Title: Innovative approach to detect wormhole attack from vehicular ad-hoc network by using variable control chart

Authors: Shahjahan Ali; Parma Nand; Shailesh Tiwari; Kumari Hemlata

Addresses: Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Engineering & Technology, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India Affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226031, India ' Department of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201306, India ' Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SRM University, Sonepat, Haryana 131029, India ' Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India

Abstract: The wireless nature of Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) has made it more sensitive towards various types of attacks. Wormhole is one of the attacks by which the security of VANET's routing may be disturbed. In this research paper an innovative approach based on variable control chart is proposed to detect the wormhole attack from VANET. Variable control chart is used in industry to judge the quality of predefined process. This approach can detect misbehaving (i.e., wormhole, black hole) nodes in real time by applying the monitoring system at every receiving node within the network. Here, SUMO 0.32.0 and NS-2.35 simulators are used. The results signify that the proposed approach is capable to detect the wormhole attack on VANET. The novelty of this research work is that a new approach based on variable control chart is used to make the VANET more secure by detecting the wormhole attack on VANET.

Keywords: VANET; vehicular ad-hoc network; routing; wormhole; network; SUMO 0.32.0; NS-2.35; attack.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVICS.2026.150587

International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, 2026 Vol.11 No.1, pp.72 - 98

Received: 26 Sep 2024
Accepted: 25 Jun 2025
Published online: 17 Dec 2025 *

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