Security and Privacy Concerns of Vehicular & Flying Ad-hoc Networks

Abstract:

Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) a variant of Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is the most popular connected vehicular architecture and has been an active area of studies for researchers as well as technologists. Countries like US, Europe and Japan have made considerable progress in implementation of VANET as a key enabler for modern smart cities by defining their own standards (IEEE (US) and ETSI (EU)) and by allocating frequency spectrum for dedicated vehicular communication. When designed the major focus of VANET was on safety and traffic efficiency. However, the security and privacy concerns have been the major obstacle for a full-fledged practical implementation. This presentation will focus on various security and privacy concerns as well as potential solutions to address them. The talk also will briefly touch upon the new concept of Flying Ad-hoc Network (FANET) and some of its security and privacy challenges.