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An Approach for Decentralized Authentication in Networks of UAVs

Authors:
Nicholas Jäger
Andreas Aßmuth

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; flying ad-hoc networks; public key infrastructures; authentication; blockchain

Abstract:
We propose a decentralized authentication system for networks of unmanned aerial vehicles. A blockchain-based public key infrastructure allows the usage of public key cryp- tography and public key based authentication protocols. The blockchain provides a common storage of the public keys and their relations and can provide the required information for the authentication process. Furthermore, the unmanned aerial vehicles store selected parts of the blockchain in order to operate independently in areas where they might not have access to the Internet. This allows unmanned aerial vehicles to authenticate entities of the network, like other unmanned aerial vehicles, cloud services, cars, and any computer.

Pages: 13 to 17

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021

Publication date: April 18, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-845-7

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from April 18, 2021 to April 22, 2021