A Blockchain, 5G and IoT-based transaction management system for Smart Logistics: an Hyperledger framework

Abstract

The recent technological progress has started a revolution in the logistic and supply chain environment, known as Logistics 4.0. Such a revolution is strongly based on information sharing and digitalization. For this reason, distributed ledger technologies (and blockchain in particular) are attracting the interest of countries and companies. However, the proper verification of data coming from oracles is a huge issue. This paper proposes a solution integrating Blockchain and IoT, by exploiting the enhanced data security and integrity provided by Narrowband-IoT. A preliminary performance evaluation of Hyperledger Fabric and Hyperladger Sawtooth is also presented.