UAV Authentication via Secondary Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) authentication methods lack a solution for secondary authentication, which is essential for enhancing flight security and ensuring the lawful operation of UAVs connected to networks.
Innovation Solution
An unmanned aerial vehicle authentication method and apparatus that involves determining the type of a terminal as a UAV and sending authentication information to an authentication server, allowing the server to perform secondary authentication before the UAV can fly, using various methods such as subscription information, indication information, or self-reported type, and incorporating network assistance information for enhanced security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If secondary authentication is implemented for UAVs, then flight security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication process is divided into two distinct stages: first authentication during network registration, and second authentication before flight operation. This segmentation allows each authentication stage to serve specific security purposes independently, improving overall flight security while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The second authentication is performed in advance before the UAV is allowed to fly, ensuring that security verification is completed proactively. This preliminary action prevents unauthorized flights by validating authentication status before the critical flight operation begins, thereby improving reliability without requiring complex real-time intervention systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple authentication methods are provided (subscription information, indication information, self-reported type), then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system is designed to support multiple authentication methods including subscription information from network elements, indication information from analytics network elements, and self-reported type from the terminal. This multi-functionality allows the system to adapt to different scenarios and information availability, improving versatility while the underlying unified authentication framework prevents excessive complexity accumulation.
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AI summary
This application provides an unmanned aerial vehicle authentication method and an apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a communications device after determining that a type of a terminal is a UAV, authentication information of the terminal to an authentication server, so that the authentication server can perform authentication on the terminal based on the authentication information of the terminal, and therefore, the authentication server completes authentication on the terminal. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle is allowed to fly only after authentication on the terminal succeeds. Therefore, flight security of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be improved.