Grant: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Security and cooperation in vehicular delay tolerant network and its applications
FY 2011-12
Summary
Road safety and efficiency are major concerns worldwide. Therefore, it is crucial to explore new techniques to improve road safety and efficiency. The proposed research program aims to investigate the applicability of emerging vehicular communication networks, also known as vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs), as a promising approach to increasing road safety and efficiency. In VANETs, vehicles are equipped with wireless communication, positioning and computation devices with a variety of vehicle applications enabled by communication between vehicles such as emergency braking warning. Unfortunately, VANETs have faced various security threats and privacy concerns which would jeopardize public safety and become the main barrier to the acceptance of such a new technology. As a result, security is crucial to success of VANETs, and so is thereby a prerequisite for market-ready VANETs. In the past, insufficient attention has been paid to this area of research, in particular security in vehicular delay tolerant networks (DTNs), where end-to-end network connectivity between vehicles is not available. Traditional approaches may not be suitable in such a vehicular DTN due to its unique characteristics, such as intermittent connectivity due to high-speed mobility of the network node (or vehicle), resource scarcity, and the extremely large amount of network nodes. The proposed research is envisioned to solve the security and privacy issues in vehicular DTNs, which have not been taken into consideration in previously reported studies. It is expected that this research program will contribute to the discovering of new ideas and the development of innovative automotive products and services. As a result, new business models and revenue streams can be devised to foster growth and promote the troubled automobile industry in Canada. The research will also lead to HQP training in information security and vehicular communication techniques, which will greatly contribute to the Canadian communication, automobile and information security industries.
Program
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
372058-2009
Name nom
Lin, Xiaodong
Department département
Business and Information Technology, Faculty of
Organization id
19222
Institution établissement
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2011
Competition year année de concours
2009
Award amount
25000
Program id
RGPIN
Program nane en
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Program name fr
Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1079
Committee name en
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Committee name fr
Génie électrique et de l'informatique
Area of application code
804
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services)
Area of application fr
Systèmes et services de communications (planification, organisation et services)
Research subject code
2508
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject en
Communications networks
Research subject fr
Réseaux de télécommunications
Partie
3
Nb partie
5
Application title
Security and cooperation in vehicular delay tolerant network and its applications
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Road safety and efficiency are major concerns worldwide. Therefore, it is crucial to explore new techniques to improve road safety and efficiency. The proposed research program aims to investigate the applicability of emerging vehicular communication networks, also known as vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs), as a promising approach to increasing road safety and efficiency. In VANETs, vehicles are equipped with wireless communication, positioning and computation devices with a variety of vehicle applications enabled by communication between vehicles such as emergency braking warning. Unfortunately, VANETs have faced various security threats and privacy concerns which would jeopardize public safety and become the main barrier to the acceptance of such a new technology. As a result, security is crucial to success of VANETs, and so is thereby a prerequisite for market-ready VANETs. In the past, insufficient attention has been paid to this area of research, in particular security in vehicular delay tolerant networks (DTNs), where end-to-end network connectivity between vehicles is not available. Traditional approaches may not be suitable in such a vehicular DTN due to its unique characteristics, such as intermittent connectivity due to high-speed mobility of the network node (or vehicle), resource scarcity, and the extremely large amount of network nodes. The proposed research is envisioned to solve the security and privacy issues in vehicular DTNs, which have not been taken into consideration in previously reported studies. It is expected that this research program will contribute to the discovering of new ideas and the development of innovative automotive products and services. As a result, new business models and revenue streams can be devised to foster growth and promote the troubled automobile industry in Canada. The research will also lead to HQP training in information security and vehicular communication techniques, which will greatly contribute to the Canadian communication, automobile and information security industries.
