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Implementation and Analysis of IEEE and ETSI Security Standards for Vehicular Communications

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Over the last years, there has been a considerable development in the field of wireless vehicular communications so as to satisfy the requirements of Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS). Standards such as IEEE 802.11p and ETSI ITS-G5 enable the so-called Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs). Vehicles can exploit VANETs to exchange information, such as alerts and awareness information, so as to improve drivers’ comfort and traffic efficiency. However, due to the expected popularity of ITS, VANETs could be prone to attacks by malicious sources. To prevent this, security standards, such as IEEE 1609.2 and ETSI ITS’ standards, were developed. In this work, the design and implementation of an API capable of conducting the required cryptographic algorithms and protocols for the transmission of secure messages according to the IEEE 1609.2 and ETSI ITS’ security standards are presented. The implemented security protocols are then integrated into a system emulating a public key infrastructure to evaluate the performance impact on safety-related communications, in particular, the delay associated with the communication’ coding/decoding process.

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We wish to thank A-to-B for their contribution to this work.

This work is funded by FCT/MEC through national funds and when applicable co-funded by FEDER – PT2020 partnership agreement under the project UID/EEA/50008/2013.

This work was partially funded by National Funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, under the project Nr. UID/EEA/50008/2013 and by European Structural Investment Funds (ESIf), through the Regional Operational Program of Center (CENTRO 2020) [Project Nr. CENTRO-01-0246-FEDER-000008].

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  1. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Bruno Fernandes, João Rufino & Joaquim Ferreira

  2. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

    Muhammad Alam

  3. ESTGA - Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Joaquim Ferreira

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Fernandes, B., Rufino, J., Alam, M. et al. Implementation and Analysis of IEEE and ETSI Security Standards for Vehicular Communications. Mobile Netw Appl 23, 469–478 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-018-1019-x

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