MBCSD-IoT: A Multi-Level Blockchain-Assisted SDN-Based IoT Architecture for Secured E-Voting System

IF 6.7 2区计算机科学 Q1 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI:10.1109/TNSE.2025.3535726

Ngangbam Indrason;Wanbanker Khongbuh;Kalyan Baital;Goutam Saha

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Abstract

For designing a reliable voting mechanism, the present study undertook an investigation to design a secured and automated e-voting infrastructure namely MBCSD-IoT. For this purpose, a multi-level voting architecture has been designed where most of the nodes consist of Blockchain-assisted SDN-based IoT infrastructure where Blockchain has been embedded in the said IoT system to provide reliable security. In MBCSD-IoT, four levels of hierarchies have been designed namely Booth, District, State and Country Level layers. An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is designed which is equipped with suitable security systems like Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and hash functions. This multiple hierarchical infrastructure will ensure secured storage of voting data using blockchain at multiple levels. Here, voter authentication is automated using biometric inputs. Automated counting of votes is executed at the top-most level of the hierarchy which helps to save extra expenditure. The past literature investigation reveals insignificant number of works in this direction. The present work ensures a suitable infrastructure for implementing a better-secured voting process in large democracy. The whole system has been designed and tested in architectural point of view both in simulation and testbed considering all the security aspects. Experimental results obtained ensured satisfactory performance with respect to throughput, latency, and packet loss.

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MBCSD-IoT：用于安全电子投票系统的多级区块链辅助sdn物联网架构

为了设计可靠的投票机制，本研究进行了一项调查，设计了一个安全、自动化的电子投票基础设施，即MBCSD-IoT。为此，设计了一个多级投票架构，其中大多数节点由区块链辅助的基于sdn的物联网基础设施组成，区块链已嵌入到所述物联网系统中，以提供可靠的安全性。在MBCSD-IoT中，设计了四个层次结构，即展位层、区层、州层和国家层。设计了一种电子投票机（EVM），它配备了合适的安全系统，如椭圆曲线加密（ECC）和哈希函数。这种多层次的基础设施将确保使用区块链在多个级别上安全存储投票数据。在这里，选民身份验证是使用生物识别输入自动进行的。自动计票是在最顶层执行的，这有助于节省额外的开支。从以往的文献考察来看，这方面的作品并不多见。目前的工作确保了一个适当的基础设施，以便在大民主国家实施一个更有保障的投票过程。整个系统从体系结构的角度进行了设计和测试，从仿真和试验台两方面考虑了系统的安全性。实验结果表明，该算法在吞吐量、延迟和丢包方面的性能都令人满意。

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IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering

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12.60

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9.10%

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393

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