Blockchain-Based Autonomous Authentication and Integrity for Internet of Battlefield Things in C3I System

【Author】 Rashid, Aqsa; Khan, Atta Ur Rehman

【Source】IEEE ACCESS

【影响因子】3.476

【Abstract】In the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT), users and sensor-equipped entities send multiple messages to the Command Control Center (CCC) over the network. The authentication and integrity of these messages are crucial because if an adversary or malicious node transmits, alters, or replays these messages, the consequences will be disasters. Current centralized authentication systems are not suitable for the distributed environment because such schemes are prone to a single point of failure, privacy, and scalability issues. Moreover, the high communication overhead caused by centralization increases energy consumption. In this work, we propose a technique called Blockchain-based Autonomous Authentication and Integrity for the Internet of Battlefield Things (BIoBT) for the C3I system. The proposed technique does not require an explicit authentication channel for the authentication of entities because it is performed on the blockchain side when receiving the data. In addition, it provides data integrity and non-repudiation. BIoBT prototype is created, deployed, and tested on the Ethereum test network. The results prove that BIoBT is efficient, cost-effective, and satisfies the security requirements of a distributed environment for IoBT. BIoBT also outperforms contemporary mechanisms in terms of the number of messages required to establish a secure channel, reducing communication overhead and resource consumption.

【Keywords】Blockchains; Authentication; Internet; Internet of Things; Servers; Smart contracts; Robot sensing systems; Command and control systems; Military communication; Authentication; autonomous; C3I; Ethereum; Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT); smart contract

【发表时间】2022

【收录时间】2022-09-15

【文献类型】理论模型

【主题类别】

区块链技术-协同技术-物联网