Privacy Protection and Energy Optimization for 5G-Aided Industrial Internet of Things

Mamoona Humayun; Nz Jhanjhi; Madallah Alruwaili; Sagaya Sabestinal Amalathas; Venki Balasubramanian; Buvana Selvaraj

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3028764

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Privacy Protection and Energy Optimization for 5G-Aided Industrial Internet of Things

Mamoona Humayun,
Nz Jhanjhi,
Madallah Alruwaili,
Sagaya Sabestinal Amalathas,
Venki Balasubramanian,
Buvana Selvaraj

Affiliations

Mamoona Humayun: ORCiD; Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakakah, Saudi Arabia
Nz Jhanjhi: ORCiD; School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCE), Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Madallah Alruwaili: ORCiD; College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakakah, Saudi Arabia
Sagaya Sabestinal Amalathas: School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCE), Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Venki Balasubramanian: ORCiD; School of Science, Engineering and Information Technology, Federation University, Mount Helen, VIC, Australia
Buvana Selvaraj: School of Information Technology and Engineering, Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3028764
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 183665 – 183677

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The 5G is expected to revolutionize every sector of life by providing interconnectivity of everything everywhere at high speed. However, massively interconnected devices and fast data transmission will bring the challenge of privacy as well as energy deficiency. In today's fast-paced economy, almost every sector of the economy is dependent on energy resources. On the other hand, the energy sector is mainly dependent on fossil fuels and is constituting about 80% of energy globally. This massive extraction and combustion of fossil fuels lead to a lot of adverse impacts on health, environment, and economy. The newly emerging 5G technology has changed the existing phenomenon of life by connecting everything everywhere using IoT devices. 5G enabled IIoT devices has transformed everything from traditional to smart, e.g. smart city, smart healthcare, smart industry, smart manufacturing etc. However, massive I/O technologies for providing D2D connection has also created the issue of privacy that need to be addressed. Privacy is the fundamental right of every individual. 5G industries and organizations need to preserve it for their stability and competency. Therefore, privacy at all three levels (data, identity and location) need to be maintained. Further, energy optimization is a big challenge that needs to be addressed for leveraging the potential benefits of 5G and 5G aided IIoT. Billions of IIoT devices that are expected to communicate using the 5G network will consume a considerable amount of energy while energy resources are limited. Therefore, energy optimization is a future challenge faced by 5G industries that need to be addressed. To fill these gaps, we have provided a comprehensive framework that will help energy researchers and practitioners in better understanding of 5G aided industry 4.0 infrastructure and energy resource optimization by improving privacy. The proposed framework is evaluated using case studies and mathematical modelling.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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