An Effective Scheme for Location Privacy in VANETs

• Published in: Journal of networks Vol. 9; no. 8; p. 2239
• Main Authors: Xingjun, Shi, Huibin, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oulu Academy Publisher 01.08.2014
• Subjects: Ad hoc networks; Networks; Preservation; Privacy; Simulation; Vehicles

Location privacy is an important concern in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks. Anonymity is one of commonly adopted solution to protect location privacy. In this paper, the authors present a mechanism based on an ID-based cryptosystem in order to ensure vehicles' anonymity by pseudonyms. In this mechan...