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Integration of Internet of Things and blockchain toward portability and low‐energy consumption

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Venkata P. Yanambaka,

Ahmed Abdelgawad,

Kumar YelamarthiAuthors Info & Claims

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Volume 32, Issue 6

https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.4103

Published: 13 June 2021 Publication History

Abstract

The modern era of information and technology leverages connectivity and information sharing for enhancing applications and reducing human intervention. The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) in almost all aspects of modern life raises major challenges of security and privacy in health care services and the pharmaceutical industry. Blockchain has emerged as a secure technology in a trustless network without central governance. The inherent attributes it provides can solve the security and privacy challenges related to IoT and extend its capabilities. However, traditional instances of Blockchain are not suited for the IoT environment for reasons such as computationally expensive consensus process. Proof of authentication is a lightweight consensus algorithm that can be implemented in the IoT environment. This paper presents an IoT‐friendly Blockchain scheme implemented to evaluate the feasibility of medical supply and drug transportation to aid security and mitigate privacy issues which are fault‐tolerant, transparent, and traceable. The proof of concept implementation on portable single board computer demonstrates proof of authentication consensus algorithm executed with block validation and block addition in 30 and 40 ms while consuming 45 and 60mJ, respectively. Additionally, the network performance of the proposed architecture was presented and evaluated in the application context.

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Integrated IoT and Blockchain Architecture.

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Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Volume 32, Issue 6

June 2021

594 pages

EISSN:2161-3915

DOI:10.1002/ett.v32.6

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Allam AGomaa IZayed HTaha M(2024)IoT-based eHealth using blockchain technology: a surveyCluster Computing10.1007/s10586-024-04357-y27:6(7083-7110)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10586-024-04357-y
Zaghouani KDjamaa BYachir A(2024)DRDChain: a blockchain-based distributed resource directory for the internet of thingsCluster Computing10.1007/s10586-023-04177-627:3(3853-3874)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2024
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Gupta MPatel RJain SGarg HSharma B(2023)Lightweight branched blockchain security framework for Internet of VehiclesTransactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies10.1002/ett.452034:11Online publication date: 12-Nov-2023
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