The Intersection Between Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technologies
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 11366
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Internet of Things; blockchain; security; data protection; cloud computing
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Interests: Computer Network, Soft computing, Multicast routing protocols, bio-informatics, Bio-computing, Internet of Things, and image processing techniques
Interests: internet of things (IoT); IoT security; IoT privacy; blockchain; digital forensics; information retrieval; big data; artificial intelligence with security
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a revolutionary technology that enables almost everything everywhere to be connected over the Internet. The IoT enables various devices and objects around us in the environment to be addressable, recognizable and locatable via cheap sensor devices. These devices can be connected and communicate with each other over the Internet using either wired or wireless communication networks. Although the IoT system provides countless benefits in various domains, it faces several issues with the current centralized model in which all IoT devices and objects are identified, authenticated and controlled by a centralized server. This model faces many obstacles such as computation, scalability and security. Current solutions are mostly based on cloud computing infrastructures, which necessitate high-end servers and high-speed networks to provide services related to storage and computation. On the other hand, distributed ledger technology (DLT) has gained a great attention in recent years as an innovative approach that provides a transparent and verifiable record of transactions. DLT combines a group of untrusted nodes in a distributed and decentralized environment. It has a massive potential to change how governments, organizations and institutions work. It can bring myriad advantages to various government activities. With several limitations in the centralized IoT architecture, moving the IoT system into one of the distributed ledger technologies may be the right decision. One of the popular examples of DLTs is blockchain technology. Integrating the IoT with blockchain can bring many advantages. For instance, adopting the decentralized architecture for the IoT system can solve many issues, especially security and single point of failure issues, since the DLT provides a decentralized and distributed environment where there is no need for a central authority to manage the execution of operations and control communication between various nodes in the network. This Special Issue aims to publish original, high quality, significant, and visionary research addressing recent advances in DLT technologies such as blockchain for various applications of the IoT. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: ·
- Distributed ledger theory in IoT.
- Use of DLT in cloud, edge and fog computing.
- New IoT applications based on DLT.
- Blockchain schemes for decentralization in IoT
- Performance evaluation of blockchain and decentralized schemes for IoT
- Blockchain-based IoT security solutions
- Theory and foundation research of blockchain in IoT
- Scalability, security, privacy, and storage optimizations in DLT for IoT
- Scalable blockchain solution for IoT systems
- Integration of blockchain and edge computing technologies
- Performance evaluation of blockchain and decentralized schemes for IoT
- IoT applications with blockchain technique
- Blockchain-based IoT security solutions
- Lightweight data structures for IoT data
- Applications of blockchain in IoT scenarios
IoT security and privacy based blockchain solutions
Dr. Gary B. Wills
Prof. Ayman EL-SAYED
Dr. Hany F. Atlam
Guest Editors
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