Model checking the Efficiency of Blockchain-based Edge Computing Network
Kai Zheng, Xiang Yao, Zhe Zhang, Liyou Fang, Xin Sunny Huang · 2021
In last 10 years, the development of cloud computing was very fast. Cloud computing enables the users to obtain remote computing resources and brings convenience to them. However, the increasing information exchange makes the efficiency of cloud computing becomes a problem. In order to solve the problem, edge computing emerged. For edge computing, the edge devices can deal with a part of work load. In this way, the work load of cloud can be reduced and the efficiency of the whole network can be.enhanced. For some edge computing networks, blockchain is used to increase the security and information transparency of the whole network. However, how to further optimize the efficiency of the blockchain-based network is still a challenge. In this paper, discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC) model is built to evaluate the efficiency of the blockchain-based network. The main influence factors for the efficiency of it will be find, and the strategies to improve the efficiency of it will be find.