Badshah, Akhtar, Abbas, Ghulam, Waqas, Muhammad ORCID: 0000-0003-0814-7544 , Muhammad, Fazal, Abbas, Ziaul Haq, Bilal, Muhammad and Song, Houbing (2024) Blockchain-assisted lightweight authenticated key agreement security framework for smart vehicles-enabled Intelligent Transportation System. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. ISSN 1545-5955 (Print), 1558-3783 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3381068)

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Abstract

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) supported by smart vehicles have revolutionized modern transportation, offering a wide range of applications and services, such as electronic toll collection, collision avoidance alarms, real-time parking management, and traffic planning. However, the open communication channels among various entities, including smart vehicles, roadside infrastructure, and fleet management sys- tems, introduce security and privacy vulnerabilities. To address these concerns, we propose a novel security framework, named blockchain-assisted lightweight authenticated key agreement se- curity framework for smart vehicles-enabled ITS (BASF-ITS), which ensures data protection both during transit and while stored on cloud servers. BASF-ITS employs a combination of efficient cryptographic primitives, including hash functions, XOR operator, ASCON, elliptic curve cryptography, and physical unclonable functions (PUF), to design authenticated key agree- ment schemes. The inclusion of PUF significantly enhances the system’s resistance to physical attacks, preventing tampering attempts. To ensure data integrity when stored on the cloud, our framework incorporates blockchain technology. By leveraging the immutability and decentralization of the blockchain, BASF-ITS effectively safeguards data at rest, providing an additional layer of security. We rigorously analyze the security of BASF-ITS and demonstrate its strong resistance against potential security ass aults, making it a robust and reliable solution for smart vehicle- enabled ITS. In a comparative analysis with contemporary competing schemes, BASF-ITS emerges as a promising approach, offering superior functionality traits, enhanced security features, and reduced computation, communication, and storage costs. Furthermore, we present a practical implementation of BASF- ITS using blockchain technology, showcasing the computational time versus the “transactions per block” and the “number of mined blocks”, confirming its efficiency and viability in real- world scenarios.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	internet of vehicles; Intelligent Transportation System; authentication; key agreement; blockchain; security.
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Last Modified:	07 May 2024 12:22
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/46092

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