LayerChain: A Hierarchical Edge-Cloud Blockchain for Large-Scale Low-Delay Industrial Internet of Things Applications
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics(2021)
摘要
The combination of pervasive edge computing and blockchain technologies opens up significant possibilities for industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, but there are several critical limitations regarding efficient storage and rapid response for large-scale low-delay IIoT scenarios. To address these limitations, in this article we propose a hierarchical edge-cloud blockchain called
LayerChain
. Specifically, to promote scalability, we design a layered structure to hierarchically store the blockchain data in multiple distributed clouds and edge nodes. Next, we propose a node classification method to accommodate differences between the edge nodes when deploying the blockchain. Moreover, to mitigate lengthy delays during block propagation, we propose a tree-based clustering algorithm where blocks are propagated through different clusters with a compressed tree depth. Simulation results show that our
LayerChain
efficiently reduces the system's resource requirements and block propagation time, making it well-suited for large-scale low-delay IIoT applications.
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Edge computing,Cloud computing,Delays,Peer-to-peer computing,Informatics,Internet of Things
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