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An Architecture Using Payment Channel Networks for Blockchain-based Wi-Fi Sharing

The authors derive a comprehensive collection of 14 design principles for workable Wi-Fi sharing networks and propose a reference architecture combining a blockchain (for trust and immutable records) with payment channel networks (for fast, cheap micro-payments), augmenting current approaches with adequate accounting mechanisms.

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Authors: Christian Janiesch, Marcus Fischer, Florian Imgrund, Adrian Hofmann, Axel Winkelmann
Year: 2023
Venue: ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems 14(1), Article 1 (2023)
Methodology: Design science research; requirements from a survey of risks/threats; scenario-based evaluation and workshop; proposed testable propositions.

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An Architecture Using Payment Channel Networks for Blockchain-based Wi-Fi Sharing

Authors: Christian Janiesch, Marcus Fischer, Florian Imgrund, Adrian Hofmann, Axel Winkelmann
Venue: ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems 14(1), Article 1 (2023)
Link: https://doi.org/10.1145/3529097 (opens in a new tab)

Summary

Artifact

A multi-layer reference architecture for Wi-Fi sharing based on blockchain and payment channel networks.

Methodology

Design science research; requirements from a survey of risks/threats; scenario-based evaluation and workshop; proposed testable propositions.

Citations

[1] Christian Janiesch, Marcus Fischer, Florian Imgrund, Adrian Hofmann, Axel Winkelmann. An Architecture Using Payment Channel Networks for Blockchain-based Wi-Fi Sharing. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems 14(1), Article 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1145/3529097 (opens in a new tab) [2] Source document: An Architecture Using Payment Channel Networks for Blockchain-based Wi-Fi Sharing.pdf

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Problem description

Wi-Fi sharing needs adequate accounting and security: trust-based approaches require intermediaries and cannot prevent malicious behavior, while security-based approaches lack accounting mechanisms and coverage.

Input knowledge

Prior Wi-Fi sharing approaches (e.g., Leroy et al., Cao et al., Seufert et al.); the market engineering framework (Notheisen et al.); blockchain and payment channel networks.

Research process

Design science research: requirements derived from a survey of risks, threats and related work; development of a multi-layer reference architecture; scenario-based evaluation and a workshop; formulation of testable propositions.

Key concepts

Wi-Fi sharing, blockchain, payment channel networks, reference architecture, accounting mechanisms.

Solution description

A multi-layer reference architecture combining a blockchain (trust, immutable records) with payment channel networks (fast, cheap micro-payments) and adequate accounting. Solution-space representation: Instantiation (reference architecture) plus fourteen design principles (design theory).

Output knowledge

Fourteen design principles for secure, reliable Wi-Fi sharing networks with adequate accounting.

Design knowledge

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Design Principle

Design Principle14

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An Architecture Using Payment Channel Networks for Blockchain-based Wi-Fi Sharing

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Design Principle

DP1 - Host bandwidth management module

DP10 - Pre-payment mechanism

DP11 - Dynamic trust-score accounting

DP12 - Platform-independent protocol

DP13 - Incremental bandwidth with instant payment

DP14 - Multiple simultaneous connections and billing

DP2 - Private-network module without shared secret keys

DP3 - Route users to their private network

DP4 - Restrict user access to the host's infrastructure

DP5 - Clear access-point identification

DP6 - Tamper-proof transaction history via trusted intermediary

DP7 - Minimize transaction costs

DP8 - Fee-free instant payments

DP9 - Mutually agreed usage cost

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Overview

An Architecture Using Payment Channel Networks for Blockchain-based Wi-Fi Sharing

Summary

Artifact

Methodology

Citations

DSR grid

Problem description

Input knowledge

Research process

Key concepts

Solution description

Output knowledge

Design knowledge

Design Principle

DP1 - Host bandwidth management module

DP10 - Pre-payment mechanism

DP11 - Dynamic trust-score accounting

DP12 - Platform-independent protocol

DP13 - Incremental bandwidth with instant payment

DP14 - Multiple simultaneous connections and billing

DP2 - Private-network module without shared secret keys

DP3 - Route users to their private network

DP4 - Restrict user access to the host's infrastructure

DP5 - Clear access-point identification

DP6 - Tamper-proof transaction history via trusted intermediary

DP7 - Minimize transaction costs

DP8 - Fee-free instant payments

DP9 - Mutually agreed usage cost

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