{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3111018641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info11120570","title":"Application of Blockchain Technology in Dynamic Resource Management of Next Generation Networks","display_name":"Application of Blockchain Technology in Dynamic Resource Management of Next Generation Networks","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-12-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3111018641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info11120570","mag":"3111018641"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/info11120570","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info11120570","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/12/570/pdf?version=1607250344","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210219776","display_name":"Information","issn_l":"2078-2489","issn":["2078-2489"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/12/570/pdf?version=1607250344","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084314092","display_name":"Michael G. Xevgenis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4630-1082"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210094138","display_name":"University of West Attica","ror":"https://ror.org/00r2r5k05","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Michael Xevgenis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077839928","display_name":"Dimitrios G. Kogias","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8985-6136"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210094138","display_name":"University of West Attica","ror":"https://ror.org/00r2r5k05","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dimitrios G. Kogias","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011492909","display_name":"Panagiotis Karkazis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4971-826X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210094138","display_name":"University of West Attica","ror":"https://ror.org/00r2r5k05","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Panagiotis Karkazis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Information and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Information and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008700225","display_name":"Helen C. Leligou","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1489-1495"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210094138","display_name":"University of West Attica","ror":"https://ror.org/00r2r5k05","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Helen C. Leligou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062392678","display_name":"Charalampos Z. Patrikakis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1921-4466"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210094138","display_name":"University of West Attica","ror":"https://ror.org/00r2r5k05","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Charalampos Patrikakis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Attica, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5084314092"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094138"],"apc_list":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1515},"apc_paid":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1515},"fwci":5.0049,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":31,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95818881,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"11","issue":"12","first_page":"570","last_page":"570"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.998199999332428,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blockchain","display_name":"Blockchain","score":0.719164252281189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.665279746055603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.6594627499580383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/immutability","display_name":"Immutability","score":0.5694704055786133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pace","display_name":"Pace","score":0.5501943826675415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-defined-networking","display_name":"Software-defined networking","score":0.5150651335716248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/agile-software-development","display_name":"Agile software development","score":0.48943963646888733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtualization","display_name":"Virtualization","score":0.4758179783821106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.41929590702056885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.3339020609855652},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.08659979701042175}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779687700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20514253","display_name":"Blockchain","level":2,"score":0.719164252281189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.665279746055603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.6594627499580383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776126399","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3942906","display_name":"Immutability","level":3,"score":0.5694704055786133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777526511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q691543","display_name":"Pace","level":2,"score":0.5501943826675415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77270119","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655198","display_name":"Software-defined networking","level":2,"score":0.5150651335716248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14185376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30232","display_name":"Agile software development","level":2,"score":0.48943963646888733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513985346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270471","display_name":"Virtualization","level":3,"score":0.4758179783821106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.41929590702056885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3339020609855652},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.08659979701042175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13280743","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131089","display_name":"Geodesy","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/info11120570","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info11120570","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/12/570/pdf?version=1607250344","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210219776","display_name":"Information","issn_l":"2078-2489","issn":["2078-2489"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:5d4aca742651451f89bbb0319e923423","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/5d4aca742651451f89bbb0319e923423","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S112646816","display_name":"SHILAP Revista de lepidopterolog\u00eda","issn_l":"0300-5267","issn":["0300-5267","2340-4078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Information, Vol 11, Iss 12, p 570 (2020)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:mdpi.com:/2078-2489/11/12/570/","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info11120570","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400947","display_name":"MDPI (MDPI AG)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210097602","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210097602"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Information; Volume 11; Issue 12; Pages: 570","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/info11120570","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info11120570","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/12/570/pdf?version=1607250344","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210219776","display_name":"Information","issn_l":"2078-2489","issn":["2078-2489"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.6100000143051147}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320331440","display_name":"University of West Attica","ror":"https://ror.org/00r2r5k05"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3111018641.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3111018641.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":38,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2011721490","https://openalex.org/W2345842246","https://openalex.org/W2486460265","https://openalex.org/W2555782333","https://openalex.org/W2751350604","https://openalex.org/W2773929027","https://openalex.org/W2798342357","https://openalex.org/W2883202323","https://openalex.org/W2897923185","https://openalex.org/W2898250056","https://openalex.org/W2899766515","https://openalex.org/W2907215288","https://openalex.org/W2910815950","https://openalex.org/W2914374206","https://openalex.org/W2920733725","https://openalex.org/W2925413847","https://openalex.org/W2941060906","https://openalex.org/W2944469681","https://openalex.org/W2951918961","https://openalex.org/W2957654085","https://openalex.org/W2959116526","https://openalex.org/W2963627345","https://openalex.org/W2969212959","https://openalex.org/W2969971691","https://openalex.org/W2972487148","https://openalex.org/W2972821230","https://openalex.org/W2983688765","https://openalex.org/W2998669109","https://openalex.org/W3007925633","https://openalex.org/W3011283647","https://openalex.org/W3014399982","https://openalex.org/W3031802354","https://openalex.org/W3035900025","https://openalex.org/W3043186970","https://openalex.org/W3083156961","https://openalex.org/W3091316168","https://openalex.org/W4248175462","https://openalex.org/W6780671303"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1517747134","https://openalex.org/W2802479602","https://openalex.org/W4210406818","https://openalex.org/W2954977039","https://openalex.org/W4386576376","https://openalex.org/W4306779889","https://openalex.org/W3048554917","https://openalex.org/W3211706803","https://openalex.org/W3023855976","https://openalex.org/W3130746757"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"With":[0],"the":[1,14,26,32,35,44,50,64,77,92,108,115,120,124,150,157,162],"advent":[2],"of":[3,28,37,47,52,79,110,119],"Software":[4],"Defined":[5],"Networking":[6],"(SDN)":[7],"and":[8,117,145,159,173,180],"Network":[9,54],"Function":[10],"Virtualization":[11],"(NFV)":[12],"technologies,":[13],"networking":[15],"infrastructures":[16,51,69],"are":[17],"becoming":[18],"increasingly":[19],"agile":[20],"in":[21,41,103,123,130,152],"their":[22,68,143],"attempts":[23],"to":[24,61,75,85,98,141],"offer":[25,99],"quality":[27],"services":[29],"needed":[30],"by":[31],"users,":[33],"maximizing":[34],"efficiency":[36],"infrastructure":[38],"utilization.":[39],"This":[40],"essence":[42],"mandates":[43],"statistical":[45,80],"multiplexing":[46],"demands":[48],"across":[49],"different":[53],"Providers":[55],"(NPs),":[56],"which":[57],"would":[58,88],"allow":[59],"them":[60],"cope":[62],"with":[63],"increasing":[65],"demand,":[66],"upgrading":[67],"at":[70],"a":[71,82,100,135,153,168],"slower":[72],"pace.":[73],"However,":[74],"enjoy":[76],"benefits":[78],"multiplexing,":[81],"trusted":[83],"authority":[84],"govern":[86],"it":[87],"be":[89],"required.":[90],"At":[91],"same":[93],"time,":[94],"blockchain":[95],"technology":[96],"aspires":[97],"solid":[101],"advantage":[102],"such":[104],"untrusted":[105],"environments,":[106],"enabling":[107],"development":[109],"decentralized":[111],"solutions":[112],"that":[113,138,167],"ensure":[114],"integrity":[116],"immutability":[118],"information":[121],"stored":[122],"digital":[125],"ledger.":[126],"To":[127],"this":[128,131],"end,":[129],"paper,":[132],"we":[133,160],"propose":[134],"blockchain-based":[136,169],"solution":[137,151,170],"allows":[139],"NPs":[140],"trade":[142],"(processing":[144],"networking)":[146],"resources.":[147],"We":[148,175],"implemented":[149],"test-bed":[154],"deployed":[155],"on":[156],"cloud":[158],"present":[161],"gathered":[163],"performance":[164],"results,":[165],"showing":[166],"is":[171],"feasible":[172],"appropriate.":[174],"also":[176],"discuss":[177],"further":[178],"improvements":[179],"challenges.":[181]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}