A Sidelink-Aided Approach for Secure Multicast Service Delivery: From Human-Oriented Multimedia Traffic to Machine Type Communications
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To date, group-oriented communications have been mainly exploited for delivering multimedia services in human-oriented communications while, in future fifth generation (5G) cellular networks, objects will be the main target. Internet of Things (IoT) will undoubtedly play a key role in 5G networks, wherein massive machine-type communications (mMTC) feature a use case as crucial as challenging since cellular IoT connections are predicted to grow heavily in the next future. To boost capacity and energy efficiency, the 5G network can leverage device-to-device (D2D) communications which are recognized as an effective offloading technique. This is achieved thanks to the fact that, in legacy D2D communications, data are directly sent from one device to another, avoiding the crossing of the network. Obviously, the distributed nature of such a communication paradigm and the inherent broadcast nature of the wireless channel make it necessary to think how to secure the so called “sidelink” transmissions. This work proposes a protocol for the efficient and reliable management of multicast services in a 5G-oriented IoT scenario, in which security is a crucial requirement to be met. The proposed protocol is tailored to Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and makes use of D2D communications with the aim of improving network efficiency and optimizing network resource utilization. In addition, cyber security and social trustworthiness mechanisms are exploited to secure D2D communications.
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- Authors
- Pizzi, S., Suraci, C., Iera, A., Molinaro, A., & Araniti, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Reggio Calabria (IT)
- University of Calabria (IT)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
- Published
- 2021-03
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 313-323
- ISSN
- 0018-9316 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-9611
- OpenAlex
- W3010936078
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- 28
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- 36
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- 2.47
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- journal article
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- en
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- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › IoT Networks and Protocols
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
- Keywords
- sidelink communication, device-to-device communication, massive machine-type communications, 5G, Internet of Things, NB-IoT, multimedia traffic, cybersecurity, network resource utilization, offloading
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