Blockchain Based Data Transmission Control for Tactical Data Link

Wei Leng, Yafeng Li, Xuetao Yang, Zheng Yan, Liang Chen

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    Abstract

    Tactical Data Link (TDL) is a communication system that utilizes a certain message format and a protocol to transmit data via wireless channels in an instant, automatic, and secure way. So far, TDL has shown special importance in military applications. Current TDL adopts a distributed architecture to enhance anti-destruction capacity. However, TDL faces the problem of data inconsistency and thus cannot well support cooperation across multiple militarily domains. To tackle this problem, we propose to leverage blockchain to build an automatic and adaptive data transmission control mechanism for TDL. It achieves automatic data transmission and realizes information consensus among TDL consensus nodes. Besides, smart contracts based on blockchain further enable adjusting data transmission policies automatically. The experimental results illustrate effectiveness and efficiency of our proposed blockchain based data transmission control for TDL.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSmart City and Informatization
    Subtitle of host publicationiSCI 2019
    EditorsG. Wang, A. El Saddik, X. Lai, G. Martinez Perez, KK Choo
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages583-595
    ISBN (Electronic)978-981-15-1301-5
    ISBN (Print)978-981-15-1300-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2019
    MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
    EventInternational Conference on Smart City and Informatization - Guangzhou, China
    Duration: 12 Nov 201915 Nov 2019

    Publication series

    NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volume1122
    ISSN (Print)1865-0929
    ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Smart City and Informatization
    Abbreviated titleiSCI
    Country/TerritoryChina
    CityGuangzhou
    Period12/11/201915/11/2019

    Keywords

    • Blockchain
    • Tactical Data Link
    • Consensus
    • Data transmission control

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