Efficient and Secure Data Sharing in Scalable C-V2X with Dynamic Sharding Blockchain and Zero-Knowledge Proofs

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Abstract

The advent of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (CV2X) technology has revolutionised intelligent transportation systems (ITS), but poses challenges for secure and efficient data sharing due to its dynamic nature. Traditional centralised systems are inadequate, prompting the need for decentralised solutions like blockchain. However, applying blockchain technologies in C-V2X always faces scalability issues. This paper proposes a scalable C-V2X blockchain network with a hierarchical consensus by integrating a dynamic load-balancing sharding mechanism and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). Our scheme ensures scalability in the C-V2X environment through sharding while utilising ZKPs to enhance cross-shard validation efficiency, reducing its complexity to O(1). Additionally, our approach reduces bandwidth consumption by 90.8% compared to Merkle tree-based solutions and its consensus time is lower than 360 ms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
EditorsMatthew Valenti, David Reed, Melissa Torres
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2918-2924
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9798331505219
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2025 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 8 Jun 202512 Jun 2025

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2025
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period8/06/2512/06/25

Free Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • C-V2X
  • Sharding
  • Zero-Knowledge Proof

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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