Distributed ledger-based ad-hoc system, apparatus and method using fingerprint verification

A manager node of an ad-hoc network cluster, comprising:

• a communication interface for sending and receiving information to other nodes;
• a non-transitory information storage device for storing processor-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the communication interface and the non-transitory information storage device, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the processor to:
• receive a request, via the communication, interface from a source node of the ad-hoc network cluster to establish an ad-hoc communication with a destination node;
• receive, via a communication interface, an authorization record from a distributed ledger, the authorization record comprising one or more conditions for establishing the ad-hoc communication, wherein at least one of the one or more conditions comprises a minimum content integrity metric, the minimum content integrity metric a measure of receiving uncorrupted data by a routing node or the destination node;
• determine one or more proposed routing paths for the ad-hoc communication based on routing nodes that meet or exceed the minimum content integrity metric;
• and
• provide the one or more proposed routing paths to the source node for the source node to select a first routing path of the one or more proposed routing paths for communicating with the destination node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions embedded thereon which, when executed by a processor, causes a manager node of an ad-hoc network cluster to:

• receive a request, via the communication, interface from a source node of the ad-hoc network cluster to establish an ad-hoc communication with a destination node;
• receive, via a communication interface, an authorization record from a distributed ledger, the authorization record comprising one or more conditions for establishing the ad-hoc communication, wherein at least one of the one or more conditions comprises a minimum content integrity metric, the minimum content integrity metric a measure of receiving uncorrupted data;
• determine one or more proposed routing paths for the ad-hoc communication based on routing nodes that meet or exceed the minimum content integrity metric;
• and
• provide the one or more proposed routing paths to the source node for the source node to select a first routing path of the one or more proposed routing paths for communicating with the destination node.