A Blockchain-Based Incremental Update Supported Data Storage System for Intelligent Vehicles

作者：Yuyu Yin, Youhuizi Li, Bingyue Ye, Tingting Liang, Yu Li · 发表于：IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1109/tvt.2021.3068990 · 被引用次数：40 · 研究领域：Blockchain Technology Applications and Security、Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data、Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)

With the development of autonomous driving and the Internet of Vehicles, vehicle data communication and data security become more and more important. Blockchain which has transparency, decentralization and immutability nature is treated as a promising approach to support intelligent vehicle systems. However, due to the high data update overhead, vulnerable raw data storage policy and inflexible consensus algorithm, traditional blockchain technologies are not suitable in modern vehicular systems. Hence, we propose, a blockchain data storage system that supports incremental data updating. Specifically, the system reduces the re-uploaded data size through smart contract and data partition to decrease the overhead. Besides, data replica and multi-data source addressing of index on the chain enhance the data reliability. In addition, an adaptive proof-of-work algorithm is developed, whose execution cost is dynamically adjusted based on nodes' behavior. It greatly improves the data record and updating efficiency. Comprehensive experimental results show that BUS can effectively improve the data updating efficiency with low overhead and fewer resources in intelligent vehicle scenarios.