Title :
Secure protocol for ad hoc transportation system
Author :
Thomas, Johnson P. ; Abburi, Vinay ; Thomas, Mathew ; Abraham, Ajith
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
Abstract :
We define an ad hoc transportation system as one that has no infrastructure such as roads (and lanes), traffic lights etc. We assume that in such a system the vehicle are autonomic and can guide and direct themselves without a human driver. In this paper we investigate how a safe distance can be maintained between vehicles. A vehicle which has been compromised by an adversary can cause serious chaos and accidents in such a network (a denial of service type of attack). A simple key management scheme is then introduced to ensure secure communications between the components of the system.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; cryptographic protocols; mobile radio; road vehicles; telecommunication security; traffic engineering computing; ad hoc transportation system; human driver; road vehicle; safe distance; secure communication; secure protocol; Accidents; Mathematical model; Protocols; Sensors; Synchronization; Vehicles; collision avoidance; cyber-physical systems; secure communications;
Conference_Titel :
Information Assurance and Security (IAS), 2010 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7407-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISIAS.2010.5604180