Transport Component Authentication for Secure Bus Data Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transportation systems lack efficient methods for data communication and authentication between components on a transport, leading to potential security breaches and operational inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for sending data from a component on a transport to another component, comparing the data to a threshold, and sending notifications to a processor when the data is outside the threshold, utilizing a bus communication infrastructure and potentially involving blockchain technology for secure data management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data communication between transport components is implemented without authentication, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but security and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing authentication before allowing data communication between transport components. The system checks whether a component is authenticated to the transport before permitting data exchange, ensuring security is established in advance rather than requiring continuous complex verification during communication operations.
2Reliability
If component authentication is implemented, then data security and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling components to authenticate themselves to the transport system. Components provide their own identification and authentication credentials, eliminating the need for complex centralized authentication mechanisms. This allows components to independently prove their legitimacy without requiring extensive system-wide verification infrastructure.
3Reliability
If data communication is restricted to authenticated components only, then data security is improved, but productivity and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by completing authentication verification before data communication begins. This ensures that only authenticated components can access data, maintaining security while allowing efficient data exchange between authorized components without requiring continuous security checks during normal operation.
Data Source
AI summary
An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.