The tech giant Cisco wants to use Blockchain to protect 5G networks. This idea gained more power when the company won a patent detailing how this technology could be used for the proposed goal.

The company filed a patent application in June for a Blockchain platform that could be natively integrated into wireless networks. This was announced in a presentation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

For Cisco, the goal of this platform is to manage data sessions between a user and the team. The devices they refer to are smartphones, computers, or virtual networks.

In other words, this new technology has the ability to manage part of the data exchanges in a network and a device connected through the Blockchain interface.

In turn, the company describes how the Blockchain platform can be used to support network segments. In this section, Cisco refers to an architecture that allows multiple independent virtual networks to run in the same structure.

“This service-oriented architecture supports network segments, which employ an isolated set of programmable resources that can implement individual network functions and/or application services through software programs within a respective network segment, without interfering with other functions and services in coexisting network segments."

In addition, this means that the infrastructure of the platform will also be executed more efficiently.

Cisco's stance

Currently, Cisco is part of a long list of technology companies that are exploring the field. The integration of Blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) seems to have become a priority for many.

Companies such as Bosch, BNY Mellon, Chronicled, and Filament has also used disruptive technologies to create or update their products and services. 

This shows that more and more companies are deciding to bet on the blockchain. In addition, there is evidence that these technologies gain more preponderance every day in different industries.

It is important to remember that this is not the only Cisco project regarding the blockchain. In September, it partnered with SingularityNet to decentralize artificial intelligence systems using Blockchain.

In addition, the company has also been trying to develop another solution, using the blockchain, to make the chats a safer environment.