Oikonomou, Filippos Pelekoudas, Mantas, Georgios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8074-0417, Cox, Phil, Bashashi, Firooz, Gil-Castineira, Felipe and Gonzalez, Jonathan (2021) A blockchain-based architecture for secure IoT-based health monitoring systems. In: 2021 IEEE 26th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD). 25-27 Oct. 2021. Porto, Portugal. IEEE Xplore . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1-6. ISBN 978-1665417792 ; 978-1665417808 ISSN 2378-4865 (Print), 2378-4873 (Online) (doi:10.1109/CAMAD52502.2021.9617803)

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Abstract

Although IoT technology brings significant benefits to the healthcare sector and can play a noteworthy role in improving citizens’ quality of life by enabling IoT-based health monitoring systems, it also raises many security challenges. Conventional security mechanisms are inadequate to secure IoT-based health monitoring systems as they have high resource requirements, in terms of computational power and energy consumption, and thus they cannot be afforded by the resource-constrained IoT nodes of these systems. On the other hand, blockchain is a promising technology that can be used to enhance the security of IoT-based health monitoring systems due to its decentralized and autonomous nature. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a blockchain architecture, based on the Hyperledger Fabric platform, for securing IoTbased health monitoring systems in a more lightweight manner as Hyperledger Fabric does not apply the consensus protocol of Proof of Work (PoW) that cannot be afforded by IoT devices.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	2021 IEEE 26th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD). 25-27 Oct. 2021. Porto, Portugal.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	IoT security; blockchain; hyperledger fabric; healthcare
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science T Technology > T Technology (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG)
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Last Modified:	04 Mar 2022 11:50
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/35242

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