ERSES-5G: Integrated 5G Imaging and Communication Surveillance as an Edge Service Secured by a Lightweight Environmental Fingerprint Consensus Blockchain
Abstract
There is an increasing demand for effective, efficient, and reliable dynamic data and information processing (DDIP) support in many mission-critical delay-sensitive tasks, such as battlefield monitoring, smart public safety, disaster monitoring and recovery, secure urban air mobility, etc. While the optical video surveillance system is the most popular approach, it is insufficient for ubiquitous blind-spot-free deployment. As the signal bandwidth of the fifth generation (5G) and beyond cellular system (BCS) becomes high and the network becomes dense, the 5G/BCS communication signals have a strong potential to be used directly for sensing and imaging purposes, similarly as cameras. With ubiquitous coverage, the 5G/BCS can play an important role in situation awareness well beyond simply providing connectivity support for existing DDIP surveillance systems. This research aims at theoretical models to provide design guidelines for 5G/Blockchain sensing at the edge for federated DDIP systems. ERSES-5G, a novel Environmental Resilience Surveillance as an Edge Service is proposed atop integrated 5G imaging and communication technologies, to enhance the conventional surveillance systems, such as electro-optical cameras, radio-frequency signatures, or acoustic sensors. ERSES-5G includes three technical tasks: (1) modeling lightweight 5G imaging at the edge, (2) a novel ENvironmental Fingerprint-based consensus blockChain (ENFChain) edge network fabric, and (3) an environmental resilient full-spectrum surveillance system. The theoretical performance bounds of blockchain assessment will be derived considering security, throughput, and performance. To complement the theory, empirical tests and evaluation will be developed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 21, 2022
- Source ID
- FA95502110229XX0
Entities
People
- Yu Chen
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force