Patent ID: 11968607
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A system within a connected area network of an infrastructure node in a smart city, the system comprising:
a blockchain node that determines, based on information maintained by a blockchain, whether information sent to the infrastructure node from one or more devices in a vicinity of the infrastructure node is trustworthy information,
wherein a telecommunications network facilitates communication between the infrastructure node and the one or more devices;

at least one hardware processor; and
at least one non-transitory memory, coupled to the at least one hardware processor and storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one hardware processor, perform a process, the process comprising:
performing an action at the infrastructure node of the smart city in response to the information from the one or more devices when the blockchain node determines that the information is trustworthy.