Summary

Self-organization networking (SON) is responsible for automatically planning, configuring, managing, optimizing and remedying networking. When building SON in an Internet of things (IoT) environment, an IoT device moves frequently and IoT service requirements change from time to time. In such an environment, it is difficult to manage IoT services and devices in a centralized manner. Blockchain supports dynamic trusted SON management and secure network resource sharing by using smart contract and consensus protocols.

Recommendation ITU-T Y.4491 describes a framework for the support of SON in an IoT environment using blockchain.