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Blockchain-driven smart contract with key exchange protocol for secure device-to-device communication using verkle
A Simbu1, S Nandakumar2, K Saravanan1
1School of Electronic Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, India.
Scientific reports
|February 17, 2026
Resumen
This study introduces a secure device-to-device (D2D) communication method using blockchain and Verkle trees. This enhances security for IoT devices, preventing attacks and improving efficiency compared to traditional methods.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias de la Computación
- Ingeniería Eléctrica
- Ciberseguridad
Sus antecedentes:
- La comunicación inalámbrica tradicional se basa en estaciones base (BS) centralizadas, lo que genera posibles cuellos de botella y vulnerabilidades de seguridad.
- La comunicación de dispositivo a dispositivo (D2D) ofrece una alternativa descentralizada, que mejora la eficiencia y reduce la latencia, crucial para 5G y posteriores.
- Los protocolos de seguridad D2D existentes se enfrentan a desafíos como los ataques Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) y de repetición, lo que requiere soluciones sólidas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Proponer y evaluar un marco de comunicación D2D seguro que utilice contratos inteligentes de blockchain y árboles Verkle.
- Mejorar la seguridad de las interacciones de los dispositivos de Internet de las cosas (IoT) dentro de las redes D2D.
- Demostrar las ventajas de los árboles Verkle sobre los árboles Merkle tradicionales en términos de tamaño de prueba para la verificación segura de datos.
Principales métodos:
- Implementación de un protocolo de intercambio de claves D2D-ECDH integrado con contratos inteligentes de blockchain.
- Utilización de una estructura de datos Verkle tree de blockchain para la verificación eficiente y segura de la integridad de los datos.
- Simulación del marco propuesto utilizando Python (VS Code) y Solidity (Remix IDE en Ganache).
Principales resultados:
- El modelo de comunicación D2D propuesto mitiga eficazmente amenazas de seguridad como ataques MITM y de repetición.
- La estructura de datos Verkle tree demostró un tamaño de prueba significativamente menor, hasta 33 veces menor que los árboles Merkle tradicionales.
- La integración de blockchain garantiza un entorno de comunicación descentralizado e inviolable para dispositivos IoT.
Conclusiones:
- El sistema de comunicación D2D desarrollado basado en blockchain ofrece una alternativa segura y eficiente a los modelos centralizados tradicionales.
- Los árboles Verkle proporcionan una mejora sustancial en la eficiencia del tamaño de prueba para aplicaciones de seguridad basadas en blockchain.
- Esta investigación contribuye al avance de la comunicación inalámbrica segura y escalable para redes futuras.
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