FADB: A Fine-Grained Access Control Scheme for VANET Data Based on Blockchain

Hui Li; Lishuang Pei; Dan Liao; Song Chen; Ming Zhang; Du Xu

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2992203

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

FADB: A Fine-Grained Access Control Scheme for VANET Data Based on Blockchain

Hui Li,
Lishuang Pei,
Dan Liao,
Song Chen,
Ming Zhang,
Du Xu

Affiliations

Hui Li: School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Lishuang Pei: School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Dan Liao: ORCiD; School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Song Chen: 30th Institute of China Electronic Technology Group Corporation, Haidian, China
Ming Zhang: Chengdu Research Institute, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Du Xu: School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2992203
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 85190 – 85203

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Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) is an important foundation of intelligent transportation system and is widely used in traffic management, automatic driving, and road optimization. With the gradual popularization and further development of VANET, a large amount of VANET data has been produced. However, it poses huge challenges to the security and privacy when using VANET data provides services for users. In this paper, combining the technologies of blockchain and ciphertext-based attribute encryption (CP-ABE), we propose a fine-grained access control scheme for VANET data based on blockchain (FADB). In FADB, we employ the blockchain to replace the third-party service providers for user identity management and data storage. And different VANET data access rights can be established according to user attribute. By improving the CP-ABE, the lightweight VANET devices can outsource complex encryption and decryption operations to powerful RSUs and further improve the efficiency of data access. Final, we carry out a series of simulation tests and security analysis, proving that the FADB can provide effective data security and low performance overhead.

Published in IEEE Access

ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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