Reliable Emergency Rescue Model of UAVs Based on Blockchain

doi:10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.22-0872

Abstract

Abstract:

Natural disasters may unpredictably disrupt ground communication infrastructure and transportation systems, and UAVs emergency response can deal with such uncertainties and highly dynamic scenarios. Aiming at the robustness requirements of decentralized rescue systems. UAV emergency rescue chain (UERChain) based on blockchain technology is proposed. By deploying UAV backbone nodes within a layered local network, the smart contracts for managing reputation considering UAV social relationships are designed. The blockchain is employed as a trust mechanism to realize the trustworthy interactions among distributed UAVs. Experimental results show that, UERChain has higher robustness, and within controllable resource constraints, the reputation management and faulty nodes filtering in a distributed environment and the reliable collaboration during emergency rescue missions can be realized.

Key words: UAV, blockchain, smart contract, trust management, emergency rescue

CLC Number:

TP391.9

Du Mengyao, Xu Kai, Zhang Miao, Fu Xiang, Yin Quanjun. Reliable Emergency Rescue Model of UAVs Based on Blockchain[J]. Journal of System Simulation, 2023, 35(12): 2537-2549.

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Table 1

Simulation parameter setting of UERChain

参数设置	参数介绍	设置值
M	救援无人机数量	10
N	待救援人员数量	20
K	地面救援车辆数量	4
$F u$	无人机全节点数量	4
$L u$	无人机轻节点数量	6
$c i n i f$	无人机全节点初始信誉值	12
$c i n i l$	无人机轻节点初始信誉值	10
$T c$	无人机信誉值阈值	10
$d m a x$ /km	无人机最大通信距离	6
$d m i n$ /m	无人机防碰撞距离	20
m/kg	无人机自身负载	6.3
v/(m/s)	无人机飞行速度	15
θ	交互强度控制参数	$e - 2$
z	交互强度控制参数	$1 / 2$

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区块链函数	函数介绍	燃料费
addUAV	无人机在区块链中注册	21 624
addRescueInfo	无人机将救援信息写入区块链	21 484
validateTrue	无人机进行救援信息验证	21 344
reward	地面救援车辆进行奖励	46 429

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