| Title | Blockchain-Based Decentralized Authentication for Information-Centric 5G Networks |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2022 |
| Authors | Hassan, Muhammad, Pesavento, Davide, Benmohamed, Lotfi |
| Conference Name | 2022 IEEE 47th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) |
| Keywords | 5G mobile communication, Access Control, authentication, Computer architecture, computer networks, Information Centric Networks, information-centric networking, Protocols, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability |
| Abstract | The 5G research community is increasingly leveraging the innovative features offered by Information Centric Networking (ICN). However, ICN's fundamental features, such as in-network caching, make access control enforcement more challenging in an ICN-based 5G deployment. To address this shortcoming, we propose a Blockchain-based Decentralized Authentication Protocol (BDAP) which enables efficient and secure mobile user authentication in an ICN-based 5G network. We show that BDAP is robust against a variety of attacks to which mobile networks and blockchains are particularly vulnerable. Moreover, a preliminary performance analysis suggests that BDAP can reduce the authentication delay compared to the standard 5G authentication protocols. |
| Notes | ISSN: 0742-1303 |
| DOI | 10.1109/LCN53696.2022.9843631 |
| Citation Key | hassan_blockchain-based_2022 |
Blockchain-Based Decentralized Authentication for Information-Centric 5G Networks