Authentication of IoT actors using blockchain and intelligent SIM infrastructure

在过去的几年里，对互联世界中的对象进行识别和认证一直是研究的主要焦点。物联网(IoT)以其巨大的增长率加剧了这一需求。数量庞大的物联网设备使实施集中式身份验证机制变得具有挑战性。该项目旨在为人员、车辆、物联网设备和实物资产设计实用、高度可扩展、安全的身份验证框架。它采用了基于雾的区块链加密解决方案，并结合了新的生物识别功能。该框架将使用与集成智能SIM卡芯片相关联的多种生物识别特征来唯一识别对象。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采集/编码/解码算法，能够在智能SIM卡上运行。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采集和编码/解码设备。实行先进的人员和SIM卡登记、核验、识别制度。它将集成到我们的工业合作伙伴(Flex Group)的一个产品中，该产品针对电信运营商市场。此外，还将开发智能电力交易服务，并实施其组件。此外，还将生产基于生物识别的先进的5G网络安全设备，该设备基于多级身份验证。

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.