TY - GEN
T1 - User Profile and Mobile Number Portability for Beyond 5G
T2 - 26th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2023
AU - Ghaffari, Fariba
AU - Bertin, Emmanuel
AU - Crespi, Noel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Mobile Number Portability (MNP) as a regulatory requirement for Mobile Network Operators (MNO), allows users to easily switch their operators while keeping their number. User subscription, profile management, and MNP procedures in current MNOs are handled in centralized systems and databases that rely on trusted third parties. Having a single point of failure, low scalability, high latency, imposed porting fees, data leakage in the central database, low availability, and need for re-subscription while porting procedure are the most highlighted defects of the conventional systems. Addressing these issues, we propose a Blockchain-based system to 1) manage user subscription and user profile/identity in a distributed database, and 2) mobile number and profile porting procedure. This solution eliminates any central point via managing the processes using smart contracts. Moreover, it decreases IT complexity, increases automation, provides low latency, and high confidentiality. The experiments confirm that this solution can provide fast and scalable profile management and porting solution.
AB - Mobile Number Portability (MNP) as a regulatory requirement for Mobile Network Operators (MNO), allows users to easily switch their operators while keeping their number. User subscription, profile management, and MNP procedures in current MNOs are handled in centralized systems and databases that rely on trusted third parties. Having a single point of failure, low scalability, high latency, imposed porting fees, data leakage in the central database, low availability, and need for re-subscription while porting procedure are the most highlighted defects of the conventional systems. Addressing these issues, we propose a Blockchain-based system to 1) manage user subscription and user profile/identity in a distributed database, and 2) mobile number and profile porting procedure. This solution eliminates any central point via managing the processes using smart contracts. Moreover, it decreases IT complexity, increases automation, provides low latency, and high confidentiality. The experiments confirm that this solution can provide fast and scalable profile management and porting solution.
KW - Blockchain
KW - IPFS
KW - Mobile number porting
KW - User profile management
KW - smart contract
KW - subscription
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85151977966
U2 - 10.1109/ICIN56760.2023.10073486
DO - 10.1109/ICIN56760.2023.10073486
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85151977966
T3 - Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2023
SP - 187
EP - 194
BT - Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2023
A2 - Lopez, Diego
A2 - Montpetit, Marie-Jose
A2 - Cerroni, Walter
A2 - Di Mauro, Mario
A2 - Borylo, Piotr
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 6 March 2023 through 9 March 2023
ER -