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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2019.17.12.219

A study on the application of blockchain to the edge computing-based Internet of Things  

Choi, Jung-Yul (Department of Computer Engineering, Sungkyul University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.17, no.12, 2019 , pp. 219-228 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thanks to the development of information technology and the vitalization of smart services, the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, in which various smart devices are connected to the network, has been continuously developed. In the legacy IoT architecture, data processing has been centralized based on cloud computing, but there are concerns about a single point of failure, end-to-end transmission delay, and security. To solve these problems, it is necessary to apply decentralized blockchain technology to the IoT. However, it is hard for the IoT devices with limited computing power to mine blocks, which consumes a great amount of computing resources. To overcome this difficulty, this paper proposes an IoT architecture based on the edge computing technology that can apply blockchain technology to IoT devices, which lack computing resources. This paper also presents an operaional procedure of blockchain in the edge computing-based IoT architecture.
Keywords
Blockchain; Internet of Things; Edge computing; Fog computing; Consensus algorithms;
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