A Collaboratively Hidden Location Privacy Scheme for VANETs

Communication messages in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) can be used to locate and track vehicles, and this can lead to threats on location privacy of vehicle users. In this paper, we address the problem of privacy and liability in VANETs. We propose a scheme that provides location privacy by ut...

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Main Authors: Ying Mei, Guozhou Jiang, Wei Zhang, Yongquan Cui
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-03-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/473151
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description Communication messages in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) can be used to locate and track vehicles, and this can lead to threats on location privacy of vehicle users. In this paper, we address the problem of privacy and liability in VANETs. We propose a scheme that provides location privacy by utilizing a variant of ring signature. It allows a vehicle to form a ring arbitrarily with nearby vehicles and sign its messages anonymously, so that it can hide itself in the surrounding vehicles. When solving a dispute, the real signer will be responsible for what it has signed as the anonymity is revocable by the authority.
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spelling doaj-art-4ee87bb4620d40e2b86a5141145b7f652025-08-20T03:19:24ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772014-03-011010.1155/2014/473151473151A Collaboratively Hidden Location Privacy Scheme for VANETsYing Mei0Guozhou Jiang1Wei Zhang2Yongquan Cui3 College of Educational Information and Technology, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China College of Educational Information and Technology, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China School of Computer, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaCommunication messages in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) can be used to locate and track vehicles, and this can lead to threats on location privacy of vehicle users. In this paper, we address the problem of privacy and liability in VANETs. We propose a scheme that provides location privacy by utilizing a variant of ring signature. It allows a vehicle to form a ring arbitrarily with nearby vehicles and sign its messages anonymously, so that it can hide itself in the surrounding vehicles. When solving a dispute, the real signer will be responsible for what it has signed as the anonymity is revocable by the authority.https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/473151
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