Wireless Network Slice for Secure Resource Metering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication networks do not efficiently and effectively integrate resource meters and distributed ledgers into their wireless network slices.
Innovation Solution
The integration of hardware-trust circuitry, ledger-client circuitry, and distributed-ledger circuitry with resource-meter circuitry to instantiate a wireless network slice, where resource usage data is measured, wirelessly transferred, and executed as distributed ledger transactions, committing results to a blockchain format.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If resource meters and distributed ledgers are integrated into wireless network slices, then data security and immutability are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: resource-meter circuitry for measurement, ledger-client circuitry for data transfer, and distributed-ledger circuitry for transaction execution. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific tasks, improving overall system reliability while managing complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The ledger-client circuitry acts as an intermediary between the resource-meter circuitry and the distributed-ledger circuitry. It receives meter data and transfers it to the distributed ledger, simplifying the integration process and reducing direct complexity between the metering and ledger components.
2Ease of operation
If resource meters communicate wirelessly with billing servers, then ease of operation improves, but loss of information increases due to network vulnerabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The distributed ledger acts as an intermediary storage layer between wireless resource meters and billing servers. Meter data is committed to the immutable blockchain format in the distributed ledger, ensuring data integrity even during wireless transmission. The ledger-client circuitry transfers data to this secure intermediary, protecting against network vulnerabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates immutable copies of meter data in the distributed ledger's blockchain format. Each transaction is hashed and stored across multiple ledger nodes, creating redundant copies that protect against data loss or corruption during wireless communication. This copying mechanism ensures data integrity while maintaining wireless ease of operation.
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AI summary
In a resource-metering data network, slice control circuitry instantiates a wireless network slice that comprises hardware-trust circuitry, ledger-client circuitry, distributed-ledger circuitry, and resource-meter circuitry. The hardware-trust circuitry establishes hardware-trust with the ledger-client circuitry, the distributed-ledger circuitry, and the resource-meter circuitry. The resource-meter circuitry measures resource-usage and wirelessly transfer meter data characterizing the resource-usage. The ledger-client circuitry receives the meter data from the resource-metering circuitry and transfers the meter data to the distributed-ledger circuitry. The distributed-ledger circuitry executes distributed ledger transactions with the meter data, generates resource-usage results, and commits the meter data and the resource-usage results to different distributed ledgers in a blockchain format. Ledger client circuitry transfers the resource-usage results from the different distributed ledgers to network addresses.