Liu, M.; Wu, Q.; Hei, Y.; Li, D. Blockchain-Based Licensed Spectrum Fair Distribution Method towards 6G-Envisioned Communications. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 9231.
Liu, M.; Wu, Q.; Hei, Y.; Li, D. Blockchain-Based Licensed Spectrum Fair Distribution Method towards 6G-Envisioned Communications. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9231.
Liu, M.; Wu, Q.; Hei, Y.; Li, D. Blockchain-Based Licensed Spectrum Fair Distribution Method towards 6G-Envisioned Communications. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 9231.
Liu, M.; Wu, Q.; Hei, Y.; Li, D. Blockchain-Based Licensed Spectrum Fair Distribution Method towards 6G-Envisioned Communications. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9231.
Abstract
Spectrum distribution is a classical licensed spectrum accessing method in mobile communication networks. The licensed idle spectrum resources are authorized and distributed from spectrum owners to mobile users. However, the exponential growth of user capacity brings excessive load pressure on the traditional centralized network architecture. As lack of sufficient supervision and penalty measures, dishonest behaviors of spectrum owners and spectrum users will lead to the unfair status in the distribution process. As a result, the honest participants’ interest will be harmed. As an important supporting infrastructure of Internet of things technology, 6G cannot completely follow the existing spectrum distribution method. Towards 6G network spectrum distribution, an blockchain based licensed spectrum fair distribution method is proposed. A lightweight consensus mechanism named as proof of trust (PoT) is applied to reduce computational power consumption and consensus time overhead. We deploy the method on the Ethereum test chain, theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate the fairness, effectiveness and security of the method.
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
