Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) are the networks of vehicles which are characterized with high mobility and dynamic changing topology. Most of the communication interchanges in VANETs take place in broadcasting mode, which is supposed to be the simplest way to disseminate (spread) emergency messages all over the vehicular network. This broadcasting technique assures the optimal delivery of e...

Secure message transmission in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) is a challenging task due to its highly dynamic nature. In VANETs, road side unit (RSU) transmits different types of service messages to those vehicles, who have subscribed for that type of message. Intermediate vehicles, those are not subscribed to that service may also receive the message due to broadcast nature of wireless med...

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have been identified as a key technology to enable intelligent transport systems (ITS), which are aimed to radically improve the safety, comfort, and greenness of the vehicles in the road. However, in order to fully exploit VANETs potential, several issues must be addressed. Because of the high dynamic of VANETs and the impairments in the wireless channel, one...

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) and many vehicular applications rely on periodic broadcast of location information of cars. At the same time, this information can be used to track the users whereabouts. Protecting the privacy of the users using VANETs is important, because lack of privacy may hinder the broad acceptance of this technology. We carry out an extensive risk analysis for VANETs, ...

Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) is a wireless network formed between a collection of vehicles connected through wireless connections. VANETs can help increase the passengers‟ comfort, safety, efficiency and convenience by providing them with information about the ongoing road status and other relevant road information. VANETs, similar to other networks, face numerous security threats. One such...

Optimization Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) is initially designed for ad hoc networks (MANETs). This protocol collects information to build and maintain the route between the source and the destination with minimum cost by periodically exchange Hello and control messages. The aggregate function of communication cost for all nodes computed based on the required performance metrics. The stand...

Vehicular ad hoc networking is an emerging technology for future on-the-road communications. Due to the virtue of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are expected to enable a plethora of communication-based automotive applications including diverse in-vehicle infotainment applications and road safety services. Even though vehicles ...

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) can provide participants with security services and entertainment information during the driving. To guarantee correct and smooth operations of VANETs, it is necessary to achieve efficient authentication with user privacy preserving. Current solutions either cannot satisfy privacy requirements, or are not efficient in message verification. Moreover, all the ex...