Analysis of Pooling Principle in Blockchain Radio Access Network

Abstract

Blockchain radio access network (B-RAN), as a new paradigm of wireless access, utilizes blockchain to facilitate and safeguard multisided resource sharing and pooling. B-RAN was previously claimed to benefit from network integration and collaboration, which also known as the pooling principle; however, it has never been quantitatively analyzed and assessed. In this paper, we provide the mathematical foundation of the pooling principle for B-RAN. We first present the system model of B- RAN and introduce the concept of effective network capacity to measure the network performance. We quantify the effect of pooling in B- RAN by deriving the effective network capacity and illustrate the pooling principle of B- RAN. Finally, we show the simulation results and provide convincing evidence to support the pooling principle of B- RAN.