Broadband Communications Research (BBCR) Group

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Office: EIT4112, Telephone: 888-4567 x 37451

Email: rxlu (at) bbcr.uwaterloo.ca

Gmail: rxlu.cn (at) gmail.com

1. [LLZHS08] R. Lu, X. Lin, H. Zhu, P.H. Ho and X. Shen, "ECPP: Efficient Conditional Privacy Preservation Protocol for Secure Vehicular Communications", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'08, Phoenix, AZ, USA, April 14-18, 2008.

Contributions: In this paper, we introduce an efficient conditional privacy preservation (ECPP) protocol in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) to address the issue on anonymous authentication for safety messages with authority traceability. The proposed protocol is characterized by the generation of on-the-fly short-time anonymous keys between On-Board Units (OBUs) and Roadside Units (RSUs), which can provide fast anonymous authentication and privacy tracking while minimizing the required storage for short-time anonymous keys. We demonstrate the merits gained by the proposed protocol through extensive analysis.

2. [LLZS09] R. Lu, X. Lin, H. Zhu, and X. Shen, "SPARK: A New VANET-based Smart Parking Scheme for Large Parking Lots", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'09, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009.

Contributions: Searching for a vacant parking space in a congested area or a large parking lot and preventing auto theft are major concerns to our daily lives. In this paper, we propose a new smart parking scheme for large parking lots through vehicular communication. The proposed scheme can provide the drivers with real-time parking navigation service, intelligent antitheft protection, and friendly parking information dissemination. Performance analysis via extensive simulations demonstrates its efficiency and practicality.

3. [LLZZHS08] X. Lin, R. Lu, C. Zhang, H. Zhu, P.H. Ho, and X. Shen, "Security in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 4, 88-95, 2008.

Contributions: Vehicular communication networking is a promising approach to facilitating road safety, traffic management, and infotainment dissemination for drivers and passengers. One of the ultimate goals in the design of such networking is to resist various malicious abuses and security attacks. In this article we first review the current standardization process, which covers the methods of providing security services and preserving driver privacy for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) applications. We then address two fundamental issues, certificate revocation and conditional privacy preservation, for making the standards practical. In addition, a suite of novel security mechanisms are introduced for achieving secure certificate revocation and conditional privacy preservation, which are considered among the most challenging design objectives in vehicular ad hoc networks.

4. Bibliography on Secure Vehicular Communications

Contributions: It would be useful to create an up-to-date bibliography on secure vehicular communications and make it available on the Internet. So we try our best to maintain a complete list of all secure vehicular ad hoc networks.