Blockchain for IoT-Based Smart Cities: Advances, Requirements, and Future Challenges
A special issue of Telecom (ISSN 2673-4001).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 5649
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Interests: network security; data security; blockchain; IoT; smart city; AI
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Blockchain technology in smart cities can serve as a platform for exchanging data with a high degree of reliability and transparency without the need for a centralized entity. In recent years, there has been a notable increase in interest in IoT-based smart cities from both academia and industries. In this Special Issue, we aim to highlight the role of blockchain technology in various aspects, including smart transportation, smart healthcare, information security, infrastructure security, various facilities, communication networks, cloud computing, supply chain protection, distributed computing, scalability of blockchain, blockchain-backed IoT-based election systems, data storage, etc. We encourage researchers from various domains to foster collaboration among such interdisciplinary areas and to deliver their contributions on various topics related to blockchain for IoT-based smart cities. This Special Issue covers recent advancements in blockchain for IoT-based smart cities. It will also cover the requirements of blockchain and future challenges. It will cover but is not limited to the following:
- Applications of blockchain for IoT-based smart cities;
- Current research advancements in blockchain for IoT-based smart cities;
- Blockchain-based cyber-physical systems for smart cities;
- Blockchain-based information hiding/encryption in smart cities;
- Blockchain-based lightweight algorithms and protocols for the IoT;
- security and privacy solutions for IoT-based smart cities using blockchain;
- Smart contract and distributed ledger for IoT-based smart cities;
- Security, privacy, and trust issues;
- Blockchain for the smart healthcare system in IoT-based smart cities.
Dr. Eunmok Yang
Dr. Srijana Acharya
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- IoT
- smart cities
- blockchain
- security
- privacy
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