@article{15288,
  author = {J. Kang and R. Yu and X. Huang and M. Yu and Sabita Maharjan and S. Xie and Yan Zhang},
  title = {Blockchain for Secure and Efficient Data Sharing in Vehicular Edge Computing and Networks},
  abstract = {The drastically increasing volume and the growing trend on the types of data have brought in the possibility of realizing advanced applications such as enhanced driving safety, and have enriched existing vehicular services through data sharing among vehicles and data analysis. Due to limited resource of vehicles, mobile edge computing integrated with vehicular networks gives rise to Vehicular Edge COmputing and Networks (VECONs) for providing powerful computing and massive storage resources. However, vehicular edge computing servers consisted of roadside units cannot be fully trusted, which may result in serious security and privacy challenges. We exploit consortium blockchain and smart contract technologies to achieve secure data storage and sharing in vehicular edge networks. These technologies efficiently prevent data sharing without authorization. In addition, we propose a reputation based data sharing scheme to ensure high-quality data sharing among vehicles. A three-weight subjective logic model is utilized for precisely managing reputation of the vehicles. Numerical results based on a real dataset show that our schemes achieve reasonable efficiency and high-level security for data sharing in VECONs.},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
  month = {10/2018},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}