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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Trust-as-a-Service: A reputation-enabled trust framework for 5G network resource provisioning
Organization Unit
Authors
  • José María Jorquera Valero
  • Pedro Miguel Sánchez Sánchez
  • Manuel Gil Pérez
  • Alberto Huertas Celdran
  • Gregorio Martínez Pérez
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Computer Communications
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0140-3664
Volume 211
Page Range 229 - 238
Date 2023
Abstract Text Trust, security, and privacy are three of the major pillars to assemble the fifth-generation network and beyond. Despite such pillars are principally interconnected, a multitude of challenges arise that need to be addressed separately. 5G networks ought to offer flexible and pervasive computing capabilities across multiple domains according to user demands and assure trustworthy network providers. To this end, distributed marketplaces expect to boost the trading of heterogeneous resources so as to enable the establishment of pervasive service chains between cross-domains. Yet, the need for selecting reliable parties as “marketplace operators” plays a pivotal role in achieving a trustworthy ecosystem. Two of the principal blockages in managing foreseeable networks are the need to consider trust as a property in the resource provisioning process and adapt previous trust models to accomplish the new network and business requirements. In this regard, this article is centered on the trust management of 5G multi-party network resource provisioning. As a result, a reputation-based trust framework is proposed as a Trust-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution for a distributed multi-stakeholder environment where requirements such as zero trust and zero-touch principles should be met. Besides, a literature review is also conducted to recognize the network and business requirements currently envisaged. Finally, the validation of the proposed trust framework was performed in a real research environment, the 5GBarcelona testbed, leveraging 12% of a 2.1 GHz CPU with 20 cores and 2% of the 30 GiB memory. These outcomes reveal the TaaS solution’s feasibility and conservative approach in the context of determining reliable network operators.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.comcom.2023.09.010
Other Identification Number merlin-id:24371
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Keywords Computer Networks and Communications