2024/12/23 by Vasileios Kouvakis, Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Kouvakis, Vasileios +11 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #Brain Tumor Detection and Classification #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Software-Defined Networks and 5G
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2412.19838
openalex publication_date 2024/12/23 · openalex created_date 2025/01/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Demands for secure, ubiquitous, and always-available connectivity have been identified as the pillar design parameters of the next generation radio access networks (RANs). Motivated by this, the current contribution introduces a network architecture that leverages blockchain technologies to augment security in RANs, while enabling dynamic coverage expansion through the use of intermediate commercial or private wireless nodes. To assess the efficiency and limitations of the architecture, we employ Markov chain theory in order to extract a theoretical model with increased engineering insights. Building upon this model, we quantify the latency as well as the security capabilities in terms of probability of successful attack, for three scenarios, namely fixed topology fronthaul network, advanced coverage expansion and advanced mobile node connectivity, which reveal the scalability of the blockchain-RAN architecture.