Blockchain-Based Authentication in Internet of Vehicles: A Survey

Sensors

Afaf Ahmed¹  Faheem Khan²  Do-Hyeun Kim³  Sohail Abbas⁴  Manar Abu Talib⁴  Shabir Ahmad⁵ 

[1] College of Engineering, Al Ain University, Al Ain 64141, United Arab Emirates;Department of Computer Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Korea;Department of Computer Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea;Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and Informatics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates;Department of IT Convergence Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Korea;

关键词: authentication;    blockchain;    Internet of Vehicles;    Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s21237927

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has emerged as an advancement over the traditional Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) towards achieving a more efficient intelligent transportation system that is capable of providing various intelligent services and supporting different applications for the drivers and passengers on roads. In order for the IoV and VANETs environments to be able to offer such beneficial road services, huge amounts of data are generated and exchanged among the different communicated entities in these vehicular networks wirelessly via open channels, which could attract the adversaries and threaten the network with several possible types of security attacks. In this survey, we target the authentication part of the security system while highlighting the efficiency of blockchains in the IoV and VANETs environments. First, a detailed background on IoV and blockchain is provided, followed by a wide range of security requirements, challenges, and possible attacks in vehicular networks. Then, a more focused review is provided on the recent blockchain-based authentication schemes in IoV and VANETs with a detailed comparative study in terms of techniques used, network models, evaluation tools, and attacks counteracted. Lastly, some future challenges for IoV security are discussed that are necessary to be addressed in the upcoming research.

【 授权许可】

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