Symbiotic PBFT Consensus: Cognitive Backscatter Communications-enabled Wireless PBFT Consensus
Haoxiang Luo, Qianqian Zhang, Hongfang Yu, Gang Sun, Shizhong Xu

TL;DR
This paper introduces S-PBFT, a novel wireless PBFT consensus mechanism leveraging cognitive backscatter communications to enhance security and reduce energy consumption in wireless blockchain networks.
Contribution
It proposes a symbiotic PBFT framework that utilizes cognitive backscatter communications to improve security and energy efficiency in wireless blockchain consensus.
Findings
Increases consensus security by 54.82%.
Reduces energy consumption by approximately 10%.
Leverages mutualistic transmission in SR for blockchain consensus.
Abstract
Wireless blockchain networks have played an important role in many network scenarios, among which wireless Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) consensus is regarded as one of the most important consensus mechanisms. It enables nodes in wireless networks to reach consistency without any trusted entity. However, due to the instability of wireless communication links, the reliability of the PBFT consensus will be seriously affected. Meanwhile, it is difficult for nodes in wireless scenarios to obtain a timely energy supply. The high-energy-consumption blockchain functions will quickly consume the power of nodes, thus, affecting consensus performance. Fortunately, the symbiotic radio (SR) system enabled by cognitive backscatter communications can provide a solution to the above problems. In SR, the secondary transmitter (STx) transmits messages by modulating its information over the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsEnergy Harvesting in Wireless Networks · Cognitive Radio Networks and Spectrum Sensing · IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
