Resource sharing of mobile edge computing networks based on auction game and blockchain

• Main Authors: Xiuxian Zhang, Xiaorong Zhu, M.A.M Chikuvanyanga, Meijuan Chen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2021-06-01
• Series: EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
• Subjects: Blockchain; Auction game; Edge clouds; Resource sharing
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13634-021-00735-5

Abstract The edge clouds in mobile edge computing networks are isolate which may belong to different companies or organizations, and hence the communication, computation, and storage resources are not efficiently utilized. To solve this problem, we propose the resource-sharing model of edge clouds which is based on blockchain technology and auction game. In this model, the blockchain platform is regarded as the bridge of the resource sharing, composed of edge clouds, clouds, third-party spectrum and computation management, identity authentication institutions, etc. It is used to record the users’ transaction information and broadcast the intelligent terminals’ resource requirements to all edge clouds in the blockchain platform through smart contracts. Then, an optimization problem of the joint allocation of communication and computation resources is formulated to maximize the utility of intelligent terminals. And an efficient improved sealed second-price auction game is proposed to allocate communication and computation resources and determine the optimal price of resources under the intelligent terminals’ QoS constraints. Simulation results show that the model can effectively improve the system resources utilization and the successful transaction rate.