Immutable Telemetry-Command Data Archiving for Wireless Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network logging technologies for remote controlled machines are inefficient, consuming significant resources and lacking in accuracy, as they generate verbose logs that are costly, time-consuming to evaluate, and prone to unauthorized modification, with no mechanism to ensure data integrity or relevance in incident investigations.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a wireless communication network to intelligently capture and archive telemetry-command (TC) data between a controller and a remote controlled machine, using a TC data archiving function that filters data based on inflection criteria and employs blockchain technology to ensure data integrity and immutability, reducing network congestion and resource consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If current network logging technologies are used to capture telemetry-command data, then data availability for incident investigation is improved, but network resource consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and archives only specific telemetry-command data that is relevant to incident investigation, rather than capturing all network traffic. The TC data archiving function selectively captures command data from controller UE and telemetry data from remote controlled UE, filtering out unnecessary information to reduce network resource consumption while maintaining data availability for investigations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the data archiving process into distinct components: command data capture from controller UE, telemetry data capture from remote controlled UE, and separate archiving in the core network. This segmentation allows for targeted data collection that reduces overall network resource usage while ensuring critical data is preserved.
2Loss of information
If all telemetry-command data is captured and archived, then data completeness for incident investigation is improved, but data processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential telemetry-command data pairs needed for incident reconstruction - commands sent from controller UE and corresponding telemetry responses from remote controlled UE. This selective extraction maintains data completeness for investigation purposes while significantly reducing the volume of data that requires processing and storage.
3Device complexity
If traditional logging methods are used, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but data integrity and authenticity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a trusted execution environment (TEE) as an intermediary between the UE applications and the TC data archiving function. The TEE verifies the authenticity of command and telemetry data through cryptographic mechanisms, ensuring data integrity without significantly complicating the overall implementation. The TEE acts as a mediator that provides security guarantees while maintaining a relatively simple archiving architecture.
4Loss of information
If verbose logging is implemented, then comprehensive coverage of operational data is achieved, but ease of data evaluation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and archives only the critical telemetry-command data pairs that are directly relevant to incident investigation - the commands issued by the controller and the corresponding telemetry responses from the remote controlled UE. This selective approach provides comprehensive coverage of operational data needed for investigations while maintaining ease of evaluation by eliminating unnecessary verbose logging information.
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AI summary
Immutable archiving of remote controlled user equipment telemetry-command (TC) data for wireless communications networks systems and applications is provided. In some embodiments, one or more applications executing on the UE report selected TC data to a TC data archiving function. TC data is both captured and preserved by the TC data archiving function in a manner that establishes sufficient integrity for the data for the purpose of establishing an immutable record comprising at least the operating state of a remote operated UE, and commands that a controller UE was sending to the remote operated UE. Determining the TC data selected for archiving may be based on an inflection criteria. In some embodiments, a session block sequence is generated using a distributed application (DApp), and TC data is reported to the TC data archiving function using the session block sequence.