A Blockchain-Based Trust Framework for Resilient Cross-Domain UAV Service Orchestration

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Autori principali: Wu, Yao, Jia, Ziye, Zhao, Jingjing, Wang, Haoyang, Wu, Qihui, Han, Zhu
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author Wu, Yao
Jia, Ziye
Zhao, Jingjing
Wang, Haoyang
Wu, Qihui
Han, Zhu
author_facet Wu, Yao
Jia, Ziye
Zhao, Jingjing
Wang, Haoyang
Wu, Qihui
Han, Zhu
contents Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks are increasingly deployed for complex missions, including disaster response, intelligent logistics, and environmental monitoring. These missions generally require coordinated collaboration among multiple UAVs across distinct administrative domains. To support such cross-domain cooperation, service function chains (SFCs) are constructed, where complex workflows are decomposed into ordered service functions assigned to appropriate UAVs along the mission path. However, it is challenging to ensure secure, trustworthy, and low-latency cross-domain SFC orchestration in identity management, authentication, and resilience to node failures. To address these issues, this paper proposes a consortium blockchain-based trust architecture for cross-domain decentralized identity verification, auditable task execution, and dynamic service-aware orchestrator selection. The framework employs a hierarchical four-phase cross-domain authentication protocol covering the credential pre-verification, intra-domain execution, secure relay, and audit logging. The use case analysis confirms that the proposed framework achieves substantial reductions in authentication latency and significant improvements in system throughput against centralized and static schemes. The open challenges in scalability, adaptive trust assessment, interoperability, and energy efficiency are discussed, thereby providing directions for future researches on secure and efficient cross-domain UAV service orchestration.
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spellingShingle A Blockchain-Based Trust Framework for Resilient Cross-Domain UAV Service Orchestration
Wu, Yao
Jia, Ziye
Zhao, Jingjing
Wang, Haoyang
Wu, Qihui
Han, Zhu
Cryptography and Security
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks are increasingly deployed for complex missions, including disaster response, intelligent logistics, and environmental monitoring. These missions generally require coordinated collaboration among multiple UAVs across distinct administrative domains. To support such cross-domain cooperation, service function chains (SFCs) are constructed, where complex workflows are decomposed into ordered service functions assigned to appropriate UAVs along the mission path. However, it is challenging to ensure secure, trustworthy, and low-latency cross-domain SFC orchestration in identity management, authentication, and resilience to node failures. To address these issues, this paper proposes a consortium blockchain-based trust architecture for cross-domain decentralized identity verification, auditable task execution, and dynamic service-aware orchestrator selection. The framework employs a hierarchical four-phase cross-domain authentication protocol covering the credential pre-verification, intra-domain execution, secure relay, and audit logging. The use case analysis confirms that the proposed framework achieves substantial reductions in authentication latency and significant improvements in system throughput against centralized and static schemes. The open challenges in scalability, adaptive trust assessment, interoperability, and energy efficiency are discussed, thereby providing directions for future researches on secure and efficient cross-domain UAV service orchestration.
title A Blockchain-Based Trust Framework for Resilient Cross-Domain UAV Service Orchestration
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00456