The Effectiveness of Private and Public Blockchain Frameworks for Predicting Hypotension in Edge Computing Systems

Abstract

. The Smart Health care system plays a most predominant role in the current research for the integration of IoT devices with Edge Computing. Blockchain technology is used to ensure immutability of the recorded transaction. It is used to create a decentralized edge computing marketplace, without a single control point. Ethereum Framework is a distributed public Blockchain network uses consensus algorithms such as Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of State (PoS) to reach consensus about the current state, thus ensuring immutability of data. It is used for developing open-source decentralized applications for public network communities. Certain data in healthcare information system is sensitive and it might not be revealed even to the co-peers. Integration of private Blockchain is essential for limiting the accessibility of records in certain sensitive domains like healthcare. Hyperledger Sawtooth is an enterprise, private and open source Blockchain platform to create distributed networks for enterprises. It uses Proof of Elapsed Time (PoET) as internal consensus mechanism. Both Ethereum and Sawtooth are identified and implemented with a decentralized application. Though the private and public blockchain frameworks have specific potential benefits, their working mechanisms differ from each other depending on various parameters. The system aimed at evaluating the working efficiency of private and public Blockchain networks upon implementing the predictive analysis of hypotension using Mean Arterial Pressure in Edge computing system. The system also integrates Homomorphic Encryption schemes to ensure authenticity of the patient's test report.