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Suitability of Blockchains to Enable and Support Networking Functions: State of Art

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Befekadu G. Gebraselase,

Bjarne Emil Helvik,

Yuming JiangAuthors Info & Claims

CCIOT '19: Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Internet of Things

Pages 110 - 119

https://doi.org/10.1145/3361821.3361838

Published: 20 September 2019 Publication History

Abstract

The underlying network infrastructure faces challenges from addressing maintenance, security, performance, and scalability to make the network more reliable and stable. Software-defined networking, blockchain, and network function virtualization were proposed and realized to address such issues in both academic and industry wise. This paper analyzes and summarizes works from implementing different categories of blockchains as an element or enabler of network functions to resolve the limitation. Blockchain as a network function has been proposed to give support to the underlying network infrastructure to provide services that have less lag, are more cost-effective, have better performance, guarantee security between participating parties, and protect the privacy of the users. This paper provides a review of recent work that makes use of blockchain to address such networking related challenges and the possible setbacks in the proposal.

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Index Terms

Suitability of Blockchains to Enable and Support Networking Functions: State of Art
1. Networks
  1. Network types
    1. Ad hoc networks
      1. Mobile ad hoc networks
    2. Overlay and other logical network structures
      1. Peer-to-peer networks
2. Security and privacy
  1. Network security
    1. Mobile and wireless security

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DOI:10.1145/3361821

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Zhao HZhang XLi R(2022)NFT-basedAccess Control in Named Data Networks2022 IEEE Intl Conf on Parallel & Distributed Processing with Applications, Big Data & Cloud Computing, Sustainable Computing & Communications, Social Computing & Networking (ISPA/BDCloud/SocialCom/SustainCom)10.1109/ISPA-BDCloud-SocialCom-SustainCom57177.2022.00025(139-146)Online publication date: Dec-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPA-BDCloud-SocialCom-SustainCom57177.2022.00025
Zarrin JWen Phang HBabu Saheer LZarrin B(2021)Blockchain for decentralization of internet: prospects, trends, and challengesCluster Computing10.1007/s10586-021-03301-824:4(2841-2866)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10586-021-03301-8
Asaf KRehman RKim B(2020)Blockchain technology in Named Data Networks: A detailed surveyJournal of Network and Computer Applications10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102840171(102840)Online publication date: Dec-2020
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102840

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