Vehicular communication systems

About: Vehicular communication systems is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2532 publications have been published within this topic receiving 64775 citations. The topic is also known as: V2V & vehicle-to-vehicle.

Sybil attack detection using a low cost short group signature in VANET

Abstract: Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. It enables value-added services such as road safety and managing traffic on the road. Security issues are the challenging problems in this network. Sybil attack is one of the serious security threats that attacker tries to forge some identities. One of the main purposes for creating invalid identities is disruption in voting based systems. In this paper we propose a secure protocol for solving two conflicting goals privacy and Sybil attack in vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communications in VANET. The proposed protocol is based on the Boneh-Shacham (BS) short group signature scheme and batch verification. Experimental results demonstrate efficiency and applicability of the proposed protocol for providing the requirements of privacy and Sybil attack detection in V2V communications in VANET.

Impact of buildings on vehicle-to-vehicle communication at urban intersections

Abstract: Although the potential of Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETS) to improve road safety and traffic efficiency for next-generation vehicular traffic system has been well investigated and proved, the performance of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, especially at urban intersections has not been clearly quantified. In this paper, we evaluate the effects of buildings on the vehicle-to-vehicle performance at urban intersections based on a profound simulation campaign. Due to the two-dimensional nature of intersection topologies, we investigate the performance of V2V communication by analyzing packet delivery ratios and packet drop rates with respect to sender and receiver's position under varying node density and intersection layout. While stationary and mobile obstacles considerably attenuate the received signal power, the results reveal that the presence of buildings could in some situations improve the performance of V2V communication by reducing co-channel interference from hidden nodes.

On-Road Intelligent Vehicles: Motion Planning for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Abstract: On-Road Intelligent Vehicles: Motion Planning for Intelligent Transportation Systems deals with the technology of autonomous vehicles, with a special focus on the navigation and planning aspects, presenting the information in three parts. Part One deals with the use of different sensors to perceive the environment, thereafter mapping the multi-domain senses to make a map of the operational scenario, including topics such as proximity sensors which give distances to obstacles, vision cameras, and computer vision techniques that may be used to pre-process the image, extract relevant features, and use classification techniques like neural networks and support vector machines for the identification of roads, lanes, vehicles, obstacles, traffic lights, signs, and pedestrians. With a detailed insight into the technology behind the vehicle, Part Two of the book focuses on the problem of motion planning. Numerous planning techniques are discussed and adapted to work for multi-vehicle traffic scenarios, including the use of sampling based approaches comprised of Genetic Algorithm and Rapidly-exploring Random Trees and Graph search based approaches, including a hierarchical decomposition of the algorithm and heuristic selection of nodes for limited exploration, Reactive Planning based approaches, including Fuzzy based planning, Potential Field based planning, and Elastic Strip and logic based planning. Part Three of the book covers the macroscopic concepts related to Intelligent Transportation Systems with a discussion of various topics and concepts related to transportation systems, including a description of traffic flow, the basic theory behind transportation systems, and generation of shock waves. Provides an overall coverage of autonomous vehicles and Intelligent Transportation SystemsPresents a detailed overview, followed by the challenging problems of navigation and planningTeaches how to compare, contrast, and differentiate navigation algorithms

Security issues in vehicular networks

Abstract: Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) have become the focus of much discussion due to its potential role in helping to improve traffic management and safety and enable a wide range of value-added services such as collision warning/avoidance and work zone warning. Because information transmitted over a vehicular network is sensitive and can affect important safety decisions, security requirements for VANETs applications prove stringent. Thus, fail-safe security is mandatory. However, providing security in vehicular networks raises important privacy concerns also worth considering. Security and privacy are the two main concerns motivating robust vehicular network designs. In this paper, we will discuss some threats and attacks that can be exploited, and in response, present some viable security solutions.

Connected vehicles - Advancements in vehicular technologies and informatics

Abstract: Vehicles are becoming increasingly more sophisticated and the technology being developed in them covers a number of areas. At the heart of these developments are often the communication, information and control systems. This is very much illustrated in this "Special Section on Connected Vehicles - Advancements in Vehicular Technologies and Informatics" of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics that we are pleased to present. The Special Section contains twelve papers related to automotive technology. Obviously there a range of areas covered from very high speed machines, that could be used for cooling fans in automotive fuel cells or scaled up for drive motors, to energy management and into various communications aspects of vehicular technology.