Hybrid security framework for radio frequency and vision-based positioning systems

A network entity, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more transceivers;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, from a target network node, radio frequency (RF)-based information obtained by the target network node;
• obtain, from one or more network nodes, visual channel state information (vCSI) associated with the target network node;
• and
• determine whether the RF-based information is compromised based on a comparison of a first set of values of a set of characteristics of an environment of the target network node determined based on the RF-based information to a second set of values of the set of characteristics of the environment of the target network node determined based on the vCSI.

A network entity, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more transceivers;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, from a target network node, visual channel state information (vCSI) obtained by the target network node;
• obtain, from one or more network nodes, radio frequency (RF)-based information associated with the target network node;
• and
• determine whether the vCSI is compromised based on a comparison of a first set of values of a set of characteristics of an environment of the target network node determined based on the vCSI to a second set of values of the set of characteristics of the environment of the target network node determined based on the RF-based information.