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Blockchain-SDN based Energy Optimized and Distributed Secure Architecture for IoTs in Smart Cities

Version 1 : Received: 19 November 2020 / Approved: 21 November 2020 / Online: 21 November 2020 (08:39:22 CET)

How to cite: Islam, M.J.; Rahman, A.; Kabir, S.; Karim, M.R.; Acharjee, U.K.; Nasir, M.K.; Band, S.S.; Mosavi, A. Blockchain-SDN based Energy Optimized and Distributed Secure Architecture for IoTs in Smart Cities. Preprints 2020, 2020110552. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0552.v1 Islam, M.J.; Rahman, A.; Kabir, S.; Karim, M.R.; Acharjee, U.K.; Nasir, M.K.; Band, S.S.; Mosavi, A. Blockchain-SDN based Energy Optimized and Distributed Secure Architecture for IoTs in Smart Cities. Preprints 2020, 2020110552. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0552.v1

Abstract

Abstract: Insecure and portable devices in the smart city’s Internet of Things (IoT) network are increasing at an incredible rate. Various distributed and centralized platforms against cyber-attacks have been implemented in recent years, but these platforms are inefficient due to their constrained levels of storage, high energy consumption, the central point of failure, underutilized resources, high latency, and etc. In addition, the current architecture confronts the problems of scalability, flexibility, complexity, monitoring, managing & collecting of IoT data, and defend against cyber-threats. To address these issues, the author presents distributed and decentralized Blockchain-Software Defined Networking (SDN) based energy-optimized architecture for IoT in smart cities. Thus, SDN continuous observing, controlling, managing IoT devices activities and detect possible attacks in the network; Blockchain provides adequate security & privacy against cyber-attacks, reduces the central point of failure issues; Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are used to saving energy, load balancing, as well as increasing the lifetime of the entire network. Also, we introduce a Cluster Head Selection (CHS) algorithm to reduce the energy consumption in the presented model. Finally, we analyze the performance using various parameters (e.g. throughput, response time, gas consumption, communication overhead) and demonstrating the result that provides higher throughput, lower response time, lower gas consumption than existing works for smart cities.

Keywords

SDN; IoT; NFV; Blockchain; SDN Controller; Cluster; OpenFlow; Security; Privacy

Subject

Computer Science and Mathematics, Algebra and Number Theory

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