey Paper on Blockchain Based Cloud Computing Applications

Gupta, Yash; Shrivastava, Ankit; Kunal, K.; Sadashiv, Naidila; M, Dilip Kumar S

doi:10.1109/iccci50826.2021.9457014

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“…In the recent research efforts, blockchain has been considered as an efficient solution for many emerging wireless network applications, such as improving security, enhancing automation, and reducing issues pertaining to the centralized control of the application processes [24], [25]. Current surveys in the domain of blockchain-based solutions for decentralized applications, lack an in-depth discussion on the application of blockchain through smart contracts for enhancing the performance of DSA and network slicing, as well as in addressing the issues that arise with the centralized control of these applications.…”

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Blockchain for Dynamic Spectrum Access and Network Slicing: A Review

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Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) and network slicing are some of the principal concepts to realize the emerging applications in Beyond 5th Generation (B5G) and 6th Generation (6G) networks. The frequency spectrum remains scarce and underutilized, while the performance requirements in terms of data throughput and latency of the network tenants have diversified. DSA allows for the efficient utilization of spectrum resources, while network slicing aims to serve network users with highly distinctive service needs. Lack of incentivization, sharing of spectrum resources among multiple operators, and lack of trust between operators are some of the challenges faced by centralized DSA approaches. Similarly, secure network slice orchestration, slice-isolation, secure access to network resources, privacy of user sensitive data, assuring the provision of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), are some of the challenges in existing network slicing techniques. Blockchain due to its innate capabilities can be a promising technology to solve the key issues pertaining to current DSA and network slicing approaches. Blockchain through smart contracts, provides traceability of network resources, auditability and accountability of network operators and service providers. Smart contracts facilitate the automation of resource sharing and network slice orchestration, while ensuring that SLAs are met, and network operators are compensated. This paper first provides a comprehensive overview of the DSA concept, the existing DSA techniques, and the challenges posed by these techniques. This is followed by a detailed description of network slicing, its key elements and architecture, various network slicing parameters, existing network slicing techniques and their challenges. Then an in-depth review on blockchain, its working principle, factors that affect blockchain implementation, and a comparison of various open-source blockchain platforms that support smart contracts is presented. This discussion is summarized by presenting the state-of-the-art in the blockchain-enabled DSA and network slicing, challenges and trade-offs of these techniques, and the gaps and future directions in this research area. Finally, we conclude by providing some future research directions.

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