A Blockchain Based Automatic Access Scheme Design and Implement for Small Cell Base Station

Abstract

5G technology is constrained by its higher frequency band and smaller coverage area, which leads to the need for operators to use technologies such as small cell base stations to increase the density of base station deployment to ensure signal coverage quality, which leads to more enormous construction costs. Therefore, it is urgent to find a safe and reliable solution that can use the existing public network to realize small cell base stations with automatic access. Based on this demand, we summarize various existing small cell base station automatic access technology solutions and their advantages and disadvantages while combing the characteristics of blockchain technology and its application solutions in similar scenarios. And then, we propose a new blockchain-based base station automatic access solution and implements the system in a practical scenario. In our solution, we innovatively introduce blockchain as an intermediate manager for small base stations and core networks, which solves traditional solutions requiring customized equipment while ensuring safety and reliability. It reduces costs and improves efficiency, but some problems are brought by the “decentralization” of blockchain waiting to be solved.