Blockchain Secured Auction-based User Offloading in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Tianrui Chen, Amjad Saeed Khan, Gan Zheng, Sangarapillai Lambotharan

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Abstract

This letter presents a secure user offloading mechanism in heterogeneous wireless networks (HWNs), where a macrocell base station (MBS) offloads its users to small cell access points (SCAs) using Vickrey auction. Additionally, a user-in-the-loop (UIL) strategy is exploited to encourage the unserved users to move to desired locations for connections. As the participants in the conventional auction-based trading may collude or take selfish actions, we employ Ethereum framework for trustless, secure and distributed auctioning. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed user offloading methodology. The security aspects of the blockchain framework are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9044825
Pages (from-to)1141-1145
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Volume9
Issue number8
Early online date23 Mar 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2020
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • User offloading
  • Vickrey auction
  • blockchain
  • smart contract
  • user-in-the-loop

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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