scholarly journals Accelerating Health Data Sharing: A Solution Based on the Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technologies

10.2196/13583 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. e13583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Zheng ◽  
Shengjing Sun ◽  
Raghava Rao Mukkamala ◽  
Ravi Vatrapu ◽  
Joaquín Ordieres-Meré
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Health Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Security Perspective of Cloud and Internet of Things With 5G Networks

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-36
Author(s):  
Neetu Faujdar
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
5G Networks ◽  
Security Attacks ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Pervasive computing has been greatly supported by the internet of things. The use of internet of things has created the environment that helps in the management of the different modules that are the part of the complete system, which can work effectively without the interference with the other components of the system. The cloud environment with the internet of things can help in getting the greater extend of data sharing. Little attention has been provided to the security of the various stakeholders that are the part of the system. IoT cloud integration involved privacy, security, and personal safety risk of the stakeholders. Not only are these types of security attacks possible, but there is also the possibility of attack on the IoT components like hardware manipulation to disrupt the services. As we are on the network, all the communication attacks of network are also possible. This chapter will cover common aspects of regarding the cloud and internet of things (IOT) with 5G networks.

Applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies to the Internet of Things

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyi Zhu ◽  
Seng W. Loke ◽  
Rolando Trujillo-Rasua ◽  
Frank Jiang ◽  
Yong Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
The Internet Of Things

scholarly journals Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things: Essence, Perspectives and Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Shafagat Mahmudova
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Transfer Data ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Internet Of Things

This article outlines the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things describes a network of physical objects, i.e., the “thing” including sensors, software, and other technologies for connection and data sharing with other devices and systems over the Internet. In other words, IoT is a relatively new technology enabling many “smart” devices to get connected, to analyze, process, and transfer data to each other and connect to a network. The article clarifies the essence of intelligent systems for the Internet of Things, and analyzes the most popular software for the IoT platform. It studies high-level systems for IoT and analyzes available literature in this field. It highlights most advanced IoT software of 2021. The article also identifies the prospects and challenges of intelligent systems for the Internet of Things. The creation of new intelligent systems for IoT and the development of technology will greatly contribute to the development of economy.

scholarly journals Accelerating Health Data Sharing: A Solution Based on the Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technologies (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Zheng ◽  
Shengjing Sun ◽  
Raghava Rao Mukkamala ◽  
Ravi Vatrapu ◽  
Joaquín Ordieres-Meré
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Access Management ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Health Related

BACKGROUND Huge amounts of health-related data are generated every moment with the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable technologies. These big health data contain great value and can bring benefit to all stakeholders in the health care ecosystem. Currently, most of these data are siloed and fragmented in different health care systems or public and private databases. It prevents the fulfillment of intelligent health care inspired by these big data. Security and privacy concerns and the lack of ensured authenticity trails of data bring even more obstacles to health data sharing. With a decentralized and consensus-driven nature, distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) provide reliable solutions such as blockchain, Ethereum, and IOTA Tangle to facilitate the health care data sharing. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop a health-related data sharing system by integrating IoT and DLT to enable secure, fee-less, tamper-resistant, highly-scalable, and granularly-controllable health data exchange, as well as build a prototype and conduct experiments to verify the feasibility of the proposed solution. METHODS The health-related data are generated by 2 types of IoT devices: wearable devices and stationary air quality sensors. The data sharing mechanism is enabled by IOTA’s distributed ledger, the Tangle, which is a directed acyclic graph. Masked Authenticated Messaging (MAM) is adopted to facilitate data communications among different parties. Merkle Hash Tree is used for data encryption and verification. RESULTS A prototype system was built according to the proposed solution. It uses a smartwatch and multiple air sensors as the sensing layer; a smartphone and a single-board computer (Raspberry Pi) as the gateway; and a local server for data publishing. The prototype was applied to the remote diagnosis of tremor disease. The results proved that the solution could enable costless data integrity and flexible access management during data sharing. CONCLUSIONS DLT integrated with IoT technologies could greatly improve the health-related data sharing. The proposed solution based on IOTA Tangle and MAM could overcome many challenges faced by other traditional blockchain-based solutions in terms of cost, efficiency, scalability, and flexibility in data access management. This study also showed the possibility of fully decentralized health data sharing by replacing the local server with edge computing devices.

scholarly journals Hierarchically Authorized Transactions for Massive Internet-of-Things Data Sharing Based on Multilayer Blockchain

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 5159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shichang Xuan ◽  
Yibo Zhang ◽  
Hao Tang ◽  
Ilyong Chung ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
High Performance ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
And Storage ◽  
The Internet Of Things

With the arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) era and the rise of Big Data, cloud computing, and similar technologies, data resources are becoming increasingly valuable. Organizations and users can perform all kinds of processing and analysis on the basis of massive IoT data, thus adding to their value. However, this is based on data-sharing transactions, and most existing work focuses on one aspect of data transactions, such as convenience, privacy protection, and auditing. In this paper, a data-sharing-transaction application based on blockchain technology is proposed, which comprehensively considers various types of performance, provides an efficient consistency mechanism, improves transaction verification, realizes high-performance concurrency, and has tamperproof functions. Experiments were designed to analyze the functions and storage of the proposed system.

Concept of Blockchain Technology and Its Emergence

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Padmavathi U. ◽  
Narendran Rajagopalan
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Authentication And Authorization ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Blockchain refers to a distributed ledger technology that helps people to regulate and manage their information without any intermediaries. This technology emerges as a promising panacea for authentication and authorization with potential for use in every possible domain including financial, manufacturing, educational institutions, etc. Blockchain has its birth through the concept of Bitcoin, a digital cryptocurrency by Satoshi Nakamoto, called as Blockchain 1.0. Blockchain 2.0 came into existence in 2014 with Ethereum and smart contracts. The challenges such as scalability, interoperability, sustainability, and governance led to the next generation of Blockchain also called as IOTA, a blockchainless cryptocurrency for the internet of things runs on the top of their own ledger called Tangle, which is immune towards quantum computers. This disruptive technology evolved to provide cross chain support and more security through Blockchain 4.0. Finally, the chapter concludes by discussing the various applications of this technology and its advantages and security issues.

Part II Trade Finance Technology, 10 Digitalisation of Shipping and Insurance Documents: Implications for Trade Finance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goldby Miriam
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Insurance Contract ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Trade Finance ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The inefficiencies inherent in processing pieces of paper manually down a cross-border chain of sales have prompted the international trade community to attempt to replace bills of lading with digital alternatives. These efforts have been ongoing for thirty years, but the recent availability of new technologies, particularly distributed-ledger technology (‘DLT’), which can be used in combination with ‘smart contracts’, the internet of things (‘IoT’) and machine-learning, has given these efforts a new impetus. Digitalisation holds many promises, including the creation of a context wherein new and cheaper financing options may be developed that do not involve manual checking of large volumes of paper documents. However, doing away with the paper-based documents of title creates uncertainties in terms of the bank’s position as secured creditor. Similarly, while cargo insurance certificates have been issued over electronic platforms for many years now, their transfer by endorsement is still effected by printing the certificate out and endorsing the paper-based certificate. In order for the benefits of digitalisation to be reaped in full, cargo insurance certificates also need to be fully digitalised, which would in turn raise questions as to the bank’s position as assured under the insurance contract. This chapter will examine the options available for making the bank’s position more certain. These options include legislative intervention and the development of contractual frameworks governed by English law.

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