In recent years, Maritime Transportation Systems (MTS) have experienced significant advancements through the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The introduction of 6G mobile networks has further expanded possibilities by offering enhanced communication services and additional functionalities such as processing, caching, sensing, and control for a wide array of IoT devices. Despite these technological advancements, the integration of IoT and 6G has introduced new risks and challenges in terms of safety and reliability. The involvement of various maritime stakeholders in scheduling and managing marine transportation exacerbates these challenges. Moreover, the MTS has encountered escalating security and privacy concerns with unauthorized data access and message tampering pose significant vulnerabilities in the 6G-IoT-enabled MTS environment. Therefore, a shared and controlled access mechanism that cannot be manipulated or tampered with by unauthorized parties is also an essential requirement in MTS. To address these issues, this paper presents an authentication framework leveraging blockchain technology, specifically designed for 6G-IoT-enabled MTS. The objective is to handle real-time data using decentralized peer-to-peer cloud servers with minimal latency, all while addressing security and privacy concerns specific to MTS. This integration also serves to mitigate various security threats. The protocol’s security and privacy are verified through rigorous evaluations, including the ROR model, Scyther tool, and informal security analysis. A simulation of the proposed protocol using MIRACL is conducted, offering a comprehensive assessment of its computational costs and security features when compared to existing protocols, demonstrating its superior security and efficiency.

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6G-IoT 赋能的海上运输系统区块链认证框架

近年来，海上运输系统（MTS）通过采用物联网（IoT）技术取得了显着进步。 6G 移动网络的引入通过为各种物联网设备提供增强的通信服务和附加功能（例如处理、缓存、传感和控制），进一步扩大了可能性。尽管取得了这些技术进步，物联网和6G的融合在安全性和可靠性方面带来了新的风险和挑战。各种海事利益相关者参与海上运输的调度和管理加剧了这些挑战。此外，MTS 遇到了不断升级的安全和隐私问题，未经授权的数据访问和消息篡改在支持 6G-IoT 的 MTS 环境中造成了重大漏洞。因此，不能被未授权方操纵或篡改的共享和受控访问机制也是MTS的基本要求。为了解决这些问题，本文提出了一种利用区块链技术的身份验证框架，专为支持 6G-IoT 的 MTS 设计。目标是使用分散的点对点云服务器以最小的延迟处理实时数据，同时解决 MTS 特有的安全和隐私问题。这种集成还可以缓解各种安全威胁。该协议的安全性和隐私性是通过严格的评估来验证的，包括ROR模型、Scyther工具和非正式的安全分析。使用 MIRACL 对所提出的协议进行了模拟，与现有协议相比，对其计算成本和安全特性进行了全面评估，证明了其卓越的安全性和效率。