The continually rising demand for wireless services and applications in the era of Internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) presents a significant number of unprecedented challenges to existing network structures. To meet the rapid growth need of mobile data services, blockchain radio access network (B-RAN) has emerged as a decentralized, trustworthy radio access paradigm spurred by blockchain technologies. However, many characteristics of B-RAN remain unclear and hard to characterize. In this study, we develop an analytical framework to model B-RAN and provide some basic fundamental analysis. Starting from block generation, we establish a queuing model based on a time-homogeneous Markov chain. From the queuing model, we evaluate the performance of B-RAN with respect to latency and security considerations. By connecting latency and security, we uncover a more comprehensive picture of the achievable performance of B-RAN. Further, we present experimental results via an innovative prototype and validate the proposed model.
@article{arxiv.1911.12537,
title = {Practical Modeling and Analysis of Blockchain Radio Access Network},
author = {Xintong Ling and Yuwei Le and Jiaheng Wang and Zhi Ding and Xiqi Gao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.12537},
year = {2019}
}
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30 pages, 15 figures Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communications