PurposeThis paper aims to describe a method for Internet-of-Things-devices to achieve industrial grade reliability for information transfer from wireless sensor systems to production systems using blockchain technologies.Design/methodology/approachAn increased security and reliability of submitted data within the sensor network could be achieved on an application level. Therefore, a lightweight, high-level communication protocol based on blockchain principles was designed.FindingsBlockchain mechanisms can secure the wireless communication of Internet-of-Things-devices in a lightweight and scalable manner.Originality/valueThe innovation of this research is the successful application of general blockchain mechanisms to increase security of a wireless sensor system without binding to a dedicated blockchain technology.
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