Research Article

5G Network Slicing: Methods to Support Blockchain and Reinforcement Learning

Table 3

Blockchain structure function.

Parent block hashHas the hash value of the previous block

TimestampUsed to record the time when the current block was generated
Random number and difficultyUsed to calculate proof of work
Version numberRecord the version of the current block, so that you can view and update the version at any time
Merkle root value of the entire blockIt is the root value of the Merkle tree, which stores the hash value of all transactions in the entire block