Unified pseudonym distribution in VANETs

Author

Benin, Joseph ; Nowatkowski, Michael ; Owen, Henry

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

11-13 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

533

Abstract

VANETs continue to mature and their installation is becoming a reality. Many ideas have been exchanged on how best to balance privacy and security. The use of pseudonyms has been almost universally accepted as a critical part of this equation. Simulated results, using ns-3, demonstrate the need for more than a single road side unit (RSU) contact for pseudonym refill due to the limited number of certificates that can be issued in that transit. This paper provides a universal protocol using multiple RSUs and multiple service channels for the distribution of pseudonyms for refill, intra-regional, and inter-regional purposes.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; protocols; telecommunication security; inter-regional purposes; intraregional purposes; multiple service channels; pseudonym refill; single road side unit contact; unified pseudonym distribution; universal protocol; vehicular ad hoc networks; Ad hoc networks; Privacy; Protocols; Public key; Vehicles; VANET; privacy; psuedonym; region; security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), 2010 IEEE 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7743-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7741-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIMOB.2010.5645015

Filename

5645015