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A blockchain-based secure data-sharing framework for Software Defined Wireless Body Area Networks
Hasan, Khalid Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed Morshed Biswas, Kamanashis Ahmed, Khandakar Islam, Md. Saiful Usman, Muhammad
Hasan, Khalid
Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed Morshed
Biswas, Kamanashis
Ahmed, Khandakar
Islam, Md. Saiful
Usman, Muhammad
Abstract
In the past few years, blockchain has proven its necessity and unprecedented prospects in providing a secure environment for information exchange between two parties. The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) with blockchain has enabled a digital transformation in many areas such as healthcare, supply chain, and financial services. Like blockchain, the programmable Software-Defined Network (SDN) is also achieving popularity due to its ability to reduce network management complexity. It is evident that incorporating SDNs with IoT-based healthcare systems can significantly improve healthcare management services. However, there are a number of challenges such as data confidentiality, user-centric design, integrity and privacy that makes it difficult to share sensitive information among different parties in a healthcare system. To overcome these challenges, we propose an architectural framework that incorporates blockchain with Software-Defined Wireless Body Area Networks (SDWBANs) to facilitate secure data sharing. We have also designed and integrated a smart contract based fine-grained access control policy to ensure that only data owners will have full control over their health data. The experimental outcomes show that the proposed model achieves good throughput and incurs a very low overhead in terms of latency compared to traditional cloud-based systems.
Keywords
blockchain, SDN, WBAN, SDWBAN, data sharing, smart contract, access control
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
Computer Networks
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Volume
211
Issue
Page Range
1-14
Article Number
Article 109004
ACU Department
Peter Faber Business School
Faculty of Law and Business
Faculty of Law and Business
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