Autonomous Operation Control of IoT Blockchain Networks

Internet of Things (IoT) networks are typically composed of many sensors and actuators. The operation controls for robots in smart factories or drones produce a massive volume of data that requires high reliability. A blockchain architecture can be used to build highly reliable IoT networks. The sha...

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Published in:Electronics (Basel) 2021-01, Vol.10 (2), p.204
Main Authors: Kim, Jae-Hoon, Lee, Seungchul, Hong, Sengphil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Behavior
Blockchain
Clustering
Communication
Computation
Cryptography
Distributed ledger
Graph neural networks
Industrial plants
Internet of Things
Middleware
Network management systems
Neural networks
Radio frequency identification
Software
Software development tools
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Summary:Internet of Things (IoT) networks are typically composed of many sensors and actuators. The operation controls for robots in smart factories or drones produce a massive volume of data that requires high reliability. A blockchain architecture can be used to build highly reliable IoT networks. The shared ledger and open data validation among users guarantee extremely high data security. However, current blockchain technology has limitations for its overall application across IoT networks. Because general permission-less blockchain networks typically target high-performance network nodes with sufficient computing power, a blockchain node with low computing power and memory, such as an IoT sensor/actuator, cannot operate in a blockchain as a fully functional node. A lightweight blockchain provides practical blockchain availability over IoT networks. We propose essential operational advances to develop a lightweight blockchain over IoT networks. A dynamic network configuration enforced by deep clustering provides ad-hoc flexibility for IoT network environments. The proposed graph neural network technique enhances the efficiency of dApp (distributed application) spreading across IoT networks. In addition, the proposed blockchain technology is highly implementable in software because it adopts the Hyperledger development environment. Directly embedding the proposed blockchain middleware platform in small computing devices proves the practicability of the proposed methods.
ISSN:2079-9292
2079-9292
DOI:10.3390/electronics10020204