Contract-connection:An efficient communication protocol for Distributed Ledger Technology

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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is promising to become the foundation of many decentralised systems. However, the unbalanced and unregulated network layout contributes to the inefficiency of DLT especially in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, where nodes connect to only a limited number of peers. The data communication speed globally is unbalanced and does not live up to the constraints of efficient real-time distributed systems. In this paper, we introduce a new communication protocol, which enables nodes to calculate the tradeoff between connecting/disconnecting a peer in a completely decentralised manner. The network layout globally is continuously re-balancing and optimising along with nodes adjusting their peers. This communication protocol weakened the inequality of the communication network. The experiment suggests this communication protocol is stable and efficient.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE 38th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2019
Number of pages4
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Publication dateOct 2019
Article number8958730
ISBN (Electronic)9781728110257
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event38th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2019 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 29 Oct 201931 Oct 2019

Conference

Conference38th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2019
LandUnited Kingdom
ByLondon
Periode29/10/201931/10/2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
*This work was supported by Fuzhou Gofun Culture Media Co,. LTD, China. 1Yibin Xu is with School of computer science and informatics, School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom. work @ xuyibin.top 2Yangyu Huang is with Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China. i @ hyy0591.me

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

    Research areas

  • Blockchain, Communication protocol, Distributed Ledger Technology, Software defined network

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