SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network
Recent years have witnessed a digital explosion in the deployment of 5G and the proliferation of 5G-enabled innovations. Compared with 5G, 6G is envisioned to achieve a much higher performance and experience a number of paradigm shifts, such as exploiting new spectrum, applying ubiquitous Machine Le...
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| author | Yiying Wang Xin Kang Tieyan Li Haiguang Wang Cheng-Kang Chu Zhongding Lei |
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| description | Recent years have witnessed a digital explosion in the deployment of 5G and the proliferation of 5G-enabled innovations. Compared with 5G, 6G is envisioned to achieve a much higher performance and experience a number of paradigm shifts, such as exploiting new spectrum, applying ubiquitous Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) technologies and building a space-air-ground-sea integrated network. However, these paradigm shifts may lead to numerous new security and privacy issues, that traditional security measures may not be able to address. Moreover, the expected high performance of 6G also challenges network reliability and energy efficiency. To tackle these issues and build a trustworthy 6G network, we introduce a novel trust framework called SIX-Trust. This framework is composed of three layers with an emphasis on distinct aspects: sustainable trust (S-Trust), with a particular focus on trust in applications of AI, novel trust evaluation methods and modeling of trust relationships; infrastructure trust (I-Trust), which is more focused on the trustworthiness of network infrastructure; and xenogenesis trust (X-Trust) paying special attention to the core technologies which form the backbone of 6G trust. Besides, the importance of each layer varies under different application scenarios of 6G. For each layer, we briefly introduce its related enabling technologies, and demonstrate how these technologies can be applied to enhance the trust and security of the 6G network. Finally, a use case is illustrated and analyzed. In general, SIX-Trust provides a holistic framework for defining and modeling trust in 6G, which can facilitate establishment of a trustworthy 6G network. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82c6aa6afc954dedafb5da2893283c342023-10-26T23:00:47ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-011110765710766810.1109/ACCESS.2023.332111410268440SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future NetworkYiying Wang0Xin Kang1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6114-0849Tieyan Li2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-2697Haiguang Wang3Cheng-Kang Chu4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1429-7955Zhongding Lei5Huawei Singapore Research Center, Digital Identity and Trustworthiness Laboratory, Singapore, SingaporeHuawei Singapore Research Center, Digital Identity and Trustworthiness Laboratory, Singapore, SingaporeHuawei Singapore Research Center, Digital Identity and Trustworthiness Laboratory, Singapore, SingaporeHuawei Singapore Research Center, Digital Identity and Trustworthiness Laboratory, Singapore, SingaporeHuawei Singapore Research Center, Digital Identity and Trustworthiness Laboratory, Singapore, SingaporeHuawei Singapore Research Center, Digital Identity and Trustworthiness Laboratory, Singapore, SingaporeRecent years have witnessed a digital explosion in the deployment of 5G and the proliferation of 5G-enabled innovations. Compared with 5G, 6G is envisioned to achieve a much higher performance and experience a number of paradigm shifts, such as exploiting new spectrum, applying ubiquitous Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) technologies and building a space-air-ground-sea integrated network. However, these paradigm shifts may lead to numerous new security and privacy issues, that traditional security measures may not be able to address. Moreover, the expected high performance of 6G also challenges network reliability and energy efficiency. To tackle these issues and build a trustworthy 6G network, we introduce a novel trust framework called SIX-Trust. This framework is composed of three layers with an emphasis on distinct aspects: sustainable trust (S-Trust), with a particular focus on trust in applications of AI, novel trust evaluation methods and modeling of trust relationships; infrastructure trust (I-Trust), which is more focused on the trustworthiness of network infrastructure; and xenogenesis trust (X-Trust) paying special attention to the core technologies which form the backbone of 6G trust. Besides, the importance of each layer varies under different application scenarios of 6G. For each layer, we briefly introduce its related enabling technologies, and demonstrate how these technologies can be applied to enhance the trust and security of the 6G network. Finally, a use case is illustrated and analyzed. In general, SIX-Trust provides a holistic framework for defining and modeling trust in 6G, which can facilitate establishment of a trustworthy 6G network.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10268440/6Gprivacysecuritytrusttrustworthiness |
| spellingShingle | Yiying Wang Xin Kang Tieyan Li Haiguang Wang Cheng-Kang Chu Zhongding Lei SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network IEEE Access 6G privacy security trust trustworthiness |
| title | SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network |
| title_full | SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network |
| title_fullStr | SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network |
| title_full_unstemmed | SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network |
| title_short | SIX-Trust for 6G: Toward a Secure and Trustworthy Future Network |
| title_sort | six trust for 6g toward a secure and trustworthy future network |
| topic | 6G privacy security trust trustworthiness |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10268440/ |
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