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ZTE Communications ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (S0): 21-31.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2016.S0.004

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A Secure Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Secure Vehicular Communication Systems

LEI Ao, Chibueze Ogah, Philip Asuquo, Haitham Cruickshank, SUN Zhili   

  1. Institute for Communication Systems(ICS),University of Surrey,Guildford,GU2 7XH,United Kingdom
  • Received:2016-04-21 Online:2016-06-01 Published:2019-11-29
  • About author:LEI Ao (a.lei@surrey.ac.uk) received his BEng degree in communication engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, China and University of Birmingham, UK, in 2013, and the MSc degree in communication engineering at the University of York, UK, in 2014. He is currently working toward the PhD degree in communication engineering in the Institute of Communication Systems at the University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include security and privacy for vehicular networks and privacy protection for location based services. He is currently involved with EU-funded PETRAS Project on security and privacy in smart vehicles and location based services.
    Chibueze Ogah (c.anyigorogah@surrey.ac.uk) received the BSc (Hons) in computer science from the Ebonyi State University, Nigeria in 2005. He received the MSc degree (Distinction) in computer network technology from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK in 2011. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, UK. He has been a laboratory assistant and lecturer at the Computer Science Department of Ebonyi State University, Nigeria since September 2007 and February 2012. His research interests include security and privacy in vehicular networks, and Cisco routing protocols. He is currently involved with EU-funded PETRAS Project on privacy in smart vehicles.
    Philip Asuquo (p.asuquo@surrey.ac.uk) received his Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from University of Uyo, Nigeria and MSc in computer network technology from Northumbria University, UK. He is currently working towards his PhD in electronic engineering at the University of Surrey, UK. His research interest includes cyber security of critical infrastructures, smart grid and smart homes, intelligent transport systems (ITS) and wireless sensor network security. He is currently involved with EU-funded PETRAS Project.
    Haitham Cruickshank (h.Cruickshank@surrey.ac.uk) received a BSc degree in electrical engineering from the University of Baghdad, Iraq, in 1980, and MSc in telecommunications from the University of Surrey, UK and a PhD in control systems from Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK, in 1995. He is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Communication Systems (Formerly Centre for Communication Systems Research, CCSR), University of Surrey. He has worked there since January 1996 on several European research projects in the ACTS, ESPRIT, TEN-TELECOM, and IST programmes. His main research interests are network security, satellite network architectures, VoIP, and IP conferencing over satellites. He is a member of the Satellite and Space Communications Committee of the IEEE Communications Society, and is also a Chartered Electrical Engineer and IEE corporate member in the UK. He is active in the ETSI BSM and the IETF MSEC groups.
    SUN Zhili (z.sun@surrey.ac.uk) received his BSc in mathematics from Nanjing University, China and PhD from the Department of Computing, Lancaster University, UK, in 1991. He is a professor at the Institute of Communication Systems (Formerly Centre for Communication Systems Research, CCSR), University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include wireless and sensor networks, satellite communications, mobile operating systems, traffic engineering, Internet protocols and architecture, quality of service, multicast, and security. He has been principal investigator and technical coordinator in a number of projects within the European Framework Program including the ESPRIT BISANTE project on evaluation of broadband traffic over satellite using simulation, the TEN-telecom VIPTEN project on QoS of IP telephony over satellite, the GEOCAST project on IP Multicast over satellites and ICEBERGS project on IP based Multimedia Conference over Satellite of IST, the SATELIFE project on Satellite Access Technologies on DVB-S and DVBRCS, and EuroNGI on next generation Internet.

A Secure Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Secure Vehicular Communication Systems

LEI Ao, Chibueze Ogah, Philip Asuquo, Haitham Cruickshank, SUN Zhili   

  1. Institute for Communication Systems(ICS),University of Surrey,Guildford,GU2 7XH,United Kingdom
  • 作者简介:LEI Ao (a.lei@surrey.ac.uk) received his BEng degree in communication engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, China and University of Birmingham, UK, in 2013, and the MSc degree in communication engineering at the University of York, UK, in 2014. He is currently working toward the PhD degree in communication engineering in the Institute of Communication Systems at the University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include security and privacy for vehicular networks and privacy protection for location based services. He is currently involved with EU-funded PETRAS Project on security and privacy in smart vehicles and location based services.
    Chibueze Ogah (c.anyigorogah@surrey.ac.uk) received the BSc (Hons) in computer science from the Ebonyi State University, Nigeria in 2005. He received the MSc degree (Distinction) in computer network technology from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK in 2011. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, UK. He has been a laboratory assistant and lecturer at the Computer Science Department of Ebonyi State University, Nigeria since September 2007 and February 2012. His research interests include security and privacy in vehicular networks, and Cisco routing protocols. He is currently involved with EU-funded PETRAS Project on privacy in smart vehicles.
    Philip Asuquo (p.asuquo@surrey.ac.uk) received his Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from University of Uyo, Nigeria and MSc in computer network technology from Northumbria University, UK. He is currently working towards his PhD in electronic engineering at the University of Surrey, UK. His research interest includes cyber security of critical infrastructures, smart grid and smart homes, intelligent transport systems (ITS) and wireless sensor network security. He is currently involved with EU-funded PETRAS Project.
    Haitham Cruickshank (h.Cruickshank@surrey.ac.uk) received a BSc degree in electrical engineering from the University of Baghdad, Iraq, in 1980, and MSc in telecommunications from the University of Surrey, UK and a PhD in control systems from Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK, in 1995. He is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Communication Systems (Formerly Centre for Communication Systems Research, CCSR), University of Surrey. He has worked there since January 1996 on several European research projects in the ACTS, ESPRIT, TEN-TELECOM, and IST programmes. His main research interests are network security, satellite network architectures, VoIP, and IP conferencing over satellites. He is a member of the Satellite and Space Communications Committee of the IEEE Communications Society, and is also a Chartered Electrical Engineer and IEE corporate member in the UK. He is active in the ETSI BSM and the IETF MSEC groups.
    SUN Zhili (z.sun@surrey.ac.uk) received his BSc in mathematics from Nanjing University, China and PhD from the Department of Computing, Lancaster University, UK, in 1991. He is a professor at the Institute of Communication Systems (Formerly Centre for Communication Systems Research, CCSR), University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include wireless and sensor networks, satellite communications, mobile operating systems, traffic engineering, Internet protocols and architecture, quality of service, multicast, and security. He has been principal investigator and technical coordinator in a number of projects within the European Framework Program including the ESPRIT BISANTE project on evaluation of broadband traffic over satellite using simulation, the TEN-telecom VIPTEN project on QoS of IP telephony over satellite, the GEOCAST project on IP Multicast over satellites and ICEBERGS project on IP based Multimedia Conference over Satellite of IST, the SATELIFE project on Satellite Access Technologies on DVB-S and DVBRCS, and EuroNGI on next generation Internet.

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Abstract: Intelligent transportation system (ITS) is proposed as the most effective way to improve road safety and traffic efficiency. However, the future of ITS for large scale transportation infrastructures deployment highly depends on the security level of vehicular communication systems (VCS). Security applications in VCS are fulfilled through secured group broadcast. Therefore, secure key management schemes are considered as a critical research topic for network security. In this paper, we propose a framework for providing secure key management within heterogeneous network. The security managers (SMs) play a key role in the framework by retrieving the vehicle departure information, encapsulating block to transport keys and then executing rekeying to vehicles within the same security domain. The first part of this framework is a novel Group Key Management (GKM) scheme basing on leaving probability (LP) of vehicles to depart current VCS region. Vehicle's LP factor is introduced into GKM scheme to achieve a more efficient rekeying scheme and less rekeying costs. The second component of the framework using the blockchain concept to simplify the distributed key management in heterogeneous VCS domains. Extensive simulations and analysis are provided to show the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed framework: Our GKM results demonstrate that probability-based BR reduces rekeying cost compared to the benchmark scheme, while the blockchain decreases the time cost of key transmission over heterogeneous networks.

Key words: leaving probability, blockchain, group key management, heterogeneous, vehicular communication systems (VCS)

摘要： Intelligent transportation system (ITS) is proposed as the most effective way to improve road safety and traffic efficiency. However, the future of ITS for large scale transportation infrastructures deployment highly depends on the security level of vehicular communication systems (VCS). Security applications in VCS are fulfilled through secured group broadcast. Therefore, secure key management schemes are considered as a critical research topic for network security. In this paper, we propose a framework for providing secure key management within heterogeneous network. The security managers (SMs) play a key role in the framework by retrieving the vehicle departure information, encapsulating block to transport keys and then executing rekeying to vehicles within the same security domain. The first part of this framework is a novel Group Key Management (GKM) scheme basing on leaving probability (LP) of vehicles to depart current VCS region. Vehicle's LP factor is introduced into GKM scheme to achieve a more efficient rekeying scheme and less rekeying costs. The second component of the framework using the blockchain concept to simplify the distributed key management in heterogeneous VCS domains. Extensive simulations and analysis are provided to show the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed framework: Our GKM results demonstrate that probability-based BR reduces rekeying cost compared to the benchmark scheme, while the blockchain decreases the time cost of key transmission over heterogeneous networks.

关键词: leaving probability, blockchain, group key management, heterogeneous, vehicular communication systems (VCS)