Towards a Security Architecture for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have the potential to increase road safety and comfort. Especially because of the road safety functions, there is a strong demand for security in VANETs. After defining three application categories the paper outlines main security and privacy requirements in VANETs. Next, a security architecture for VANETs (SAV) is proposed that strives to satisfy the requirements. To find mechanisms applicable in the architecture a survey of existing mechanisms is given.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: IEEEARES
• Authors: Klaus Plößl, Thomas Nowey, Christian Mletzko
• Keywords: IEEEARES 2006, Road Safety, Road Safety Functions, Security Privacy, Vehicular Ad Hoc