Title: Performance analysis of a fog computing-based vehicular communication

Authors: Manoj Kumar; Pratik Gupta; Ankur Kumar

Addresses: Department of Mathematics, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India ' Department of Mathematics, Mandsaur University, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India ' Department of Mathematics, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract: Vehicular networking is an emerging research area. It enables vehicles equipped with sensing capacities to establish communication vehicle-to-vehicle or with available roadside infrastructure. It has significant applications in terms of information and traffic management and road safety. To attain effective communication in vehicular networking, a hybrid technological solution is proposed in terms of blockchain in vehicular communication utilising vehicular resources in a cloud or fog computing environment. This paper presents a model based on blockchain technology, i.e., blockchain in fog nodes. This framework for vehicular communication ensures security and privacy. The presented frameworks are efficient being based on new blockchain design as compared to the general cloud and fog-computing framework. This scheme has capabilities to establish an authenticated connection among the user, fog-node and cloud server, where cloud services can respond to users treating fog node as a semi-trusted party.

Keywords: blockchain; vehicular communication; elliptic curve cryptography; authentication key agreement; finite field.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVICS.2024.137761

International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, 2024 Vol.9 No.2, pp.115 - 134

Received: 21 Jan 2021
Accepted: 18 Nov 2021
Published online: 05 Apr 2024 *

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