{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4379033909","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2023.3282043","title":"A Blockchain-Based Secure Searching Strategy for Metadata in Mobile Edge Computing","display_name":"A Blockchain-Based Secure Searching Strategy for Metadata in Mobile Edge Computing","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4379033909","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2023.3282043"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/jiot.2023.3282043","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2023.3282043","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2480266640","display_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","issn_l":"2327-4662","issn":["2327-4662","2372-2541"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050425169","display_name":"Wenlong Tian","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-9099"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210156400","display_name":"Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province","ror":"https://ror.org/04qgr7x96","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210156400"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I91935597","display_name":"University of South China","ror":"https://ror.org/03mqfn238","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91935597"]}],"countries":["CN","SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wenlong Tian","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science, University of South China, Hengyang, China","Hunan Provincial base for Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation, Hengyang, China","School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West, Singapore"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-9099","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science, University of South China, Hengyang, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I91935597"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hunan Provincial base for Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation, Hengyang, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210156400"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100636703","display_name":"Qi Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8351-6034"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I47720641","display_name":"Huazhong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00p991c53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qi Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039670436","display_name":"Ruixuan Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5511"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I47720641","display_name":"Huazhong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00p991c53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ruixuan Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5511","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100642950","display_name":"Zhiyong Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-1500"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhiyong Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Suffork University, Boston, MA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Suffork University, Boston, MA, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100456327","display_name":"Yan Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-5092"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63525965","display_name":"Western Sydney University","ror":"https://ror.org/03t52dk35","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yan Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100768896","display_name":"Yongfeng Huang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-2230"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yongfeng Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-2230","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.071,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92574231,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"22","first_page":"19795","last_page":"19809"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11614","display_name":"Cloud Data Security Solutions","score":0.9955999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9943000078201294,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blockchain","display_name":"Blockchain","score":0.8846334218978882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8474875092506409},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metadata","display_name":"Metadata","score":0.6794992685317993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-computing","display_name":"Mobile computing","score":0.5607739686965942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edge-computing","display_name":"Edge computing","score":0.5566596388816833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/enhanced-data-rates-for-gsm-evolution","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","score":0.5004682540893555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-edge-computing","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","score":0.4605518877506256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.44364961981773376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.4238150119781494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.3175167739391327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.2833336591720581},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.22576582431793213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.10840710997581482}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779687700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20514253","display_name":"Blockchain","level":2,"score":0.8846334218978882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8474875092506409},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93518851","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180160","display_name":"Metadata","level":2,"score":0.6794992685317993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144543869","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2738570","display_name":"Mobile computing","level":2,"score":0.5607739686965942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778456923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337692","display_name":"Edge computing","level":3,"score":0.5566596388816833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162307627","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204833","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","level":2,"score":0.5004682540893555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776061582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25325231","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","level":3,"score":0.4605518877506256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.44364961981773376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.4238150119781494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.3175167739391327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.2833336591720581},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.22576582431793213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.10840710997581482}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/jiot.2023.3282043","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2023.3282043","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2480266640","display_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","issn_l":"2327-4662","issn":["2327-4662","2372-2541"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2562896419","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2022JJ50153","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322843","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of\u00a0Hunan Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6231926975","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2022JJ30495","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322843","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of\u00a0Hunan Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7409060717","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2021JJ40468","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322843","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of\u00a0Hunan Province"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322843","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of\u00a0Hunan Province","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2011762419","https://openalex.org/W2116717571","https://openalex.org/W2122590785","https://openalex.org/W2147929033","https://openalex.org/W2156186849","https://openalex.org/W2286648356","https://openalex.org/W2564810971","https://openalex.org/W2568772110","https://openalex.org/W2594560857","https://openalex.org/W2624989916","https://openalex.org/W2755779661","https://openalex.org/W2765463836","https://openalex.org/W2769073236","https://openalex.org/W2790225875","https://openalex.org/W2794533297","https://openalex.org/W2796172907","https://openalex.org/W2810011639","https://openalex.org/W2897676665","https://openalex.org/W2910369831","https://openalex.org/W2941724816","https://openalex.org/W2995975985","https://openalex.org/W3023749109","https://openalex.org/W3044593889","https://openalex.org/W3151748982","https://openalex.org/W4250390143","https://openalex.org/W4253233651","https://openalex.org/W4283207785","https://openalex.org/W4290963799","https://openalex.org/W4296340175","https://openalex.org/W4296442310","https://openalex.org/W4308642408","https://openalex.org/W4309852654"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4361251304","https://openalex.org/W3024547383","https://openalex.org/W4210813012","https://openalex.org/W3174690704","https://openalex.org/W2968424451","https://openalex.org/W4221092438","https://openalex.org/W4385335479","https://openalex.org/W2905685817","https://openalex.org/W2730940305","https://openalex.org/W4207020266"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"With":[0],"intelligent":[1],"devices\u2019":[2],"prevalence,":[3],"mobile":[4],"edge":[5],"computing":[6],"(MEC)":[7],"technology":[8],"can":[9],"effectively":[10],"process":[11],"the":[12,16,47,54,87,91,94,112,115,152],"massive":[13],"data":[14,31],"in":[15,24,29,71,128,170],"Internet":[17],"of":[18,38,93,114,145,158],"Things":[19],"(IoT).":[20],"The":[21,156],"metadata":[22,69,95,127],"produced":[23],"MEC":[25],"plays":[26],"a":[27,63,75,81,99,105,121,129,142,149],"role":[28],"colossal":[30],"management.":[32],"However,":[33],"it":[34],"also":[35,124],"includes":[36],"lots":[37],"user":[39],"privacy":[40,43],"information.":[41],"Traditional":[42],"protection":[44],"solutions":[45],"sacrifice":[46],"metadata\u2019s":[48],"availability":[49],"or":[50],"are":[51,109],"incompatible":[52],"with":[53],"distributed":[55],"environment.":[56],"To":[57],"overcome":[58],"this":[59],"dilemma,":[60],"we":[61,140],"propose":[62],"blockchain-based":[64],"secure":[65],"searching":[66,96,116,126],"strategy":[67,108],"for":[68,111],"(BSSMeta)":[70],"MEC.":[72],"By":[73],"leveraging":[74],"lightweight":[76],"proxy":[77],"re-encryption":[78],"scheme":[79],"and":[80,104,117,132,147,168,172],"decentralized":[82],"key":[83],"generation":[84],"method":[85,103],"on":[86,151,160],"blockchain,":[88],"BSSMeta":[89,123,146,165],"keeps":[90],"security":[92,143,171],"tasks.":[97],"Meanwhile,":[98],"main/secondary":[100],"smart":[101],"contract":[102],"buffer":[106],"uploading":[107,118],"proposed":[110],"efficiency":[113],"processes.":[119],"As":[120],"byproduct,":[122],"supports":[125],"multiuser":[130],"environment":[131],"gives":[133],"users":[134],"access":[135],"control":[136],"to":[137],"metadata.":[138],"Finally,":[139],"provide":[141],"analysis":[144],"implement":[148],"prototype":[150],"Hyperledger":[153],"Fabric":[154],"platform.":[155],"results":[157],"experiments":[159],"various":[161],"workloads":[162],"show":[163],"that":[164],"is":[166],"feasible":[167],"flexible":[169],"efficiency.":[173]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-25T15:57:00.446498","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}