Smartphone-Based Platform for Secure Multi-Hop Message Dissemination in VANETs
Cinvestav Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria C.P. 87130, Mexico
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Sensors 2020, 20(2), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020330
Received: 11 October 2019
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Revised: 23 December 2019
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Accepted: 27 December 2019
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Published: 7 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security and Privacy in Wireless Sensor Network)
Vehicular ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) are recognized as a cornerstone of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to enable the exchange of information among vehicles, which is crucial for the provision of safety-related and entertainment applications. However, practical useful realizations of VANETs are still missing, mainly because of the elevated costs and the lack of a final standardization. In this regard, the feasibility of using smartphones as nodes in VANETs has been explored focusing on small-scale deployments to mainly validate single-hop communication capabilities. Moreover, existing smartphone-based platforms do not consider two crucial requirements in VANETs, namely, multi-hop communication and the provision of security services in the message dissemination process. Furthermore, the problem of securing message dissemination in VANETs is generally analyzed through simulation tools, while performance evaluations on smart devices have not been reported so far. In this paper, we aim to fill this void by designing a fully on-device platform for secure multi-hop message dissemination. We address the multi-hop nature of message dissemination in VANETs by integrating a location-based protocol that enables the selection of relay nodes and retransmissions criteria. As a main distinction, the platform incorporates a novel certificateless cryptographic scheme for ensuring data integrity and nodes’ authentication, suitable for VANETs lacking of infrastructure.
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Keywords:
dissemination protocols; global positioning system (GPS); mobile platform; security; vehicular ad-hoc
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Galeana-Zapién, H.; Morales-Sandoval, M.; Leyva-Vázquez, C.A.; Rubio-Loyola, J. Smartphone-Based Platform for Secure Multi-Hop Message Dissemination in VANETs. Sensors 2020, 20, 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020330
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Galeana-Zapién H, Morales-Sandoval M, Leyva-Vázquez CA, Rubio-Loyola J. Smartphone-Based Platform for Secure Multi-Hop Message Dissemination in VANETs. Sensors. 2020; 20(2):330. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020330
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaleana-Zapién, Hiram, Miguel Morales-Sandoval, Carlos A. Leyva-Vázquez, and Javier Rubio-Loyola. 2020. "Smartphone-Based Platform for Secure Multi-Hop Message Dissemination in VANETs" Sensors 20, no. 2: 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020330
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