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Fusion of Blockchain Technology with 5G: A Symmetric Beginning

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Blockchain for 5G-Enabled IoT

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Nowadays, Blockchain technology has been proved to be the imperative and innovatory technological gadget enabling clarity and safety measures in terms of digital credentials and authentication for both users and business organizations. In addition to the technological invention, 5G mobile networks have augmented performance improvements in network communication technology, and IoT has come forward for adding new value to it by establishing the connection among millions of smart diversified objects that can transfer data among each other at a higher speed. But 5G technology applications are expected to face several challenges as the current network technology and IoT-based systems are working with a principle of centralization. Such limitations of 5G-enabled IoT devices can be taken care of with the integration of Blockchain technology into it that comes with default features like steadiness, reliability, seclusion, origin backtracking as well as digital proof of identity. Although integration of 5G technology with Blockchain can have endless potential in many business industry applications, still it is the need of the hour to give an impending focus into the areas of its application, benefits, security measures and challenges. In this chapter, the foundational ideas of both 5G and Blockchain technology have been narrated along with their complementary strength and weakness in various application domains followed by apparent attractiveness of application areas so that appropriateness of 5G with Blockchain can open up new research directions as well as future service-oriented applications for upcoming communicational network systems.

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Satpathy, S., Mahapatra, S., Singh, A. (2021). Fusion of Blockchain Technology with 5G: A Symmetric Beginning. In: Tanwar, S. (eds) Blockchain for 5G-Enabled IoT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67490-8_3

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