A survey on the use of blockchain for future 6G: Technical aspects, use cases, challenges and research directions

A Kalla, C De Alwis, P Porambage, G Gür… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
While 5G is at the early deployment state around the globe, the research and industrial
communities have already started concentrating their efforts on formulating the overall 6G …

[HTML][HTML] Survey on blockchain for future smart grids: Technical aspects, applications, integration challenges and future research

C Yapa, C De Alwis, M Liyanage, J Ekanayake - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Smart Grid 2.0 is envisaged to automate the operations of the intelligent electricity grid.
Blockchain and smart contracts are integrated to facilitate the transformation from DSO …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation blockchain enabled smart grid: Conceptual framework, key technologies and industry practices review

SS Uddin, R Joysoyal, SK Sarker, SM Muyeen, MF Ali… - Energy and AI, 2023 - Elsevier
Technological advancements in smart grid energy systems (SGESs) are introducing
sustainable frameworks to meet the demand for the fourth industrial energy revolution …

Blockchain and smart contracts for telecommunications: Requirements vs. cost analysis

N Afraz, F Wilhelmi, H Ahmadi, M Ruffini - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Blockchain technology offers solutions to numerous network problems by leveraging
distributed record-keeping and collaborative decision-making features. However …

Distributed ledger technologies for network slicing: A survey

F Javed, K Antevski, J Mangues-Bafalluy… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing is one of the fundamental tenets of Fifth Generation (5G)/Sixth Generation
(6G) networks. Deploying slices requires end-to-end (E2E) control of services and the …

NetChain: A blockchain-enabled privacy-preserving multi-domain network slice orchestration architecture

G He, W Su, S Gao, N Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-domain networking slice orchestration is an essential technology for the programmable
and cloud-native 5G network. However, existing research solutions are either based on the …

Tokenized intelligence: Redefine network optimization in softwarized networks

E Zanardo, B Martini, D Bellisario - 2024 IEEE 10th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tokenized Intelligence (TI) aims to enhance network performance by combining machine
learning and blockchain-based tokenomics in software-defined networks (5G/6G). This …

Blockchain‐empowered dynamic spectrum management for space‐air‐ground integrated network

Z LI, W WANG, J GUO, Y ZHU, L HAN… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Space‐air‐ground integrated network is capable of providing seamless and ubiquitous
services to cater for the increasing wireless communication demands of emerging …

Blockchain-based network slice broker to facilitate factory-as-a-service

T Hewa, P Porambage, I Kovacevic… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The novel concept of factory-as-a-service (FaaS) allows the agility of adapting the
manufacturing process by identifying the industry's supply chain and user requirements. To …

[HTML][HTML] TRADE-5G: A Blockchain-Based Transparent and Secure Resource Exchange for 5G Network Slicing

E Diallo, K Al Agha, S Martin - Blockchain: Research and Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
The advent of 5G technology has revolutionized network communication, introducing
network slicing and virtualization to allow multiple Network Service Providers (NSPs) to …