Hierarchical Blockchain Radio Access Networks: Architecture, Modelling, and Performance Assessment
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| author | Kouvakis, Vasileios Trevlakis, Stylianos E. Boulogeorgos, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Liu, Hongwu Khalid, Waqas Tsiftsis, Theodoros Dobre, Octavia A. |
| author_facet | Kouvakis, Vasileios Trevlakis, Stylianos E. Boulogeorgos, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Liu, Hongwu Khalid, Waqas Tsiftsis, Theodoros Dobre, Octavia A. |
| contents | Demands for secure, ubiquitous, and always-available connectivity have been identified as the pillar design parameters of the next generation radio access networks (RANs). Motivated by this, the current contribution introduces a network architecture that leverages blockchain technologies to augment security in RANs, while enabling dynamic coverage expansion through the use of intermediate commercial or private wireless nodes. To assess the efficiency and limitations of the architecture, we employ Markov chain theory in order to extract a theoretical model with increased engineering insights. Building upon this model, we quantify the latency as well as the security capabilities in terms of probability of successful attack, for three scenarios, namely fixed topology fronthaul network, advanced coverage expansion and advanced mobile node connectivity, which reveal the scalability of the blockchain-RAN architecture. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Hierarchical Blockchain Radio Access Networks: Architecture, Modelling, and Performance Assessment Kouvakis, Vasileios Trevlakis, Stylianos E. Boulogeorgos, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Liu, Hongwu Khalid, Waqas Tsiftsis, Theodoros Dobre, Octavia A. Networking and Internet Architecture Demands for secure, ubiquitous, and always-available connectivity have been identified as the pillar design parameters of the next generation radio access networks (RANs). Motivated by this, the current contribution introduces a network architecture that leverages blockchain technologies to augment security in RANs, while enabling dynamic coverage expansion through the use of intermediate commercial or private wireless nodes. To assess the efficiency and limitations of the architecture, we employ Markov chain theory in order to extract a theoretical model with increased engineering insights. Building upon this model, we quantify the latency as well as the security capabilities in terms of probability of successful attack, for three scenarios, namely fixed topology fronthaul network, advanced coverage expansion and advanced mobile node connectivity, which reveal the scalability of the blockchain-RAN architecture. |
| title | Hierarchical Blockchain Radio Access Networks: Architecture, Modelling, and Performance Assessment |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19838 |