US 11,961,074 B2
Method and system for a network device to obtain a trusted state representation of the state of the distributed ledger technology network
Santeri Paavolainen, Masala (FI); and Abu Shohel Ahmed, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/292,671
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/081800
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104010, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012726 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 20/389 (2013.01) [G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/3825 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); H04L 9/3073 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a trusted network device for transmitting a trusted representation of a state of a distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to one or more network devices, the method comprising:
determining a state indicator, wherein the state indicator is a representation of a state of the DLT network at a given time; and
transmitting 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 generating the beacon message comprises including the state indicator in a transaction of the DLT network, wherein the transaction is signed based on the authentication information.