Toward Efficient Blockchain for the Internet of Vehicles with Hierarchical Blockchain Resource Scheduling

With the development of advanced information and communication technology, the traditional centralized cloud architecture cannot satisfy the exploding demand for data exchange in Internet of Vehicle (IoV) systems. Moreover, the traditional centralized architecture of the vehicular network has the potential risk of a single point of failure and lacks autonomy since the system highly relies on a trusted third party (TTP) to provide identity management. Fortunately, the emergence of blockchain technology provides a potential direction to address these problems. However, there are still some problems existing in the construction of an efficient blockchain system in IoV systems, such as the dynamic network topology and limited resources. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical resource scheduling scheme for blockchain-enabled IoV systems that improves the performance of the blockchain-enabled IoV system by efficiently allocating computational resources. The superiority of the proposed method is fully demonstrated by comparing it with existing baseline methods.

Automated summary

With the growth of data exchange demand in Internet of Vehicle (IoV) systems, the traditional cloud architecture is inadequate. Blockchain technology provides a potential solution, but challenges remain in building efficient blockchain systems. This paper proposes a hierarchical resource scheduling scheme that enhances the performance of blockchain-enabled IoV systems.