PoSP: A Novel Proof of Service Placement in Blockchain-based Edge Computing
Gaurav Baranwal, Dinesh Kumar · 2022 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops) · 2022
Edge computing provides computing resources for deploying delay-sensitive services. Edge servers are controlled by different owners where mutual distrust may exist among them, and users also hesitate to trust edge service providers. Most of the works related to service placement in edge computing follow centralized architecture, vulnerable to a single-point failure, and assume that the resource allocation method is run by a trusted third party, who may change the allocation results. This work-in-progress proposes a new consensus mechanism, i.e., Proof of Service Placement (PoSP), for a blockchain-based edge computing system to address the issues mentioned above. Experiments show the effectiveness of the work.