Patent ID: 11961074
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. A trusted network device for transmitting a trusted representation of a state of a distributed ledge technology (DLT) network to one or more network devices, the trusted network device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a computer memory storing a set of computer readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the trusted network device to:
determine a state indicator, wherein the state indicator is a representation of a state of the DLT network at a given time; and
transmit to one or more network devices a beacon message including the state indicator, wherein the beacon message is signed based on authentication information associated with the trusted network device;
wherein the one or more processors cause the trusted network device to generate the beacon message by including the state indicator in a transaction of the DLT network, wherein the transaction is signed based on the authentication information.