A Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Advanced Metering Infrastructure Secure Communication (BC-AMI)
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Abstract
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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OpenAlex topics: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Smart Grid Security and Resilience · Cryptography and Data Security
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Affiliations
Institute of Information Technology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City 1207, Bangladesh
Funding
the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) · the Ministry of Education · the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant
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