EmergencyBlock: A Blockchain-based Public Emergency Alert System

Zeynep Dundar; Oguzhan Kocaturk; Gokhan Secinti

doi:10.1109/CCNC49033.2022.9700574

EmergencyBlock: A Blockchain-based Public Emergency Alert System

Zeynep Dundar, Oguzhan Kocaturk, Gokhan Secinti

Department of Computer Engineering

Istanbul Technical University

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Abstract

In the smart emergency detection systems, which automatically detects emergencies and disseminates proper alerts to the citizens and local authorities, accuracy and security is significant concerns. To overcome these concerns, we propose a blockchain-based open emergency alert system, namely EmergencyBlock. Our envisioned system has decentralized structure helps the system's availability during the crisis situations that cause high load. Nodes in the system have a shared public ledger that holds emergency event data and no other data that may create privacy concerns. Because of the system's public nature, the blockchain is used to prevent false alerts by protecting the integrity, and also asymmetric encryption is used to protect the confidentiality of the system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	963-964
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings - IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC49033.2022.9700574
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	19th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 8 Jan 2022 → 11 Jan 2022

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block-chain
emergency alert system
smart cities

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