Blockchain-based security algorithm on IoT framework for shielded communication in smart cities

Abstract

This manuscript describes since the resources are heterogeneous, a smart city is vulnerable to several security attacks, and to devise an effective response, it is necessary to recognize certain risks and their potential implications. The framework is responsible for the data transfer security issues in the smart city to incorporate and maintain physical, social, and industrial systems to provide high-quality secure data transmission to its residents. The proposed method of integrating the Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) with a consensus algorithm framework (BCIoT-CAF) to overcome the issues and secure data sharing in smart cities. The data security is enforced by splitting the blockchain network into separate networks, with any channel consisting of a limited number of approved entities, the data stored in the cloud gate server, and analysis of data achieved by IoT applications. The consensus algorithm plays an important role in retaining the blockchain's speed, protection, and performance. Using an appropriate security algorithm, blockchain applications may greatly improve their performance. The modeling simulation of this research improves the speed, protection, and efficiency of 96% and tolerance error as 55%. The integrated evaluation results suggest that the proposed system integrates blockchain with IoT to provide a shielded communication platform in smart cities.