WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System
This work develops a toolbox called WDSchain on MATLAB that can simulate blockchain on water distribution systems (WDS). WDSchain can import data from Excel and EPANET water modelling software. It extends the EPANET to enable simulation blockchain of the hydraulic data at any intended nodes. Using W...
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| author | Haitham H. Mahmoud Wenyan Wu Yonghao Wang |
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| description | This work develops a toolbox called WDSchain on MATLAB that can simulate blockchain on water distribution systems (WDS). WDSchain can import data from Excel and EPANET water modelling software. It extends the EPANET to enable simulation blockchain of the hydraulic data at any intended nodes. Using WDSchain will strengthen network automation and the security in WDS. WDSchain can process time-series data with two simulation modes: (1) static blockchain, which takes a snapshot of one-time interval data of all nodes in WDS as input and output into chained blocks at a time, and (2) dynamic blockchain, which takes all simulated time-series data of all the nodes as input and establishes chained blocks at the simulated time. Five consensus mechanisms are developed in WDSchain to provide data at different security levels using PoW, PoT, PoV, PoA, and PoAuth. Five different sizes of WDS are simulated in WDSchain for performance evaluation. The results show that a trade-off is needed between the system complexity and security level for data validation. The WDSchain provides a methodology to further explore the data validation using Blockchain to WDS. The limitations of WDSchain do not consider selection of blockchain nodes and broadcasting delay compared to commercial blockchain platforms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b3e912d653c4304920c199c26d7ffae2023-11-22T05:16:47ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-07-011314194410.3390/w13141944WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution SystemHaitham H. Mahmoud0Wenyan Wu1Yonghao Wang2School of Engineering and Built Environment, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B4 7XG, UKSchool of Engineering and Built Environment, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B4 7XG, UKSchool of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B4 7XG, UKThis work develops a toolbox called WDSchain on MATLAB that can simulate blockchain on water distribution systems (WDS). WDSchain can import data from Excel and EPANET water modelling software. It extends the EPANET to enable simulation blockchain of the hydraulic data at any intended nodes. Using WDSchain will strengthen network automation and the security in WDS. WDSchain can process time-series data with two simulation modes: (1) static blockchain, which takes a snapshot of one-time interval data of all nodes in WDS as input and output into chained blocks at a time, and (2) dynamic blockchain, which takes all simulated time-series data of all the nodes as input and establishes chained blocks at the simulated time. Five consensus mechanisms are developed in WDSchain to provide data at different security levels using PoW, PoT, PoV, PoA, and PoAuth. Five different sizes of WDS are simulated in WDSchain for performance evaluation. The results show that a trade-off is needed between the system complexity and security level for data validation. The WDSchain provides a methodology to further explore the data validation using Blockchain to WDS. The limitations of WDSchain do not consider selection of blockchain nodes and broadcasting delay compared to commercial blockchain platforms.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/14/1944water distribution systemblockchain technologysecurityIoTEPANETconsensus mechanisms |
| spellingShingle | Haitham H. Mahmoud Wenyan Wu Yonghao Wang WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System Water water distribution system blockchain technology security IoT EPANET consensus mechanisms |
| title | WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System |
| title_full | WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System |
| title_fullStr | WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System |
| title_full_unstemmed | WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System |
| title_short | WDSchain: A Toolbox for Enhancing the Security Using Blockchain Technology in Water Distribution System |
| title_sort | wdschain a toolbox for enhancing the security using blockchain technology in water distribution system |
| topic | water distribution system blockchain technology security IoT EPANET consensus mechanisms |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/14/1944 |
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