Table 2.

Notation definitions.

Notation	Description
${\mathsf{\Phi }}_G$	The set of GNs.
${\mathsf{\Phi }}_V$	The set of VNs.
M	The number of GNs.
K	The number of VNs.
$L_n$	The number of time slots included in decision epoch n.
${\mathit{h}}_m\left(\tau \right)$	Channel vector between GN m and the BS at time slot $\tau$.
$\mathit{y}\left(\tau \right)$	Received signal of the BS at time slot $\tau$.
${\rho }_m$	Normalized temporal channel correlation coefficient of GN m.
$\mathit{H}\left(\tau \right)$	Channel matrix from all the nodes to the BS at time slot $\tau$.
${\gamma }_m\left(\tau \right)$	The receiving SINR of GN m at time slot $\tau$.
${\varphi }_m\left(n\right)$	ZF detection vector for GN m at time slot $\tau$.
${\lambda }_m$	Task arrival rate of GN m.
$U_m\left(n\right)$	Queue length of GN m’s task buffer at decision epoch n.
$a_m\left(n\right)$	Number of task arrivals of GN m at decision epoch n.
$f_m\left(\tau \right)$	CPU frequency scheduled for local execution of GN m at time slot $\tau$.
$C_m\left(F_m\right)$	CPU cycles required per one task bit (allowable CPU-cycle frequency) at GN m.
$p_{o,m}\left(n\right)$	Transmission power of GN m for computation offloading at decision epoch n.
$d_{o,m}\left(\tau \right)\left(D_{o,m}\left(n\right)\right)$	Data transmitted by GN m for computation offloading at time slot $\tau$ (decision epoch n).
$p_{l,m}\left(n\right)$	Power consumption of GN m for local execution at decision epoch n.
$d_{l,m}\left(\tau \right)\left(D_{l,m}\left(n\right)\right)$	Data processed by GN m via local execution at time slot $\tau$ (decision epoch n).
$P_{o,m}\left(P_{l,m}\right)$	Maximum transmission power (local execution power) of GN m.
${\nu }_m\left(\tau \right)$	Computation rate of GN m during time slot $\tau$.
$\mathbf{Y}\left(n\right)$	The set of stakes IoT nodes hold at decision epoch n.
$I_m\left(n\right)\left(I_P\left(n\right)\right)$	Block interval of GN m (PN) at decision epoch n.
$T_F\left(n\right)$	Latency time to finality at decision epoch n.
$S^B\left(n\right)$	Block size at decision epoch n.
$\mathsf{\Xi }\left(n\right)$	Blockchain transaction throughput at decision epoch n.