Blockchain Radio Access Network (B-RAN): Towards Decentralized Secure Radio Access Paradigm

被引：106

作者：

Ling, Xintong ^{[1
]}

Wang, Jiaheng ^{[1
]}

Bouchoucha, Taha ^{[2
]}

Levy, Bernard C. ^{[2
]}

Ding, Zhi ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Southeast Univ, Natl Mobile Commun Res Lab, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Davis, CA 95616 USA

来源：

IEEE ACCESS | 2019年 / 7卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Blockchain; communication networks; decentralization; radio access network; wireless application protocol; CLOUD; ARCHITECTURE; INTERNET; MARKETS;

D O I：

10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2890557

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The relentless growth of wireless applications and data traffic continues to accentuate the long felt need for decentralized, self-managed, and cooperative network architectures. Enlightened by the power of blockchain technology, we propose a blockchain radio access network (B-RAN) architecture and develop decentralized, secure, and efficient mechanisms to manage network access and authentication among inherently trustless network entities. We further identify promising advanced functions made possible by adopting blockchain for open radio access networks. Our test results demonstrate the benefits of the B-RAN architecture. We also present a number of challenges and future research directions.

引用

页码：9714 / 9723

页数：10

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