Secure Communications by Tit-for-Tat Strategy in Vehicular Networks

Abstract

The Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is an important component with a new form of mobile ad hoc network, Vehicular ad hoc Networks (VANET) generate a high interest from governments, universities and private sectors. The communications transiting by a vehicle network and the information on vehicles and their drivers have to be protected and secured in order to guarantee the correct functioning of a ITS. The sensitivity of data conveyed by a VANET network reveals a high need of security. Indeed, the importance of security in this context is crucial given the critical consequences of a violation, misbehavior or an attack. Furthermore, in a very dynamic environment characterized by a nearly instant arrivals and departures of vehicles, the deployment of a security solution has to face constraints and specific configurations. Game theory is a modern branch of intelligent optimization it has been widely applied to model the behavior in a variety of applications.