A Blockchain-based Approach for Assessing Compliance with SLA-guaranteed IoT Services
2020 (English)In: Proceedings: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Smart Internet of Things, IEEE, 2020, p. 213-220Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Within cloud-based internet of things (IoT) applications, typically cloud providers employ Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure the quality of their provisioned services. Similar to any other contractual method, an SLA is not immune to breaches. Ideally, an SLA stipulates consequences (e.g. penalties) imposed on cloud providers when they fail to conform to SLA terms. The current practice assumes trust in service providers to acknowledge SLA breach incidents and executing associated consequences. Recently, the Blockchain paradigm has introduced compelling capabilities that may enable us to address SLA enforcement more elegantly. This paper proposes and implements a blockchain-based approach for assessing SLA compliance and enforcing consequences. It employs a diagnostic accuracy method for validating the dependability of the proposed solution. The paper also benchmarks Hyperledger Fabric to investigate its feasibility as an underlying blockchain infrastructure concerning latency and transaction success/fail rates.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE, 2020. p. 213-220
Keywords [en]
Blockchain, Smart Contract, SLA, Cloud, Mon-itoring, IoT
National Category
Media and Communication Technology
Research subject
Pervasive Mobile Computing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80839DOI: 10.1109/SmartIoT49966.2020.00039Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85091973366ISBN: 978-1-7281-6514-1 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-80839DiVA, id: diva2:1468523
Conference
2020 IEEE International Conference on Smart Internet of Things (SmartIoT), 14-16 August, 2020, Beijing, China
Note
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-1-7281-6514-1, 978-1-7281-6515-8
2020-09-182020-09-182024-08-15Bibliographically approved