MIS: A Multi-Identifier Management and Resolution System in the Metaverse
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Published:2023-05-26
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ISSN:1551-6857
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Container-title:ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications
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language:en
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Short-container-title:ACM Trans. Multimedia Comput. Commun. Appl.
Author:
Wang Han1, Li Hui123, Smahi Abla1, Zhao Feng1, Yao Yao1, Chan Ching Chuen4, Wang Shiyu5, Yang Wenyuan6, Li Shuo-Yen Robert5
Affiliation:
1. School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China 2. School of Mathematics and Big Data, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, China 3. Foshan Saisichan Technology Co. Ltd, Foshan, 528000, China 4. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China 5. University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China 6. School of Cyber Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
Abstract
The metaverse gradually evolves into a virtual world containing a series of interconnected sub-metaverses. Diverse digital resources, including identities, contents, services, and supporting data, are key components of the sub-metaverse. Therefore, a Domain Name System (DNS)-like system is necessary for efficient management and resolution. However, the legacy DNS was designed with security vulnerabilities and trust risks due to centralized issues. Blockchain is used to mitigate these concerns due to its decentralized features. Additionally, it supports identity management as a default feature, making it a natural fit for the metaverse. While there are several DNS alternatives based on the blockchain, they either manage only a single type of identifiers or isolate identities from other sorts of identifiers, making it difficult for sub-metaverses to coexist and connect with each other. This paper proposes a Multi-Identifier management and resolution System (MIS) in the metaverse, supporting the registration, resolution, and inter-translation functions. The basic MIS is portrayed as a four-tier architecture on a consortium blockchain due to its manageability, enhanced security, and efficiency properties. On-chain data is lightweight and compressed to save on storage while accelerating reading and writing operations. The resource data is encrypted based on the attributes of the sub-metaverse in the storage tier for privacy protection and access control. For users with decentralization priorities, a modification named EMIS is built on top of Ethereum. Finally, MIS is implemented on two testbeds and is available online as the open-source system. The first testbed consists of 4 physical servers located in the UK and Malaysia while the second is made up of 200 virtual machines (VMs) spread over 26 countries across all 5 continents on Google Cloud. Experiments indicate that MIS provides efficient reading and writing performance than the legacy DNS and other public blockchain-based workarounds including EMIS and Ethereum Name Service (ENS).
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Subject
Computer Networks and Communications,Hardware and Architecture
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