Wireless Sensor Networks in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have become an incredible technology for avoiding congested traffic and enhancing traffic safety. To address individual requirements of both safety and non-safety applications in the vehicular communication technology, there is the need to build up a new communication technology for integrated solutions of future ITS. However, the use of the ITS suffers from serious issues related to security, and privacy during heterogeneous data sharing and processing, which prevent ITS solutions from becoming the prevalent alternative. On the other hand, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are interconnected sensor nodes that communicate wirelessly to collect data about the surrounding environment. Its conjunction with ITS could make more complex applications possible. In this challenging context, effective WSN-based ITS solutions and strategies emphasizing on secure data sharing and privacy preserving will provide continuous improvement for real implementations.

This Special Issue focuses on advanced developments, technologies, and challenges regarding the security and privacy issues in a WSN-based ITS environment, and in particular to its adoption within the cloud-based VANET research field. We are particularly interested in the latest findings from research, ongoing projects, and in review articles that can provide readers with current research trends and solutions.

The topics relevant to this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Cloud-based IoT data gathering and processing;
• Key management in cloud-assisted IoT scenarios;
• Security and privacy for WSN-based ITS;
• Privacy-aware secured protocols for blockchain-based WSNs;
• New models, solutions with blockchain in cloud/edge-based VANET infrastructure;
• Blockchain-based trustworthy applications in VANETs;
• Cyber security for IoT and cloud/edge computing;
• Big data technologies and applications in ITS;
• Information revelation and privacy in WSNs;
• Anonymous authentication for privacy preserving in WSN-based ITS;
• Privacy concepts and applications in cloud-based ITS platforms;
• Optimization of dynamic processes in cloud-assisted VANETs;
• Security and privacy issues in mobile VANET infrastructure.

Prof. Dr. Ilyoung Chung
Prof. Dr. Wooyeol Choi
Guest Editor

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