Random delay techniques for location privacy in VANETs

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buir.advisorSelçuk, Ali Aydın
dc.contributor.authorAlbakır Çatal, Satiye
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:26:18Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:26:18Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Computer Engineering and the Graduate School of Engineering and Science of Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 49-51.en_US
dc.description.abstractVehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is an emerging new communication technology which has attracted a lot of research attention from academic community and industry. It is promising technology to provide safer and efficient traffic conditions. This is realized by letting vehicles to exchange safety messages. This messaging increases the awareness of vehicles about their neighboring vehicles positions and warns drivers about dangerous situations. However, availability of such information facilitates the tracking of vehicles. So, this information must be protected against the potential misuse. In this thesis, we address the problem of achieving location privacy in VANETs with randomly changing identifiers (i.e. pseudonyms) in the presence of a global passive adversary. We suggest adding a random delay to message broadcast period after the vehicle update its pseudonym in mix zones. By this way, we want to mitigate the linkability between pseudonyms. This could help to make tracking more difficult and increase safety and confidence of drivers using VANET. Instead of adding delay to safety messages completely random, one step taken further and delay is added according to the silent vehicle number in mix zone. We also investigated the effects of different number of mix-zone placements in the network to the location privacy of users. Several simulations have been performed to evaluate the performance of the systems. The results of experiments show that adding delay to message broadcast period improves location privacy of drivers in VANET and also provide information about the relationship between the strength of the adversary and the level of privacy achieved by changing pseudonyms.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAlbakır Çatal, Satiyeen_US
dc.format.extentx, 51 leaves, graphics, chartsen_US
dc.identifier.itemidB138625
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/15891
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPseudonymen_US
dc.subjectMix zoneen_US
dc.subjectLocation privacyen_US
dc.subjectVehicular ad hoc networken_US
dc.subject.lccTE228.37 .A43 2013en_US
dc.subject.lcshVehicular ad hoc networks (Computer networks)en_US
dc.subject.lcshTime delay systems.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMobile computing.en_US
dc.subject.lcshWireless communication systems.en_US
dc.subject.lcshWireless computer systems.en_US
dc.titleRandom delay techniques for location privacy in VANETsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMS (Master of Science)

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