A Comprehensive Survey on Certificateless Aggregate Signature in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

Research related to the authentication schemes in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) has received significant attention recently. They substantially impact the security and privacy aspects of the message dissemination process in the road environment. Some authentication schemes with certificateless aggregate signature (CLAS) in VANETs have been published since the first related article emerged in 2015. This paper comprehensively reviews most of them regarding their main feature, contributions, security, and performance efficiency, as the state-of-the-art of all CLAS mechanisms in VANETs. Finally, the conclusion and some open issues on the CLAS authentication scheme in VANETs are provided in this survey.

KEYWORDS:

• Authentication Scheme
• CLAS
• Security
• Survey
• VANETs

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Ministry of Science and Technology partially supported this research, Taiwan (R.O.C.), under contract no.: MOST 109-2221-E-468-011-MY3 and MOST 110-2622-8-468-001-TM1.

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Funding

This research was partially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (ROC), under contract no.: MOST 109-2221-E-468-011-MY3 & MOST 110-2622-8-468-001 -TM1.

Notes on contributors

Eko Fajar Cahyadi

Eko Fajar Cahyadi is a lecturer in the Faculty of Telecommunication and Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Telkom Purwokerto, Indonesia, and currently pursuing a PhD degree in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taiwan. He received a BEng in electrical engineering from Institut Sains dan Teknologi Akprind Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2009, and subsequently an MSc degree from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, in 2013. His research interest includes information security, mobile communications, and VANETs.Email: [email protected]

Min-Shiang Hwang

Min-Shiang Hwang received PhD in computer and information science from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 1995. He was the chairman of the Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology and National Chung Hsing University during 1999–2009. He was also a visiting professor with the University of California, Riverside and Davis (USA) during 2009–2010. He obtained the 1997–2001 Excellent Research Award of National Science Council. Dr Hwang was the dean of College of Computer Science, Asia University (AU) during 2011–1015. He is currently a chair professor of AU. He has published over 200 articles in international journals.