Authors: Sana Hafeez, Runze Cheng, Lina Mohjazi, Yao Sun, Muhammad Ali Imran

Published on: March 05, 2024

Impact Score: 7.4

Arxiv code: Arxiv:2403.04796

Summary

• What is new: The introduction of a blockchain-enabled framework for coordinating UAV flocks in disaster relief that ensures privacy and scalability, and incorporates an optimized hybrid consensus protocol combining DPOS and PBFT.
• Why this is important: The challenge of securely and efficiently coordinating heterogeneous UAVs in disaster scenarios, especially when ground infrastructure is damaged.
• What the research proposes: A blockchain framework with consortium architecture, a hybrid DPOS-PBFT consensus protocol, and decentralized flocking algorithms for adaptable UAV operations.
• Results: The system scaled linearly up to 500 UAV nodes with minimal latency increases, maintained high throughput and low latency under cyber attacks, and ensured swift UAV communication.

Technical Details

Technological frameworks used: Blockchain-enabled framework with consortium blockchain architecture

Models used: Hybrid DPOS-PBFT consensus protocol, decentralized flocking algorithms

Data used: Comprehensive simulations

Potential Impact

Emergency services, disaster relief agencies, UAV manufacturing and service providers, cybersecurity firms

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