DDRM: Distributed Drone Reputation Management for Trust and Reliability in Crowdsourced Drone Services

TL;DR

This paper presents DDRM, a blockchain-based framework for trustworthy drone reputation management that enhances reliability and authenticity in crowdsourced drone services within the IoDT ecosystem.

Contribution

It introduces a novel dual-token system and verifiable review mechanism to improve trustworthiness and combat reputation fraud in drone service reviews.

Findings

Resilient against reputation frauds

Enhances drone service reliability

Operates efficiently within IoDT ecosystem

Abstract

This study introduces the Distributed Drone Reputation Management (DDRM) framework, designed to fortify trust and authenticity within the Internet of Drone Things (IoDT) ecosystem. As drones increasingly play a pivotal role across diverse sectors, integrating crowdsourced drone services within the IoDT has emerged as a vital avenue for democratizing access to these services. A critical challenge, however, lies in ensuring the authenticity and reliability of drone service reviews. Leveraging the Ethereum blockchain, DDRM addresses this challenge by instituting a verifiable and transparent review mechanism. The framework innovates with a dual-token system, comprising the Service Review Authorization Token (SRAT) for facilitating review authorization and the Drone Reputation Enhancement Token (DRET) for rewarding and recognizing drones demonstrating consistent reliability. Comprehensive analysis within this paper showcases DDRM's resilience against various reputation frauds and underscores its operational effectiveness, particularly in enhancing the efficiency and reliability of drone services.