Imaging And Beamforming for Continuous Device Attestation Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data communication networks face challenges in maintaining efficient and secure connections with user equipment devices due to unpredictable signal obstructions and potential identity spoofing, leading to poor performance and increased vulnerability to malicious attacks.
Innovation Solution
A cluster controller utilizes imaging devices and beamforming information to create a 3D map of RF coverage areas, predicting signal obstructions and proactively managing connections, while continuously authenticating and attesting user equipment identities to establish secure attestation zones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional data communication networks establish connections with user equipment devices, then data transmission can occur, but the connections are vulnerable to signal obstructions and identity spoofing attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and attestation of user equipment identities before establishing data connections. The cluster controller verifies device identities and establishes attestation zones in advance, preventing unauthorized devices from connecting and mitigating identity spoofing attacks before they can compromise communication reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces imaging devices as intermediary components that provide visual verification of user equipment devices. These imaging devices capture images of devices within coverage areas, and the cluster controller uses these images to verify device identities and locations, adding an intermediary verification layer between the communication nodes and user equipment to prevent spoofing attacks
2Reliability
If the network continuously authenticates and monitors user equipment devices, then security is improved, but system complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
User equipment devices perform self-authentication by presenting their identities to the cluster controller, which verifies them against stored credentials. The devices also continuously self-report their locations and statuses, enabling the network to monitor them without requiring complex external verification infrastructure for each device
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where the cluster controller monitors device locations, authentication statuses, and connection qualities in real-time. Based on this feedback, the controller dynamically adjusts authentication requirements, establishes or revokes attestation zones, and manages beamforming resources to maintain security while optimizing system complexity
3Productivity
If beamforming is used to provide targeted RF signals, then connection efficiency is improved, but the system becomes more vulnerable to unpredictable signal obstructions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic beamforming where the cluster controller continuously adjusts beam directions, shapes, and power levels based on real-time feedback about device locations, movement patterns, and signal quality. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain efficient targeted signal delivery while compensating for unpredictable obstructions by rapidly reconfiguring beams to maintain optimal connections
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses imaging devices to preliminarily identify and map the physical environment, including potential obstructions and device locations, before establishing beamforming connections. This preliminary environmental awareness allows the cluster controller to pre-plan beam paths and anticipate obstructions, improving signal delivery reliability while maintaining connection efficiency
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AI summary
A data communication network includes a data communication node, an imaging device, and an information handling system. The data communication node establishes a data connection with a user equipment device and provides beamforming information for the data connection. The imaging device provides image information for a coverage area of the data communication node. The information handling system receives the image information, determines that data connections have been established with user equipment devices, to authenticate the user equipment devices, to correlate locations of the user equipment devices within the coverage area based upon beamforming information for the data connections and upon the image information, to attest to identities of the user equipment devices, and to establish an attestation zone within the coverage area based upon the attestation of the identities.