A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI)
The world is facing an urgent need to provide secure communication and data access control in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) because conventional cryptographic key management and authentication protocols are at stake. The cryptography schemes entirely rely on trusted third parties (TTPs), le...
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| author | Nahida Islam Md. Sazzadur Rahman Imtiaz Mahmud Md. Nur Amin Sifat You-Ze Cho |
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| description | The world is facing an urgent need to provide secure communication and data access control in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) because conventional cryptographic key management and authentication protocols are at stake. The cryptography schemes entirely rely on trusted third parties (TTPs), leading to a single point of failure and increasing network overhead. In response to this inefficiency and security compromise, this study proposes a blockchain-enabled distributed AMI secure communication scheme. In the proposed work, smart contract (SC), an integrated part of the blockchain, is programmed to substitute traditional TTP-based transaction systems, which operate in a distributed, immutable, and trustworthy manner. In this paper, we implemented practical Byzantine fault tolerance (PBFT) consensus algorithm and Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) blockchain platform to ensure Byzantine fault tolerance in the blockchain transaction. Performance analysis shows that the proposed BC-AMI scheme has the advantage of incurring the least amount of communication and time costs compared with similar studies while ensuring security against some common cyber-attacks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5286d361db624c83b140ed1f7aee34822023-11-30T22:45:43ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-07-011214727410.3390/app12147274A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI)Nahida Islam0Md. Sazzadur Rahman1Imtiaz Mahmud2Md. Nur Amin Sifat3You-Ze Cho4Institute of Information Technology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, BangladeshInstitute of Information Technology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, BangladeshSchool of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, KoreaDepartment of Computer Science & Engineering, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City 1207, BangladeshSchool of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, KoreaThe world is facing an urgent need to provide secure communication and data access control in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) because conventional cryptographic key management and authentication protocols are at stake. The cryptography schemes entirely rely on trusted third parties (TTPs), leading to a single point of failure and increasing network overhead. In response to this inefficiency and security compromise, this study proposes a blockchain-enabled distributed AMI secure communication scheme. In the proposed work, smart contract (SC), an integrated part of the blockchain, is programmed to substitute traditional TTP-based transaction systems, which operate in a distributed, immutable, and trustworthy manner. In this paper, we implemented practical Byzantine fault tolerance (PBFT) consensus algorithm and Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) blockchain platform to ensure Byzantine fault tolerance in the blockchain transaction. Performance analysis shows that the proposed BC-AMI scheme has the advantage of incurring the least amount of communication and time costs compared with similar studies while ensuring security against some common cyber-attacks.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/7274advanced metering infrastructure secure communicationsmart contracthyperledger fabricpractical byzantine fault tolerance |
| spellingShingle | Nahida Islam Md. Sazzadur Rahman Imtiaz Mahmud Md. Nur Amin Sifat You-Ze Cho A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI) Applied Sciences advanced metering infrastructure secure communication smart contract hyperledger fabric practical byzantine fault tolerance |
| title | A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI) |
| title_full | A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI) |
| title_fullStr | A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI) |
| title_short | A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI) |
| title_sort | blockchain enabled distributed advanced metering infrastructure secure communication bc ami |
| topic | advanced metering infrastructure secure communication smart contract hyperledger fabric practical byzantine fault tolerance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/7274 |
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