Data Integrity Verification in Network Slicing using Oracles and Smart Contracts

TL;DR

This paper proposes a blockchain-based system utilizing oracles and smart contracts to verify and ensure the integrity of 5G network slicing configurations, enhancing security against malicious attacks.

Contribution

It introduces a novel architecture combining blockchain, smart contracts, and oracles for integrity verification in 5G network slicing, addressing security challenges.

Findings

Designed a complete architecture for integrity verification

Demonstrated the feasibility of using blockchain for network slice security

Provided insights into implementing trustless verification systems

Abstract

The fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks are expected to provide various services compared to the 4G and previous generations of networks. The Quality of Service requirements can be quite different in terms of latency, bandwidth, reliability, and availability. 5G technology allows the fragmentation of the network into small pieces, known as network slices. This network slicing is done by specific tools and the configuration must be protected from attacks that may be performed by malicious users. Thus in this paper, a solution to protect and prevent these failures from happening is addressed. For this solution to be carried out, a study was conducted on the Blockchain technology, as well as the use of Oracles in order to implement an integrity verification system, a system capable of assuring 5G network slices configuration integrity through a complete architecture involving Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Oracles.