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Is Alice Really in Wonderland? UWB-Based Proof of Location for UAVs with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain




AuthorsFu Lei, Torrico Morón Paola, Peña Queralta Jorge, Hästbacka David, Edelman Harry, Westerlund Tomi

EditorsWesterlund Tomi, Peña Queralta Jorge

Conference nameInternational Conference on FinDrones

Publishing placeCham

Publication year2024

Book title New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023

First page 43

Last page56

ISBN978-3-031-44606-1

eISBN978-3-031-44607-8

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44607-8_3

Web address https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44607-8_3

Preprint addresshttps://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00795


Abstract

Remote identification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is becoming increasingly important since more UAVs are being widely used for different needs in urban areas. For example, in the US and in the EU, identification and position broadcasting is already a requirement for the use of drones. However, the current solutions do not validate the position of the UAV but its identity, while trusting the given position. Therefore, a more advanced solution enabling the proof of location is needed to avoid spoofing. We propose the combination of a permissioned blockchain managed by public authorities together with UWB-based communication to approach this. Specifically, we leverage the identity management tools from Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source permissioned blockchain framework, and ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging, leading to situated communication (i.e., simultaneous communication and localization). This approach allows us to prove both the UAV identity and also the location it broadcasts through interaction with ground infrastructure in known locations. Our initial experiments show that the proposed approach is viable and UWB transceivers can be used for UAVs to validate both their identity and position with ground infrastructure deployed in known locations.



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