{"title":"A privacy-preserving quantum authentication for vehicular communication","authors":"Koushik Challagundla, Kartick Sutradhar","doi":"10.1007/s11128-024-04582-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) involve the interconnection of numerous vehicles, enabling them to communicate vital information through a network designed for efficient vehicle-to-vehicle communication. This dynamic connectivity in VANETs allows for spontaneous communication among random vehicles, fostering real-time exchange of critical data such as traffic conditions, road hazards, and other relevant information. This cooperative network improves road safety and traffic efficiency by allowing vehicles to exchange information and respond to the ever-changing conditions in their proximity, leading to an overall enhancement in the transportation system. In this paper, we propose an authentication protocol that remains unconditionally secure against quantum attacks. This paper explores the integration of quantum authentication with blockchain technology to establish a secure framework for VANETs. We introduce a quantum blockchain framework aimed at augmenting the security of VANETs. The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the quantum blockchain’s potential to mitigate common security threats in VANETs, including data tampering, eavesdropping, and unauthorized access.\n</p></div>","PeriodicalId":746,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Information Processing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Quantum Information Processing","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11128-024-04582-9","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) involve the interconnection of numerous vehicles, enabling them to communicate vital information through a network designed for efficient vehicle-to-vehicle communication. This dynamic connectivity in VANETs allows for spontaneous communication among random vehicles, fostering real-time exchange of critical data such as traffic conditions, road hazards, and other relevant information. This cooperative network improves road safety and traffic efficiency by allowing vehicles to exchange information and respond to the ever-changing conditions in their proximity, leading to an overall enhancement in the transportation system. In this paper, we propose an authentication protocol that remains unconditionally secure against quantum attacks. This paper explores the integration of quantum authentication with blockchain technology to establish a secure framework for VANETs. We introduce a quantum blockchain framework aimed at augmenting the security of VANETs. The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the quantum blockchain’s potential to mitigate common security threats in VANETs, including data tampering, eavesdropping, and unauthorized access.
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Quantum Information Processing is a high-impact, international journal publishing cutting-edge experimental and theoretical research in all areas of Quantum Information Science. Topics of interest include quantum cryptography and communications, entanglement and discord, quantum algorithms, quantum error correction and fault tolerance, quantum computer science, quantum imaging and sensing, and experimental platforms for quantum information. Quantum Information Processing supports and inspires research by providing a comprehensive peer review process, and broadcasting high quality results in a range of formats. These include original papers, letters, broadly focused perspectives, comprehensive review articles, book reviews, and special topical issues. The journal is particularly interested in papers detailing and demonstrating quantum information protocols for cryptography, communications, computation, and sensing.