Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Mohan Palat

Sudhakar Reddy Patil

Jignesh Shantilal Panchal

Kalyani Bogineni

Ratul Kumar Guha

Kristen Sydney Young

Hans Raj Nahata

Kevin Xu

A system described herein may maintain one or more smart contracts on a distributed ledger. The system may receive a request, associated with a User Equipment ('UE'), for access to a particular network (e.g., a private network), identify one or more attributes of the UE, and select a particular smart contract based on the attributes of the UE. The system may execute the selected particular smart contract, which may include performing operations, indicated by the particular smart contract, using the one or more attributes of the UE as inputs. Executing the particular smart contract may further include identifying outputs that result from performing the particular set of operations using the attributes of the UE as inputs, such as a network access policy for the UE. The system may output a response to the request, indicating the network access policy determined based on executing the particular smart contract.

Systems and methods for network access control using distributed ledgers

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an blockchain-based network information management service is provided. The service provides blockchain mechanisms that allows for the management and disbursement of network information among network devices of a RAN, a core network, and an application layer network. The service may define a structure for the network information that may be used by RAN devices, core devices, and application layer devices of different vendors and third parties.

Method and system for blockchain-based information management among network devices

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