Blockchain for 6g-Enabled Network-Based Applications: A Vision, Architectural Elements, and Future Directions

This book provides a comprehensive overview of blockchain for 6G-enabled network-based applications. Following the key services of blockchain technology, this book will be instrumental to ideate and understand the necessities, challenges, and various case studies of different 6G-based applications. The emphasis is on understanding the contributions of blockchain technology in 6G-enabled applications, and its aim is to give insights into evolution, research directions, challenges, and the ways to empower 6G applications through blockchain.

• The book consistently emphasizes the missing connection between blockchain and 6G-enabled network applications. The entire ecosystem between these two futuristic technologies is explained in a comprehensive manner.
• The book constitutes a one-stop guide to students, researchers, and industry professionals.
• The book progresses from a general introduction toward more technical aspects while remaining easy to understand throughout.
• Comprehensive elaboration of material is supplemented with examples and diagrams, followed by easily understandable approaches with regard to technical information given thereon.

Blockchain and its applications in 6G-enabled applications can drive many powerful solutions to real-world technical, scientific, and social problems. This book will present the most recent and exciting advances in blockchain for 6G-enabled network applications. Overall, this book is a complete outlet and is designed exclusively for professionals, scientists, technologists, developers, designers, and researchers in network technologies around blockchain integration with IoT, blockchain technology, information technology, and 6G-enabled industrial applications. Secondary readers include professionals involved in policy making and administration, security of public data and law, network policy developers, blockchain technology experts, regulators, and decision makers in government administrations.

本書提供了關於6G網絡應用的區塊鏈全面概述。本書將根據區塊鏈技術的關鍵服務，對不同6G應用的需求、挑戰和各種案例進行深入探討，對於理解區塊鏈技術在6G應用中的貢獻至關重要。本書的重點在於理解區塊鏈技術在6G應用中的演進、研究方向、挑戰以及通過區塊鏈技術提升6G應用的方法。

• 本書一貫強調區塊鏈與6G網絡應用之間的缺失聯繫。本書以全面的方式解釋了這兩種未來技術之間的整個生態系統。


• 本書是學生、研究人員和行業專業人士的一站式指南。


• 本書從一般介紹逐漸深入技術細節，同時保持易於理解。


• 詳細的材料說明配有例子和圖表，並提供易於理解的技術信息。

區塊鏈及其在6G應用中的應用能夠為現實世界的技術、科學和社會問題提供許多強大的解決方案。本書將介紹區塊鏈在6G網絡應用中的最新和令人興奮的進展。總的來說，本書是一個完整的出口，專為專業人士、科學家、技術人員、開發人員、設計師和研究人員設計，他們在區塊鏈與物聯網、區塊鏈技術、信息技術和6G網絡應用的集成方面從事網絡技術。次要讀者包括參與政策制定和管理、公共數據和法律安全、網絡政策制定、區塊鏈技術專家、監管機構和政府行政部門的決策者。

Dr. Vinay Rishiwal, PhD is working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering in the year 2000 from MJP Rohilkhand University (SRMSCET), India and received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow, India, in the year 2011. He has 20 years of experience into academics. He is a senior member of IEEE and worked as Convener Student Activities Committee, IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section. He has published more than 90 research papers in various journals and conferences of International repute. He is a General/Conference chair of four International Conferences namely ICACCA, IoT-SIU, MARC 2020 and ICAREMIT. He has received many awards as best paper and best orator in various conferences. Dr. Rishiwal has visited many countries for academic purposes and worked upon many projects of MHRD and UGC. His current research interest includes Wireless Sensor Networks, IoT, Cloud Computing, Social networks and Blockchain Technology. He was invited as Guest Editor/Editorial Board Members of many International Journals, invited for keynote Speaker in many International Conferences held in India and abroad.

Dr. Sudeep Tanwar is full Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is visiting Professor in Jan Wyzykowski University in Polkowice, Poland and University of Pitesti in Pitesti, Romania. He received B.Tech in 2002 from Kurukshetra University, India, M.Tech (Honor's) in 2009 from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India and Ph.D. in 2016 with specialization in Wireless Sensor Network. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 technical research papers published in leading journals and conferences from the IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, etc. Some of his research findings are published in top cited journals such as IEEE TNSE, IEEE Transactions on TVT, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Access, Computer Communication, Applied Soft Computing, Journal of Network and Computer Application, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, International Journal of Communication System, Telecommunication System, Computer and Electrical Engineering and IEEE Systems Journal. He has also published 10 edited/authored books with International/National Publishers like IET, Springer. He has guided many students leading to M.E./M.Tech and guiding students leading to Ph.D. He is Associate Editor of IJCS, Wiley and Security and Privacy Journal, Wiley. His current interest includes Wireless Sensor Networks, Fog Computing, Smart Grid, IoT, and Blockchain Technology. He was invited as Guest Editors/Editorial Board Members of many International Journals, invited for keynote Speaker in many International Conferences held in Asia and invited as Program Chair, Publications Chair, Publicity Chair, and Session Chair in many International Conferences held in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has been awarded best research paper awards from IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, IEEE ICC 2019, and Springer ICRIC-2019. He has Google scholar citations more than 1200 with H-index 18 and i-10 Index 38.

Dr. Rashmi Chaudhry is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology Naya Raipur, Sector 24, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Prior to joining IIITNR, she was a faculty member in TIET, Patiala, Punjab, India. She received her Ph.D. from ABV-IIITM, Gwalior and M.Tech from IIT (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India. She has been a visiting research scholar at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, U.K. in 2015 under UKIERI project between India and U.K. She has published research papers in leading journals and conferences of IEEE, Elsevier and Springer. Her current interest includes Wireless Sensor Networks, IoT, Fog Computing, Machine Learning and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Dr. Vinay Rishiwal博士是印度北方邦巴雷利MJP Rohilkhand大學工程與技術學院計算機科學與信息技術系的教授。他於2000年從MJP Rohilkhand大學（SRMSCET）獲得計算機科學與工程學士學位，並於2011年從Gautam Buddha Technical大學獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。他在學術界擁有20年的經驗。他是IEEE的高級會員，曾擔任IEEE北方邦分會學生活動委員會召集人。他在國際知名期刊和會議上發表了90多篇研究論文。他是四個國際會議（ICACCA、IoT-SIU、MARC 2020和ICAREMIT）的主席。他在各種會議上獲得了最佳論文和最佳演講者等多個獎項。Rishiwal博士曾經為學術目的訪問過多個國家，並參與了多個印度教育部和大學補助委員會的項目。他目前的研究興趣包括無線傳感器網絡、物聯網、雲計算、社交網絡和區塊鏈技術。他曾應邀擔任多個國際期刊的客座編輯/編輯委員會成員，並應邀在印度和國外的多個國際會議上發表主題演講。

Dr. Sudeep Tanwar博士是印度古吉拉特邦艾哈邁德巴德Nirma大學計算機科學與工程系的教授。他還是波蘭波爾科維采的Jan Wyzykowski大學和羅馬尼亞皮特什蒂的皮特什蒂大學的訪問教授。他於2002年從Kurukshetra大學獲得學士學位，2009年從Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha大學獲得榮譽碩士學位，並於2016年獲得專業為無線傳感器網絡的博士學位。他在IEEE、Elsevier、Springer、Wiley等領先期刊和會議上發表了200多篇技術研究論文。他的一些研究成果發表在IEEE TNSE、IEEE Transactions on TVT、IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics、IEEE Access、Computer Communication、Applied Soft Computing、Journal of Network and Computer Application、Pervasive and Mobile Computing、International Journal of Communication System、Telecommunication System、Computer and Electrical Engineering和IEEE Systems Journal等高引用期刊上。他還出版了10本由國際/國內出版商如IET、Springer編輯/撰寫的書籍。他指導了許多碩士和博士研究生。他是Wiley的IJCS和Security and Privacy Journal的副編輯。他目前的研究興趣包括無線傳感器網絡、雲計算、智能電網、物聯網和區塊鏈技術。他曾應邀擔任多個國際期刊的客座編輯/編輯委員會成員，並應邀在亞洲舉辦的多個國際會議上發表主題演講，並在北美、歐洲、亞洲和非洲舉辦的多個國際會議上擔任節目主席、出版主席、宣傳主席和分會主席。他曾獲得IEEE GLOBECOM 2018、IEEE ICC 2019和Springer ICRIC-2019的最佳研究論文獎。他在Google學者上的引用次數超過1200次，H指數為18，i-10指數為38。

Dr. Rashmi Chaudhry博士是印度恰蒂斯加爾邦Naya Raipur的Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee國際信息技術學院計算機科學與工程系的助理教授。在加入IIITNR之前，她是印度旁遮普邦Patiala的TIET的教職員。她在ABV-IIITM, Gwalior獲得博士學位，並在印度礦業學院（IIT）Dhanbad獲得碩士學位。她於2015年在英國和印度之間的UKIERI項目下作為訪問研究學者訪問了英國切爾姆斯福德的Anglia Ruskin大學。她在領先期刊和會議上發表了研究論文。