Distributed-to-Centralized Data Management through Blockchain Technologies in Large-Scale IoT Networks of Multicampus University
Amir Sinaeepourfard, Ali Dorri · 2020
Traditionally, blockchain technologies focus on data security and privacy issues in different business domains of smart cities. However, we believe that blockchain technologies can be beneficial for data and resource management in large-scale internet of things (IoT) networks of smart cities. Blockchain technologies and their related consensus algorithms and miners may apply through multilevel information communication technology (ICT) architecture in large-scale IoT networks of smart cities to organize the city-data and ICT resources. This position paper addresses an initial idea about the contribution of different smart cities and ICT concepts, including “blockchain technologies,” “distributed-to-centralized ICT architecture (D2C-ICT),” “distributed-to-centralized data management (D2CDM),” and “smart university.” We first present our D2C-ICT architecture in the smart university context using different distributed and centralized technologies, including cloudlet and cloud technologies. Finally, we show that the facilities of blockchain technologies for data and resource management through D2C-ICT architecture in large-scale IoT networks of smart cities.