Secure and Efficient Data Sharing in Dynamic Vehicular Networks

With the development of wireless communication and the pervasive Internet of Things, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have attracted much attention in recent years. As a platform for vehicular communication and management, VANETs require the guarantee of security and efficiency for the resources constrained and unreliable networks. In this article, a data-sharing scheme is proposed for VANETs where both efficient key updating and dynamic property of VANETs are supported. In particular, the symmetric balanced incomplete block design (SBIBD) in combinatorics is introduced to ensure secure and efficient VANETs while the concept of indistinguishability obfuscation is employed to support efficient key updating. In order to simultaneously satisfy the resources constrained and real-time requirements of VANETs, both serial and parallel construction of the SBIBD is implemented by the shift register. Taking advantage of this efficient sequential logical circuit, we eliminate the complicated construction of the SBIBD, thereby, making it effective for the resource-constrained environment. Theoretical and experimental analyses indicate that the proposed scheme is practical for VANETs with high security and efficiency.