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BIDAPSCA5G: Blockchain based Internet of Things (IoT) device to device authentication protocol for smart city applications using 5G technology

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Due to the advancement of wireless technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) Device to Device communication for exchanging messages is feasible without human involvement. Authentication and identification of device location are highly essential tasks to verify the originality of IoT Devices (IoTDs) during communication via open channel. In recent days, IoTD registration is processed through the Registration Center Authority (RAC) and this may face single point of failure and insider attack. To solve these problems, we propose a Blockchain based Internet of Things (IoT) Device to Device Authentication Protocol for Smart City Applications using 5G Technology (BIDAPSCA5G). In the proposed protocol, the IoT Devices registration process is performed through private blockchain. The Blockchain has the Distributed Ledger (DL) for storing IoTD credential details, which is accessed only by authenticated entities. In the proposed protocol, mutual authentication was performed without involvement of RAC/Gate-Way-Node (GWN) to reduce the computation cost. The proposed protocol has the additional features such as location based authentication, blockchain based revocation phase and registration of IoTDs, IoTD anonymity property at device level. The security analysis of the proposed protocol was performed through formal security verification using Proverif tool, formal security analysis using Random Oracle Model (RoM) and informal security analysis. The security analysis proved that the proposed protocol is secured against well-known attacks and also it provides better performance as well as additional features when compared to existing protocols.

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  1. Center for Mobile Banking (CMB), Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad, India

    Manojkumar Vivekanandan & Sastry V. N.

  2. Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, Department of Computer Applications, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

    Manojkumar Vivekanandan & Srinivasulu Reddy U.

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Appendix A

Highlights of proposed protocol

  • To propose a Blockchain based Internet of Things (IoT) Device to Device Authentication Protocol for Smart City Applications using 5G Technology

  • Proposed protocol performs authentication between IoT Device to IoT Device without the involvement of RAC/GWN

  • Proposed protocol registration process is perform through private blockchain with the help of GWN

  • Proposed protocol authentication perform based on the location of the device, which is not proposed in the existing works

  • Proposed protocol performs better performance as well as provides additional features such as location based authentication of IoT Device, IoT Device revocation phase using blockchain and blockchain based registration of IoT Devices respectively

  • Proposed protocol security verification is performs through formal and informal analysis. Formal analysis is perform through Proverif tool, informal analysis is perform through various security assumptions, and also formal security verification is perform through the Random Oracle Model (RoM).

Appendix B

Formal verification of proposed protocol using Proverif tool

The formal security verification of proposed protocol simulated in this section. The Fig. 5 represents declaration of proposed protocol, Fig. 6 represents registration and authentication process, Fig. 7 represents registration and authentication process, Fig. 8 represents Di and Dj queries and Fig. 9 represents proposed protocol queries result.

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Vivekanandan, M., V. N., S. & U., S.R. BIDAPSCA5G: Blockchain based Internet of Things (IoT) device to device authentication protocol for smart city applications using 5G technology. Peer-to-Peer Netw. Appl. 14, 403–419 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-020-00963-w

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