Authentication of IoT actors using blockchain and intelligent SIM infrastructure

在过去的几年里，在互联世界中对物体的识别和认证一直是研究的主要焦点。物联网（IoT）由于其巨大的增长率而加剧了这一需求。大量的物联网设备使得实现集中认证机制具有挑战性。该项目旨在为人类、车辆、物联网设备和物理资产设计一个实用的、高度可扩展的安全身份验证框架。它采用支持fog的基于区块链的加密解决方案，并结合了新颖的生物识别功能。该框架将使用与集成智能SIM卡芯片相关的多生物特征来唯一识别物体。该项目将产生一种安全、可扩展和容错的身份验证技术，定义其体系结构，并实现其协议。我们还将设计处理/存储高效的生物特征收集/编码/解码算法，能够在智能SIM卡中运行。该技术将应用于应用程序和产品的开发。将开发新的生物特征收集和编码/解码设备。将实施先进的个人和SIM卡注册、验证和身份识别系统。它将集成到我们的一个工业合作伙伴（Flex Group）的产品中，该产品针对电信运营商市场。此外，将开发智能电力交易服务，并实施其组成部分。此外，还将开发以生物识别技术为基础的先进的、以多层次认证为基础的5G网络安全设备。

From the past few years identification and authentication of objects in a connected world has been a prime focus of research. Internet of Things (IoT) has intensified this demand due to its massive growth rate. The huge number of IoT devices makes it challenging to implement centralized authentication mechanisms. This project targets the design of a practical, highly scalable, secure authentication framework for humans, vehicles, IoT devices, and physical assets. It adopts Fog-enabled blockchain-based cryptographic solutions combined with novel biometric features. The framework will uniquely identify objects using multi-biometric features that are associated with integrated smart SIM chips. The project will produce a secure, scalable and fault tolerant authentication technology, define its architecture, and implement its protocols. We will also design processing/storage efficient biometrics collection/encoding/decoding algorithms, capable of running in smart SIM Cards. The technology will be applied to the development of applications and products. Novel biometrics collection and encoding/decoding devices will be developed. An advanced person and SIM card registration, verification, and identification system will be implemented. It will be integrated to one of our industrial partner's (Flex Group) products, which targets the Telecom operator market. In addition, a smart electric energy trading service will be developed and its components implemented. Also, an advanced, biometrics based cyber-security apparatus for 5G networks that is based on multi-level authentication will be produced.