LSWBVM: A Lightweight Security Without Using Batch Verification Method Scheme for a Vehicle Ad Hoc Network

Recently, Vehicle Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) have been increasingly developed in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). However, VANETs are vulnerable to security issues because of the open-medium nature of Vehicle-To-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-To-Infrastructure (V2I) communication. Recently, many studies have proposed security schemes to address these issues. However, many of these schemes have massive computational overheads, especially in the process of batch verification method, which verifies multiple messages simultaneously. In this article, a Lightweight Security Without Using Batch Verification Method (LSWBVM) scheme is proposed based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). The proposed LSWBVM scheme uses the XOR operation and general hash function during mutual authentication. Meanwhile, to verify a large number of messages, the proposed scheme uses an efficient single verification instead of batch verification in a high traffic density-area. BAN logic proves that the LSWBVM achieves the security goals to mutually authenticate between the nodes. The security analysis indicates that the LSWBVM satisfies the security requirements, such as: identity privacy preserving, tractability and revocability; and secure non-forgery under the random oracle model in an adaptively chosen message attack. The preference evaluation shows that the single verification of proposed LSWBVM is more efficient when compared with batch verification of the related works.