A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV

As the volume of data in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) continues to grow, challenges such as insufficient storage capacity and potential privacy breaches become more pronounced. To address these issues, this article proposes a novel collaborative data storage scheme with an incentivization mechanis...

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Main Authors: Quan Shi, Lankai Wang, Chen Chen
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Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2025-05-01
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description As the volume of data in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) continues to grow, challenges such as insufficient storage capacity and potential privacy breaches become more pronounced. To address these issues, this article proposes a novel collaborative data storage scheme with an incentivization mechanism, termed Blockchain-Based Collaborative Data Storage with Incentive Mechanism for IoV (CDS-BIoV). The CDS-BIoV framework consists of vehicles, roadside units (RSUs), and cloud infrastructure. In the first phase, vehicles collect and transmit data to their nearest RSU nodes. To encourage active participation in data reception and storage, an incentive mechanism is introduced to motivate RSU nodes. Two algorithms are developed: the Incentive Mechanism Collaborative Data Storage Algorithm (I-CDSA) and the Data Offloading Algorithm (DOA). The I-CDSA uses a competitiveness matrix to incentivize RSU nodes to minimize storage consumption, while the DOA employs incentives to secure additional cloud storage for offloading data. Experimental results show that the CDS-BIoV scheme reduces storage consumption by up to 93% compared to the Generic Parallel Database (GPDB), particularly as the number of blocks increases, effectively alleviating storage capacity limitations.
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spelling doaj-art-95ea9005c69246ef976fe2b3dc0819fa2025-08-20T03:22:22ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ Computer Science2376-59922025-05-0111e284910.7717/peerj-cs.2849A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoVQuan Shi0Lankai Wang1Chen Chen2School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, ChinaSchool of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Technology, Nantong University, Nantong, ChinaAs the volume of data in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) continues to grow, challenges such as insufficient storage capacity and potential privacy breaches become more pronounced. To address these issues, this article proposes a novel collaborative data storage scheme with an incentivization mechanism, termed Blockchain-Based Collaborative Data Storage with Incentive Mechanism for IoV (CDS-BIoV). The CDS-BIoV framework consists of vehicles, roadside units (RSUs), and cloud infrastructure. In the first phase, vehicles collect and transmit data to their nearest RSU nodes. To encourage active participation in data reception and storage, an incentive mechanism is introduced to motivate RSU nodes. Two algorithms are developed: the Incentive Mechanism Collaborative Data Storage Algorithm (I-CDSA) and the Data Offloading Algorithm (DOA). The I-CDSA uses a competitiveness matrix to incentivize RSU nodes to minimize storage consumption, while the DOA employs incentives to secure additional cloud storage for offloading data. Experimental results show that the CDS-BIoV scheme reduces storage consumption by up to 93% compared to the Generic Parallel Database (GPDB), particularly as the number of blocks increases, effectively alleviating storage capacity limitations.https://peerj.com/articles/cs-2849.pdfCollaborative data storageIncentive mechanismIoVBlockchain
spellingShingle Quan Shi
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Chen Chen
A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV
PeerJ Computer Science
Collaborative data storage
Incentive mechanism
IoV
Blockchain
title A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV
title_full A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV
title_fullStr A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV
title_full_unstemmed A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV
title_short A collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain-based IoV
title_sort collaborative data storage with incentive mechanism for blockchain based iov
topic Collaborative data storage
Incentive mechanism
IoV
Blockchain
url https://peerj.com/articles/cs-2849.pdf
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