Edge server deployment scheme of blockchain in IoVs

TL;DR

This paper proposes an edge server deployment scheme using a randomized algorithm to enhance blockchain application in IoVs, addressing limited node computing power and improving vehicle coverage.

Contribution

It introduces a novel randomized deployment algorithm for edge servers in IoVs to optimize blockchain integration and vehicle coverage.

Findings

The proposed scheme improves vehicle node coverage.

Simulation results outperform existing deployment schemes.

The algorithm effectively balances coverage and computational efficiency.

Abstract

With the development of intelligent vehicles, security and reliability communication between vehicles has become a key problem to be solved in Internet of vehicles(IoVs). Blockchain is considered as a feasible solution due to its advantages of decentralization, unforgeability and collective maintenance. However, the computing power of nodes in IoVs is limited, while the consensus mechanism of blockchain requires that the miners in the system have strong computing power for mining calculation. It consequently cannot satisfy the requirements, which is the challenges for the application of blockchain in IoVs. In fact, the application of blockchain in IoVs can be implemented by employing edge computing. The key entity of edge computing is the edge servers(ESs). Roadside nodes(RSUs) can be deployed as ESs of edge computing in IoVs. We have studied the ES deployment scheme for covering more vehicle nodes in IoVs, and propose a randomized algorithm to calculate approximation solutions. Finally, we simulated the performance of the proposed scheme and compared it with other deployment schemes.